How do people from North Korea get paid and work in North Korea?


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UbeIT

North Korea, which has a socialist system, is under strict information control, so it is difficult to accurately know the statistics and actual situation of the North Korean economy. Mina Yoon, a woman from North Korea, has revealed the actual state of 'work' in North Korea, and you can learn about the employment problems that are occurring locally.

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According to Yoon, everything in North Korea, including food and daily necessities, is managed through a rationing system, but the rationing system is currently collapsing, and the way people think about work and income is changing. thing. Basically, people in North Korea do not have the freedom to choose a job, and are forced to do a job given to them by the government for the rest of their lives.

Under a collectivist system, the North Korean government maintains strict control over all resources by distributing work according to its own research and necessary staffing arrangements. For this reason, North Korea's employment system is completely different from other countries.


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Matt Paish

Yoon says that North Koreans cannot have dreams for the future because they have no freedom to choose a career. When Yoon himself went to a kindergarten exclusively for families of military leaders, when someone asked his teacher what his dreams were for the future, he answered, ``My dream is to make the people of North Korea healthy.That's why I studied hard.'' I want to become a doctor.And I want to bring joy to General Kim Il Sung.''

North Korean children who grow up receiving government propaganda from an early age are unable to think about their dreams for the future, and simply do the jobs the government tells them to do. When North Korean children graduate from high school, they write on a special form the three industries they want to work in, but graduates understand that this is just a formality. Men are obligated to join the military immediately after graduating from high school, and women as well as men can join the military if they are blessed with a good physique, such as being ``tall.''


By

Matt Paish

Those who did not join the military are assigned to factories, but the placement criteria only takes into account the distance from home to the factory, and has no bearing on ability. Once assigned, it is impossible to transfer. In the first place, even if you transfer, the job content and salary do not change, so there are no people who want to transfer.

The already poor employment environment, where there is no freedom to choose a career, will only worsen with the collapse of the distribution system. Even when factories stopped production, no compensation was paid to workers.

As of 2013, the most popular workplace in North Korea is an institution that handles foreign currency. Specifically, it is an institution that exports North Korean resources and earns foreign currency for the government, and those who work at this institution are given sufficient rations and salaries. The background to this is the fact that most institutions that handle foreign currency are under the umbrella of authoritative organizations such as governments.


By

Zhimin Pan

However, many of the people working at institutions that handle foreign currency are people who have some kind of connection to the government or are wealthy people, so it is almost impossible for ordinary people to find employment.

Bribery is said to be prevalent in North Korea as demand for jobs that provide stable pay and rations increases. Bribery also involves steps, starting with bribing officials to steal personal information records from local government agencies. Next, he bribes the managers and party secretaries of government-affiliated factories and has them create ``confirmation letters for hiring him.'' Finally, you can submit the confirmation letter you created to the government agency and successfully get a job.

In addition, people who have worked in the North Korean military for more than 10 years are given the chance to get a new job by the government, but those who are unlucky are sent to work on national projects that require large-scale human resources. That's what he said. When Kim Jong Il was alive, thousands of ex-military soldiers were sent to Yanggang Province, a region with few residents but thriving potato farming. Former soldiers were forced to live a life as farmers, even though they had previously worked in government-related institutions.


By Taylor Sloan

At this time, a large number of men were suddenly sent to Ryoedo, causing a shortage of women in the region. The government recruited women of suitable age and sent them to Liangan Province, but there were not enough women, and there are still many unmarried men in Liangan Province.

Yoon said, ``Now that North Korea's social system is collapsing, it would be better to quickly discard the old system and introduce a new system.Also, the new system should include an employment system that allows young people to pursue their dreams.'' 'We should be able to protect ourselves,' he said, expressing concern about the current situation in North Korea.

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