The Korea Times
North Korea has raised the mandatory retirement age for office workers by three years to reflect the country's population aging and demographic changes, according to a North Korean academic paper Wednesday. A revised labor law in 2024 stipulates that the retirement age for office workers eligible for state pension benefits is now 63 for men and 58 for women, according to the paper published in the 2026 first issue of the Journal of the Kim Il Sung University, seen by Yonhap News Agency. Under the country's labor law adopted in 1978, the retirement age had been set at 60 for men and 55 for women, but the revision extended the criteria only for office workers, while leaving that for manual laborers and farmers unchanged. The amendment was adopted by the standing committee of the North's assembly in September 2024, according to the paper. It was previously known that North Korea raised its working-age and voting-age thresholds, but it marked the first confirmation that the country has extended the retirement age only for office workers. "The revisions reflect the evolving pension system and
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