{"id":54978,"date":"2023-05-11T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T01:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=54978"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:40:47","slug":"north-korean-garment-companies-russia-rush-fulfill-surge-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-garment-companies-russia-rush-fulfill-surge-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean garment companies in Russia rush to fulfill surge in orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia-based North Korean garment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-koreas-entrepreneurship-push-shows-early-success-as-authorities-demand-steep-cuts-of-earnings\/\">companies<\/a> are busy trying to fulfill a significant surge in orders from local clients, Daily NK has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking on condition of anonymity due to security concerns, a Daily NK reporting partner in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/russia-turns-to-north-korean-workers-amid-western-sanctions\/\">Russia<\/a> said Wednesday that production at North Korean garment companies in Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk in the first quarter was double that of 2022&#8217;s first quarter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-deadly-covid-lie\/\">pandemic<\/a>, North Korean garment companies in Russia shut down onsite operations and sent small teams of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-logistics-officials-scramble-feed-workers\/\">workers<\/a> in shifts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-koreas-tourism-drive-leaves-locals-exhausted-from-constant-building\/\">construction<\/a> sites or other places to do odd jobs. However, with the recent flood of orders from Russian clients, the companies are busier than ever.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The increase in orders has allowed the companies to meet the foreign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-shutters-exchange-centers-currency-crisis\/\">currency<\/a> quotas imposed on them by the North Korean authorities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/cash-remains-king-why-north-koreans-resist-pyongyangs-digital-payment-push\/\">pay<\/a> monthly wages to their workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korea-blames-factory-defects-on-loyalty-issues\/\">factory<\/a> affiliated with the leading North Korean garment company in Irkutsk has about 70 workers, while another North Korean garment company in Krasnoyarsk has about 100 workers,\u201d said the reporting partner. \u201cRussian businesses used to order lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/nk-army-orders-water-tests-following-health-crisis\/\">military<\/a> clothing, but these days they are placing a lot of orders for construction overalls and ordinary clothing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The manufacture of military clothing is more profitable than ordinary clothing for the general public. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russian businesses had long placed orders for military clothing at North Korean garment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-price-freeze-kangwon-province-disrupts-local-markets\/\">factories<\/a>, but workers at these factories no longer boast good needlework skills. This has led Russian clients to focus on commissioning the production of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-workers-accept-reduced-wages-job-opportunities-vanish\/\">work<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/fur-famine-north-korea-elite-flout-luxury-bans-workers-starve\/\">clothes<\/a> for construction sites or clothing for the general public.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI understand that the brunt of the increase in the orders [this year] was for ordinary clothing,\u201d said the reporting partner. \u201cRussian clients say they won\u2019t order the processing of expensive, intricate garments like military clothing until North Korean seamsters get better at what they do.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Korean workers lack the necessary skills &#8220;because all the workers left their country with the aim of making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/hyesan-crackdown-sends-currency-traders-to-labor-camps-as-regime-tightens-control\/\">money<\/a>, and only about 10% of them are professional seamsters. What\u2019s more, the existing workers were not rotated out even once during the\u00a0 period of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with such little work to do, they had few opportunities to improve their skills,&#8221; the reporting partner explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worried that orders might fall off due to quality issues and that they may not be able to fulfill their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-bans-foreign-currency-wages-mandates-cash-payments-in-revised-labor-law\/\">foreign currency<\/a> quotas, North Korean garment companies in Russia are focused on production during the day and providing training to their workers at night, the reporting partner said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNorth Korean garment companies are trying to meet the demands of their Russian clients, even forcing teams to work all night to remake poor quality items. Some workers are being driven to do so much work that they sleep just four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/shortened-market-hours-push-n-korean-vendors-toward-home-delivery-services\/\">hours<\/a> a day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Translated by David Black. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of reporting partners who live inside North Korea and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/how-chinas-wedge-strategy-could-tip-the-balance-of-power-on-the-korean-peninsula\/\">China<\/a>. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-intensifies-indoctrination-promoting-complete-nation-status-under-new-doctrine\/\">information<\/a> about Daily NK\u2019s reporting partner network and information gathering activities can be found on our FAQ page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/faq\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/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\/20230503-5\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia-based North Korean garment companies are busy trying to fulfill a significant surge in orders from local clients, Daily NK has learned. 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