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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.

N. Korea finalizes selection of workers to join reconstruction efforts in Russian-occupied parts of...

North Korea has completed the process of selecting workers to take part in reconstruction efforts in Russian-occupied parts of eastern Ukraine, with plans to...

Russia sends wheat to North Korea in return for diplomatic support

North Korea recently imported wheat from Russia, with some in the Workers' Party saying that the country received the aid in return for officially recognizing...

Facing international sanctions, North Korea-Russia economic cooperation could expand

Speculation has emerged that North Korea could buy low-priced crude oil from Russia as Pyongyang and Moscow grow closer in the wake of the...

North Korea suspends illegal extensions of visas for workers in Russia

North Korean authorities have suspended activities by the “Enemy Collapse Sabotage Bureau” to illegally extend the visas of North Korean workers overseas. The move follows...

North Korean authorities move to identify activists in Russia who help North Koreans defect

North Korean authorities are trying to ascertain the identities of activists in Russia who help North Koreans living and working in the country to...

Kim Jong Un issues order to repatriate cyberwarfare officer detained at consulate in Russia

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has issued an order calling for the forceful repatriation of an “Enemy Collapse Sabotage Bureau” officer who has...

N. Korea plans to send around 1,000 workers to Russia as loggers

Faced with foreign exchange shortages, North Korean authorities reportedly plan to send a new batch of workers overseas. Pyongyang plans to send over 1,000...

North Korea to dispatch up to 10,000 workers to Russia from March

North Korean authorities plan to dispatch up to 10,000 workers to Russia starting in early March, Daily NK has learned. A source in Pyongyang told...
Kim Jong Un planting trees on Arbor Day (known as "Tree Planting Day" in North Korea) 2015 to promote forestation.

North Korea prepares to send loggers to Russia in February

Starting from February, North Korea plans to send loggers to Russia and is quietly recruiting candidates, Daily NK has learned.  A source in Pyongyang told...
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin

Putin Signs Off on Debt Write Off

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ratified an agreement to write off 90 percent of North Korea's outstanding Soviet-era debt, signing the law on May...

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