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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (25474)	3/5/2008 9:07:18 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 71588

North Korea again shows that its the world's largest prison ----------- North Koreans 'shot at frontier' North Korea has executed 15 people in public for trying to flee or help others to escape across the border into China, according to an aid group. Good Friends, based in South Korea, said the 13 women and two men were shot on a bridge in the north-eastern town of Onseong two weeks ago. The aid group said those executed had been trying to get economic help from relatives already in China. Tens of thousands of North Koreans are thought to be in hiding in China. In a newsletter, Good Friends said residents who witnessed the shooting were shocked at the harshness of the punishment. Some were crying at the scene, it reported. The group quoted a woman as saying: "Everyone is anxious about a lack of food. The shooting has made people angry." 'Shot as a warning' A local North Korean official is also quoted in the newsletter. "It has become a daily routine for a few residents to disappear and illegally cross the border to visit relatives in China," he is reported as saying. "We shot them to send a warning to people over this."... news.bbc.co.uk

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