A government team raided North Korean Botonggang Restaurant in Kathmandu today as it did not follow the law of the land, and operated illegally.
Nepal – in an attempt to abide by UN resolution 2397 that requires member states to prohibit North Koreans from engaging in businesses in foreign countries – has rounded up 12 North Korean citizens, who were found to be working illegally at the Durbar Marg-based restaurant. Their visas expired on October 31, according to the Department of Immigration. “They were living and working in Nepal without any valid visas.”
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) citizens were asked to sign statements attesting to their illegal status in Nepal and let go upon the condition that they present themselves the next day at the Department of Immigration, according to officials.
The raid team consisted of chief of National Intelligence Department Ganesh Adhikari and senior officials from the departments of Immigration and Industry. Out of the 12 North Koreans, six will be leaving Nepal on November 24, according to an official at the Immigration Department. The remaining six will leave the country after managing the air tickets.
The 12 individuals are among the last North Korean nationals living in Nepal, though authorities are still searching for three other North Koreans suspected to be in the country, according to the government data.
According to UN resolution 2397 – adopted on December 22, 2017 – members states are required to ‘repatriate all DPRK nationals earning income and all DPRK government safety oversight attachés monitoring DPRK workers abroad within their jurisdiction within 24 months from December 22, 2017.’
After December 22, 2019, any country not abiding by the sanctions will themselves face penalties, the UN resolution reads.
On November 7, Nepal’s Permanent Representative to the UN communicated to the UN Security Council that 33 nationals from the North Korea had already left the territory of Nepal on October 31 as their visas were valid until October 31 only.
“Those still living in Nepal illegally will be subject to prosecution under the country’s immigration laws,” reads the press statement by Nepal’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York at UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718.
The Nepali mission in New York also communicated to the UN Security council that Nepal’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies had notified all business entities in which North Korean nationals had invested to begin processes to shut down the business.
“Lastly, the investors in and the authorised representatives of the business entities in which nationals of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea had invested were notified with a view to ensuring that all the business transactions pertaining to their industries ceased before October 31, 2019,” the Permanent Representative of Nepal notified in the statement.
Nepal – in an attempt to abide by UN resolution 2397 that requires member states to prohibit North Koreans from engaging in businesses in foreign countries – has rounded up 12 North Korean citizens, who were found to be working illegally at the Durbar Marg-based restaurant. Their visas expired on October 31, according to the Department of Immigration. “They were living and working in Nepal without any valid visas.”
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) citizens were asked to sign statements attesting to their illegal status in Nepal and let go upon the condition that they present themselves the next day at the Department of Immigration, according to officials.
The raid team consisted of chief of National Intelligence Department Ganesh Adhikari and senior officials from the departments of Immigration and Industry. Out of the 12 North Koreans, six will be leaving Nepal on November 24, according to an official at the Immigration Department. The remaining six will leave the country after managing the air tickets.
The 12 individuals are among the last North Korean nationals living in Nepal, though authorities are still searching for three other North Koreans suspected to be in the country, according to the government data.
According to UN resolution 2397 – adopted on December 22, 2017 – members states are required to ‘repatriate all DPRK nationals earning income and all DPRK government safety oversight attachés monitoring DPRK workers abroad within their jurisdiction within 24 months from December 22, 2017.’
After December 22, 2019, any country not abiding by the sanctions will themselves face penalties, the UN resolution reads.
On November 7, Nepal’s Permanent Representative to the UN communicated to the UN Security Council that 33 nationals from the North Korea had already left the territory of Nepal on October 31 as their visas were valid until October 31 only.
“Those still living in Nepal illegally will be subject to prosecution under the country’s immigration laws,” reads the press statement by Nepal’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York at UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718.
The Nepali mission in New York also communicated to the UN Security council that Nepal’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies had notified all business entities in which North Korean nationals had invested to begin processes to shut down the business.
“Lastly, the investors in and the authorised representatives of the business entities in which nationals of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea had invested were notified with a view to ensuring that all the business transactions pertaining to their industries ceased before October 31, 2019,” the Permanent Representative of Nepal notified in the statement.
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