{"id":38552,"date":"2018-11-21T16:59:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T07:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=38552"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:22:18","slug":"north-korea-sends-engineering-apprentices-to-china-skirting-international-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-sends-engineering-apprentices-to-china-skirting-international-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea sends engineering apprentices to China, skirting international sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38564\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/180404-\uc911\uad6d-\ud654\ub8e1\uc5d0-\ubd81\ud55c-\ub178\ub3d9\uc790-\ub4e4\uc5b4\uc624\ub294-\uc601\uc0c1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38564 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/180404-\uc911\uad6d-\ud654\ub8e1\uc5d0-\ubd81\ud55c-\ub178\ub3d9\uc790-\ub4e4\uc5b4\uc624\ub294-\uc601\uc0c1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/180404-\uc911\uad6d-\ud654\ub8e1\uc5d0-\ubd81\ud55c-\ub178\ub3d9\uc790-\ub4e4\uc5b4\uc624\ub294-\uc601\uc0c1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/180404-\uc911\uad6d-\ud654\ub8e1\uc5d0-\ubd81\ud55c-\ub178\ub3d9\uc790-\ub4e4\uc5b4\uc624\ub294-\uc601\uc0c1-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/180404-\uc911\uad6d-\ud654\ub8e1\uc5d0-\ubd81\ud55c-\ub178\ub3d9\uc790-\ub4e4\uc5b4\uc624\ub294-\uc601\uc0c1-768x635.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/180404-\uc911\uad6d-\ud654\ub8e1\uc5d0-\ubd81\ud55c-\ub178\ub3d9\uc790-\ub4e4\uc5b4\uc624\ub294-\uc601\uc0c1-696x575.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/180404-\uc911\uad6d-\ud654\ub8e1\uc5d0-\ubd81\ud55c-\ub178\ub3d9\uc790-\ub4e4\uc5b4\uc624\ub294-\uc601\uc0c1-508x420.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of North Korean women were seen carrying bags through the northeast Chinese city of Helong. Taken in April 2017. Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the restrictions placed on North Korea\u2019s foreign currency-earning activities, the regime has found a way around the sanctions that allows them to send North Korean laborers abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt the end of October, I saw around 100 laborers heading to China and I asked one of them where all of them were going. He said that many laborers are going abroad despite the sanctions,\u201d said a North Hamgyong Province-based source on November 13. \u201cThey are working as \u2018engineering apprentices\u2019 in a Chinese factory.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is a high possibility that the laborers are going to Hunchun or Tumen, which is where many laborers have gone in the past,\u201d the source added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engineering apprentices refer to laborers at North Korean factories or enterprises who are given the opportunity to train in the role over a fixed period. They are similar to South Korean university students who attend night school. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe laborers heading to China had all worked in factories in China in the past,\u201d said the source. \u201cThey renew their Chinese visas after a month of work by heading back to North Korea, before returning to China.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These activities, however, are aimed at skirting the prohibition of labor export under UN Resolution 2371. North Korea appears to be sending its laborers abroad as \u201cstudents\u201d in a way that skirts sanctions and allows the regime to continue to earn foreign currency. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This activity is likely the result of a \u201cdeal\u201d between the regime and foreign currency-earning enterprises together with the Chinese authorities as all three parties would need to understand the arrangement.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38567\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/mmexport1506426981042-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38567 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/mmexport1506426981042-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/mmexport1506426981042-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/mmexport1506426981042-1-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/mmexport1506426981042-1-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/mmexport1506426981042-1-696x315.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Korean workers at a sewing factory in Dandong City, Liaoning Province, China. 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Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in China close to North Korean affairs told Daily NK that it is an attempt to skirt international sanctions. \u201cNorth Korean trading companies, in concert with the North Korean authorities, have found a way to send human resources abroad by referring to the laborers as \u2018engineering apprentices,&#8217; he said, adding that the Chinese authorities have quietly accepted this state of affairs.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChinese enterprises are also supporting the import of North Korean laborers through such methods because there is a major gap in wages between Chinese and North Korean wages,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean laborers in China are receiving lower wages than in the past and are faced with backbreaking levels of work. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNorth Korean managers tell the laborers that because they have to work every day, they have to take their rest days during their return to North Korea to renew their visas,\u201d a separate source based in China told Daily NK. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese apprentices get less money than regular laborers and are given the same levels of work, so the only people benefiting from all of this are the managers.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the restrictions placed on North Korea\u2019s foreign currency-earning activities, the regime has found a way around the sanctions that allows them to send North Korean laborers abroad. \u201cAt the end of October, I saw around 100 laborers heading to China and I asked one of them where all of them were going. 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