NORTH KOREA-CYBERATTACK/SANCTIONS-CHINA China urges "relevant parties" to avoid tension on Korean peninsula

Record ID: 355121

  • Title: NORTH KOREA-CYBERATTACK/SANCTIONS-CHINA China urges "relevant parties" to avoid tension on Korean peninsula
  • Date: 5th January 2015
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JANUARY 5, 2015) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING WALKING IN FOR REGULAR NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING SAYING: "The relative stability on the Korean peninsula has not come easy. We hope that the relevant parties act with caution, avoid taking measures that coul
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  • Location: China
  • Country: China
  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: China on Monday (January 5) called on "relevant parties" to avoid action that would escalate tension on the Korean peninsula after the United States imposed more sanctions on North Korea last week.
    "The relative stability on the Korean peninsula has not come easy. We hope that the relevant parties act with caution, avoid taking measures that could worsen or escalate the current situation, and jointly engage in maintaining peace and stability on the Korean peninsula," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the remarks at a daily news briefing.
    The sanctions came in the wake of a cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, which the White House has said was supported by the reclusive country.
    North Korea has denied involvement in the cyberattack.
    Hua said China lodged a protest with Pyongyang after news reports said a North Korean army deserter killed four Chinese nationals during a robbery in the Chinese border city of Helong late last month.
    "China has lodged a protest to North Korea. China's public security bureau will handle the case according to law," Hua said.
    South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said the deserter was detained by Chinese authorities just north of the Tumen River that divides China and North Korea. The 521-km long river in the far north is a popular breakout route used by defectors fleeing the secretive state.
    The incident involving the armed North Korean occurred on December 28, the report quoted unidentified sources as saying.
    Dong-A Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper, said that North Korea had realigned its border troops after the incident.
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