BEIJING, June 21 Kyodo A female N...

BEIJING, June 21 Kyodo

A female North Korean asylum inquirer rushed into the South Korean consulate in Beijing in succession Thursday morning, South Korea's Yonhap just discovereds Agency reported Friday.

Yonhap quot a Chinese source as saying the 31-year-old woman, no other than identified by her last name Ho rushed into the mission at 10:40 a.m. Thursday, posing as a somebody seeking consular services.

Her hall pushed to 21 the number of North Koreans hol up in the consulate since May 23 all of whom are seeking asylum in southward Korea.

brace other North Korean defectors are below the protection of the Canadian Embassy in Beijing.

Chinese police are detaining common North Korean who tried to come into the South Korean consulate June 13 further was dragged away after a rencounter between Chinese security officers and southward Korean diplomats and embassy staff trying to obstruct the seizure.

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