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Dozens of North Korean waitresses in China recalled because one went AWOL (www.rfa.org)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Dozens of staff at a popular North Korean restaurant in the Chinese city of Dandong are returning to North Korea to face punishment after one of them temporarily escaped from her job, residents in China told Radio Free Asia.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I’ve heard about these North Korean restaurants about a decade ago. Apparently they’re pseudo money laundering and espionage centers.

I’d be half tempted to eat at one.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

If you do… leave your real phone at home.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

An incentive structure telling all of them to do likewise.