This is the first part of a two-part series by Andrei Lankov on a recent trip to Vladivostok.
Since the late 1990s North Korean workers – poorly dressed, hard-working and quiet – have been a part of life in Vladivostok, Russia's easternmost major city, located just few hours drive from the border of the DPRK.
This is the first part of a two-part series by Andrei Lankov on a recent trip to Vladivostok.
Since the late 1990s North Korean workers – poorly dressed, hard-working and quiet – have been a part of life in Vladivostok, Russia's easternmost major city, located just few hours drive from the border of the DPRK.
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