Smuggling ban drives North Korean units to cheap Chinese work

North Korea’s foreign currency-earning units are scrambling for low-paying contract manufacturing work from China in October 2026. A prolonged crackdown on cross-border smuggling has wiped out one of their most important sources of hard currency. These units are trading companies and enterprises run by state agencies, the military and the Workers’ Party of Korea. Each […]

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