Tag: manufacturing
N. Korea hands out bonuses to some workers at the end...
Some factories and companies in North Korea paid workers "socialist competition assessment bonuses" late last year to encourage an increase in production, Daily NK...
N. Pyongan Province ordered to establish joint ventures with foreign entities
The committee tasked with promoting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's "20×10 regional development policy" recently issued its first order, calling on North Pyongan...
N. Pyongan, Chagang province munition factories ramp up production with locally...
North Korean munitions factories in North Pyongan and Chagang provinces are ramping up production so much that they are mobilizing ordinary people living nearby,...
Untangling the North Korean Wig Manufacturing Industry
While much of the current discussion of North Korea’s trade has revolved around its arms sales, a new trend has been quietly emerging. Arms...
N. Korean laborers in China work extra jobs to make ends...
After their official workday ends, North Korean workers at a clothing factory in China's Liaoning Province are doing three hours of additional work making...
N. Korean laborers in China are still making clothing for S....
North Korean laborers dispatched to China are still making clothing for South Korean and US brands, Daily NK has learned.
Daily NK recently obtained photos...
Kim Jong Un hands down gifts to people involved in speedy...
Following a ceremony to present super-large caliber multiple rocket launchers (MRL) on Dec. 31, members of North Korea’s munitions sector and researchers at the...
N. Koreans working for Li-Ning contractor are suffering from low pay...
North Korean laborers employed by a contractor of the Chinese sporting goods firm Li-Ning are suffering from low pay and high-intensity work, Daily NK...
Pyongyang General Hospital project hits a snag: defective insulators
One-third of the electrical insulators sent to the Pyongyang General Hospital construction project from a single factory in North Hamgyong Province were recently deemed...
Wonsan Shoes Factory faces investigation over deception
A shoe factory in Wonsan once hailed as an “exemplary work unit” will soon be under investigation by a team from North Korea's communist...
