Radio Free Asia. a US based station, reports that a Korean-Chinese living in the PyongYang left for China late last month after the embassy contacted him.
The Chinese Embassy in North Korea had advised Korean-Chinese residents to return home amid concern that the North’s military provocations may trigger a U.S. attack on the North. The man said “The embassy has never given such a warning. I was worried and left the country in a hurry.”
But he said that most Korean-Chinese residents in Pyongyang were ignoring the message. The city’s “peaceful” atmosphere, despite the global crisis due to the state’s threats involving missiles and nuclear tests, might have kept them unaware of the situation.
The embassy’s warning indicates that China is worried that the saber-rattling North and U.S. moves to destabilize the Kim Jong-un regime might affect Chinese citizens abroad.