Tag: overseas workers
Pyongyang’s digital gold rush: How North Korean hackers fund the regime...
North Korean trade officials operating in China are illegally selling cryptocurrency to Chinese nationals, with Pyongyang earning a fortune in foreign currency as a...
N. Korean overseas workers face systematic control from selection to workplace
With Kim Jong Un's visit to China for the 80th anniversary of China's victory over Japan drawing attention to strengthened North Korea-China cooperation, the...
Pyongyang intensifies monitoring with written pledges for informants
North Korea is actively considering a plan to increase security personnel monitoring its overseas workers by up to four times current levels, particularly those...
Remittances or ruin: N. Korean authorities target defectors’ families for remittance...
State security officers in Hoeryong have intensified pressure on defectors' families, forcing them to confess to receiving illegal remittances. Under relentless intimidation, many families...
N. Korean workers leaving China’s Liaoning province as factories close
North Korean workers are returning home from China's Liaoning province in significant numbers as Chinese factories permanently close their doors.
According to a source in...
N. Korean recalls corrupt security agents from Russia, but punishment unlikely
North Korea has begun summoning corrupt state security agents deployed to Russia in what appears to be an anti-corruption effort, but there are concerns...
Revealed: North Korea’s diplomatic missions double as trade brokers
North Korea's overseas diplomatic missions broker trade and investment deals through their economic and trade counselor's departments and collect commission fees on transactions, according...
No rest for the injured: How N. Korean workers in China...
"I cut myself trimming frozen pollack. I was bleeding badly and it hurt a lot, but they just put a band-aid on it and...
N. Korean security agents recalled after work complaints, unlikely to face...
After Choi Sung Chol, a state security officer accused of violating the human rights of North Korean workers in Russia, was summoned to Pyongyang,...
Empty promises: N. Korean workers in China face exploitation despite official...
"Work harder, pay more, keep less" – this is the grinding reality for North Korean workers in Chinese factories, where a complex web of...
