Tag: laborers
Despite UN ban, North Korea dispatches around 150 laborers to China
North Korea sent about 150 laborers to Jilin province, China, in early October in defiance of U.N. sanctions that prohibit sending workers overseas. Most...
N. Korean workers repatriated from Russia for failing to meet quotas
Approximately ten North Korean construction workers in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, were recently repatriated for failing to meet state-mandated financial quotas.
A Daily NK source, speaking...
Sudden N. Korean military draft leaves workplaces with labor shortages
North Korean authorities forcibly drafted young workers into the military due to a shortage of springtime recruits, which has led to labor shortages at...
N. Korean official in Russia accused of corruption retains position
Choi Sung Chol, the North Korean security official Daily NK exposed for his abuse of North Korean workers sent to Russia in a whistleblower...
N. Korean diplomats profit from worker remittances
North Korean diplomats are moonlighting as couriers, ferrying cash and letters from Russian-based laborers to their families back home. This underground delivery service has...
Amid rumors of mass repatriation, North Korean workers in China face...
Rumors of problems between North Korea and China have surfaced with reports that Chinese authorities have recently made several requests to North Korean authorities...
Photos show squalid conditions faced by N. Korean workers in Russia
Daily NK recently obtained several photos of construction sites in Russia with North Korean workers. The photos show that the working conditions pose serious...
N. Hamgyong Province orders replacement of technical inspectors at Tumen River...
The North Hamgyong Province Party Committee recently ordered the replacement of a large number of technical inspectors at Tumen River Station, Daily NK has...
Camera lens captures N. Korean workers on an outing in Dandong
Dozens of North Korean women were recently seen at a group outing in a park in Dandong, suggesting that North Korean workers in China...
N. Korean overseas work candidates warned of consequences of not sharing...
North Korean authorities recently told overseas job applicants that failure to give the government its share of their earnings would result in restrictions on...