UPDATE: Read here about increasing numbers of North Korean workers legally taking up work in China. ORIGINAL POST (2012-6-29): Robert Collins recently published a report with HRNK on the DPRK’s songbun system. Previous posts on Songbun here. Though some argue that the “Arduous March”, grassroots marketization, and the rise of official corruption has diminished the importance … Continue reading Songbun rears its head again…