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WORLD NEWS Thursday 15 November 2018

Missing elite Chinese university alumni spark outcry

By YANAN WANG tive action and potential
Associated Press threats to its authority. The
BEIJING (AP) — Students government is particularly
and alumni of several Chi- guarded about campus
nese universities are sound- movements after the 1989
ing the alarm over the ap- student-led pro-democ-
parent detention of more racy demonstrations in Ti-
than a dozen young labor ananmen Square which
activists who have been were ultimately crushed by
missing since the weekend. the military.
Three recent graduates of The sudden disappearanc-
the elite Peking University es all occurred at around
have been taken away by 9 p.m. on Friday, the Ja-
authorities, the Jasic Work- sic Workers Support Group
ers Support Group said in said. Three others in Wuhan,
a statement late Tuesday. including one factory work-
According to the group, er, were taken away by po-
witnesses saw one person lice on Sunday, though one
being “kidnapped” from was released early the next
the Beijing campus, while day.
others in Shenzhen, Guang- Peking University students
zhou and Shanghai also and alumni expressed
disappeared. alarm after students pub-
They were involved in a co- lished accounts online say-
alition, led by young Marxist In this photo provided by the Jasic Workers Support Group and taken Aug 2018, members of the ing that they were beaten
activists, that was founded Jasic Workers Support Group pose for a group photo after a campaign promoting worker's rights on campus by unidentified
in Dezhou city in Guangdong province.
this summer to show solidar- Associated Press men who forced a recent
ity with factory workers at graduate named Zhang
Jasic Technology, a weld- turer in southern China. tinely “disappeared” by ruling Communist Party, Shengye into a car on Fri-
ing equipment manufac- Activists in China are rou- authorities working for the which is wary of any collec- day evening.q

North Korean delegation visits South to attend history forum

By HYUNG-JIN KIM mobilization of laborers in side, according to organiz-
Associated Press the region during World ers.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) War II and how to boost ex- The forum is organized by
— A five-member North changes now among Asia- Gyeonggi province, which
Korean delegation came Pacific countries. surrounds Seoul, and a
to South Korea on Wednes- The North Koreans are led South Korean civic organi-
day to attend an academ- by Ri Jong Hyok, vice chair- zation.
ic forum on Japan's war- man of the Korea Asia- The South Korean gov-
time actions, as the rivals Pacific Peace Committee. ernment has said it has
continue reconciliation Participants from other no plans to meet with the
efforts despite stalemated countries including South North Koreans during their
U.S.-led nuclear diploma- Korea, Japan and China, four-day visit.
cy. are mostly civilian scholars Anti-Japanese sentiment
The North Koreans are and former officials. Ex- runs deep in both Koreas
among 300 people from Japanese Prime Minister because the Korean Pen- North Korean vice chairman of the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace
nine countries who are tak- Yukio Hatoyama, who has insula was colonized by Ja- Committee Ri Jong Hyok, center, arrives at the Incheon
ing part in Friday's forum been apologetic about pan for 35 years before its International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov.
near Seoul. The meeting Japan's past wrongdoing, division at the end of World 14, 2018.
will discuss Japan's forced will represent the Japanese War II in 1945. q Associated Press