Jun 3, 2022 · Most North Korean people go to work or school, date, enjoy leisure time (usually with a few beers) and live their lives seldom questioning the society they were born in. Kim Young-sook (a pseudonym) was one such person, a daughter of a well-to-do family, reasonably successful in all her undertakings and, I would say, pretty typical.

Women moved from rural regions to cities to make new lives for themselves, often finding jobs at factories where they had regular salaries (a new phenomenon for women from rural farms), which were often sent home to supplement their families' income. [9] .

Feb 14, 2022 · North Korean authorities are demanding that young people, particularly young women, abandon their “prejudices” against rural villages, coercing them into making “petitions” to move to the countryside.

Dec 16, 2023 · New research reveals the emergence of "grassroots capitalism" in North Korea, disproportionately through women. It provides a cautionary tale in the most unlikely of countries for patriarchal societies everywhere: underestimate women at your peril.

Nov 7, 2022 · In North Korea, the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea implements policies and oversees practices that are openly hostile to women. Legislation designed to protect women is inadequate and unenforced. Acts of sexual and gender-based violence are perpetrated against women of every class, age and status.

Dec 9, 2016 · From Pyongyang to rural villages, violence against women and girls is an accepted practice with assault prevalent throughout the country. In the North Korean Army, where service has been compulsory for women since January 2015, abuse by senior officers is cited as a common occurrence for female soldiers.

Apr 17, 2024 · An increasing number of female farmers in North Korea are unable to work due to health problems, Daily NK has learned. “When a farm in Pyongwon County checked its attendance records at the end of March, it found that the attendance rate of female farmworkers was worse than before the pandemic.

Economic crisis and marketization have transformed the lives of North Korean women in various ways. During the Arduous March when factories stopped operating and rations halting, women shouldered the livelihood of their families, replacing their heads of household and the government.

According to one South Korean source, women in North Korea are supposed to devote eight hours a day to work, eight hours to study (presumably, the study of juche and Kim Il Sungism), and eight hours to rest and sleep.

Oct 21, 2020 · North Korean women have evolved to become important players in an emerging market economy on the basis of their new-found agency. However, North Korean women still face obstacles in accessing economic resources and political support due to the patriarchal characteristics of North Korean society. Market activities require collusion with the