A man sits next a North Korean painting at a North Korean restaurant near North Korean embassy in Beijing March 18, 2013. Reuters
North Korea’s Overseas Restaurants Used For Espionage And Gaining Hard Currency -- Washington Free Beacon
Pyongyang rakes in more than $100 million annually from workers and restaurants abroad
North Korea’s global network of state-run restaurants, most in China, are dens of espionage and sites of operations involving tens of thousands of overseas North Koreans who send the regime in Pyongyang more than $100 million in hard currency annually, according to U.S. and western intelligence officials.
In Asia alone, the U.S. government has identified 60 restaurants ranging from Nepal to Cambodia to Dandong, China – located along the Yalu River separating China from North Korea.
Additionally, North Korea has dispatched up to 40,000 guest workers abroad. The workers are forced to live in slave-like conditions and provide a large portion of their funds to the communist government, said officials who discussed intelligence on the operations on condition of anonymity.
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Update: North Korea's International Network Of Restaurants Used To Gain Hard Currency -- And For Espionage -- IBTimes
My Comment: I suspect that those who are working in China must follow strict rules and regulations .... any deviation will probably result in immediate deportation. As for places like Nepal and Cambodia .... the temptation to flee must be overwhelming .... but I suspect that they have family members back home being held as "hostages" to ensure that they keep their loyalty to Pyongyang.
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