A workplace mystery emerges when looking at present-day North Korea: Millions of men continue to attend officially assigned jobs in the state economy, even though most do not pay survivable wages. The average official salary in the DPRK is between 5,000 and 10,000 North Korean won a month, roughly equivalent to $1-3 at the black … Continue reading What’s in it for the working man? Why North Koreans show up for low-wage jobs