Musical telegrams, guinea-pig oligarchs, and other quirky news from around the regionby TOL staff North Korean Slaves on the Loose in Russia Hundreds of North Koreans, brought to Russia as indentured servants to pay off North Korean debts, are on the loose after escaping from security forces, The Moscow Times reported on 20 November. The paper quoted a top official […]

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