South Korean Defense Minister estimates that North Korea receives materials and parts from Russia and sends finished products to Russia.

South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said, ``Russia sends food and daily necessities as well as materials and parts to North Korea, and the finished products are then shipped back to Russia.''
"I'm working on it," he said. At a press conference held at the Ministry of National Defense on the 26th, Defense Minister Singh said, ``As a result of tracking the period from August last year, when relations between Russia and North Korea became closer, to recent times, more than 6,700 containers were discovered.
"crossed from North Korea to Russia." He continued, ``If we estimate the approximate amount, it would be more than 3 million 152 mm shells and 1.2 million 122 mm projectiles.''
He added, ``Due to the shortage of raw materials and power shortages, the overall operating rate of North Korea's factories is low, but the factories that produce weapons and shells provided to Russia are operating at fairly full capacity.'' Kararo
"Over 30% more items go from Russia to North Korea than to Russia." He added, ``We won't know for sure until the container is dismantled, but food prices in the North Korean region are stable.''
"Looking at the fact that the flow is maintained, food accounts for the largest proportion, and there are also necessary daily necessities." later
We believe it is being provided to Russia." Defense Minister Shin said, ``Despite the fact that North Korea's munitions factory utilization rate is quite low, most of the factories that are partially in operation are exported to Russia.
This is almost the same as the factory that produces the item," and added, "As North Korean-made missiles have also been discovered during the Ukraine war, it seems likely that the repeated test launches of cruise missiles were aimed at exporting them to Russia.
There is also some credibility to the view that some say, ``It's true.'' When asked, ``What kind of technology do you think Russia provided to North Korea?''
Although it is difficult to say, it is expected that it will be satellite-related technology that Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly promised to provide."