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. <br /> 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. <br />He also stressed their decisions should be respected as to whether they intend to stay in the South or not.<br />Pyongyang has demanded the repatriation of the restaurant workers on numerous occasions. <br />
