North Korea: N. Korea vows 'do-or-die' labor campaign to revive economy.

Section: General News - North Korea on Thursday vowed a do-or-die labor campaign to build a strong, prosperous nation by 2012 under the baton of leader Kim Jong-il, amid growing outside skepticism about the North's economic plans.

North Korea has been dependent on international food aid, mainly from South Korea and China, to feed its 24 million people. But the conservative Seoul government cut off its decade-long rice and fertilizer aid to the North last year, which also faces new U.N. sanctions over its recent nuclear test.

State media said Kim has visited about 100 places over the past six months since Dec. 24, when he revived an aged labor movement with a trip to …