This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. 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. There are several North Korean restaurants in Dandong, which lies just across the Yalu River border from Sinuiju, and the young waitresses that Pyongyang sends over to staff them are the main draw. Not only do they serve tables, they also sing and dance to keep the diners entertained. However, most of the money they earn is sent to the North Korean government in the form of “loyalty funds” and these women are known to live in very poor conditions, sometimes even sleeping in small rooms inside the restaurants. Though they are in a foreign country, Pyongyang likes to keep absolute control over their access to the outside world, and monitors their every move, sometimes even forbidding them to leave the restaurant. Earlier this year, one of the women at the Ryugyong restaurant went missing for a while, but then she returned. In response, Pyongyang recalled all the waitresses working there, a Dandong resident told RFA Korean on condition of anonymity for security reasons. “I went to the Ryugyong restaurant today during the day and found that there were no North Korean waitresses working in the restaurant,” he said. “There were only Chinese employees.” He said the Ryugyong is popular because it is very large compared to the other North Korean restaurants in the city and it is ornately decorated. “But the most impressive thing that drew people in were the pretty North Korean women wearing colorful hanbok coming out to greet customers at the front door,” he said,

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Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Truth Social, X  The Finland National Bureau of Investigation stated that, based on a preliminary investigation, it has “decided to open a criminal investigation into the damage caused to the sea cable.” Here’s the statement: Based on preliminary inquiries, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has decided to open a criminal investigation into the damage caused to the sea cable between Finland and Germany. The suspected criminal act is currently investigated as aggravated criminal mischief and aggravated interference with communications. The National Bureau of Investigation is conducting an investigation into the damage caused to Cinia’s C-Lion-1 telecoms cable. The decision to open a criminal investigation was made today on Wednesday 20 November in cooperation with the Office of the Prosecutor General. Cinia submitted a request for an investigation to the NBI on Tuesday 19 November. At this stage, the suspected criminal act is investigated as aggravated criminal mischief and aggravated interference with communications, but these may change as the investigation progresses.  The police will be releasing information on the progress of the criminal investigation at a later date. On Monday, the Yi Peng 3, a Chinese-registered bulk carrier, was suspected of damaging two fiber-optic data cables beneath the Baltic Sea, which connect Finland, Germany, Sweden, and Lithuania. The bulk carrier is anchored in Kattegat Bay alongside a Danish Naval vessel.  The ship tracking website MarineTraffic shows the Danish Naval vessel “DNK NAVY PATROL P525” alongside Yi Peng 3 in Kattegat Bay. Both vessels are anchored.  To read more visit Zero Hedge. ‘NO AD’ subscription for CDM!  Sign up here and support real investigative journalism and help save the republic!‘   The post Danish Navy Hunts Down Chinese Ship Suspected Of ‘Sabotaging’ Baltic Sea Cables appeared first on CDM – Human Reporters • Not Machines.