Pivnik -Koretsi, Kotri from the Rosieki Budіelny Maidanchik, told BBC that they were forced to work without days off 18 hours a day - in fact in slave conditions. Six workers described a similar situation: climbing at 6 in the morning, work on the construction of apartment buildings up to 2 a.m., and only two days off a year. The worker Jin said that he arrived at the Far East of Russia by an airplane, and he was accompanied by an employee of the North Korean special services, who forbade to communicate with someone and inspect around. “The outside world is our enemy,” Gene quoted the words of the guard. At the construction site, the North Koreans were called " According to him, most of the salary was the DPRK authorities, and the rest of the amount of $ 100-200 was delayed before returning home to prevent escape. When Gina said that even this money could not be paid, he decided to run. All interlocutors complained that they were constantly under the supervision of agents of the North Korean Department of State Security and were forced to be at construction sites around the clock. We slept in dirty, crowded containers with bugs or on the floor of unfinished houses under tarpaulin to protect themselves from the cold. The worker’s workers said that some workers were sleeping standing or hiding to relax a bit during the day, but they were found and beat. Another North Korean said that he had fallen from a height of four meters and broke his face, but even after that he was not allowed to go to the hospital. Professor of the South Korean University of Dong-a Kan Don Van, who communicated with North Korean workers in Russia, noted that they work in extremely dangerous conditions. " Also, workers are controlled by ideological trainings and " Now they are almost not released even by groups from the sites, as it was before. According to South Korean intelligence, in 2024, the DPRK sent more than 10 thousand workers to Russia, and in 2025 50 thousand were expected to arrive. Most work at construction sites, the rest are in sewing factories and in IT centers. Earlier it was reported that North Korea provides Russia not only the military, but also helps to solve the acute problem of labor deficiency. Rice in exchange for the military: Details of the DPRK and Russia Agreement from Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels https: // t. Me/Korrespondentnet and WhatsApp Author: 1.