This 19-page briefing paper provides an overview of labor conditions at the KIC, an industrial complex located in North Korea. It documents the KIC Labor Law’s shortcomings in the areas of the freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining, the prohibitions on sex discrimination and harassment and harmful child labor, among others.
|
Background Briefing
North Korea: Workers’ Rights at the Kaesong Industrial Complex
Every piece on our website is resource intensive. If you donate whatever you can today, we will use it to continue investigating abuses and advocate for change in 100+ countries.
Region / Country
More Reading
-
October 13, 2026
France Shouldn’t Return Afghans to Taliban Rule
-
September 23, 2026
South Korea’s Systemic Gender and Age Discrimination
Reports
-
September 8, 2026
Too Old and A Woman
Systemic Age and Gender Discrimination Against Women at Work in South Korea
-
Most Viewed
-
October 19, 2026
Saudi Arabia: Man Executed for Childhood Offenses
-
May 17, 2021
“Years Don’t Wait for Them”
-
August 16, 2016
“We’re Afraid for Their Future”
-
March 31, 2022
Iran: Women Blocked From Entering Stadium
-
September 8, 2016
Nepal: Child Marriage Threatens Girls’ Futures
