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WHAT DO SALMON fillets, fake eyelashes and animated children’s TV shows all have in common? All these familiar parts of Western daily lives have recently been touched by North Korean labour. In an online shopping world where many consumers hit the "sort by price" button, North Korea’s combination of low-cost and high-skilled labour is irresistible for contractors with a tight bottom line.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the claim that North Korean labor is irresistible to contractors?
A) International sanctions have forced some contractors to absorb fines for using North Korean labor.
B) Contractors using North Korean labor face protracted legal disputes over supply-chain disclosures, incurring litigation costs that negate initial savings.
C) North Korean workers often require extensive remediation and training to meet quality standards, eroding cost savings.
D) Projects using North Korean labor experience frequent rework due to cultural misinterpretations in creative outputs, doubling production time.
E) North Korean labor's skill set, while strong in manufacturing, is frequently incompatible with Western creative standards in fields like animation.
A) Sanctions increase costs, but they don't show that labor itself lacks skill. This only partially challenges the argument since cheaper options might still attract contractors.
B) Legal costs may eliminate initial savings, but this doesn't mean the workers lack skill. Contractors might still find the high-skill aspect beneficial if disputes are resolved.
C) This directly erodes both advantages: costly training proves skills aren't immediately sufficient, and savings disappear. It undermines the whole case for using this labor source.
D) While this weakens the claim for creative projects like TV shows, it doesn't affect industries like salmon processing where cultural issues may not arise.
E) If skills only falter in animation, contractors can still benefit in eyelash or salmon production, so this challenge isn't universal.
The argument depends on labor being both low-cost AND high-skill across all contexts. Option C alone damages both qualities universally. Others are less effective: A and B focus only on cost, while D and E weaken skill or cost in just one area, leaving the core claim strong elsewhere.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the claim that North Korean labor is irresistible to contractors?
A) International sanctions have forced some contractors to absorb fines for using North Korean labor.
B) Contractors using North Korean labor face protracted legal disputes over supply-chain disclosures, incurring litigation costs that negate initial savings.
C) North Korean workers often require extensive remediation and training to meet quality standards, eroding cost savings.
D) Projects using North Korean labor experience frequent rework due to cultural misinterpretations in creative outputs, doubling production time.
E) North Korean labor's skill set, while strong in manufacturing, is frequently incompatible with Western creative standards in fields like animation.
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Focus on what makes the labor seem irresistible: the two-part advantage. The strongest weakening evidence will challenge both the low cost and high skill for all types of work mentioned.
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A) Sanctions increase costs, but they don't show that labor itself lacks skill. This only partially challenges the argument since cheaper options might still attract contractors.
B) Legal costs may eliminate initial savings, but this doesn't mean the workers lack skill. Contractors might still find the high-skill aspect beneficial if disputes are resolved.
C) This directly erodes both advantages: costly training proves skills aren't immediately sufficient, and savings disappear. It undermines the whole case for using this labor source.
D) While this weakens the claim for creative projects like TV shows, it doesn't affect industries like salmon processing where cultural issues may not arise.
E) If skills only falter in animation, contractors can still benefit in eyelash or salmon production, so this challenge isn't universal.
The argument depends on labor being both low-cost AND high-skill across all contexts. Option C alone damages both qualities universally. Others are less effective: A and B focus only on cost, while D and E weaken skill or cost in just one area, leaving the core claim strong elsewhere.
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20 Jun 2025, 10:36
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WHAT DO SALMON fillets, fake eyelashes and animated children’s TV shows all have in common? All these familiar parts of Western daily lives have recently been touched by North Korean labour. In an online shopping world where many consumers hit the "sort by price" button, North Korea’s combination of low-cost and high-skilled labour is irresistible for contractors with a tight bottom line.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the claim that North Korean labor is irresistible to contractors?
A) International sanctions have forced some contractors to absorb fines for using North Korean labor.
B) Contractors using North Korean labor face protracted legal disputes over supply-chain disclosures, incurring litigation costs that negate initial savings.
C) North Korean workers often require extensive remediation and training to meet quality standards, eroding cost savings.
D) Projects using North Korean labor experience frequent rework due to cultural misinterpretations in creative outputs, doubling production time.
E) North Korean labor's skill set, while strong in manufacturing, is frequently incompatible with Western creative standards in fields like animation.
While C is the answer, arent contractors the ones who just pay for the goods and sell it to the consumers? why would contractors look after the training of the staff ?
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the claim that North Korean labor is irresistible to contractors?
A) International sanctions have forced some contractors to absorb fines for using North Korean labor.
B) Contractors using North Korean labor face protracted legal disputes over supply-chain disclosures, incurring litigation costs that negate initial savings.
C) North Korean workers often require extensive remediation and training to meet quality standards, eroding cost savings.
D) Projects using North Korean labor experience frequent rework due to cultural misinterpretations in creative outputs, doubling production time.
E) North Korean labor's skill set, while strong in manufacturing, is frequently incompatible with Western creative standards in fields like animation.
While C is the answer, arent contractors the ones who just pay for the goods and sell it to the consumers? why would contractors look after the training of the staff ?
21 Jun 2025, 02:26
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Naah, "contractor" is a more generic term. It can refer to a material contractor, a labor contractor, or a works contractor. It's not just restricted to a middleman buying finished goods, so they'd definitely care about the labor quality and costs.
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