had already planned out their savings based on pre-ascertained numbers tied to their respective industries.
“Both construction workers and forestry workers will have to work every day to just barely pull together their yearly contributions,” said the source. “Because workers who can’t pay the funds have to return home, they’re trying to do any work they can. But there’s not much work they can do.”
The rise in party contributions apparently only applies to civilian workers. In the case of soldiers, most of their wages already go to the state.
In 2017, the United Nations Security Council called for the repatriation of overseas North Korean workers. North Korean authorities have paid the resolution little heed and have been sending new workers overseas to earn foreign currency.
North Korea reportedly sent a new batch of workers to Russia in April and about 200 workers to Mongolia in May.
North Korean authorities are reportedly training another batch of workers in Pyongyang to be sent to Russia and China, as well as to Syria, Egypt, Iran, and other places in the Middle East.
It's a sign of Pyongyang's desperate need for cash. Times are hard. Even Respected Comrade (formerly Supreme Leader) Kim Jong-un has lost weight.
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