North Korean restaurant in Mongolia still closed despite report on reopening | NK News
July 29, 2024
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North Korean restaurant in Mongolia still closed despite report on reopening

NK News finds Pyongyang Baek Hwa Restaurant empty and in state of disrepair amid sanctions on DPRK overseas labor

A North Korea-linked restaurant in the Mongolian capital appeared to still be closed during an NK News visit this month, despite a recent report stating it reopened in contravention of U.N. sanctions prohibiting overseas labor and DPRK-related joint ventures.

Pyongyang Papers, an anonymous blog that publishes information about alleged DPRK sanctions violations, reported in early June that the Pyongyang Baek Hwa Restaurant in Ulaanbaatar had reopened and that DPRK restaurant workers were “set to travel to Mongolia to work in the reopened restaurant.”

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