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Asylum Seekers Arrive in Seoul

Twenty-four asylum seekers left South Korean diplomatic compounds in China and arrived in South Korea, ending a monthlong diplomatic standoff between Beijing and Seoul.

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Twenty-four asylum seekers left South Korean diplomatic compounds in China and arrived in South Korea, ending a monthlong diplomatic standoff between Beijing and Seoul.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed the group flew out of the country Sunday evening but would not say where they were headed.

Seoul Airport police in Seoul said the group of two dozen north Koreans arrived Monday on a flight from Bangkok, Thailand.

Two other north Koreans holed up in the Canadian embassy since June 8 also left China Sunday, embassy spokeswoman Jennifer May said. Police in Seoul said a flight from Singapore arrived Monday with the two north Korean men aboard. S. Korean Government officials took them away for debriefing.

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