Young North Koreans facing poverty and an unrelenting burden of workplace levies are volunteering for the country’s much-dreaded labor brigades in growing numbers, choosing grueling construction work as an escape from hardship at home. A Daily NK source in North Hwanghae province said Friday that recent months have seen a rising number of young people […]
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