In one corner, the Netherlands: a country where the “safeguarding of fundamental human rights and freedoms” is codified in the nation’s charter. In the other, North Korea: a plein-air prison, ruled for three generations by a despotic family diametrically opposed to virtually everything the Netherlands stands for.
So, what’s a restaurant backed by the North Korean regime doing in the middle of Amsterdam?
In one corner, the Netherlands: a country where the “safeguarding of fundamental human rights and freedoms” is codified in the nation’s charter. In the other, North Korea: a plein-air prison, ruled for three generations by a despotic family diametrically opposed to virtually everything the Netherlands stands for.
So, what’s a restaurant backed by the North Korean regime doing in the middle of Amsterdam?
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