
AI-generated summary
Russia and North Korea signed an agreement on expert training and scientific and technological cooperation in December last year, and this training is part of the follow-up measures.
Russia will spend about 1 billion won over the next five years to provide education and training programs, including drone operation, to North Korean firefighters and ambulances.
According to NK News, an American media outlet specializing in North Korea, on the 6th, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered the Ministry of Emergency Situations to conduct training for North Korean experts at the Far Eastern Fire and Rescue School in Vladivostok in an executive order signed on the 30th of last month.
The Russian government plans to invest 61.5 million rubles (about 1 billion won) to operate training programs over the next five years.
This measure was taken in accordance with the ‘Expert Training and Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement’ signed by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations and the North Korean Ministry of Disaster Prevention in December last year.
At the time, Russian authorities announced that they were planning to invite North Korean experts, including firefighters and paramedics, to Vladivostok to receive free training, and that they were developing a training program covering communications, drone systems, and water and mountain rescue operations.
NK News pointed out that “the two countries are developing relations in areas other than the military, such as health care, education, law enforcement, intelligence, and drug control.”
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Cooperation in disaster prevention and safety between Russia and North Korea is likely to expand to health, education, etc. in the next one to two years.
Possible · Within months
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