SEOUL: Chinese border guards shot dead one North Korean refugee this month when he and 23 others tried to cross through China and into Mongolia, a South Korean missionary group said yesterday.
Seventeen of the refugees were detained by the guards in the April 2 escape attempt. The seven others broke away and fled, Christian mission Durihana said.
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