Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov and North Korean President Kim Jong-un during a visit to the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Russia, on 17 September 2023.
Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov and North Korean President Kim Jong-un during a visit to the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Russia, on 17 September 2023. © EPA-EFE/Government of Primorsky Krai/MaxPPP
The Kremlin is finding inventive ways to circumvent UN sanctions banning the employment of North Korean labour. Intelligence Online has uncovered a tried-and-tested student visa system that enables thousands of Pyongyang inhabitants to be put to work in construction. [...]
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