China said on Monday it had lodged a protest with Pyongyang after media reports said a North Korean army deserter killed four Chinese nationals during a robbery in the Chinese border city of Helong late last month.<\/p>\n
Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular briefing in Beijing that China “would handle the matter in accordance with the law”.<\/p>\n
South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported the deserter was detained by Chinese authorities just north of the Tumen River that divides China and North Korea. The 521-km long river in the far north is a popular breakout route used by defectors fleeing the secretive state.<\/p>\n
The incident involving the armed North Korean occurred on Dec. 28, the report quoted unidentified sources as saying.<\/p>\n
Dong-A Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper, said that North Korea had realigned its border troops after the incident.<\/p>\n
South Korea’s unification ministry said they could not confirm the reports.<\/p>\n
Since he took power after the death of his father in 2011, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has strengthened border security to prevent defections, according to defectors and activists.<\/p>\n
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Source: Reuters<\/p>\n
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