China issues work visas to 20,000 N. Koreans to legalize rampant border-crossing

China issues work visas to 20,000 N. Koreans to legalize rampant border-crossing

Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com China has moved to accept more legal North Korean workers while searching for and kicking out illegal border crossers in a bid to “purify” its northeastern border — an area in which many North Korean refugees are hiding, creating a long-standing diplomatic headache for Beijing. China has started […]