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China’s automation shift leaves N. Korean contract workers without jobs

North Koreans who anticipated a surge in contract manufacturing work following the relaxation of COVID-19 border controls are facing disappointment as opportunities continue to...

N. Korea rolls out mandatory electronic wage cards in S. Pyongan

North Korea's State Planning Commission and Central Bank have ordered organizations across South Pyongan province to switch to electronic card payments for workers' wages...

Study or else: N. Korean workers face daily memorization drills on...

North Korean authorities have mandated nationwide study sessions on the outcomes of December's 11th Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee, requiring workers to...

N. Korean elite women take ghost jobs to escape forced labor

Officials' wives in North Hwanghae province are increasingly taking jobs in road maintenance to avoid mandatory labor assignments. The trend comes as housewives face...

N. Koreans forced to fund housewarming gifts after paying for flood...

North Korean state media praises Kim Jong Un's "love for the people" as flood victims move into new homes, but locals reveal they were...

N. Korean youth shift to low-key end-of-year celebrations as cultural restrictions...

North Korean youth are holding more subdued end-of-year celebrations compared to previous years, according to a source in North Hwanghae province. The parties, scheduled between...

Overproduction causes blast at North Korean cement plant

Straining to meet aggressive production targets, workers at North Korea's Mt. Purae cement plant triggered an explosion that rocked the South Hamgyong province facility....

N. Korea’s failed whistleblower system: Informants left unprotected

North Korea's Public Reporting System Law encourages overseas workers to report their colleagues' illegal activities, but the system has proven ineffective due to inadequate...

Mass exodus: N. Korean workers abandon posts in Chinese border city

Thousands of North Korean workers are departing China's border city of Dandong without replacement, with approximately 4,000 leaving in October alone. “This month, about 2,000...

Aid theft undermines N. Korean flood recovery efforts

Officials overseeing flood recovery efforts in North Korea's North Pyongan province are embezzling aid supplies meant for reconstruction, a source in the province told...

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