South Korea's intelligence agency has reported that poor conditions for North Korean workers overseas have led to unspecified ‘incidents and accidents.’ Researchers have noted rare protests and unrest among North Korean workers in China, particularly those from a military-linked trading company. The discontent among these workers has been escalating, especially as the border reopens and they express a desire to return home, a move the North Korean regime is resisting to continue raising funds. In China, migrant workers often lack employment contracts, leading to widespread issues with unpaid wages. This year, the situation has worsened, with the number of protests over unpaid wages before the Spring Festival doubling from the previous year, according to a Hong Kong watchdog organization. Local governments in China have also raised concerns, and workers are resorting to creative stunts to demand payment.
Protests are soaring in China as unpaid workers demand their wages. They are coming up with creative stunts to put pressure on companies https://t.co/OR8tSlZlqP 👇
"Unpaid wages are a chronic problem in China....China’s state-run labor unions (independent ones are banned) often side with management in disputes. So companies are under little pressure to pay workers in a timely manner." If at all. https://t.co/IY0LLdrXKh
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Protests over unpaid wages in the period before China’s Spring Festival have doubled compared with last year, according to a watchdog organisation in Hong Kong. Several local governments have also voiced concerns https://t.co/8Fzu8y4i99 👇
It speaks to how poorly China treats its migrant workers that even North Koreans, who are desperate to get out of their impoverished, highly repressive country, are protesting. https://t.co/dgdMD7uchd
Migrant workers in China are rarely given employment contracts. That means unpaid wages are a chronic problem. This year, as the economy sputters, things are worse than usual https://t.co/aBysVLKzIr 👇
Signs of rare unrest among North Korean workers in China, researchers say #globalrisk https://t.co/Z9OmFKq7dc
🇨🇳🇰🇵 "Discontent among those workers has been brewing," "Now that the border is reopening, those workers want to go home. That's not easy now, given the North Korean regime wants to keep them in China to raise money for the government." https://t.co/T83CjvkEoi
South Korea's intelligence agency says poor conditions for North Koreans working overseas have led to ‘incidents and accidents,’ while researchers report rare protests and unrest in China among workers from a North Korean military-linked trading company https://t.co/yyOSS4FVu4