Pyongyang’s mining recruitment crisis: Free housing can’t keep workers from fleeing

Pyongyang’s mining recruitment crisis: Free housing can’t keep workers from fleeing

North Korea is forcing discharged soldiers and young people to fill gaps at the country’s mines, offering housing, matchmaking services and material assistance to encourage workers to settle down. But attrition rates remain high, with occupancy in new mining district apartments below 30%. A source in South Pyongan province told Daily NK recently that new apartment buildings ranging from three to… Source

Pyongyang’s mining recruitment crisis: Free housing can’t keep workers from fleeing - The Press United

North Korea is forcing discharged soldiers and young people to fill gaps at the country’s mines, offering housing, matchmaking services and material assistance to encourage workers to settle down. But attrition rates remain high, with occupancy in new mining district apartments below 30%. A source in South Pyongan province told Daily NK recently that new […] The post Pyongyang’s mining recruitment crisis: Free housing can’t keep workers from fle…