North Korea, Russia
Not just soldiers, thousands of North Koreans working undercover in Russia

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSE hits French TV, Beijing influencing Putin on Pyongyang, US's Arctic diplomacy, Tracfin departure

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceRivalry between the DGSE and the Special Forces played out on TV

ChinaGuoanbu instructed to temper Russia's relations with North Korea

USCongress looks to establish Arctic ambassador-at-large

FranceTracfin's point of contact with banks to step down

North Korea, Russia
Russia planning for half a million North Koreans to replace Muslim construction workers

Amid concessions to Pyongyang and the FSB's new ethno-security considerations, Moscow is secretly preparing to import 500,000 North Korean workers.

North Korea, Russia, Ukraine
North Korean labourers dispatched to rebuild Donbas

Unofficial Kremlin-mandated sherpas are discreetly accompanying the first batches of North Korean workers to their dormitories and workplaces in Eastern Ukraine where they have been tasked with rebuilding war-devastated areas.

North Korea, Russia, Ukraine
North Korean labourers ready to start rebuilding the Donbass in mid-July

Russian deputy PM Marat Khusnullin's teams are ready to start welcoming North Korean building workers in Moscow before sending them off into the territories occupied by Russia in eastern Ukraine. The operation is creating a lot of work for Russia's security and para-security services.