‘I listen to the motherland’s orders’Restaurants with singing and dancing North Koreans were once popular among Beijing’s nouveau riche and wealthy North Koreans visiting the city. Some opened as joint ventures, with the North Koreans overseeing the entertainment and food while the Chinese side supplied financing. That was the arrangement made to establish the Begonia chain of North Korean restaurants in 2011. “They kept to themselves,” the neighbour said of the four or five young North Korean men he saw coming and going from the office. Only the Korea Traditional Art Center selling North Korean artwork was adamant it would not close.

Source: Manila Times December 21, 2017 04:07 UTC