Amid such hard line stances from all corners of the world,... a regional government in Russia says North Korean laborers working in the region can stay until the end of the year.<br /> Russian news agency RIA Novosti, citing the governor,.. said the workers will stay through 2018 as they are needed in the processing of seafood.<br />But the Russian central government has yet to grant permission for the workers' stay.<br />The region of Pacific Primorye is known as the largest workplace for North Koreans in Russia,... with some ten-thousand North Koreans residing there.<br />The Russian Ambassador to North Korea recently said his government will repatriate the tens of thousands of North Koreans working in the country,... in line with UN sanctions. <br />North Korean workers have long been a source of foreign currency for the regime,... but many have been sent home in recent months after the UN imposed strict new sanctions in August last year. <br />
