Tag: manufacturing
North Hamgyong pushes design contest on factories that already make clothes...
North Hamgyong province has launched a consumer goods design competition for light industry factories across the region, but the mandate is drawing complaints from...
North Korea garment factories draw women with pay, perks
Growing garment subcontracting trade between North Korea and China is pulling young women into export garment factories in cities including Sinuiju, Nampo and Pyongyang...
North Korea orders custom e-bikes from China, eyes local production
North Korea is ordering custom electric bicycles from Chinese manufacturers and importing the finished products to meet rising domestic demand. At the same time,...
Chongjin party boss dodges inspection
The Workers' Party of Korea secretary at a munitions factory in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, checked into a sanatorium for 40 days just as...
North Korea shifts China ventures toward learning
North Korea-China joint ventures are shifting in focus, with Pyongyang moving beyond simply attracting Chinese capital and equipment to absorb Chinese production methods and...
North Korea offers custom deals to attract China
Chinese investors visiting North Korea are increasingly favoring a phased approach to their investments. They weigh profitability at each stage before committing more capital....
North Korea’s provincial firms need autonomy, not new specifications
North Korean authorities have been pushing provincial factories to update their product specifications to improve quality and lift flagging market demand — but updating...
North Pyongan procurement officers ramp up activity in sign of North...
North Korea's foreign currency earning operations in North Pyongan province have stepped up activity in April, with raw materials procurement officers fanning out across...
North Korea scrambles for raw materials to revive light industry
Two North Korean trade bureaus are scrambling to source raw materials as part of a state-driven push to revitalize the country's light industry sector.
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North Korean trading companies ghost Chinese clients, sell goods for triple...
Contract manufacturing accounts for such a large share of North Korea's official trade with China that wigs and false eyelashes are its top exports....
