Deciphering reports of North Korean workers’ strike in Chinese textile factories
Experts weigh in on whether large-scale action took place and how years of unpaid wages could have sparked a backlash
Factory workers in Nampho, North Korea | Image: NK News (April 2018)
Thousands of North Koreans working in the Chinese textile industry went on strike and rioted to demand unpaid wages this month, a defector in South Korea and a prominent think tank recently claimed in media reports.
Thousands of North Koreans working in the Chinese textile industry went on strike and rioted to demand unpaid wages this month, a defector in South Korea and a prominent think tank recently claimed in media reports.
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