Many people who travel to North Korea will find an interesting phenomenon: a small North Korean woman carrying a huge package, walking like a fly on a country road or on a city road. The packages of these North Korean women contained a variety of goods that could be sold. In North Korea, the majority of businesses are women.
In North Korea, many times the husband teaches at school while the wife makes money by setting up a street stall. For ordinary North Koreans, it is common for women to set up stalls. In North Korea, it's hard to spot men making money by setting up stalls. According to our guide, there used to be a rule in North Korea that only women over forty could set up stalls to do business.
However, according to our observations, many North Korean women are under the age of forty. North Korean women also have a hard time making money by doing small business, often carrying heavy goods and traveling long distances. For many rural women in North Korea, it is very common to walk 100 kilometers. Many times they would walk for three or four days, bring something to sell in the town or market, and then buy something for their families.
In North Korea, men do not do housework, and if a man does housework, he will be laughed at. When North Korean men come home from work, they generally do nothing. North Korean women, on the other hand, have to take care of their children, cook, and do laundry and cleaning. After cooking, men and children should be served first.
North Korean women play an important role in various industries, and can be found in many positions in North Korea. For example, female soldiers in North Korea, female traffic police in North Korea, female workers in North Korea. They share the same qualities, that is, hard-working, gentle and kind.