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China Protests to N. Korea About Border Shooting

   VOA News 08 June 2010
   Chinese  Foreign  Ministry  spokesman  Qin  Gang  speaks  at  a  media
   briefing, in Beijing (File Photo)

Photo: AP

   Chinese  Foreign  Ministry  spokesman  Qin  Gang  speaks  at  a  media
   briefing, in Beijing (File Photo)

   China  says it has filed a formal complaint with North Korea about the
   killing  of  three Chinese citizens last week by a North Korean border
   guard.
   Foreign  Ministry  spokesman Qin Gang says a fourth person was wounded
   when  the  guard  opened  fire  from  his  post across the border from
   China's northeastern town of Dandong last Friday.
   Qin says the four Chinese citizens were shot by the North Korean guard
   on suspicion of crossing the border for illegal trade activities. Â
   Beijing is a major ally and benefactor of the government in Pyongyang,
   which has been struggling due to a set of U.N. sanctions imposed after
   North Korea conducted a nuclear test last year.
   A  South  Korean  female tourist was shot and killed by a North Korean
   soldier at a North Korean-based resort in 2008.  The woman had walked
   onto a restricted beach area guarded by the North Korean military near
   the resort.
   Tensions  have  been  growing  between North and South Korea in recent
   years,  and have worsened since Seoul accused the North of sinking one
   of its warships in March, killing 46 sailors.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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