{"id":19441,"date":"2012-04-27T18:14:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=19441"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:27:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:27:49","slug":"67-dead-as-armed-men-flee-for-chin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/67-dead-as-armed-men-flee-for-chin\/","title":{"rendered":"6-7 Dead as Armed Men Flee for China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[imText1]<br \/>\nTwo armed North Korean border guards are on the run in China after killing a number of others from the same unit and escaping across the border from Hyesan into Changbai, it has been reported.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know exactly why yet, but there was an incident on around the 23rd where two guards killed around six to seven of their colleagues and escaped to China,\u201d a source in Hyesan explained today. \u201cThe National Security Agency has dispatched a team to China to arrest them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The source went on, \u201cThe incident occurred right after the 15th when border guard management switched from the Ministry of People\u2019s Armed Forces to the National Security Agency (NSA), and therefore not only the provincial NSA but also the central NSA is devoted to the arrests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daily NK\u2019s Changbai correspondent also confirmed the news today, saying, \u201cThe Chinese police have released a warning that \u2018Two armed Chosun soldiers have defected and infiltrated Changbai County, so do not walk around alone at night\u2019. 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