A major issue currently facing the country is human trafficking; many men, women, and children are subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. North Korea is a primary source of labor for foreign governments, most often Russia and China. North Koreans do not have a choice in the work th...
Exports of ballistic missiles not only earn the regime cash, they also make it easier for North Korea to continueproducing missiles for domestic usedue to economies of scale. However, North Korea appears to have shot itself in the foot. Instead of exporting just the missiles themselves, it was...
Its major trading partners are China, Russia, South Korea, Japan,India, andThailand. Private corporations mainly promote trade with South Korea. North Korea mainly exports live animals and agricultural products, textiles, clothes, machines, and mineral fuels and lubricants. ...
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The vehicles in question are small trucks that North Koreans callppangtong. They carry raw materials when they enter North Korea and finished goods when they enter China. The vehicles cannot carry much cargo, but since false eyelashes, wigs, and the raw materials needed to make them take up...
The main reason for the decline can be summarized as the decrease of market share in major markets including the Soviet Union, Japan and other Eastern countries. As of 1991, North Korea's exports to the Soviet Union decreased by 83.7% as compared to last year's levels. Considering the ...
Hamhung is North Korea’s second-largest city boasting a population of over 750,000, but still dwarfed of course by the 3.2 million strong capital city. Hamhung city, together with its southern neighbour Hungnam, make up North Korea’s centre for chemical industry. Major exports from these ...
Textile enterprises have exported raw materials to North Korea and imported locally produced products. The most important factor is the low cost of manpower in North Korea. On the other hand, the proportion of North Korea's exports of China's coal, iron ore and other mineral resources to Chi...
Amid signs that North Korea has recently restarted freight train service to acquire goods from China, there is now speculation that the country is relaunching exports, too. A source in Yanggang Province told Daily NK on Wednesday that the Ministry of External Economic Relations issued an order on...
When COVID-19 spread in China, North Korea claimed no confirmed cases. It is speculated that night-time light in Pyongyang, where major government agencies are located, did not change significantly because the border closure did not affect activities in Pyongyang. The impact of border closures ...