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N. Korea: Kim Jong-un's Ex-Girlfriend 'Shot by Firing Squad'(sex video scandal)
Chosun Ilbo ^ | 8/29/13

Posted on 08/28/2013 8:44:42 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Kim Jong-un's Ex-Girlfriend 'Shot by Firing Squad'

Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean performers who were executed by firing squad on Aug. 20, reports said Wednesday.

Sources in China said singer Hyon Song-wol as well as Mun Kyong-jin, head of the Unhasu Orchestra, were arrested on Aug. 17 for violating North Korean laws against pornography and were executed in public three days later.

The victims of the atrocity were members of the Unhasu Orchestra as well as singers, musicians and dancers with the Wangjaesan Light Music Band.

They were accused of videotaping themselves having sex and selling the videos. The tapes have apparently gone on sale in China as well.

A source said some allegedly had Bibles in their possession, and all were treated as political dissidents.

Left: This screen capture from North Korean Central TV shows North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un clapping during a concert in Pyongyang on Aug. 8.; Right: Hyun Song-wol sings during a concert in Pyongyang on Aug. 8. Left: This screen capture from North Korean Central TV shows North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un clapping during a concert in Pyongyang on Aug. 8.; Right: Hyun Song-wol sings during a concert in Pyongyang on Aug. 8.

Kim met Hyon about a decade ago, before either of them was married. But he was later ordered to break off the relationship by his father Kim Jong-il and she married a soldier. Since then there have been rumors that the two were having an affair.

Kim's wife Ri Sol-ju was also a member of the Unhasu Orchestra before she married him. Whether she had any hand in the executions is unclear. The Unhasu Orchestra and Wangjaesan Light Music Band have apparently been disbanded due to the latest scandal.

"They were executed with machine guns while the key members of the Unhasu Orchestra, Wangjaesan Light Band and Moranbong Band as well as the families of the victims looked on," the source said.

The source added that all of the families of the executed appear to have been sent to prison camps under North Korea's barbaric principle of guilt by association.

Hyon was a singer with the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble, which is famous for revolutionary and propaganda songs and one of North Korea's most popular bands.

Mun won first place in an international competition in Hungary in 2005 and was decorated by the North Korean state.

Kim Jong-un was last year seen at a performance that featured Disney characters and versions of Western songs, stoking hopes that the young leader is more open to ideas from overseas, but that was apparently a misreading.

A source said, "Kim Jong-un has been viciously eliminating anyone who he deems a challenge to his authority." The executions "show that he is fixated on consolidating his leadership."



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hyunsongwol; kimjongeun; nkorea; sexvideo
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To: 353FMG

Good point.

I guess starving the population is more honorable than a chemical bomb in O’s eyes.


21 posted on 08/28/2013 9:19:56 PM PDT by berdie
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Hmmmm...now why didn't I think of that?

22 posted on 08/28/2013 9:19:59 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I meant to write “doing it.”


23 posted on 08/28/2013 9:20:45 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Sure you diddle.


24 posted on 08/28/2013 9:31:00 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: tumblindice

I’m in deep kimchi now!


25 posted on 08/28/2013 9:34:09 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong Style!
26 posted on 08/28/2013 9:35:09 PM PDT by Jeff Winston (Yeah, I think I could go with Cruz in 2016.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

B.. Bu...But Dennis Rodman gave his seal of approval to the NK regime.
What gives?


27 posted on 08/28/2013 9:36:25 PM PDT by rhinohunter (Freepers aren't booing -- they're shouting "Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz")
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To: TigerLikesRooster
A source said, "Kim Jong-un has been viciously eliminating anyone who he deems a challenge to his authority." The executions "show that he is fixated on consolidating his leadership."

President You Didn't Build That turns green with envy.

28 posted on 08/28/2013 9:38:07 PM PDT by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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To: keats5; UnwashedPeasant; TigerLikesRooster

“A source said some allegedly had Bibles in their possession, and all were treated as political dissidents.”

That was my thought as well when I read that sentence. I hope more information on this heinous action will become known soon.


29 posted on 08/28/2013 9:42:47 PM PDT by miele man
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To: TigerLikesRooster

So who said government employees can’t be efficient and get her done eh? three days from arrest to sentence completion not to shabby, and a dozen less mouths to feed to


30 posted on 08/28/2013 9:43:31 PM PDT by munin (MSNBC?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Note to girls living in N. Korea, dress and look ugly so you do not catch the little mans eye.


31 posted on 08/28/2013 9:44:07 PM PDT by oust the louse (The Democratic Party might as well be called the Death Party. Abortion & ObamaCare/death panels.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Women: Can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em Dead if you're a Nork tyrant.
32 posted on 08/28/2013 9:47:47 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Secret Agent Man

I don’t think I could live long in the workers’ paradise

not to worry, likely you would only last a few days same as I


33 posted on 08/28/2013 9:48:08 PM PDT by munin (MSNBC?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Poor guy was a man of character until he started hanging out with Dennis Rodman . ;-)


34 posted on 08/28/2013 9:51:13 PM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
I bet Anthony Weiner is glad that he's not running for mayor of Pyongyang.

-PJ

35 posted on 08/28/2013 9:58:13 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Maybe he found what an actress she really was in bed


36 posted on 08/28/2013 10:02:30 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: vbmoneyspender
I'm thinking that kind of fame is not conducive to living a long and happy life.

Yep.

Remember how the Idi Amin song goes?

37 posted on 08/28/2013 10:21:57 PM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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To: KarlInOhio

“Just put her against a wall, Paul
and set yourself free.”


38 posted on 08/28/2013 10:42:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: tumblindice

‘Dad made Junior break it off’

Too bad ‘Dad’ didn’t break his own off. Could’ve spared the world having to deal with Junior.


39 posted on 08/28/2013 11:00:26 PM PDT by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
A source said, "Kim Jong-un Obama has been viciously eliminating anyone who he deems a challenge to his authority."

Looks like a good fit.

40 posted on 08/28/2013 11:06:24 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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