朝鮮人逃往韓國尋求避難

Another group of North Korean defectors have fled a Pyongyang-run restaurant in China, seeking asylum in South Korea, Seoul's Unification Ministry announced Tuesday.

Just last month 13 North Koreans, working for a North owned restaurant in China, escaped to South Korea. South Korean leaders say the workers came of their own free will, while the North claims they were essentially kidnapped by spies who tricked them into defecting.

North Korea runs approximately 130 restaurants overseas, most of which are in China, according to a report by the South's spy Service released earlier this year. The National Intelligence Service indicates that North Korea has between 50,000 and 60,000 workers abroad, mostly to bring in foreign currency.韓國統一部星期二說，又有一批朝鮮叛逃者離開平壤在中國經營的餐館，尋求在韓國避難。

目前還不清楚這批叛逃者的確切人數、他們工作的地點以及離開中國的方式。

上個月，在中國一家朝鮮餐館工作的13名朝鮮人逃到韓國。韓國領導人說，他們是自願到韓國的，而朝鮮則聲稱韓國間諜進行拐騙，所以他們實際上是遭到了綁架。

韓國情報機構今年早些時候發表報告說，朝鮮在國外經營着大約130家餐館，其中大多數在中國。韓國國家情報局說，有5萬至6萬朝鮮人在國外工作，主要是爲了賺取外匯。