>>14657317I mean, this is McDonalds. They practically jumped through hoops and trojan horse'd their way into the market through their Canadian subsidiary years ago back when the Soviet Union was at odds with the US. They would probably open locations in North Korea if they could.
"Temporarily" seems to heavily imply they're still keeping all their holdings in the country ready to reopen. It might look like some kind of face-saving move on the surface, and maybe that's a factor, but with a company like McDonalds? My money's on the money.