Seoul’s Ministry of Unification (MoU) requested South Korean citizens not visit overseas North Korean restaurants on Wednesday at a regular press briefing, in line with President Park Geun-hye’s speech on the same day.

MoU spokesperson Jung Joon-hee emphasized the gravity of the situation, even though it is not against South Korean law to visit the restaurants.

“Please refrain from any kind of activities financing North Korea under the current situation,” Jung told journalists, after Park called for “all possible measures” to sanction North Korea at the National Assembly yesterday.

The notification was delivered to diplomatic offices in foreign countries, the spokesperson