http://freekorea.us/2008/02/04/kaesong-workers-recoup-stolen-wages-on-the-black-market/ Tue, 22 May 2012 21:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://freekorea.us/2008/02/04/kaesong-workers-recoup-stolen-wages-on-the-black-market/comment-page-1/#comment-56262 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » Bribery Required to Work at the Kaesong Complex Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:00:27 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/02/04/kaesong-workers-recoup-stolen-wages-on-the-black-market/#comment-56262 [...] ADDENDUM: Taking another point of view, Joshua at OneFree Korea emphasises the point that the profits workers earn from arbitrage (buying commodities in the zone and selling them for distribution in the local markets) is seemingly large enough to allow the North Korean government to keep all the cash wages paid to the workers! [...] [...] ADDENDUM: Taking another point of view, Joshua at OneFree Korea emphasises the point that the profits workers earn from arbitrage (buying commodities in the zone and selling them for distribution in the local markets) is seemingly large enough to allow the North Korean government to keep all the cash wages paid to the workers! [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2008/02/04/kaesong-workers-recoup-stolen-wages-on-the-black-market/comment-page-1/#comment-56258 Nkmonitor Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:25:59 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/02/04/kaesong-workers-recoup-stolen-wages-on-the-black-market/#comment-56258 The Kaesong Complex is one of the eeriest places I’ve ever seen. By “eeriest” I mean it doesn’t fight in with its surroundings at all. Try to imagine a chunk of Seoul transplanted to North Korean territory: the same sidewalks, traffic lights, street signs, architecture, billboards, etc. They even have a Family Mart! I can’t even begin to imagine what those North Korean workers must think, nor can I imagine the stories about what the South must like that circulate throughout the country because of that complex. Then again, the entire Kaesong region is basically hard-core regime loyalists… The Kaesong Complex is one of the eeriest places I’ve ever seen. By “eeriest” I mean it doesn’t fight in with its surroundings at all. Try to imagine a chunk of Seoul transplanted to North Korean territory: the same sidewalks, traffic lights, street signs, architecture, billboards, etc. They even have a Family Mart! I can’t even begin to imagine what those North Korean workers must think, nor can I imagine the stories about what the South must like that circulate throughout the country because of that complex. Then again, the entire Kaesong region is basically hard-core regime loyalists…

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