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North Korean Emperor wages bloody purges
www.foxnews.com ^ | 1/26/2014 | unknown

Posted on 01/27/2014 6:39:15 AM PST by armydawg505

North Korea ruler Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered that all blood relatives of his executed uncle be put to death, continuing an apparent purge of all he sees as threats to his reign.

South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, citing multiple sources, reported Sunday that "extensive executions" of relatives of Jang Song-thaek had been carried out.

"All relatives of Jang have been put to death, including even children," one source told Yonhap. Among those reported dead were Jang's sister Jang Kye-sun, her husband and Pyongyang's ambassador to Cuba, Jon Yong-jin, and the North Korean ambassador to Malaysia, Jang Yong-chol, a nephew of Jang, as well as his two sons.

In addition, Yonhap reported that the sons, daughters, and grandchildren of Jang's two brothers were executed as well.

Jang Song-theak, an uncle of Kim Jong-un by marriage, held some of the most powerful positions in North Korea before he was arrested and put to death on December 12 of last year on charges of contemplating a military coup to overthrow the young dictator.

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Wow! North Korea is in for a long, bloody reign by this western educated punk. The ruling elite must be terrified at their own futures. The only question is how long will they put up with this maniac?
1 posted on 01/27/2014 6:39:15 AM PST by armydawg505
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To: armydawg505

“Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered that all blood relatives of his executed uncle be put to death”

Would that not also include himself?


2 posted on 01/27/2014 6:40:51 AM PST by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: armydawg505
no food, no strength, no will, no guns ...

If it's not by a compassionate western civilization, it'll never be done.

3 posted on 01/27/2014 6:42:11 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: armydawg505

I’m not so sure he got much of a western education...


4 posted on 01/27/2014 6:42:32 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: armydawg505

The progressive, socialist paradise of North Korea. This is what our professors want.


5 posted on 01/27/2014 6:43:37 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: armydawg505

I suppose no Family Reunions or a little Thanksgiving Meals. Well they got what they deserve for playing with the Devil. They supported it now it will kill them. Have no sorrow for them except for the babies. Looks like this Mini-me is becoming more evil than his grandpapa and papa.


6 posted on 01/27/2014 6:47:35 AM PST by Patriot Babe
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
I’m not so sure he got much of a western education...

Sounds to me like he attended some Bill Ayres lectures at the University of Chicago.


7 posted on 01/27/2014 6:47:42 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Patriot Babe

This harmless looking little riceball is proving more dangerous than the fanged infant in “It’s Alive!”


8 posted on 01/27/2014 6:52:14 AM PST by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: caver

Nope. The uncle executed was an uncle by marriage. The bloodbath is limited to uncle’s genetic relatives.


9 posted on 01/27/2014 6:54:31 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2016; I pray we make it that long.)
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To: armydawg505

Murder everyone who can even remotely challenge you for the throne. Just like the paranoid kings and emperors of old.


10 posted on 01/27/2014 6:54:46 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: armydawg505

Little Fat Boy is having a tantrum......


11 posted on 01/27/2014 6:58:58 AM PST by njslim (actice)
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To: elcid1970

ROFL good one Elcid970 how true


12 posted on 01/27/2014 7:00:21 AM PST by Patriot Babe
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To: armydawg505

F***ng sociopath nutcase.


13 posted on 01/27/2014 7:03:32 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: armydawg505

The Game of Throne, North Korean style.

Historically, purges have occurred many times when political leadership changed. They tend toward any who might seem to be potential challengers in the future.

The resulting fear is how new leaders maintain power.


14 posted on 01/27/2014 7:04:43 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: Buckeye McFrog
According to all sources I can find, though all is sketchy at best since not much is really known about him, he was educated in Switzerland.

Swiss-educated like his brothers, Kim Jong-un avoided Western influences, returning home when not in school and dining out with the North Korean ambassador. From BBC

15 posted on 01/27/2014 7:05:43 AM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: PubliusMM

Ah, that makes sense.


16 posted on 01/27/2014 7:15:49 AM PST by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Murder everyone who can even remotely challenge you for the throne. Just like the paranoid kings and emperors of old.

King Herod comes to mind.


17 posted on 01/27/2014 7:21:25 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I’m sure it was little different than our modern educational system provides.
Why millions of .40 caliber rounds again?


18 posted on 01/27/2014 7:27:29 AM PST by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: Lazamataz

"I have a pen and a phone."

19 posted on 01/27/2014 7:28:31 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: bill1952
Fascists is as Fascists does...
20 posted on 01/27/2014 7:30:16 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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