A man takes selfie at the border which separates Russia, China and North Korea in Yanbian in China's Jilin province. China says North Korean defectors are illegal migrants who flee their country for economic reasons, and does not treat them as refugees. North Korea calls them criminals and describes those who try to bring them to South Korea as kidnappers. The vast majority of North Koreans who escape to China defect to South Korea where over 31,000 of them have resettled, according to South Korean government data. 'DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS'South Korean foreign ministry spokesman Roh Kyu-deok said Seoul was "closely monitoring" the latest case of the 10 North Koreans in China.

Source: Bangkok Post November 07, 2017 19:30 UTC