NK News monitors, summarizes and translates stories focused on North Korea in the Japanese media. Last week saw the following stories covered by Japanese media:

JAPAN, MONGOLIA AND NORTH KOREA

North Korean Government Taking Kickbacks? North Korean Laborers in Mongolia on the Rise (Yomiuri Shimbun)

The number of North Korean laborers working in Mongolian construction sites is rising rapidly. As the Mongolian economy continues to rise at a pace of more than 10% per year, and as it gets more costly to hire Mongolians due to higher wages, the North Koreans have become prized for their “hard work