Jang Song Thaek

former dprk defence chief hyon yong-chol
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Kim Jong-un Executes Hyon Yong-chol Using Anti-Aircraft Guns

Kim Jong-un executes DPRK Defence Chief Hyon Yong-chol according to South Korea intelligence sources North Korea Defence Chief Hyon Yong-chol ‘executed’ – BBC News South Korean lawmaker Shin Kyoung-min reported the Republic of Korea’s National Intelligence Service revealed to a committee in a meeting today that DPRK Defence Chief, People’s Armed Forces Minister Hyon Yong-chol […]

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The Purge of Jang Song-thaek: Kim Jong-un Consolidates His Power As Top Officials Purged in Largest State Show Trials Since Kim Il Sung’s Purge of the Domestic Faction in 1955

Possible turmoil in the DPRK as reports are swirling about the execution of Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Un’s uncle and nominal second-in-command of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. A full-scale purge is believed to be underway as thirty-year-old Kim Jong Un seeks to eliminate factionalism within North Korea to consolidate his nascent rule […]

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Kim Jong Un Attempts to Project Unity During Kim Jong Il Memorial

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attempted to project an image of unity in the wake of his uncle and nominal DPRK second-in-command Jang Song Thaek’s execution following a laundry list of charges against him including such dubious charges as moral dissipation to plotting to overthrow the regime in Pyongyang and disrupt the “monolithic operation […]

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