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Peter Ward
Peter Ward is a research fellow at the Sejong Institute. His work focuses on North Korean politics, the economy and society. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna.
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Evergreen Toil by day, study at night: work-life balance in Kim Il Sung’s North KoreaThe DPRK's founding leader had some unusual theories about social welfare Being a man who believed, in theory, in progress and in the dignity of the working man, when Kim Il Sung came to power he introduced the "Eight Hour Working Day" (‘Eight Hour Work System’ in the original Korean). By the standards of late 1940s East Asia, this was a progressive move. But do not worry, an addendum to this was added in 1967. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |