Hwang Pyong-so, who was purged and may have deceased by now
Posted on 12/14/2017 7:32:48 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Has North Korean leader Kim Jong-un executed one of his top aides?
By Nicola Smith
14 December 2017 • 3:24am
One of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s top aides has disappeared from public life, prompting speculation that he may have been executed.
General Hwang Pyong-so was once at the heart of Kim’s inner circle within the Workers’ Party Central Committee. As a Vice-Marshall he also held the most senior military position after the supreme commander.
Before he reportedly fell out of favour Mr Hwang was one of only four people pictured standing next to Kim in state propaganda vaunting the regime’s sixth nuclear test in September.
But he is since believed to have been expelled from the party amid allegations of bribery and his deputy, Kim Won-hong, banished to prison camp. Mr Hwang has not been seen in public since October 13.
“If Hwang was indeed kicked out of the Workers’ Party, it would practically mean the end of his political career, and possibly his life, though it is unknown whether or not he is still alive,” the South Korean JoongAng Ilbo reported.
News of his demise first emerged in November during a parliamentary briefing by South Korea’s intelligence body, the NIS.
According to the intelligence reports, Mr Hwang and Mr Kim had been targeted by a rare inspection of the army’s politburo following suspicions of an “impure attitude” towards the regime.
A South Korean source told the JoongAng Ilbo that the duo had allegedly been receiving kickbacks in exchange for promotions, leading Kim to demand they be punished “as a warning to others.”
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If we are doing this right, he will continue to grow more suspicious and kill off all his closest officers. Let him help bring his own regime down.
When the portly Dear Leader fires a man, he means it in the literal sense.
Not Hwang, oh no, anybody but Hwang Pyong-so.
Especially if they “aim low”...
Reminds me of that scene in the first "Star Wars" movie where Darth Vader executes the Death Star commander, then turns to the next in line. "Congratulations, Admiral," he says to the guy, who has a sick look on his face.
I see the NORKs are using the Barbara Streisand wigs for tank camouflage.
Sounds like something the thugs in our 'intelligence services' would like to start here...
LOL - we might have dodged that bullet by electing Trump...
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