| As many as 19 people believed to be North Korean asylum seekers tried to dash into a South Korean consulate building in Beijing on Monday, but only three succeeded, a diplomat and a news report said. Some of the rest were taken away by Chinese guards while others fled the scene, an Asian diplomat in Beijing and South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said. It wasn't clear how many were caught by police. Yonhap said 18 North Koreans were involved, while the diplomat who asked not to be identified put the number at 19. The people scuffled with the guards as they tried to climb a fence outside the consulate, Yonhap said. Once inside the compound, they unfurled a flag of South Korea and demanded that they be allowed to travel there, Yonhap said. |