The repatriation of North Korean overseas workers in Oman hasn’t been officially confirmed despite media reports to the contrary, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) told NK News on Friday.

Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on Wednesday that a group of 300 North Korean workers staying in Oman recently returned to North Korea, quoting a report from KOTRA’s in-country office.

According to the RFA report, KOTRA believed the North Korean workers had all left Oman as of December, though the trade organization was not clear on how they came to this conclusion.

But NK News confirmed the KOTRA headquarters in Seoul removed the