Tag: workers
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...
New drivers fuel rise in North Korea traffic accidents
North Korean authorities are struggling to manage a surge in traffic accidents as private car ownership expands, with more than 30 accidents reported in...
Markets, not wages, feed North Korean households
"The official salary from my workplace is about 30,000 North Korean won a month. But feeding our family of four takes more than 800,000...
Coal towns welcome North Korea housing plan
North Korea's plan to modernize coal mining towns nationwide is stirring hope among people living in some of the country's most run-down housing in...
Chongjin party boss dodges inspection
The Workers' Party of Korea secretary at a munitions factory in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, checked into a sanatorium for 40 days just as...
