North Korea doesn’t rank well on global measures of equality and human rights, but there’s one area in which it outperforms the west: the DPRK is one of the few countries in the world where women earn more than men on average.Although it is a male-dominated society, women bring in more than 70% of household income because of their dominance in the unofficial market economy.North Koreans typically marry between 27 and 30 and have several children.
Life for ordinary workers in North Korea is shaped by a unique combination of strict political control, limited economic opportunity, and a deeply ingrained culture of collective labor. While official state propaganda portrays workers as proud builders of socialism and loyal citizens of the “people’s paradise,” the daily realities are far more complex and often difficult.
