Video Footage Yesterday of N. Koreans Escaping Over Barbed Wire Barefoot (Japanese TV)

NNN TV, Japan (Streaming Video) ^ | 17 December 2004 | AmericanInTokyo

[AmericanInTokyo]

Footage of Japanese TV from Beijing showing 7 North Koreans escaping LAST NIGHT over tall BARBED WIRE FENCES (some barefoot on the wire and all apparantly without gloves) to get into neutral territory in Beijing, in a Japanese children's school, to safety and the West. Shades of the East Germans getting out of Berlin through the wire or over The Wall.

Video Stream Link above and here (brief, in Japanese):

http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20041217-00000051-nnn-int-movie-000&media=wm300k

Chinese Communists put up extra security afterward and are trying to prevent more escapes by North Koreans, currently underground in China, to Freedom.

MUST SEE VIDEO.

[AmericanInTokyo]

The reporter did not say where the school is in Beijing. However, I obtained a photograph (of the school's entrance). It is located on #6 West Chiang Dai Street in the city's Chang-an District (off Chang-an Boulevard). It is run by the Embassy of Japan.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I spose so.

[cmsgop]

[yonif]

If I am not mistaken, I am pretty sure I know this school. This school neighbors the (former) site of the International School of Beijing.

[AmericanInTokyo]

You are right. They had moved to a new location, and I believe this is next to the old location.

[Rakkasan1]

cold (like MN in the winter).

There was a lot of stuff that would never make the US news
back then (prior to internet) .

[AmericanInTokyo]

A new video just discovered:

http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20041217-00000170-fnn-int-movie-001&media=wm300k

This one with a different Japanese TV network. The reporter went out to show how high the wall and barbed wire is around the Japanese school compound in Beijing that the defecting North Koreans had to get over last night. And, another video of the escape attempt (fleeing into the Japanese school). (report about a minute long)

The report closes saying the North Koreans had memos on them in English that said:

"S.O.S. We are North Koreans. We are fleeing to freedom. We wish to go to South Korea. Please help us!"

Also the report said the North Koreans were being debriefed/interviewed by Japanese Embassy, which noted they all had North Korean accents (dialects).

[AmericanInTokyo]

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[DTogo]

The report said the note in English read:

"S.O.S. We are North Koreans. We wish to go to South Korea. Please help us!"

The Japanese video report did not mention "We are fleeing to freedom." in the note (although that's probably why they want to go to South Korea). It also said there were 2 men in their 30s, 4 women, and one girl among the 7 who scaled the fence.

I wonder who was present in the middle of the night (with lighting) to conveniently videotape these people climbing over the fence. Rather odd...

[Coleus]

communism is an evil, atheistic, satanic and repressive entity. I bet if they were given a chance, most would come to the west.

[AmericanInTokyo]

They indicated as much in their meetings with the Embassy of Japan as reported on Kyodo.

You might have heard or known that it was anti-North Korean regime NGO work in Beijing which supported them and filmed them.

[Hot Tabasco]

Do I want to download the japanese text support? Thats what a box asks me when I try to go to that site.

[varon]

Indicator that Kim Il's regime is collapsing?

If it is, does that mean the swarms of Mexicans crossing our borders signal the downfall of Vincente Fox's Presidency?

[AmericanInTokyo]

If you can't read Japanese (meaning you have not learned Japanese) it probably makes little sense to download the Japanese fonts. If it prevents you from seeing the video, then you may want to download them.

[AmericanInTokyo]

SORRY FOLKS. THE VIDEO/URL LINK TO SEE THE VIDEO IS NO LONGER GOOD. 10:35 a.m. Eastern Saturday.

That is the case with these video streaming links from Japan. They last about a day or so, then they are swept off the internet. I'll try to post another such story in the future.

[OahuBreeze]

Check this one out: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20041228-2131-korea-north-usa.html

[ChadGore]

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