N. Koreans to Get Bonus Before Festival
North Korea said Friday it will pay a bonus of one month’s wages to all workers, technicians and office employees in June before the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students opens in Pyongyang in July.
The bonus will be paid “in appreciation of the feats performed by the working class and other laboring people in the past 200-day campaigns,” the report by the official Korean Central News Agency said.
Officials say 30,000 people from more than 170 countries are expected for the July 1-8 festival, a major political, cultural and sports event involving mostly Communist and Third World nations.
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