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| Defectors From the North |
| 2003-10-06 |
| Embassy Wilts Under Refugee Crush by Si Dong (sdyeo@chosun.com) BEIJING - The Korean Embassy in Beijing said Monday that it would suspend its civil affairs services from Tuesday because of a surge in the number of North Korean defectors staying at its consular section and preventing it from doing its job. The consul’s civil services, like issuing entry visas and passports, will be temporarily taken over by Korean consulates in other Chinese cities such as Shenyang for the time being. Still, the Beijing consul said that it would continue to handle civil affairs not going through the civic affairs office, such as accidents and incidents involving Korean residents in China.If you have too many defctors maybey it is not PARIDISE Because the suspension of civic services is expected to last for more than a week, inconveniences are predicted for Chinese and other foreigners seeking to obtain Korean entry visas in Beijing. Korean residents there will also face obstacles when they try to get consul services related to passports and military services.Stop it, you make us look bad North Korean defectors have continued to penetrate into the Korean Consul in Beijing since May of 2002; about 400 people of them have found their way into South Korea from there via third countries. But about 100 defectors are still staying at the consul, seeking ways to come to the South. The consul has held scores of negotiations with the Chinese government so far to send these North Koreans out to third countries. What’s wrong with Paridise Relatedly, it was confirmed on Monday that Chinese authorities had told public security agencies across the country at the end of last month to aggressively ferret out North Korean defectors. Security agencies began an intensive crackdown on the refugees from the beginning of this month. We gotta stop this According to a public security official in Yanji, a city in the ethnic Korean-Chinese region of Yanbian in Jilin Province, a national convention of public security officials was held at the end of September in Beijing, and instructions were delivered to each security agency nationwide to round up North Korean defectors aggressively while stamping out other general crimes. Your Giving Paridise a Bad Name The official said the measure was designed to prevent a massive influx of defectors during the winter and to hunt up those who are already in China. |
| Posted by:Michael |
| #1 OK, so not directly on article-topic, however... How many more reports like this must one read before realizing just how good we have it living in the greatest, freest country on Earth? Perhaps ever! You whiners (you know who you are) are pathetic! Less bitching and moaning. More counting your fucking blessings. |
| Posted by: Hyper 2003-10-6 9:39:50 PM |