There's been a Russian delegation visiting North Korea this week....basically looking for equipment and manpower.
What North Korea has to offer? Well....it's mostly 1950s/1960s hardware....in decent condition. Tanks possible? Some sources suggest 4,000 tanks.
I would imagine some kind of oil deal can be made....to buy a couple hundred tanks. North Korea would turn around and market the oil in the region....for cash.
As for manpower? I just can't see how the Russians would arrange this....taking say 10,000 North Korean men....likely losing the whole group in six months...never to return to North Korea.
Selling them for more oil tankers? It's just hard to imagine how you'd write this agreement on paper.
Would North Korea just limit it to 10,000? Well....you could write a scenario where 100,000 North Koreans were drafted up and sold for a dozen oil tankers.
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