North Korean government officials escape across the border in group defection
Eight North Korean government officials have escaped over the border into China, including a typist who handled important documents for the ruling party and a number of communications experts.
A Radio Free Asia report claims that a further seven officials from Pyongyang were caught by state security officers in a village close to the border before they could defect.
It appears that the officials took advantage of the New Year holiday period to leave Pyongyang in groups of three or four and head north towards the border.
The report suggested that the government employees may have been carrying secret information, perhaps to barter for their passage to South Korea.
[The Telegraph]
This entry was posted in China, DPRK Government, North Korean refugee, Uncategorized by Grant Montgomery.
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