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The 12 singing waitresses who disappeared

Boston Calling

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Until April 2016, 12 waitresses worked at a state-owned North Korean restaurant in China. Now they're in South Korea under close supervision of South Korea’s intelligence agency. The North says they were kidnapped. The South says they are defectors. Patrick Winn has been looking into this. (Image: This photo taken on February 11, 2013 shows North Korean waitresses performing in front of a large menu at a North Korean owned restaurant in the Chinese border town of Dandong. Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

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