Thousands of Citizens: The DPRK sends not only military but also labor to Russia - intelligence

Due to the lack of labor of people from North Korea, they are sent to different corners of Russia: they work mainly on construction sites. Last year, thousands of North Korea citizens were sent to work in Russia, where they compensated for the lack of labor that arose due to a long war with Ukraine. A total of 13 221 people have entered the Russian Federation for the whole of 2024, which is several times more than the year before.

Such data was reported by South Korea's reconnaissance by Yonhap on February 9. "Last year, 13 221 North Korea citizens entered Russia, which is about 12 times more than a year earlier," the publication said. The National Intelligence Service also reported that the most common North Korean citizens become employees on construction sites in different corners of Russia.

In addition, intelligence has information that probably the DPRK and the Russian Federation use student visas to cover the departures of workers to Russia. "Among those who entered Russia last year, 7887 of them said they had come for educational purposes," Yonhap correspondents found out. Such actions of North Korea are a violation of the UN Security Council resolutions against Pyongyang, which were adopted in response to the tests of weapons by North Korea.

They provide a ban on the departure of the DPRK citizens to work abroad, and also determine that all workers who were abroad should return home until December 2019. The assistance of North Korea of ​​Russia occurs against the background of the terms of the Treaty with respect to the "comprehensive strategic partnership" concluded between the countries earlier. Earlier, DPRK leader Kim Jong -in stated that he would continue to support Russia in the war against Ukraine.