The number of Russian visitors to North Korea failed to grow in the first nine months of the year, official data shows, staying on par with 2025 levels despite a record number of trips in the third quarter.

North Korea welcomed 3,876 Russian visitors from July to September, the highest quarterly figure on record, according to the data from the border agency of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). That is up from 2,589 in the second quarter and 3,460 in the third quarter of 2025.

Despite the uptick, Russian visits from January through September totaled 7,499 — exactly the same