Tag: overseas workers
North Korean youth rush marriage for a shot at overseas work
North Korean youth in North Hamgyong province are rushing to marry in 2026 to improve their odds of winning an overseas work assignment. Authorities...
N. Korea tightens vetting for overseas workers, demands verified contacts
North Korean authorities are requiring organizations seeking to deploy overseas workers to submit contracts bearing the actual seals of foreign business partners, then granting...
North Korea sends new wave of workers to China as surveillance...
North Korean workers are once again filling factory floors in China, as large numbers of new arrivals replace those who returned home over the...
North Korea skims pay hike meant for workers sent to China
Contract wages for North Korean workers newly dispatched to China have risen sharply in recent months, but the increase is only inflating what Chinese...
North Korea sends 10,000 workers to China in a month
North Korea has sharply ramped up the number of new workers it is sending to China this summer, with roughly 10,000 laborers crossing the...
North Korea curbs cheap overseas labor dispatch
North Korean authorities have moved to revoke authorization for state agencies and trading companies to send workers abroad, and are also re-evaluating the profitability...
Missing relative sinks North Korean official’s shot at working in Russia
A North Korean trade official spent months preparing for a work assignment in Russia. Then, this month, he was disqualified at the final stage...
Pyongyang residents balk at overseas labor dispatch
Pyongyang residents are growing wary of volunteering for overseas labor dispatch in 2026, as fears of being sent near the front lines of Russia's...
North Korea discharges soldiers early to send them to Russia as...
North Korea has been discharging soldiers early from active military service and sending them to Russia as overseas laborers, Daily NK has learned. Families...
How North Korea built its African empire of stone and steel
For decades, North Korea has generated foreign currency by designing and constructing commemorative monuments across Africa — statues, museums, and public memorials built for...
