Famine Driving North Koreans to China More Refugees Are Crossing the Yalu, Risking Capture and Jail Terms International Herald Tribune | December 23, 1998| | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Don Kirk
International Herald Tribune
12-23-1998
The Chinese police commander leaped up from his chair in a coffee shop near the banks of the Yalu River, said he had a report on his cellular phone that six North Koreans had just been picked up on the Chinese side, and rushed out.

A few minutes later he was back, having been assured that the North Koreans were in custody and awaiting deportation across the river to the city of Sinuiju on the opposite side.

''Many people are coming over, I see them often,'' he said. ''After a while, we send them back.''

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