Posted on 08/31/2016 8:05:21 AM PDT by chajin
South Korea's Unification Ministry says North Korea appears to have executed a vice premier.
Ministry spokesperson Jeong Joon-hee said on Wednesday that vice premier Kim Yong Jin, who was in charge of education, allegedly disobeyed the ruling Korean Workers' Party.
Other South Korean officials said Kim was investigated for laziness during a session of the Supreme People's Assembly in June. They believe he was killed by firing squad in mid-July.
The spokesperson also said another senior North Korean official, Kim Yong Chol, has been subjected to "re-education." He is the head of the party's United Front Department handling inter-Korean relations.
He was reportedly banished to a rural farm for one month through mid-August on allegations of abuse of power.
These acts are seen as an effort by leader Kim Jong Un to tighten his grip on power.
South Korea's Unification Ministry says members of the privileged class in the North appear to be turning away from Kim Jong Un.
The ministry revealed earlier this month that North Korea's deputy ambassador in London and his family had defected to the South.
When are these guys going to take out Kim?
Fear is one Hell of a motivator. Can you imagine what would happen if one of his executives just popped him? There are likely enough adherents to his ideology that his death would leave a vacuum that would quickly fill.
The only chance for the NorKs is a coup by the south. The people are drugged up and so famished as to be useless, even in large numbers.
Metropolitan centers in the US ought to be thankful he is not their mayor.
When no one is safe everyone is a potential assassin. Stalin was able to pull off this kind of thing for about twenty eight years. But this third generation fat ball is no Uncle Joe.
There is always some suicidal person who’s willing to do the deed. It’s just a matter of time before one of them has the opportunity. But you are right that the next guy could be just as bad or worse.
Kim Yong Gone
Now Barbara Streisand has a job to go to when she moves after Trump is elected.
Self-appointed 'elites' drunk on power... they devolve to monsters, money grubbers or worse - - given half a chance this is how Hillary would rule.
These guys are strict!
given half a chance this is how Hillary would rule.
LOL!, more truth to your statement then we know. America has been transformed into tribes, and the tribe that is in control makes the rules at the expense of the other tribes.
$200,000, and that ain’t bad!
Bright side - Nork pension costs are down.
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