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| NKor refugees using Russia as escape route |
| 2004-11-16 |
| North Korean refugees may be trying out Russia as an escape route now that China is taking a harder line, a Seoul official said on Tuesday after a second asylum-seeker entered a consulate in Vladivostok. The Reuters news agency reports that Hwang Dae-soo, a North Korean who worked as a translator at a construction site in the Russian Far East, entered South Korea's consulate in Vladivostok and was seeking political asylum. The agency quoted South Korean activist Douglas Shin as reporting the news. Shin, who leads a group helping North Korean refugees, said Hwang was in the consulate building after first being refused entry by South Korean diplomats on Monday. China has been the most popular route by far for North Koreans fleeing the impoverished communist state. But it was possible Russia was being tested as an alternate route now that China was taking a harder line on North Korean refugees on its territory, a South Korean official said. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #6 READ YOU 4 X 5 BUT AURORAL ACTIVITY SOMETIMES CAUSES FADING AND FLUTTER STOP CHANGE FREQ TO 40M STOP MAY BE BETTER STOP 88S AL ASKA PAUL OUT |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-16 10:58:23 PM |
| #5 Joe - dude! You're yelling at the choir, k? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-16 10:38:14 PM |
| #4 Come on, PYONGYANG AND TEHRAN, IMPLODE,wilya - you Norkies got nuthing to gain from Clintonian OWG andor China-centric East Asian hegemony save a PC WORST/LOWER STATUS AS A MINOR NATION, DOWN FROM WHAT YOU ALREADY ARE!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2004-11-16 10:30:41 PM |
| #3 Won't happen. Vladivostok is the most corrupt city in a corrupt nation. The Russian Far East economy is thoroughly dominated by a mafioso governor/dictator. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-16 11:03:04 AM |
| #2 They should turn Vlodivostok into a pseudo-Hong Kong. Liberal trade laws and allow any Chinese or North Koreans that can make it into the city as Citizens. Might revitalize the Russian far-East. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2004-11-16 11:00:23 AM |
| #1 Forgot to add "edited for brevity"--more at link. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-11-16 10:51:24 AM |