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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Bump
Kim Jong-un can be a serious case of paranoid now. To him, anybody around him can be in cahoots with China or U.S., because there may be those who believe that there could be a life after Kim Jong-un, which is better than what they face if the current situation persists. They may not be entertaining an outright coup but want to have some insurance policy by keeping channels open to the other side and cutting personal deals with the outsiders. For example, providing them with inside info and other surreptitious help for taking down Kim Jong-un. Chances of it happening is probably low, but I don't think Kim Jong-un wants to take that chance, either.
Just guessing he executes a “top aide” daily, just for fun.
So Hwang was Hwacked?
Oh yes indeed.....one of the top official who defected said this would be the case as well......he believes as the pressure is increased other officials will attempt to defect. So given this article if they were simply thinking about it before they sure as heck are now....if they can live to do so.
O Sang-hon
Jang’s ally, the deputy public security minister, was executed with a flame-thrower in April 2014, South Korean media reported
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That’s a bad way to go.
Trump needs to learn from this guy.
And the applications for that open job just keep piling in...
Heck Kim Jong-un has people executed for not crying hard enough at funerals or memorials for his father and grandfather.
Likely Fatman used a howitzer to extinguish him.
You do know that you can’t buy life insurance in No. Korea, esp. if you are one of the top communist leaders.
Yep.
I'm sure he has; more than once!
I first read the headline as "Has North Korean leader Kim Jong un-executed one of his top aides?"
How do you 'un-execute' someone?
I thought, "Wow, the North Koreans are really taking this cult of Divine Leader a bit too far!"
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