North Korea calls businessmen from China after execution
Seoul, Safar 11, 1435, Dec 14, 2013, SPA -- North Korea ordered its businessmen to return from China in connection with the execution of leader Kim Jong Un's uncle,
who had been considered the second highest-ranking leader in the
Stalinist state, dpa cited a South Korean news report on Saturday.
Jang Song Thaek, who was executed Thursday, was believed to have been
in charge of promoting economic relations with China, and many of the
charges against him focussed on his ties to Beijing, Pyongyang's only
major international ally.
The order to return issued to the businessmen appeared to be part of
a crackdown on those loyal to Jang, the Yonhap News Agency reported,
quoting unnamed sources.
The businessmen work in the north-eastern Chinese cities of Dandong,
which lies on the Chinese-North Korean border, and Shenyang near the
border, Yonhap said in a report from Shenyang. They are focussed on
conducting trade with China and trying to attract investment to North
Korea, it said.
-- SPA
21:21 LOCAL TIME 18:21 GMT
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