Thirty-two
Chinese tourists were killed in a serious traffic accident in North Korea,
authorities said.
A
tweet by the Chinese state broadcaster - which was later deleted - said more
than 30 people had been killed when a tour bus fell from a bridge.
A
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said 32 Chinese tourists and four North
Koreans died in the accident.
An
earlier statement that the crash occurred Sunday night in North Hwanghae
province, south of the capital Pyongyang.
The
foreign ministry offered few further details, but said that embassy
personnel in Pyongyang had rushed to the scene and had "launched an
emergency mechanism to deal with the case".
State
television's main Chinese-language news channel later showed images of a
crashed blue bus with its wheels in the air, in footage taken in pouring rain
in the dark.
Chinese
visitors account for about 80 percent of all foreign tourists to North
Korea,says South Korean think-tank, the Korea Maritime Institute.
Many
enter North Korea via train through the Chinese border city of Dandong, and
there are also flights between the two countries.
North
Korean roads are largely poor and potholed, and in many areas they are dirt
rather than tarmac.
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