Up to 100,000 NK workers sent abroad, some involved in Russian drone production: report
North Korea has sent around 100,000 workers abroad, mostly to China and Russia, with some involved in manufacturing military drones at Russian factories in violation of U.N. sanctions, an international monitoring report showed Wednesday. The latest report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) showed that North Korea continues to deploy workers overseas despite a U.N. Security…
An international monitoring report revealed that North Korea has dispatched approximately 100,000 workers abroad, primarily to China and Russia, despite sanctions imposed by the United Nations. The latest assessment by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) highlights that North Korea persists in sending its personnel overseas, even though the UN Security Council mandated member states to repatriate North Korean nationals by the end of 2019.
The MSMT, established in October 2024 to track and report on the execution of UN sanctions against North Korea, succeeded the UNSC's 1718 Committee Panel of Experts in April 2024, when Russia vetoed an extension of its mandate.
The report estimates that between 35,600 and 101,280 North Korean workers continue to be deployed outside the country, with the vast majority of them located in China.
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