Students, residents pressed into North Korean construction projects

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Students, residents pressed into North Korean construction projects

North Korean authorities are addressing a labor shortage by conscripting ordinary residents and students as young as 12 to work on state-mandated construction projects, sources inside North Korea told Radio Free Asia. In the northern province of Ryanggang, officials In Kimhyongjik county have required students to work on factory construction sites as part of leader Kim Jong Un’s plan to accelerate industrial development under the so-called “20×…