(23.8.2017) “Currently, we have only one large Russian-North Korean joint company, RasonConTrans,” Lukin said. The firm was established to oversee the construction of and then operations of infrastructure in the North Korean port city of Rason and connect it with the Rason-Hasan railway line. “However, Russia has already made the bulk of the investments in this project, spending about $300 million on the project between 2008 and 2013,” he said.