To cover the severe labor shortage caused by the Ukraine war and international sanctions, brigades of North Korean women are quietly being deployed across Russia’s assembly lines, garment factories, farms, construction sites, and kitchens. Thousands of men and women are being dispatched from North Korea to work in Russia’s manufacturing sector.
Upon arrival in Russia, North Korean officials confiscate these workers' passports and documents to prevent them from fleeing.
While these women are nominally promised a meager 480 rubles per hour (approx. ₹550 INR), they remain under 24-hour surveillance and are forced to labor for 12 to 16 hours a day. After work, they are confined to locked rooms under heavy guard.
Faced with stringent international sanctions, North Korea uses overseas labor as a primary revenue stream. The regime siphons off roughly 70% to 80% of their earnings to secure foreign currency for the government. Consequently, these North Korean forced laborers are left with a mere 120 to 144 rubles per hour. The government extorts these funds under the guise of "Loyalty Taxes" and state quotas to fill Pyongyang's coffers.
This horrific alliance was forged by Russia's war-driven labor shortage and Kim Jong Un's appetite for foreign currency. Behind the closed doors of these factories, thousands of lives are forced to shed blood and sweat for the Kim regime, stripped of both their identity and freedom.
Although UN Security Council resolutions strictly ban the employment of North Korean workers abroad, this arrangement thrives under the growing military and economic ties between Russia and North Korea. Two autocratic regimes are advancing their political and economic agendas by trading the labor of thousands of defenseless women.
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