Six North Koreans killed in train-vehicle collision in Russia's Far East

[Financial News] A van carrying North Korean nationals in Russia collided with a train, killing six North Koreans.
On the 27th (local time), the U.S.-based North Korea-focused outlet NK News reported the incident, citing Russia's state-run RIA Novosti news agency.
The accident occurred on the 25th in Russia's Far Eastern Jewish Autonomous Oblast when a train struck a van carrying North Koreans.
RIA Novosti reported, "Six of the seven North Korean nationals aboard the van were killed in the accident, and an investigation is currently underway."
In recent years, large numbers of North Korean workers have arrived in Russia, and they are reportedly commuting to their workplaces in groups on buses that run around the region.
According to the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT), which includes 11 countries such as South Korea, the United States and Japan, 25,000 North Korean workers are currently employed at drone factories in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Russia's Tatarstan. Russia produces Geran-2 drones there, upgraded versions of Iran's Shahed drones, and deploys them in the war in Ukraine.
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