On Wednesday, the country threatened military action after South Korea joined a U.S.-led effort to limit the trafficking of weapons of mass destruction.
TeamChem, a small Taiwan outfit that makes solder mass and conductive film for mobile phones, also pays above the norm to limit turnover among its 20 employees, says General Manager Sunny Han.
All models were required to have a body mass index -- a ratio of height and weight -- above 18, the minimum limit considered healthy by the World Health Organization.