Tag: overseas workers
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...
Built by Pyongyang: The North Korean company behind Africa’s most iconic...
North Korea has long relied on unconventional means to earn hard currency in the face of sweeping international sanctions that have effectively shut off...
Trapped in the net: North Korean workers in Chinese seafood factories
Daily NK has released a comprehensive report examining how North Korean workers dispatched to Chinese seafood processing factories are subjected to systematic forced labor,...
Height, songbun, and accordion skills: What it takes to land a...
With North Korea expected to expand its overseas workforce, more young women are taking lessons in singing and musical instruments with the hope of...
Hyesan excludes unmarried workers from China dispatch, using families as ‘hostages’...
Ryanggang province authorities now require overseas candidates to be married with children, tightening selection criteria as regime seeks to prevent defections by holding family...
