South Korean activist says the men died on Saturday while trying to cross the Yalu river into China from a border city.
With Kim Jong-il's death governments believed that change would come to North Korea. Yet, this is the same nation who allowed several million of its citizens perish in the 1990's during a major famine because Kim Jong-il seeking to solidify his hold on power instituted a military first policy over the needs of its people. It's the same place that sends not just individuals but whole families are sent to concentration camps because they were declared enemies of the state. To believe that change will come to North Korea under the rule of Kim Jong-eun a man of 27 who has no experience in governance or policy implementation needs to show that he is as ruthless as his father before him.
North Korean troops have shot dead three compatriots who were trying to cross the border into China, according to a South Korean activist.
The report comes as North Korea moves to tighten border controls after the death of the leader, Kim Jong-il.
Border guards killed the men in their 40s who were crossing the Yalu river from the northern border city of Hyesan on Saturday, Do Hee-youn, who helps refugees from the North, said.
"People waiting at the Chinese side across the river to help the three defect saw the scene. The guards took with them the bodies which were lying on the ice," Do told AFP news agency on Tuesday, citing sources in China's border county of Changbai.
South Korea's intelligence service said it could not immediately confirm the reported shootings.
Activists say the North has intensified patrols along its border to try to prevent defections in the wake of Kim's death on December 17.
With Kim Jong-il's death governments believed that change would come to North Korea. Yet, this is the same nation who allowed several million of its citizens perish in the 1990's during a major famine because Kim Jong-il seeking to solidify his hold on power instituted a military first policy over the needs of its people. It's the same place that sends not just individuals but whole families are sent to concentration camps because they were declared enemies of the state. To believe that change will come to North Korea under the rule of Kim Jong-eun a man of 27 who has no experience in governance or policy implementation needs to show that he is as ruthless as his father before him.
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