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Article: DEFECTOR BAFFLES 3 NATIONS KEY NORTH KOREAN DEMANDS ASYLUM IN CHINESE EMBASSY, SEEKS TO GO TO SOUTH KOREA.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- February 14, 1997
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Byline: Renee Schoof Associated Press
BEIJING -- China, North Korea and South Korea maneuvered frantically Thursday trying to decide what to do about a high-ranking North Korean - a former tutor to the country's leader - who defected to South Korea.
South Korea pressed China to let it whisk Hwang Jang Yop immediately out of the country and find out everything he knows about North Korea's secretive government.
North Korea refused to believe the defection, insisted he must have been kidnapped and tried to get past Chinese police protecting the consulate where he asked for asylum.
Chinese officials pleaded for calm and wondered how they ...