North Korea: JOB DISTRIBUTION

By NIGRITIAN CHIEF OF THE FREE WORLD

General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Job Distribution

• Agricultural Age Jobs: In agricutural communities producing food and handmade arts & crafts; peasants, serfs, & artisans

• Industrial Age Jobs: In factories in cities producing mass-produced manufactured goods; more blue collar jobs

• Information Age Jobs: In higher paying, skilled high technoloy and professional job and lower paying, unskilled service sector jobs, creating danger of a two tiered economy & decreased middle class (the traditional cornerstone of a democracy); more white collar jobs; also multiple jobs/careers in a time

Information/Data on North Korea Job Distribution: ranging from mining, manufacturing eletricity, gas and water, construction, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels, transport, storage, communication, financing, insurance, real estate, business services, community, social, personal services. According to the labor standards law, working hours cannot exceed 8 hourr per day and 44 hours per week respectively. But a 56-hour week is possible if provided for in a labor-management contract. A work wee of more than 56 hours, which is not uncommon in export industries, has to be approved by the Minister of Labor. However, in case of underground or harmful or risky labor, working cannot exceed 6 hours per day and 34 hours per week, respectively; a work week of more than 34 hours has to be approved by the Minister of Labor. Off time of one hour per eight hour work day and of one day per work week is also required. For overtime hours in excess of the standard, a 50 percent minimum premium must be paid

Conclusions: North Korea jobs are Primarily Agricultural and Industrial Age:

Additional Online Sources on North Korea Job Distribution

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Traditional Bibliographic Sources on North Korea Job Distribution

• Culturgram '96 North Korea
• Moon-Ho Song. Doing business in Korea., publish by Price Waterhouse
• CIA WORLD FACT BOOKS