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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Alastair McCready

Few customers but plenty of cash?: N Korean restaurants remain open in Laos

Mostly, the North Korean restaurants attract few customers [Alastair McCready/Al Jazeera]

Vientiane, Laos – In the lobby of a high-rise condominium block, residents meander past a banquet hall on their way to the lifts as a cover of Harry Nilsson’s 1971 hit Without You reverberates from the restaurant.

The sign gives little away and when asked, residents say they only know the venue sells “Korean food”.

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