Daily NK
North Korea may be preparing to repatriate some workers from China
The North Korean embassy in China reportedly gathered list of workers by July 24 and reported them to Pyongyang
2021.08.03 10:00am
North Korean authorities recently ordered workplaces employing North Koreans workers or traders in China to report lists of employees who missed work due to sickness or who have abandoned their places of employment.
North Korea appears to have begun preparations to repatriate some of its citizens in China, something it has been unable to properly do since closing the North Korea-China border last year due to COVID-19.
In a telephone conversation with Daily NK last Thursday, a source in China said an order had come from North Korea to “write-up and submit a list of workers who cannot work due to sickness or injury.”