{"id":32983,"date":"2016-08-01T17:46:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T08:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=32983"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:51:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:51:11","slug":"north-korean-laborers-subject-to-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-laborers-subject-to-i\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean laborers subject to intense controls in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"bbs_caption1_box\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201608\/DNKE_1786_295691_1470041332_i.jpg\"><br \/><a class=\"bbs_caption1\">At the beginning of last month, Daily NK dispatched a special correspondents team to a textile factory in <br \/>the city of Tumen City in Chin&#8217;s Jilin Province.The factory employs female workers from North Korea. <br \/>According to an insider with knowledge of the operation, the North Korean and Chinese workers are <br \/>thoroujghly separated from one another. Chinese staff is responsible for overseeing the North Korean workers&#8217; <br \/>production, but a manager from North Korea is responsible for control and surveillance of the workers<br \/>&nbsp;throughout&nbsp;the day. Outsiders are forbidden from entering or filming inside the factory.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>Female North Korean laborers dispatched to China\u2019s Liaoning Province, Dandong City are employed at clothing and fisheries factories. They perform difficult work under tough conditions, yet receive a wage of only 100 USD per month. To control the intellectual lives of the workers, they are ordered to participate in criticism and self-criticism sessions, their movements are restricted, and they are subject to surveillance. It is so bad, in fact, that some of the workers express a longing to return to North Korea rather than endure the conditions.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>According to a source who works as a trader in Dandong, there are close to 20,000 North Korean laborers working in Dandong, all of whom work long hours and are subject to strict surveillance and control. Under usual circumstances, the laborers stay for a period of three years and receive 100 USD\/month. Although this is a humble amount, if the laborers gradually save it up, they can live relatively well upon their return to North Korea. That is why the workers usually choose to continue tolerating the strict system of controls.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>The Chinese companies that do business with the North Korean authorities pay an average of 500 USD per month per worker. But this profit gets spread out. First, it goes to the management and surveillance cadres on the site. The cadres tend to pocket about 50-100 USD per worker, per month. The bulk of the proceeds (around 300 USD) get sent to the Party back in North Korea. Finally, the remaining amount (about 100 USD) gets distributed to the individual workers.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Not only are the North Korean laborers\u2019 wages lower than their Chinese counterparts, but the lodging and meals provided to them are also inferior. The Chinese companies are responsible for providing personnel costs, food, lodging, etc. According to the provisions of the contract, these amenities must be provided, so the cadres do their best to avoid incurring any additional costs that might improve work conditions.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>One informant, until recently employed as a quality control director at a Dandong fisheries company, said, &nbsp;\u201cThe female workers from North Korea usually come into work at around 5:30 a.m. and work for approximately 13 hours per day. In addition, because of the antibacterial policies of the company, the workers wear anti-germ gear, which makes it impossible to speak to one another. So they are forced to focus on work for the entire time.\u201d &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"bbs_caption1_box\" style=\"FLOAT:left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201608\/DNKE_1784_295691_1470040301_i.jpg\"><br \/><a class=\"bbs_caption1\">A North Korean laborer <br \/>is shown here near <br \/>the housing facilities of a textile <br \/>factory in China&#8217;s Tumen City. <br \/>According to local insiders, <br \/>the laborers all wear the<br \/>&nbsp;same color uniform. <br \/>They are required to travel in <br \/>groups of 2 or 3 when<br \/>&nbsp;they commute to work or leave <br \/>the workspace for a short time.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe only time the workers get to relax is during meals, where they are provided with only a few small side dishes, which the workers typically describe as \u2018pathetic,\u2019\u201d the source said, adding that most of the factories are located in underdeveloped areas approximately 4-12 kilometers from downtown. Workers live in cramped quarters&#8211;approximately 10 to a room&#8211; close to the worksite. There are hundreds of people crammed into each building of the lodging facilities. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI\u2019ve seen plenty of workers get hurt on the job,\u201d the source continued. \u201cThose who wish to miss work or leave early to receive treatment at the hospital need to get permission from their North Korean supervisors. However, North Korean managers receive the personnel fee from the Chinese company in advance and, as such, they are usually quite stingy about giving out even short breaks from the job. There have been North Koreans who were unable to endure the backbreaking labor and ended up requesting to return home, but they were required to continue working until their labor equaled the personnel fee.\u201d &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Control and surveillance on the laborers are being intensified, most evident in an increase in self- and mutual criticism sessions. This has resulted in bodily, as well as mental, exhaustion for the workers. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>One business person who operates a clothing factory in Dandong said, \u201cI see how fast and well the manufacturers can produce by evaluating a one-day production cycle. That\u2019s how I determine the quota for the next day. While I was on site, I saw the North Korean workers and their managers engage in self-and mutual criticism and sessions on a daily basis. In order to discourage poor craftsmanship and idleness, the underperforming laborers are put on display in front of the whole group as a punishment. The amount of stress that these workers receive from daily interrogations and criticism is alarming.\u201d &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>He explained that up until just a little while ago, one could see the laborers strolling around the market on the weekend, eating snacks. Nowadays, however, they are only allowed out two days per month. In Russia, the laborers are allowed to travel about in small groups and do part time jobs; however, in Dandong, \u201cneither of those things is really possible,\u201d he noted.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Although it was previously reported that some workers in Dandong send remittances to family back in North Korea on a monthly basis, sources in the region indicate that most workers tend to save up their earnings for three years and then take it all with them upon their return.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIt depends on the manager whether the laborers receive their wages on a monthly basis or as a lump sum upon completion of their three-year contract,\u201d the Dandong factory manager said. \u201cHowever, sending the money back home is no easy task. If one wants to send a letter or money back home, they will first need approval from their manager. Then the manager will need to do it directly for the worker, and they are not exactly inclined to act quickly on the worker\u2019s behalf. So many workers use the mantra, \u2018No news is good news,\u2019 and resist the urge to contact family members back home for three years.\u201d &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"bbs_caption1_box\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201608\/DNKE_1785_295691_1470040504_i.jpg\"><br \/><a class=\"bbs_caption1\">Although U.N. sanctions have become more strict, the number of Chinese factories looking to save costs by <br \/>hiring North Korean laborers is on the rise. In clockwise order from the top left: 1) A textile factory in the Yanji region, <br \/>2) A different textile factory in Tumen, and 3) the Tumen City University Student Foundation.<br \/>&nbsp;All three worksites employ North Korean workers.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>Although China is participating in this round of particularly strict UN sanctions, the amount of North Korean laborers dispatched to different regions in China has not been reduced. According to multiple business managers with North Korea-facing operations, there are 20,000 North Korean laborers in Dandong, 2,000 in Tumen, and 2,000 in Hunchun. &nbsp;The Chinese authorities can not interfere with the Chinese businesses who have legally hired North Korean laborers. As businesses are legally allowed to hire the cheap workers for up to three years at a time, they are quite pleased.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIn most cases, the workers take a three-year contract and stick with it. They tend to work hard. Business owners who prefer stability perceive that as a positive sign. So the North Korean laborers are popular. These days, the cost of labor for Chinese workers continues to climb, which makes the alternative choice of hiring a North Korean that much easier to make,\u201d the Dandong textiles factory manager explained.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>According to a source in Yanju, North Koreans who wish to come and work legally in China must receive a health examination from China\u2019s Board of Health. \u201cThe examination center is packed with dozens of North Koreans hoping to pass the inspection,\u201d she said. \u201cThe amount who pass on a monthly basis is in the hundreds. The laborers just keep coming.\u201d&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><i><font color=\"#848284\">*This article has been brought to you with support from the Korea Press Foundation.<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of last month, Daily NK dispatched a special correspondents team to a textile factory in the city of Tumen City in Chin&#8217;s Jilin Province.The factory employs female workers from North Korea. According to an insider with knowledge of the operation, the North Korean and Chinese workers are thoroujghly separated from one another. 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