Tag: workers
N. Korea’s path out of economic hardship is clear
North Korea's economic hardship in the 1990s, known as the Arduous March, led to countless starvation deaths. North Korea has worked for 80 years...
Photos show squalid conditions faced by N. Korean workers in Russia
Daily NK recently obtained several photos of construction sites in Russia with North Korean workers. The photos show that the working conditions pose serious...
More and more N. Koreans turn to 8.3-earnings to make ends...
The number of people who pay their official employers money to avoid going to work and concentrate on their own private businesses is increasing....
N. Korean workers in Russia are getting paid less than ever...
The officials sent to manage North Korean workers overseas are extorting workers' wages worse than ever. North Korean overseas workers feel discouraged and oppressed...
Satellite imagery shows construction of new factory in N. Hamgyong Province
Satellite images show a new factory being built on a 3.3-hectare lot in Kyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province. Kyongsong was one of the first...
N. Korea moves to replace labor managers in Russia en masse
North Korean authorities have begun replacing managers sent to Russia to monitor and control North Korean workers in the country, Daily NK has learned....
What N. Korean farmers could learn from South Korea
Not long ago, I happened to visit a farming village in Icheon, an area in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province. There was a touching beauty...
N. Pyongan Province falls behind in rice seedling transplanting campaign
North Pyongan Province has fallen behind in the national rice seedling transplanting campaign, prompting local authorities to step up efforts to gather information and...
N. Korea hands out eight months’ worth of rations to major...
North Korea has recently provided workers at eight major munitions factories in Pyongyang, North Pyongan Province, and other areas of the country with eight...
Uzbek arrested by Russian government for helping N. Koreans defect
The Russian government has arrested an Uzbek religious worker who had been helping extract North Korean defectors from the Russian Far East. As Russia...
