Pyongyang women shell out $300 monthly to dodge field work - Daily NK English

Pyongyang women shell out $300 monthly to dodge field work - Daily NK English

Women in North Korea’s capital city are competing intensely to join special “home industry” organizations that provide an official escape from mandatory farm work during the busy growing season. “The competition has become fierce among Pyongyang women trying to enter these home industry groups,” a North Korean source revealed to Daily NK. “With farm mobilizations happening every other day, women desperately need relief, and these groups offer ex…