{"id":3038,"date":"2017-02-24T18:40:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T09:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.01.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang-2\/2017\/02\/report\/20170224-nk-video-coal\/"},"modified":"2019-02-15T16:14:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T07:14:38","slug":"20170224-nk-video-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.02.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/2017\/02\/movie\/20170224-nk-video-coal\/","title":{"rendered":"[Video Report] Residents diligently picking up coal ~Earning five times more than monthly wage in just a day~"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P3CStbQy_oU?list=PLpCEn7dS6-toFNQEV-oefnOBd7ZgUl0kC\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video was filmed at a railway in North Pyongan Province in March 2013.\u00a0 People gathered near a dump truck and a train that were transporting coal.\u00a0 It would be exported to China for its final destination.\u00a0 Residents were there to collect coal that had fallen from the truck, a train, and a car. Women collected coal powder left on the ground by using a brush or a spoon. Whenever a dump truck stopped some would climb on to the back of the truck and then drop out coal.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLpCEn7dS6-toFNQEV-oefnOBd7ZgUl0kC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u25ceASIAPRESS rimjingang playlist<\/a>&gt;&gt;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An ASIAPRESS reporting partner approached an old woman picking up coal powder.\u00a0 She collects two buckets of coal a day.\u00a0 A bucket of coal was sold at 5,000 Won (around 0.40 USD at the time of filming), which is five times higher than monthly wages at an ordinary state-owned company.\u00a0 It is beyond reasonable that a number of residents gather to diligently pick up coal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/2016\/02\/movie\/video-report-back-alley-of-pyongyang-never-let-foreigners-go-residents-of-central-pyongyang-live-on-businesses-in-the-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[Video Report] Back alley of Pyongyang: Never let foreigners go. 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