North Korea may send workers to east Ukraine

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 02, 2022 12:30 am

(UPDATE) SEOUL: As the war in Ukraine stretches into its seventh month, North Korea is hinting at its interest in sending construction workers to help rebuild Russian-occupied territories in eastern Ukraine.

The idea is openly endorsed by senior Russian officials and diplomats, who foresee a cheap and hard-working workforce that could be thrown into the 'most arduous conditions,' a term Russian Ambassador to Pyongyang Aleksandr Matsegora used in a recent interview.

HARD AT WORK This Oct. 11, 2011 file photo shows North Korean construction workers carry building materials in the Mansudae area of the capital Pyongyang. AP PHOTO

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