"Oh no, we're funding the North Korean embassy! Tougher sanctions implemented last November require UN member states to only allow "North Korean foreign representations to carry out diplomatic and consular activities". "Cityhostel in Berlin constitutes neither a diplomatic nor consular activity of a North Korean foreign representation," Schäfer said, adding that Germany would "shut down the financial source to the North Korean regime as quickly as possible". Cityhostel's employees told AFP they were unaware of the North Korean link, but would not say more. Italian backpacker Emmanuel Giorno, 28, agreed: "Spending money on the North Korean regime really isn't great."

Source: The Local May 13, 2017 11:26 UTC