North Korean restaurant closed due to UN sanctions

03 July 2019
North Korean restaurant closed due to UN sanctions
Photo: Pyongyang Koryo Restaurant Yangon/Facebook

A North Korean restaurant in Yangon, Myanmar thought to have closed in 2018 due to international pressure was closed by the government in accordance with UN sanctions, NKnews reported, quoting a report to the UN made public in the past week.

The Pyongyang Koryo Restaurant “was instructed to close down” in early 2018, an implementation submitted by the government of Myanmar to the UN’s 1718 committee, said.

The report was Myanmar’s second submitted to the UN committee in charge of sanctions on North Korea, dated June 18 but only released late last week.