North Korea, Firing Machine Guns at Defectors AUGUST 27, 2004 21:55 Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported on August 27 that North Korea allegedly has fired machine guns at the country’s defectors. The newspaper quoted Tim Peters, who founded “Helping Hands,” as saying, “A foreigner who is very much knowledgeable of the plight of the North Korean defectors said he heard gun shots in the border area,” and added, “The North Korean government is thought to have issued an order to shoot people.” He also said, “I heard that someone saw at least two or three dead bodies floating...