Korean shopping in the streets in Dandong, China, has been slack since two South Korean nationals were detained on charges of espionage, Radio Free Asia reported.

Fearful of being suspected of espionage, North Korean workers and resident employees are reluctant to visit shops run by South Koreans, or even those regularly visited by South Koreans, the report said.

One of the detainees, Kim Kuk-gi, listed about 30 “anti-republic espionage bases” supposedly run by South Korean intelligence, most of them stores and restaurants run by South Koreans, in a press conference in late March.

This recent reluctance has resulted in