Seoul’s Ministry of Unification (MoU) on Thursday confirmed three more defectors from a restaurant in China arrived in South Korea, almost two months after the group of 13 defected from a separate restaurant in North Korea’s neighbor.

The MoU declined to reveal any additional information. Last week, the ministry confirmed that the restaurant workers had defected to the South via a text message from their spokesperson’s office.

Defector-owned media outlet New Focus International broke the story one day before the MoU’s confirmation.

“There were nine defectors at the restaurant, but we couldn’t rescue all of them because of limits to