More N Koreans airlifted to South

[Rose Siding]

More than 220 North Koreans have flown to South Korea from an unnamed third country for the second day running.
The refugees arrived at Incheon International airport on a plane chartered by South Korea's government.

More than 200 people flew to Seoul on Tuesday, in what has become the largest single defection from the hunger-stricken Communist North.

They all apparently escaped in small groups through China to what officials called "a South East Asian country".

Seoul reportedly intervened when the country, thought to be Vietnam, threatened to send them back to China.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3931873.stm

[SmileyBoy]

1. Good. these people need to get the hell out of that evil empire.

North korea is a really fucked-up country. I hope we see more of these mass-defections.

[Zidane]

2. I wouldn't be surprised if

N. Korea was silently letting these people in to the south, then demanding them back, and when they refused using it as an excuse to invade...

[Rose Siding]

3. My suspicion rivals yours

The possibility of some kind of surveillance or covert activity occured to me.

I hope it's people moving to a better life but it makes ya wonder.

[JDPriestly]

4. Korea is

as much a powderkey as the Middle East. Bush has neglected and alienated the South Koreans, and we will all pay for it.