Overwhelmingly NKs come to Russia for education 7,887. These are record numbers of North Koreans studying abroad.
Business numbers are beginning to ramp up with nearly 2000 business visits from NK to Russia. This, however is still far below the 2010’s when there were sustained levels of about 15,000 business visits from NK to Russia, per year.
https://www.nknews.org/2025/02/north-korean-arrivals-to-russia-mark-12-fold-yearly-increase-in-2024
