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yuiyoshida

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Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:09 AM Aug 2016

N. Korean troops slip into China, butcher donkey, flee with meat

By TAKUYA HIRAGA/ Correspondent
August 26, 2016 at 18:10 JST

A tourist looks out over one of the narrowest parts of the Yalu river called “One step” near the Hushan Great Wall in Dandong, Liaoning province, on Aug. 16. Across the river lies North Korea. It is a popular sightseeing spot on the Chinese side as a North Korean guardhouse and patrolling soldiers can be seen. (Takuya Hiraga)

DANDONG, China--Not many people put their lives at stake for Chinese take-out, but a few hungry North Korean soldiers did just that in this border city in the shadow of the Great Wall of China.

The armed troopers sneaked across the border into China, pounced on a donkey in a civilian's yard, butchered it on the spot and fled into the night with the hunks of meat.

The soldiers were chased off by a Chinese border patrol who opened fire. It is not known if any of the thieves were shot or killed during the incursion at the east end of the Great Wall of China in Liaoning province.

The raid took place in early August after the North Koreans crossed the Yalu river, which borders China, from Sinuiju city in North Phyongan province to steal food from Chinese homes near the Hushan Great Wall area, a popular tourist destination, according to sources close to the border patrol.

“(The incident) may mean the food shortage is severe even for soldiers, who supposedly have priority over supplies,” said another source.

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201608260066.html

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N. Korean troops slip into China, butcher donkey, flee with meat (Original Post) yuiyoshida Aug 2016 OP
Unfortunately, the NK soldiers... pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #1
With news like this, how long will NK keep on going? DetlefK Aug 2016 #2
They were lucky Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2016 #3

DetlefK

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2. With news like this, how long will NK keep on going?
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:16 AM
Aug 2016

A decadent, neo-monarchic, pseudo-religious regime ruling over an impoverished country and people who are merely biding their time.

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