Posted on 02/09/2016 11:12:55 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
N. Korea's military chief executed on corruption charges: source
2016/02/10 16:07
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- The chief of North Korea's military was executed this month on corruption and other charges, a source familiar with North Korean affairs said Wednesday.
Army Gen. Ri Yong-gil, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, also faced charges of pursuing personal gains, the source said.
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Indeed
It really sucks when the bosses’ son takes over the business.
Was he a left over from Kim Jong il’s regime?
Dear Leader wanted to send the military the message he is the boss.
It was received and understood.
“Boy is he strict.”
was his wife, kids and grand kids rounded up and sent to the death camps?
Sooner rather than later Kim is going ro get his....someone will take him out.
Would be entertaining to witness the fat, despotic crapweasel try to avoid artillery rounds aimed at him from 50 feet. “I’m so ronery!”
According to news report, he rose after Kim Jong-il’s death. He used to be the commander of N. Korea’s 5th Corps. So he may be viewed as Kim Jong-un’s man. I wonder what made Kim ax a man he personally picked not long ago. On the other hand, it does not take much to offend Kim and be executed these days.
This was done so they could put Ri Myong Su in as Head of the military program.
Also, Ri Yong Gil may not have approved of the launch of the KMS-4.
Their yuge hats crack me up!
That is true.
Whatever happened, it seemed to have happened February 8, 2016 at the rally in Pyongyang.
Probably yawned at the wrong time.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2016/02/10/68/0401000000AEN20160210003600315F.html
S. Korea to suspend operation of Kaesong complex
2016/02/10 17:00
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) — South Korea said Wednesday it has decided to “completely” suspend the operation of a joint industrial complex in North Korea in response to the North's recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch.
The Unification Ministry announced that it will stop the operation of the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North's border city of the same name, the last remaining symbol of inter-Korean reconciliation.
Seoul's move is part of its “bone-numbing” measures against North Korea's nuclear test on Jan. 6 and its long-range missile launch earlier this week.
On Sunday, the North launched a long-range rocket carrying a satellite, which Seoul and Washington view as a cover for a banned test of intercontinental ballistic technology.
“The operation of the complex should not be used for North Korea's development of weapons of mass destruction at a time when the international community is pushing for tougher sanctions against the North,” said a ministry official, asking not to be named.
A total of 124 South Korean companies are operating in the zone, some 50 kilometers northwest of Seoul, employing more than 54,000 North Korean workers to produce labor-intensive goods, such as clothes and utensils.
The complex, opened in 2004, has served as a major revenue source for the cash-strapped North, while South Korea has benefited from cheap but skilled North Korean labor. The South Korean firms annually provide about US$100 million in total to North Korean workers for income.
The suspension of the complex is Seoul's toughest measure. It cuts off North Korea's official remaining source of hard currency.
It has been recognized as an exception to Seoul's sanctions against Pyongyang designed to punish it for the sinking of a South Korean warship in 2010.
The official said that it is not the time to talk about when and whether operations at the complex can be resumed.
“Whether the park can be reopened will entirely hinge on North Korea,” he said. “The North should first dispel the international community's concerns about its nuclear and missile developments, and provide a favorable atmosphere for our firms to normally operate factories.”
In April 2013, the North shut down the complex for about four months, citing what it called heightened tensions sparked by a military drill between Seoul and Washington. In February of that year, the North conducted its third nuclear test.
The two Koreas agreed not to shut it down again “under any circumstances,” when they decided to reopen it.
The ministry said it will complete the withdrawal of the remaining South Koreans there within the following days. Seoul has imposed an entry limit on its nationals to the factory zone since the North's fourth nuclear test.
The government also added that it will provide necessary support to the South Korean firms at the complex to help minimize their financial losses.
The really funny part is, he was probably guilty, since they all benefit from the Kim's built-in legacy graft system...
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