Photo 4 Two surveillance cameras installed on a building wall along the Yalu River. Photographed from the Chinese side of the border across from Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province, September 2025 (ASIAPRESS)

Face Photos of Workers Taken at Each Enterprise

Additionally, A told us that in the city where they reside, the Labor Bureau of the People's Committee (local government) has been continuously photographing workers' faces at each enterprise.

"They say it's for personnel registration, but that's just the surface explanation—it's actually for facial recognition."

B also reported: "Recently at a shoe factory, they photographed workers. They said it was to make access badges."

※ ASIAPRESS maintains contact by smuggling Chinese mobile phones into North Korea.

Surveillance camera installed in front of a newly constructed apartment building. Photographed from the Chinese side of the border across from Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province, September 2025 (ASIAPRESS)

 

 

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