China Puts Soldiers on North Korea Border

[demdave]

BEIJING - China said Monday that its military has taken over patrolling its frontier with North Korea (news - web sites), but wouldn't disclose why it made the change.
The Foreign Ministry would not confirm reports in Hong Kong media that China moved 150,000 troops to the border to stem crime by North Korean soldiers and to pressure its isolated communist neighbor to halt its nuclear weapons program.


"It is a normal adjustment carried out after many years of preparation by the relevant parties," the Chinese Foreign Ministry (news - web sites) said in a brief statement.


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