Update at 1500 KST: The article and headline has been amended to reflect comments by Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). It was further updated at 1715 KST to include further comments by the ministry.

A tour bus crash in North Korea last night lead to “heavy casualties,” a report carried by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Monday.

In a statement, Beijing’s embassy in the DPRK said the accident had taken place in North Hwanghae Province on Sunday.

“The Chinese Embassy in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea received a report from North Hwanghae Province, North Korea,