52% of Gaeseong Wages Go to NK Workers’ Party
October 23rd, 2006 . by Gerry-BeversAccording to a report out of the Korean Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy, $30 of the $57.50 monthly salary of workers at Gaeseong Industrial Complex goes to the North Korean Worker’s Party. After “insurance and other costs” are deducted from the salaries, workers are left with only $10 a month.
The Unification Ministry had claimed that workers got an average monthly salary of $66 with 30 percent deducted for things like housing and medical costs.
Chosun Ilbo: “N. Korean Party ‘Takes 60 Percent of Kaesong Wages'”
Arbeit macht frei. Ever see the movie Swindler’s List?
That’s heck of an insurance!
$1300000 between 2001 and 2006 was transfered from South Korea to the North Korean account in Maccao, which was freezed lately.