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Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.
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News Russian provincial official says North Korean workers needed amid labor shortageExpert says Moscow might allow DPRK workers despite sanctions if it thinks it cannot salvage reputation after Ukraine Russian officials and businesspeople have called for the return of North Korean construction workers to help boost the economy in the Russian-DPRK border region, as the weak ruble reduces the labor supply. Business ombudsperson Marina Shemilina from Primorsky province, which borders North Korea, told Russian state media that North Korean workers could fill the gap left by migrant workers “who are projected to leave the region soon because of the current U.S. dollar exchange rate against the ruble.” © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |