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North korea shines light on teacher protests in seoul in bid to smear south For more info 2023-10-09 [NK News]
North koreans under 'reign of fear,' starced and forced to work, U.N. hears 2023-10-09 [NYT]
Regime takes up to two-thirds of salaries from workers for ‘loyalty funds' 2018-08-08 [DailyNK]
Statement by DPRK Journalists Union condemns conservative outlets for ‘disgusting slander' 2018-01-19 [NK News]
Gov't deducts money from workers' salaries to pay for Kim Jong Il birthday events 2019-02-21 [DailyNK]
The Pyongyang General Hospital project's dark side 2020-06-26 [DailyNK]
Women in Samjiyon's work units fall victim to sexual assault 2019-12-11 [DailyNK]
Miners' Families Suffer Cancers, Birth Defects From Uranium Exposure 2019-08-22 [RFA]
Women in Hyesan voice discontent over forced labor 2020-06-05 [DailyNK]
Rights Monitor Group Tracking 60,000 North Korean Workers in Northeastern China 2019-12-24 [Radio Free Asia]
Citizens Living Near Samjiyon Fed Up With Being Mobilized to Prepare for Kim Jong Un Visits 2019-12-08 [RFA]
Guest workers lauded at home yet abused overseas 2019-11-03 [The Times]
NK Forces Workers Returning from Russia to Snitch on Each Other 2019-09-15 [RFA]
Middle school students mobilized to harvest opium resin 2019-08-30 [DailyNK]
Forced mobilization of residents continues at Samjiyon project site 2019-08-23 [DailyNK]
Citizens in Yanggang Province Skip Out on Forced Labor Project 2019-06-26 [RFA]
Economic activity: for NK, a form of warfare 2019-06-20 [Asia Times]
Neighborhood watch heads share stories about Samjiyon construction site conditions 2019-06-18 [DailyNK]
NK mobilizes factory workers to make giant propaganda slogan signs 2019-06-04 [RFA]
Child labor continues in state construction projects 2019-05-24 [DailyNK]
Workers rebel against orders to work at the Samjiyon construction site 2019-05-09 [DailyNK]
Shock brigade workers face horrific conditions at Samjiyon site 2019-04-17 [DailyNK]
Majority of Pyongyang state-run factories close after US-DPRK summit fails to bear fruit 2019-04-04 [DailyNK]
Workers subjected to dismal conditions at Tanchon Power Station construction site 2019-03-20 [DailyNK]
Regime squeezes its migrant workers in China for funds 2019-03-03 [DailyNK]
'Socialist utopia' needs mass labor... 2019-02-19 [Reuters]
150,000 workers head to Wonsan in extreme cold 2019-02-18 [DailyNK]
Musan Mine workers pay fees to skip work and enter smuggling trade 2019-02-15 [DailyNK]
Gov't Cuts Wages of Workers on Chinese Payroll 2019-01-31 [RFA]
Amid nationwide construction spree, factory workers pay for mobilization exemption 2018-12-27 [DailyNK]
North Korean worker demands accountability for slave labour in supply chain 2018-12-06 [Equal Times]
Poor food rations leading to rise in absenteeism among public workers 2018-11-26 [DailyNK]
Construction workers in Samjiyon face long hours in icy temperatures 2018-11-23 [DailyNK]
Chongjin factory roof collapse leads to fatalities 2018-11-20 [DailyNK]
Senior manager at Songjin Steel Complex banished to Musan Mine 2018-11-09 [DailyNK]
Workers mobilized into shock troop units face difficult choices 2018-09-19 [DailyNK]
Forced labor prescribed for malnourished street children 2018-08-20 [DailyNK]
Country is World's Leading Slave State, says report 2018-07-25 [RFA]
Kim Jong-un 'blasts workers at factories for not working hard enough' 2018-07-02 [Telegraph]
Rushed Work Schedule Leads to Fatal Fire at North Korean Resort 2018-05-15 [RFA]
North Korea's secret slave gangs 2018-04-16 [BBC]
Trump urged to push North Korea to end slavery 2018-06-12 [Reuters]
Sri Lanka, Poland, say no to North Korean workers 2017-09-29 [UPI]
Workers Overseas Feeling Sanctions' Squeeze 2017-09-29 [VoA]
UN Decision Should Open the Way for Diplomatic Solution 2017-09-12 [ITUC]
North Korea on a dead end road 2017-06-19 [Equal Times]
End rampant child labour, says Human Rights Watch 2017-02-14 [Human Rights Watch]
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