{"id":45299,"date":"2020-06-15T09:56:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T00:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=45299"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:57:27","slug":"some-north-korean-workers-china-set-sign-better-paying-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/some-north-korean-workers-china-set-sign-better-paying-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Some N. Korean workers in China set to sign better-paying contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some North Korean workers in China are set to sign better-paying contracts with Chinese companies, which would allow them to extend their stays in the country, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in China told Daily NK on June 11 that some North Korean workers in the country have been preparing new contracts with higher pay since early this month. The contractual periods are reportedly at least two years long, although specific details such as contract signing dates and work periods vary depending on the Chinese company involved. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they sign these new contracts, a recent return order handed down by North Korean authorities would essentially be disregarded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last month, North Korean authorities <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-orders-some-workers-china-return-home\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ordered<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> some North Korean workers in China to return home, citing low wages and the spread of COVID-19 in China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea had reportedly demanded that Chinese companies increase the monthly salaries for its workers to RMB 3,500 (USD 494). Chinese companies ostensibly balked at the idea, given that increasing wages by 40% overnight would be too much of a financial burden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facing this refusal, North Korean authorities issued the return order, claiming that the decision was due to the spread of the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There has long been widespread complaints among North Koreans about stagnant wages for workers in China. Some have pointed out that there is no money left for workers when they return home from their stints in China because of increasing demands by the state to contribute to the country\u2019s \u201cloyalty fund.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spread of COVID-19 has also led many to lose interest in going overseas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With COVID-19 cases again increasing in southern China, however, many orders originally handled by southern factories are flooding into factories located in the country&#8217;s northeast. Factories in Liaoning and Jilin provinces, which already employ many North Korean workers, now have an urgent need for cheap North Korean labor to fulfill the growing number of orders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese factory workers are typically paid a monthly salary of between RMB 3,500 (USD 494) and RMB 5,000 (USD 705), along with an insurance premium of RMB 1,000 (USD 141) covered by the factory. From the perspective of Chinese factory owners, it makes better business sense to hire North Koreans &#8211; even if they are forced to increase their wages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities hastily began taking steps to prepare for the contract renewals as soon as it appeared likely that Chinese companies would accept the pay raise, Daily NK\u2019s source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities also plan to increase the share of workers&#8217; wages \u201cdonated\u201d to the party\u2019s \u201cloyalty fund\u201d once the pay increases are finalized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf monthly salaries increase to RMB 3,500 [USD 494], the [North Korean communist] party\u2019s cut from these salaries will likely increase to RMB 1,800 [USD 254],\u201d the source said. \u201cThat would be an increase of RMB 300 to RMB 500 [USD 42 &#8211; USD 70] compared to the past.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite this, workers in China are reportedly welcoming the proposed salary increases and stay extensions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If, however, the contracts are not renewed before they expire, North Korean trading companies managing the dispatch of workers to China may still have to bring their workers back home at some point.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe border is closed due to COVID-19, so even workers who have completed their contracts are unable to return home,\u201d another source told Daily NK. \u201cWorkers who fail to get new contracts with increased wages will likely return to North Korea by around September.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%ED%95%B4%EC%99%B8-%ED%8C%8C%EA%B2%AC-%E5%8C%97%EB%85%B8%EB%8F%99%EC%9E%90%EB%93%A4-%EC%9E%84%EA%B8%88-%EC%9D%B8%EC%83%81%EC%95%88%EC%9C%BC%EB%A1%9C-%E4%B8%AD%EA%B3%BC-%EC%9E%AC%EA%B3%84%EC%95%BD\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some North Korean workers in China are set to sign better-paying contracts with Chinese companies, which would allow them to extend their stays in the country, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 A source in China told Daily NK on June 11 that some North Korean workers in the country have been preparing new contracts with higher [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":42997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[743,1138,3238],"class_list":["post-45299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-factories","tag-overseas-workers","tag-north-korea-foreign-policy"],"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>Some N. 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