Tag: laborers
Pyongyang enacts comprehensive labor law to eliminate private economic activity
North Korea has enacted a comprehensive labor management law aimed at bringing all work activities under state control, including targeting people engaged in illegal...
Moscow shifts labor strategy: Fewer Central Asians, more N. Koreans after...
Russia is tightening restrictions on Central Asian migrant workers while opening doors to more North Korean laborers, according to multiple sources in the country.
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N. Korean workers turn to day labor for quick cash
Day labor markets have boomed across North Korea as farming season drives up demand for workers at collective farms and various agency support farms.
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Photo reveals forced wig manufacturing at N. Korean prison
Daily NK has obtained a photo of a work site at a North Korean detention facility where wigs are manufactured under contract. The photo...
Workers’ hell: Inside North Korea’s brutal construction program
North Korea is mobilizing vast numbers of military construction workers, work brigades, and factory laborers for a nationwide building program aimed at constructing regional...
N. Korean officials face rare worker criticism at reclamation site
Workers at a land reclamation site in North Korea's Yeonbaek district of South Hwanghae province held an unusual meeting where they openly criticized officials.
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N. Korea doubles foreign currency quotas for overseas workers
North Korea has doubled the foreign currency quotas required from workers sent overseas. This change will likely force North Korean laborers abroad to endure...
China continues crackdown on N. Korean workers despite signs of warming...
Signs of improving North Korea-China relations have emerged, including the restart of Chinese group tours to the North. However, Beijing's ongoing crackdown on North...
N. Korean worker exodus from China intensifies labor burden on remaining...
North Korean workers continue to exit China in the new year, increasing the burden on those who remain behind.
"North Korean laborers stationed in Dandong,...
Empty promises: N. Korean workers in China face exploitation despite official...
"Work harder, pay more, keep less" – this is the grinding reality for North Korean workers in Chinese factories, where a complex web of...
