More Russians entered North Korea in the second quarter of 2025 than in any three-month period since 2011, according to official data, even as Russian authorities abruptly stopped disclosing the number of North Koreans entering Russia for the first time in 15 years.

The second quarter saw 2,772 Russians entering North Korea, the highest quarterly figure since Q3 2011, when nearly 3,100 Russian nationals visited the country, according to new data from the Russian border agency under the Federal Security Service (FSB).

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