N. Korean asylum-seekers enter German school in Beijing

N. Korean asylum-seekers enter German school in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A group of people believed to be North Koreans entered the compound of a German government-run school June 30 in Beijing in an attempt to seek asylum, eyewitnesses said. South Korean news channel YTN reported that they were five North Koreans and that four of them succeeded.

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