North Korean soldiers defect to China fuelling fears of imminent military clash
12th July 2010
On one stretch of the border, Chinese troops apprehended five North Korean soldiers in May alone. Prior to the sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan in March, allegedly by a torpedo fired from a North Korean submarine, it was rare for troops to be taken into custody on the Chinese side of the Yalu River.
“In the past there have been cases of North Korean troops crossing the border and plundering Chinese farms for their food, which they then took back to their posts in the North,” Kim Sang-hun, a human rights activist in Seoul, told The Daily Telegraph.
The defectors apprehended by the Chinese were reportedly returned to North Korea, where they face execution.
Those Communists, they’re just so warm and fuzzy.
July 12th, 2010 at 11:17
Returned for execution? But what if they agree to vote Democrat? Oh, wait, that only works here….