North Korea asks Russia to consider evacuating embassy staff

Reuters ^ | 2013/04/05

[TigerLikesRooster]

(Reuters) - North Korea has asked Russia to consider the possibility of evacuating staff from its embassy in Pyongyang due to increasing tension on the Korean Peninsula, a spokesman for the Russian embassy said by phone from Pyongyang on Friday.

[SevenofNine]

Yeah he did according to TMZ live today ROFL

[Nita Nupress]

Thank you. I was on a phone that habitually crashes when overloaded. Appreciate it!

[gandalftb]

Agreed, I have long been aware of the shady and incomplete SK translations of NK statements.

The NK statement was actually a request to the foreign embassies, and especially the Chinese Embassy and NGO’s to make clear their evacuation plans “in the event of emergency.”