China has ordered businesses from the rogue regime operating in its territory to close down as it imposes new UN sanctions on the rogue regime.
The order stated companies must shut by early January, and photos show the process is already underway.
North Korean news website Daily NK visited a North Korean restaurant called The Okryugwan in Beijing during lunch time, but found the eatery to be almost empty.
The once-popular dining spot used to be full of South Korean tourists and Beijing locals. North Korean singers would entertain diners as they ate.
As well as closures, Chinese customers have been abandoning North Korean restaurants as Kim Jong-un’s regime steps up its nuclear weapons and missile testing.
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And as China stands firm in its crackdown, Pyongyang issued an order for North Koreans in China to return to the hermit country.
A source told DailyNK: “An order was handed down from Kim Jong-un to pull out all overseas labourers and restaurant workers from China by the end of the year.”
There are more than 100 North Korean restaurants in China, with most operating as joint ventures with Chinese partners.
On September 28 China’s Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce posted a notice on their website saying: “In accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2375, Chinese-North Korean joint ventures and foreign-funded enterprises in China must cease operations.”
China will forcibly shut down all joint ventures that have not shut down by the deadline, it has been claimed.
The latest sanctions were imposed as a response to North Korea’s sixth and most powerful nuclear test in September.
The UN security council voted unanimously to impose fresh sanctions on September 11.
Speaking last Thursday, China’s foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said: “We are opposed to any war on the Korean peninsula.
“Sanctions and the promoting of talks are both the requirements of the UN Security Council. We should not overemphasise one aspect while ignoring the other.”
Last year South Korean intelligence estimated North Korean overseas restaurants brought in £75million annually.
It believes their overseas businesses have been critical in bringing in foreign currency for its weapons programme.