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North Korean workers and their Russian employers: observations from Vladivostok

DPRK laborers are seen as hard-working and honest, though are known to sacrifice quality for speed

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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