{"id":56182,"date":"2023-09-06T10:42:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T01:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=56182"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:10:34","slug":"north-korea-sends-workers-suffering-mental-disorders-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-sends-workers-suffering-mental-disorders-back-home\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea sends workers suffering from mental disorders back home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A North Korean passenger train arrived in North Korea last Thursday, the first time passenger train service has been resumed in three years and seven months. On Monday, a source inside China told Daily NK that the train was carrying hundreds of North Koreans workers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The passenger train arrived in Sinuiju after departing from Dandong at around 10:30 AM on Thursday and had seven cars, including six passenger cars and a single cargo car, according to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The source said that the train was carrying about 300 North Korean laborers who had been working throughout China and that most of the workers on the train were classified as having mental health-related problems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mental disorders skyrocket during COVID-19 period<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After China intensified COVID-19 quarantine protocols, North Korean workers spent long periods confined to their dormitories and workplaces. Under these conditions, many people complained of serious psychiatric disorders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFactories with 150 to 200 North Korean workers had, on average, five or six employees suffering from psychiatric disorders. It was such a serious problem that separate personnel were assigned to manage them,\u201d the source said. \u201cThese people could not work normally due to symptoms of psychiatric issues such as depression, bipolar disorder, lack of appetite and sleeping problems.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Managers of the workers tried hard to prevent suicides, and made other efforts to ensure workers suffering from mental issues were cared for. There was even a case where three or four workers had to force another worker to eat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Daily NK <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/increasing-number-north-korean-workers-china-end-lives-due-difficult-work-environment\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> last year that more and more North Korean workers in China were receiving psychological treatment for serious depression and lethargy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last year, a suicide attempt at one factory led managers to take workers suffering from mental disorders to Chinese hospitals for treatment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their treatment did not last long, however, as the workers lacked money to pay hospital fees and also refused to continue treatment. In fact, most North Korean workers avoid getting treatment for fear of suffering social disadvantages should others learn that they were diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder or have taken medications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The North Korean authorities appear to have responded to the growing problem of mental disorders among workers in China by repatriating some of them last week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gradual repatriation of workers from China<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">North Korean authorities also repatriated about 200 workers from China by bus on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe plan is to gradually repatriate North Korean workers from China by the end of the year,\u201d the source told Daily NK. \u201cBecause there were so many workers in China, it\u2019ll probably take a while for them to replace everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Translated by David Black. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of sources who live inside North Korea, China and elsewhere. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More information 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\/20230904-1\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A North Korean passenger train arrived in North Korea last Thursday, the first time passenger train service has been resumed in three years and seven months. 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