4 suspected defectors left China-N. Korea border area 6 days ago

4 suspected defectors left China-N. Korea border area 6 days ago

AOMORI, Japan - Police officers check an open boat in which four people of unknown nationality entered a port in Japan's Aomori Prefecture on June 2. Police said that the three men and a woman told investigators they left a China-North Korea border area about six days ago.

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