What made the DPRK so special that it managed to not incorporate any capital unlike China, Vietnam, Cuba.., which were forced to have regulated capital?

Criticism of the DPRK?

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[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I want to add one more question to this and maybe someone who will answer yours can answer mine too:

I've always wondered: what is the work schedule in the DPRK like?

I don't mean how many hours they work a day, that is already enshrined in Article 16 of the Socialist Labour Law of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as 8 hours a day.

I mean what time do they start and when do they finish? Is this the same across the entire country or do different enterprises have different working hours? Do they all go on lunch break at the same time? Do they have evening or night shifts? And is there overtime?

The reason i'm asking is because i've been thinking about how a socialist country where everyone is employed and everyone works would deal with such sharp spikes in traffic and congestion on public transportation if literally everyone goes to work and goes home at the same time...

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Sadly, since the moment that you wrote this comment, I tried looking for an answer for this myself but I am limited to content in English and Spanish. 😞

If you have a comrade that knows mandarin or russian, you can try asking these tiktokers or rednoters that often answer questions about the DPRK:

dianapobo: she often responds to legitimate questions and to trolls like the one referenced in the link that I shared. That troll mentioned the following: "Это плохо когда люди гуляют? Или в тюрьме все должны строям ходить или работать?" translation with Google Lens: "Is it bad when people are out for walks? Or should everyone in prison be marching in formation or working?"
From China, we have on Rednote: readmorebooks7, 2899944127, sky_young