North Koreans Take Taxis to Dodge Farm Labor Mobilization
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Students and citizens in North Korea are being forced to work in agriculture on a large scale, reports Daily NK. For instance, medical students are required to collect medicinal herbs, and people are being rounded up en masse to plant rice. North Korean citizens are staying home as much as possible: ‘There is a saying here that the streets become quiet during the rice planting season.’
North Koreans take taxis to dodge farm labor mobilization
North Korea’s annual rice planting mobilization campaign has produced an unexpected side effect: a spike in taxi demand, as people across South Pyongan province pay for rides rather than risk being stopped on the street and conscripted into farm labor. A Daily NK source in South Pyongan province said Wednesday that taxi demand in Sunchon and Pyongsong had been declining due to rising fuel prices, which forced operators to raise fares and drove a…
North Korea’s rice planting mobilization drives an unexpected taxi boom - The Press United
North Korea’s annual rice planting mobilization campaign has produced an unexpected side effect: a spike in taxi demand, as people across South Pyongan province pay for rides rather than risk being stopped on the street and conscripted into farm labor. A Daily NK source in South Pyongan province said Wednesday that taxi demand in Sunchon […] The post North Korea’s rice planting mobilization drives an unexpected taxi boom appeared first on The Pr…
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