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Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin is the data correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Reuters, TASS and the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA).
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News Russian governor unveils plans for industrial park with North Korea and ChinaFar East official says DPRK’s sanctioned labor resources can help build facility, boost trilateral commerce in future
Russia plans to build an “industrial and trade park” to showcase goods from North Korea and China, according to a government official in charge of a region along the DPRK border. Primorsky Krai governor Oleg Kozhemyako announced the scheme on Sunday during a visit to China’s Yanbian-Korean Autonomous Prefecture, also near North Korea. “There are plans to create a commercial and industrial park featuring products from Russia, China and North Korea in Primorsky Krai,” according to a press release from the Primorsky Krai government, citing Kozhemyako. The trade zone “will give momentum to the development of trilateral international cooperation,” the © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |