{"id":42043,"date":"2019-09-09T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=42043"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:25:23","slug":"factories-encourage-workplace-exemption-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/factories-encourage-workplace-exemption-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyongyang factories encourage workplace exemption program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42044\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42044\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\ud3c9\uc591\uc81c\uc0ac\uacf5\uc7a5-696x464.jpg\" alt=\"Factories in Pyongyang\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\ud3c9\uc591\uc81c\uc0ac\uacf5\uc7a5-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\ud3c9\uc591\uc81c\uc0ac\uacf5\uc7a5-696x464-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\ud3c9\uc591\uc81c\uc0ac\uacf5\uc7a5-696x464-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of a factory in Pyongyang. \/ Image: Rodong Sinmun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managers of some Pyongyang-based factories are encouraging their workers to take part in a popular workplace exemption program referred to colloquially as \u201c8.3 Earnings,\u201d Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFactory managers are sending away their best workers if they believe their factories can\u2019t meet the production quotas set by the government,\u201d a Pyongyang-based source told Daily NK on September 5. \u201cThe managers are allowing workers to engage in their own market activities in exchange for a monthly fee.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEach of the workers participating in the workplace exemption program generally pay factories around 50-60 USD each month in fees,\u201d the source continued. \u201cThe money seems to be ensuring that the factories can survive financially.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the apparent popularity and effectiveness of the system, North Korean authorities are conducting major crackdowns on the practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK reported earlier this year through North Korean sources that the authorities have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-rolls-back-popular-workplace-exemption-program\/\">expanded crackdowns<\/a> against the practice, particularly in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/miners-handed-severe-punishment-for-absenteeism\/\">certain industries<\/a> deemed critical to the functioning of the economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Car batteries power production lines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Factory managers, for their part, are facing more pressure from North Korean authorities to find &#8220;self-sufficient&#8221; ways to earn money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On top of pressure to be more self-sufficient, factory managers face frequent electricity shortages that make it difficult to ensure constant production.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere\u2019s a limit to what factories can produce,\u201d another Pyongyang-based source told the Daily NK. \u201cFactories have to finish their production activities within the time they\u2019re allotted electricity, but the amount of electricity provided is often insufficient to meet their quotas.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said that factories are producing their own electricity to fill the gaps. \u201cThey use two large car batteries, among other interesting methods, to keep their factories running.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The energy derived through these methods keeps the lights on and small machines running. \u201cFactory managers find the current situation intolerable, but do what they can because they have mouths to feed and employees to provide for,\u201d the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFactories seem to be slowly dying, rather than just shutting down all together at the same time,\u201d said the source, who added that the conditions make it extremely difficult for managers to keep operations going.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK reported recently through sources in the country that a considerable number of state-run factories have already shut down, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-ceases-operation-of-some-munitions-factories\/\">munitions factories<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-koreas-sunghori-cement-factory-facing-shutdown\/\">cement factories<\/a>. Other sources have reported that local factories in South Pyongan Province, near Pyongyang, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/local-factories-in-north-korea-face-closure-amidst-theft-epidemic\/\">facing shutdowns<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@gmail.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managers of some Pyongyang-based factories are encouraging their workers to take part in a popular workplace exemption program referred to colloquially as \u201c8.3 Earnings,\u201d Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 \u201cFactory managers are sending away their best workers if they believe their factories can\u2019t meet the production quotas set by the government,\u201d a Pyongyang-based source told Daily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":42044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[100,181,714],"class_list":["post-42043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-markets","tag-sanctions","tag-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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