Workers of North Korea
![North Korean workers assemble jackets at a factory of a South Korean-owned company at the jointly-run Kaesong Industrial Complex, in Kaesong, North Korea, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. The Kaesong complex just north of the border is the last remaining inter-Korean rapprochement project. Its operations halted in April when Pyongyang withdrew its workers amid tension over North Korean threats of nuclear war. It reopened in September after North Korea toned down its rhetoric and began pursuing diplomacy with South Korea. (AP Photo/Kim Hong-Ji, Pool)](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/IzEpH3rVs9Xw_F1zoVpbLQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en_ca/News/Capress/TOK304-1219_2013_160128_high.jpg)
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North Korean employees work in a factory of a South Korean company at the Joint Industrial Park in Kaesong industrial zone
North Korean employees work in a factory of a South Korean company at the Joint Industrial Park in Kaesong industrial zone, a few miles inside North Korea from the heavily fortified border December 19, 2013. Kaesong, with investors from South Korea, was a rare source of hard currency for North Korea. It was established even though North Korea is technically still at war with South Korea, one of the world's richest countries, since the 1950-53 Korean War ended not in a treaty but a truce. Since it opened in 2004, the Kaesong complex has generated about $90 million annually in wages paid directly to the North's state agency that manages the zone. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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A look at the factory workers inside this secretive state.