{
  "id": 14507934,
  "title": "North Korea’s largest power plant forces workers to pay for mandatory loyalty tours",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/north-koreas-largest-power-plant-forces-workers-to-pay-for-mandatory",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T17:49:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily NK",
    "slug": "daily-nk",
    "url": "https://www.dailynk.com/english/pukchang-power-plant-workers-pay-party-foundation-day-tours/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Workers at North Korea’s largest power plant are fuming after being ordered on mandatory ideological tours for Party Foundation Day in 2026. The catch is that they have to pay for the trips themselves. The Pukchang Thermal Power Complex in South Pyongan province launched the tour program on orders from central authorities, a source in […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}