On 1 January 2018 The New York Times reported that as many as 147,000 workers from North Korea now work abroad, and that the Worker's Union Party of Pyongyang garnishes from 30 to 80 percent of the workers' wages.
2018年1月1日，《纽约时报》报道，目前有多达朝鲜14.7万名工人在境外工作，平壤的工会联盟党会抽取工人工资的30％到80％。