UN official calls for thorough probe into N. Korean waitresses who defected to S. Korea in 2016

The top UN envoy on human rights in North Korea is calling on the South Korean government to conduct a thorough probe into the defection of twelve North Korean restaurant workers in 2016. During a press conference in Seoul on Tuesday,... Tomas (KIN-taa-nah)Quintana said he was concerned about the circumstances under which the waitresses came to the South,... explaining that some were brought here without knowing their destination. He also stressed their decisions should be respected as to whether they intend to stay in the South or not.Pyongyang has demanded the repatriation of the restaurant workers on numerous occasions.