Two North Korean nationals working in Russia's Far East applied on Tuesday to South Korea's consulate general in the city of Vladivostok for political asylum, a source told RIA Novosti.

Nationals from the reclusive communist state work at timber logging enterprises in Russia's Far East under contracts between the two countries.

"Two North Koreans got over a wall of the South Korean diplomatic mission and ran past the security guards into the office, where they asked for political asylum," the source said, adding that South Korean diplomats were questioning them.

The South Korean consulate in Vladivostok neither confirmed nor denied the report. "We can say nothing about this," a spokesman said.

In September 2009, twelve North Koreans who worked at a timber logging facility in the Amur Region in line with an agreement between Russia and North Korea asked the Vladivostok consulate for asylum. Their requests were granted.

VLADIVOSTOK, March 9 (RIA Novosti)