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North Korea-Russia Relations

    North Korea-Russia relations have deepened dramatically since 2022, encompassing troop deployments to the Ukraine front, arms transfers, labor dispatch, and a growing economic partnership. Daily NK reports on the military and diplomatic dimensions of this alliance, the conditions facing North Korean soldiers and workers in Russia, and the impact on ordinary North Koreans — drawing on sources no other outlet can reach.

    North Korean dispatched workers at a construction site in Vladivostok, Russia

    North Korea curbs cheap overseas labor dispatch

    Lee Sang Yong, Hwang Hyun-uk -
    North Korean authorities have moved to revoke authorization for state agencies and trading companies to send workers abroad, and are also re-evaluating the profitability...
    imports, oil, corruption, shipyard

    New Russia-tied directive stuns Nampo officials

    Park Hee-soo -
    North Korean authorities have ordered officials in Nampo to overhaul the city's administrative, industrial and public health systems to reflect deepening Russia ties, according...
    weapons production, russia, north korea, dprk, military

    North Korea marks Russia treaty anniversary with lectures glorifying troops killed in Ukraine

    Park Hee-soo -
    North Korea held week-long ideological lectures for officials in June 2026 to mark the second anniversary of its comprehensive strategic partnership treaty with Russia,...
    Aerial view of the Tumen River border area where North Korea, China, and Russia converge, with the Tumen River railway bridge visible in the distance

    Tumen River bridge delay fuels frustration inside North Korea

    Jeong Seo-yeong -
    North Korea is seething over Russia's failure to complete its side of a landmark road bridge across the Tumen River in 2026, with officials...
    Family members in military and civilian dress kneel and bow at gravestones bearing red stars and photographs of soldiers, with flowers laid at the graves and a memorial building in the background, at North Korea's Overseas Military Operations Combat Merit Memorial Hall.

    North Korean art students ordered to glorify troops sent to Russia

    Eun Seol -
    North Korea's leading art universities ordered graduating students in early June 2026 to create works glorifying the heroism and sacrifice of troops deployed to...
    Wonjeong-ri customs post in Rason, North Hamgyong province, North Korea

    Counterfeit Russian rubles flood Rason market as North Korea-Russia trade expands

    Eun Seol -
    Counterfeit Russian rubles have been circulating in Rason, North Korea's special economic zone on the China-Russia border, prompting authorities to dispatch a special inspection...
    Kim Jong Un meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a conference table in Pyongyang, with the Workers' Party of Korea emblem on the wall behind them

    North Korea orders diplomats to lock in nuclear status, pursue multipolar strategy

    Park Hee-soo -
    North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) issued a classified directive to senior foreign ministry officials in early April 2026 ordering them to...
    China–North Korea–Russia tripoint monument at the Fangchuan National Scenic Area observation deck, with flags of Russia, China, and North Korea

    North Korea discharges soldiers early to send them to Russia as laborers

    Eun Seol -
    North Korea has been discharging soldiers early from active military service and sending them to Russia as overseas laborers, Daily NK has learned. Families...
    Kim Jong Un leans over a flag-draped coffin containing the remains of a North Korean soldier killed in Russia, in a screen capture from Korean Central Television

    As overseas deployment fears grow, North Korean parents dread conscription season

    Seon Hwa -
    A large share of this year's senior high school graduates in North Korea have been classified as conscription candidates this spring, sources say, deepening...

    North Korea eyes slice of Russian market long dominated by China

    Jeong Seo-yeong -
    North Korea's ruling party instructed the cabinet's Ministry of External Economic Relations in early February to pursue a new strategy aimed at securing a...
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