North Korea has a centrally planned economy isolated from international trade due to sanctions over its weapons programs and growing debt. It is ruled as a one-party totalitarian socialist state led by Kim Jong Un, with strict controls over its population and no freedom of movement, speech, or religion. Industrial relations are non-existent, and forced labor is common, as the sole authorized trade union merely enforces government policies.

1. A CASE STUDY OF NORTH KOREA

2.  Capital~ Pyongyang
 Currency~ North Korean Won
 Economy~ Juche (self reliance)
 Language~ Korean
 Government~ One Party Totalitarian Socialist state
 Religion~ Atheist State
 Motto~ Powerful and Prosperous Nation
 President~ Kim Jun Un
QUICK FACT: NORTH KOREA IS THE WORLDS ONLY NECROCRACY

3.  From 1910-1945 Korea was under Japanese rule
 North Korea began with the partitioning of Korea at
the end of the World War II in 1945
 The Americans took the south and the Soviets took the
north
 North Korea became a full fledged communist state in
1949
QUICK FACT: WEARING OF JEANS IS NOT ALLOWED IN
NORTH KOREA

4.  RIGHTS ARE LIMITED
 NO FREE ENTRY INTO THE COUNTRY
 CITIZENS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE
COUNTRY
 THOSE WHO CONDEMN THE REGIME ARE
SUBJECT TO NO CIVIL RIGHTS
 WOMEN TRAFICKING, FORCED MARRIAGES AND
ABORTION
 INFANTIDE OF CHILDREN
QUICK FACT: NORTH KOREANS MAY ONLY CHOOSE
FROM 28 APPROVED HAIR STYLES

5.  CITIZENS FOLLOW THE SOCIALIST WAY OF LIFE
 CITIZENS WHO REPATRIATED FROM ABROAD ARE
SANCTIONED
 CITIZENS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CRITICIZE THE
GOVERNMENT
 GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTES RADIO AND TELEVISION
SETS
 RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
 NORTH KOREA IS AMONGST THE COUNTRIES WHERE
PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IS THE WORST
 ONLY THE POLITICAL ELITES OWN AND LEASE
VEHICLES
QUICK FACT:IN 1974, KIM II SUNG TOOK 1,000 VOLVO SEDANS
FROM SWEDEN TO NORTH KOREA AND NEVER PAID FOR THEM.

6.  GOVERNMENT LIMITS ACCESS TO FUEL AND OTHER
FORM OF TRANSPORT
 ONLY THE MOST LOYAL, POLITICALLY RELIABLE AND
HEALTHIEST CITIZENS ARE ALLOWED TO LIVE IN THE
COUNTRYS CAPITAL
 PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS ARE
NOT ALLOWED IN THE COUNTRYS CAPITAL
 FOOD AND HOUSING ARE BETTER ONLY IN
PYONGYANG
 ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE FROM THE COUNTRY LEADS
TO EXECUTION ON THE SPOT
IN 2013,NORTH KOREA’S PRESIDENT KILLED HIS OWN UNCLE BY
THROWING HIM NAKED INTO A CAGE WITH 120 STARVING DOGS

7.  Industrial relations is defined as the relations between
the management of an industrial enterprise and its
employees
 There is no industrial relations practice in North Korea
because North Korea is a socialist state
 Forced Labor is common
QUICK FACT: POSSESSING BIBLES, WATCHING SOUTH KOREAN
MOVIES AND PORNOGRAPHY MAY BE PUNISHED WITH DEATH IN
NORTH KOREA

8.  NORTH KOREA IS NOTA MEMBER OF THE
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO)
 THERE IS NO INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PRACTICE
IN NORTH KOREA
QUICK FACT: NORTH KOREA HOLDS ELECTIONS EVERY 5
YEARS IN WHICH THE BALLOTS LISTS ONLY ONE
CANDIDATE

9.  THE GOVERNMENT
 THE EMPLOYEES
QUICK FACT: A DEFECTOR USED BALLONS TO DROP THOUSANDS
OF COPIES OF THE FILM “THE INTERVIEW” INTO NORTH KOREA
KIM II SUNG,FOUNDER OF NORTH KOREA WAS BORN ON THE
DAY TITANIC SANK

10.  THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS
OF KOREA IS THE ONLY AUTHORIZED TRADE
UNION IN NORTH KOREA
 FOUNDED NOVEMBER 30TH 1945
QUICK FACT: IN 1953, A NORTH KOREAN FIGHTER PILOT
DEFECTED TO SOUTH KOREA AND HE WAS REWARDED WITH
US$100,000 BY THE US

11.  Metal, Engineering, Mining and Power Trade union of
Korea
 Transport and Marine Trade Union of Korea
 Construction and Forestry Trade Union of Korea
 Public servants Trade Union of Korea
 Education and cultural Trade Union of Korea
 Light industry, chemical and commercial Trade Union
of Korea
QUICK FACTS: NORTH KOREA, INDEPENDENT SINCE 1948, IS
NOT RECOGNISED BY JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA

12.  MALE-65years
 FEMALE-55years
 90days with pay
 NONE
 5,000 KOREAN WON
($5.5-$11)
 RETIREMENT AGE
 MATERNITY LEAVE
 PATERNITY LEAVE
 MINIMUM WAGE
QUICK FACTS: THE “DE-MILITARIZED” ZONE BETWEEN NORTH
AND SOUTH KOREA IS THE WORLD’S MOST MILITARIZED ZONE.

13. The economic situation in North Korea is a result of
 It being one of the world's most centrally planned
and isolated economies.
 International sanctions on international trade
related to North Korea's making of weapons of
mass destruction.
 Growing international debt.
QUICK FACTS: NORTH KOREANS WATCHED THE 2014 WORLD CUP ON A 24
HOUR DELAY

14.  Accessibility to the world.
 Respect for Human Rights
 Promote industrial relations practices.
QUICK FACT: NORTH KOREA HAS ITS OWN
OPERATING SYSTEM CALLED RED STAR OS.

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16.  NAME: OKECHUKWU DEBORAH ONYEKA
 SCHOOL: COVENANT UNIVERSITY, OTA,OGUN
STATE, NIGERIA
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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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