In this Friday, January 6, 2017, photo, a North Korean woman working at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill looks up from her workstation in Pyongyang, North Korea. The silk mill, named after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's grandmother, is where 1,600 workers – mostly women – sort and process silkworms to produce silk thread that officials at the Pyongyang factory say is made into roughly 200 tons of silk a year. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Friday, Januarty 6, 2017, photo, North Korean women working at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill check for impurities as part of the silk production process, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Friday, January 6, 2017, photo, a North Korean woman sorts out silkworm cocoons to be boiled later at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill in Pyongyang, North Korea. In his New Year’s address, leader Kim Jong Un called on the North Korean people to step up production in order to raise the nation’s standard of living, which is among the lowest in Asia. Kim himself visited the silk mill in early January. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Friday, January 6, 2017, photo, a North Korean woman sorts out silkworm cocoons to be boiled at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Friday, January 6, 2017, photo, a North Korean woman is illuminated by the morning sunlight as she sorts out silkworm cocoons to be boiled as part of the process of making silk thread at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill in Pyongyang, North Korea. The silk mill, named after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's grandmother, is where 1,600 workers – mostly women – sort and process silkworms to produce silk thread that officials at the Pyongyang factory say is made into roughly 200 tons of silk a year. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Friday, January 6, 2017, photo, a shaft of light from the morning sun illuminates a North Korean woman as she sorts out silkworm cocoons to be boiled at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Friday, January 6, 2017, photo, North Korean women push trolleys along the aisles of the silkworm cocoon sorting and boiling hall at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill in Pyongyang, North Korea. The red-and-white sign carries the propaganda slogan: “Let us step up the victorious advancement of socialism through self-development!” Lining the walkway are the names of supervisors and workers that were leading teams, placed as a form of encouragement for the workers. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Friday, January 6, 2017, photo, a woman takes care of children of workers at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill childcare center, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Friday, January 6, 2017, photo, children of workers sing and dance at a childcare center at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Friday, January 6, 2017, photo, a North Korean woman sorts silkworm cocoons to be boiled as part of the silk production process at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Friday, January 6, 2017, photo, North Korean women sort out silkworm cocoons to be boiled at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Friday, January 6, 2017, photo, a North Korean woman separates rolls of silk thread at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Friday, January 6, 2017, photo, North Korean women boil silkworm cocoons at the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)