25 North Koreans are working in Russia assembling drones.

About it says The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Group, established at the initiative of the United States and 10 other countries, claims that North Korean citizens are assembling Iranian Shahed drones, including in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in TatarstanThey are registered as students to circumvent international sanctions. Their average salary is about seven and a half thousand dollars per year. However, the North Korean authorities take most of the money.

Koreans work 14-hour days, seven days a week, and sleep in shipping containers. They are closely monitored by North Korean intelligence services. Those who consider escaping are threatened with reprisals against their relatives back home.

Overall, Russia issued 36 visas to Korean "students" last year.

According to researchers, North Korea uses the money it receives to finance its nuclear program. Overall, the regime Kim Jong Yin received about $800 million last year from citizens working abroad.

Since the end of 2024, North Korean military personnel have been participating in battles for Kursk region. As of the end of last year, their numbers was assessed 10 people. According to intelligence, at least two thousand died.

Also in December last year сообщалосьthat the North Koreans are clearing minefields.

Today it became known that the governor of the Kursk region Alexander Khinshteinplans to Organize tours of North Korean battlefields. The authorities also want to show tourists the "underground structures" where their command posts were located.