N. Korean soldiers bribe commanders for coveted 'work brigade' assignments - Daily NK English

N. Korean soldiers bribe commanders for coveted 'work brigade' assignments - Daily NK English

Many North Korean soldiers are locked in fierce competition for coveted “work brigade” assignments, where military oversight is significantly more relaxed than standard barracks duty. A military source inside North Korea told Daily NK recently that “a company commander of a company under the Seventh Corps stationed in South Hamgyong province is under investigation for receiving $500 from a soldier in exchange for assigning him to a work brigade.…