Ufa Agrocomplex to Host 50 North Korean Students
The Ufa Agrocomplex intends to recruit 50 students from North Korea for practical training. The State Agro-industrial Complex "Alexeyevsky" has placed a tender for 11.2 million rubles to organize an educational and production practice for 50 students from the DPRK.
Consensus
- The Ufa-based state agro-industrial complex 'Alekseevsky' has launched a tender for 11.2 million rubles to organize an educational and production internship for 50 students from North Korea.
- The internship will last one year and involve work in agriculture.
- The group will consist of 25 men and 25 women.
- Practitioners will work 12 hours per day with a one-hour lunch break and one day off per week.
- Monthly payments, college fee coverage, and insurance contributions are promised to participants and accompanying personnel.
- UN Security Council sanctions prohibit states from using the labor of North Korean citizens abroad.
- The 'Alekseevsky' agro-industrial complex is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings.
- The complex is involved in vegetable cultivation in greenhouses, grain farming, and livestock breeding.
Points of divergence
- The tender documentation specifies 47 practitioners and three accompanying personnel: a supervisor, translator, and cook. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- On August 18, the 'Alekseevsky' complex signed an agreement with Pyongyang LLC, a company described as a facilitator in bringing North Korean labor to Russia. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The official basis for the recruitment is cited as the comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between Russia and North Korea. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- An unnamed Ufa economist suggests the scheme may be linked to importing low-paid labor, noting that the work arrangement falls outside the scope of Russia's Labor Code and could affect domestic wage levels. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The status of 'students' is questioned in the international context, given the UN sanctions. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- Pyongyang LLC has been previously linked to other schemes involving the recruitment of North Korean workers into Russia. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
Coverage (3 sources)
- Ufa Agrocomplex intends to recruit 50 students from North Korea for practice — Радио Свобода
- Ufa Agrocomplex intends to recruit 50 students from North Korea for practice — Idel.Реалии
- Ufa Agrocomplex intends to recruit 50 students from North Korea for a yearly 'practice' — Говорит НеМосква