Tag: overseas workers
North Korea orders hunt to capture “impure elements” in Russia
North Korean authorities have issued an order calling on North Korean workers in Russia to step up mutual surveillance and "track down internal impure...
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...
Air Koryo flight brings defense researchers, students to Russia
An Air Koryo flight recently brought new workers, defense researchers, and students to Russia, highlighting the expanding exchanges between North Korea and Russia as...
N. Korean overseas worker welcomes new S. Korean holiday for defectors
The South Korean government recently decided to designate July 14 as “North Korean Defectors’ Day.” Minister of Unification Kim Yung-ho announced that the day...
N. Korean official’s death in China leads to increased ideological reviews...
North Korean workers in China are now subject to much more frequent ideological reviews following the recent death of a North Korean official in...
Ten questions on North Korea with Daily NK President Lee Kwang...
This year has seen a wide range of developments in North Korean affairs. From a major shift in North Korea's unification policy to a...
N. Korea intensifies screening of candidates for overseas work
North Korean authorities have greatly intensified ideological screenings when selecting workers to be sent overseas, apparently in response to continued defections by overseas workers.
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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...
Pence Cartoon: “The Lucky Ones”
While considered “the lucky ones,” many North Korean overseas workers still face extreme hardship and privation abroad. These men and women, lured by the...
N. Korea reshuffles work units in China that fail to meet...
North Korea recently reorganized work units that failed to meet their foreign-currency earning quotas in the first half of the year, demoting managers of...
