Is Russia looking for more loggers?

According to ITAR-TASS:

According to the head of the Russian delegation, “North Korea has a possibility to send workforce to Russia.” Last year about 32,000 citizens of North Korea worked on the territory of Russia. He noted that North Korea “hopes to increase the number of its citizens working in Russia”.

Of course there has been plenty of media attention given to the North Koreans who work as loggers in Russia (See here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here), but they must be a small minority of 32,000 people.

What else are North Koreans doing in Russia? Art showstrade and construction, paying off imports, etc.  There are 5,000 in Vladivostok alone. Leonid Petrov adds more details.

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