Tag: workers
North Hamgyong pushes design contest on factories that already make clothes...
North Hamgyong province has launched a consumer goods design competition for light industry factories across the region, but the mandate is drawing complaints from...
North Korean workers in China pay for injury insurance but rarely...
North Korean workers dispatched to factories in China are paying monthly premiums for workplace accident insurance, but many receive little or no compensation when...
Hoeryong railway maintenance drive forced onto factory and enterprise workers
North Korean authorities in Hoeryong, a city in North Hamgyong province, launched a grueling railway maintenance drive in August 2026. Officials mobilized factory and...
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 weather agency faces month-long ideological review
North Korea's State Hydro-Meteorological Administration is undergoing a sweeping, party-ordered ideological review this month after a string of forecasting failures worsened storm and heat...
North Korea garment factories draw women with pay, perks
Growing garment subcontracting trade between North Korea and China is pulling young women into export garment factories in cities including Sinuiju, Nampo and Pyongyang...
North Korea taps reserve grain stocks as farm workers in South...
North Korean authorities urgently released state reserve grain to farms in South Hwanghae province, the country's principal grain-producing region, after a growing number of...
North Korea issues heat wave rules as deaths surpass 100
North Korea's Cabinet held an emergency meeting and issued a detailed set of heat wave guidelines after the death toll from heat-related illness surpassed...
North Korea’s new factories struggle as workers sent to mines
North Korea is building new local industrial factories nationwide under its "Regional Development 20x10 Policy." The policy calls for building modern factories in 20...
North Korea expands mandatory HIV testing to service workers
North Korea has expanded mandatory HIV testing beyond travelers entering and leaving the country. The policy now covers hotel, restaurant and department store workers...
