Tony
3rd June 2004, 09:59 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3769357.stm ...full article
A group of North Koreans who on Tuesday launched a bid for asylum in China's capital Beijing spoke to the BBC's Louisa Lim about their shadowy lives in hiding. Their names have been changed as they fear reprisals against family members still living in North Korea.
They looked thin and malnourished, but they were marshalling their strength as they prepared to try to seek asylum - the culmination of a long journey through China.
A group of North Koreans who on Tuesday launched a bid for asylum in China's capital Beijing spoke to the BBC's Louisa Lim about their shadowy lives in hiding. Their names have been changed as they fear reprisals against family members still living in North Korea.
They looked thin and malnourished, but they were marshalling their strength as they prepared to try to seek asylum - the culmination of a long journey through China.