{"id":45100,"date":"2020-05-29T13:16:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T04:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=45100"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:40:47","slug":"photo-shows-north-korean-laborers-china-making-protective-suits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/photo-shows-north-korean-laborers-china-making-protective-suits\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo: N. Korean laborers in China are making protective suits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Daily NK source recently sent over a photo that shows North Korean laborers at a Chinese factory manufacturing white protective suits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The image (below) confirms a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%E4%B8%AD-%EC%9D%98%EB%A5%98%C2%B7%EB%B0%A9%EC%A0%9C%EA%B3%B5%EC%9E%A5-%ED%99%9C%EB%A1%9C-%EC%B0%BE%EC%9E%90-%E5%8C%97-%EB%85%B8%EB%8F%99%EC%9E%90%EB%93%A4-%EC%95%88%EB%8F%84%EC%9D%98-%ED%95%9C\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (in Korean) by Daily NK last month that North Korean laborers are manufacturing face masks and protective suits at a clothing factory in China\u2019s Liaoning Province.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45101 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/\ubc29\uc5ed\ubcf5-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/\ubc29\uc5ed\ubcf5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/\ubc29\uc5ed\ubcf5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/\ubc29\uc5ed\ubcf5-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/\ubc29\uc5ed\ubcf5-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/\ubc29\uc5ed\ubcf5.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The massive increase in demand for protective gear in China due to the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have led the clothing company to hire North Korean workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source confirmed this, saying \u201cNorth Koreans who had long been unable to work [because of COVID-19] are working in the factory.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The workers at the factory, however, are reportedly laboring up to 18 hours a day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey work at least 12 hours a day, and then work night shifts until 2 or 3 AM,\u201d a North Korean trader based in Dandong told Daily NK. \u201cA significant number of workers are working so hard they suffer nosebleeds and are completely fatigued.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The workers are reportedly paid just RMB 1,700 to 2,000 [USD 237 to 279] a month, the trader said, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s not a reasonable amount of money.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese workers in Liaoning Province working just nine-hour days are paid at least RMB 1,550 (USD 216) a month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its 2020 white paper on North Korean human rights, the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) noted that most North Korean laborers working overseas earn minimum wage and suffer from long work hours. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by Violet Kim<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%E4%B8%AD%EC%84%9C-%EB%B0%A9%ED%98%B8%EB%B3%B5-%EC%83%9D%EC%82%B0-%EC%9E%91%EC%97%85-%ED%88%AC%EC%9E%85-%E5%8C%97%EB%85%B8%EB%8F%99%EC%9E%90-%ED%8F%AC%EC%B0%A9%ED%95%98%EB%A3%A8-18%EC%8B%9C\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Daily NK source recently sent over a photo that shows North Korean laborers at a Chinese factory manufacturing white protective suits.\u00a0 The image (below) confirms a report (in Korean) by Daily NK last month that North Korean laborers are manufacturing face masks and protective suits at a clothing factory in China\u2019s Liaoning Province.\u00a0 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":44217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[740,779,1138],"class_list":["post-45100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-liaoning-province","tag-dandong","tag-overseas-workers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Photo: N. 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