"'Best Jobs In North Korea' Pay $62 A Month" http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/04/03/176121772/best-jobs-in-north-korea-pay-62-a-month-now-theyre-dip

"'Best Jobs In North Korea' Pay $62 A Month" http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/04/03/176121772/best-jobs-in-north-korea-pay-62-a-month-now-theyre-diplomatic-pawns http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/04/03/176121772/... NK is not exactly resource-constrained on labour. As others have pointed out, the visits are a valuable source of foreign currency. (And propaganda - the number of people in this thread uttering variations of "that doesn't look too bad" is staggering).