A record number of North Koreans entered Russia in the third quarter this year, the majority on student visas, a development that experts said may be connected to the DPRK’s dispatch of thousands of troops to fight against Ukraine.
A total of 5,263 North Koreans entered Russia from July to September, up from nearly 1,700 from April to June, data released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) shows.
A record number of North Koreans entered Russia in the third quarter this year, the majority on student visas, a development that experts said may be connected to the DPRK’s dispatch of thousands of troops to fight against Ukraine.
A total of 5,263 North Koreans entered Russia from July to September, up from nearly 1,700 from April to June, data released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) shows.
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