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By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com
As many as 200 North Korean college students who had been mobilized for construction work have died in recent accidents caused by a lack of safety equipment and procedures.
The reclusive country has launched notorious “speed battles” that force workers to perform faster without concern for safety, a source in Seoul said.
The North has initiated mammoth construction projects in Pyongyang with the aim of completing them by the April 2012 centennial birthday of Kim Il-Sung, the father of current ruler Kim Jong-Il.
The construction projects include building skyscrapers, high-rise apartment buildings and a 105-story landmark hotel.
The country has drafted a larger number of soldiers and even housewives to work on the construction projects.
But the projects began to fall behind schedule, and last summer the regime temporarily closed down major colleges to mobilize students for construction work.
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