In 2024, the residents of the DPRK arrived almost 8 thousand times to Russia to "study"
In 2024, citizens of North Korea 7,887 times crossed the Russian border under the pretext of “study”. This is evidenced by the fresh data of the FSB of Russia, which the Mediazona drew attention to. According to this indicator, the country set a record since 2019, earlier data are not available. In second place among the goals of the visit in 2024, “Business Trips” - 3,098 border intersections. In the premium 2019, there were twice as much business visits (6,339).