joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KyivIndependent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KyivIndependent</span></a> @ 12:14am ET on Feb 10, 2025</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> sent thousands of workers to take jobs at construction sites across <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> in 2024, Yonhap reported, citing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalIntelligenceService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalIntelligenceService</span></a> (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIS</span></a>). The move represents an apparent violation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedNations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SecurityCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityCouncil</span></a> resolutions passed in the wake of North Korea's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intercontinentalBallisticMissile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intercontinentalBallisticMissile</span></a> (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICBM</span></a>) tests.</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/thousands-of-north-koreans-taking-construction-jobs-in-russia-media-reports/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/thousands-</span><span class="invisible">of-north-koreans-taking-construction-jobs-in-russia-media-reports/</span></a></p>