Young people in Sinuiju are volunteering for construction brigades before the state can assign them elsewhere, choosing what they see as the least harmful option in a sweeping labor mobilization drive launched after the Workers’ Party of Korea’s Ninth Congress, Daily NK has learned. The move reflects growing fear of permanent placement at collective farms or coal mines, from which sources say…
March 9, 2026 at 08:13AM
by DailyNK(North Korean Media)