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North Korea vice-premier Choe Yong-gon 'executed'
BBC ^ | August 12, 2015

Posted on 08/12/2015 6:39:54 PM PDT by rdl6989

South Korea's government says it is monitoring reports that North Korea's vice-premier Choe Yong-gon was killed in May on the orders of Kim Jong-un.

Mr Choe was executed after he "expressed discomfort against the young leader's forestation policy", South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: choeyonggon; northkorea; oldnews
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Kim just keeps killing off NK officials.
1 posted on 08/12/2015 6:39:54 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: SevenofNine; TigerLikesRooster; Jet Jaguar; SunkenCiv

A ping you may be interested in.


2 posted on 08/12/2015 6:40:59 PM PDT by rdl6989
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Fatso isn’t felling very secure.


3 posted on 08/12/2015 6:42:19 PM PDT by JimSEA
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Yong-gon’s gone?


4 posted on 08/12/2015 6:42:28 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Choe nuff!


5 posted on 08/12/2015 6:42:50 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: JimSEA

Sad and ronery!


6 posted on 08/12/2015 6:43:20 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: DannyTN

That’s funny right there!


7 posted on 08/12/2015 6:43:44 PM PDT by rdl6989
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So what happens when he has killed them all? Let me guess....


8 posted on 08/12/2015 6:44:33 PM PDT by proxy_user
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That almost sounds like a commie solution to a global warming denier.

Coming to America near you!

9 posted on 08/12/2015 6:44:40 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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Yong-gon’s gone?

Long-gon.
10 posted on 08/12/2015 6:44:56 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
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Wonder how they snuffed him. They used an AA gun on the last guy.


11 posted on 08/12/2015 6:45:16 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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By-gon


12 posted on 08/12/2015 6:46:15 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: proxy_user

So far he’s killing everyone who worked for daddy. It’s your typical commie purge.


13 posted on 08/12/2015 6:46:34 PM PDT by henkster (Ms. Clinton, are you a criminal or just really stupid?)
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#NorthKoreanPoliticiansLivesMatter


14 posted on 08/12/2015 6:47:32 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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They should plant a tree in his memory


15 posted on 08/12/2015 6:48:48 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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>>”Mr Choe was executed after he “expressed discomfort against the young leader’s forestation policy”<<

In some quarters expressing discomfort about Any policy can be hazardous to one’s health; particularly if ‘dear leader’ is in a foul mood.


16 posted on 08/12/2015 6:50:14 PM PDT by odds
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“joined the bleedin’ choir invisible”-gon


17 posted on 08/12/2015 6:50:35 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
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Probably had become a Christian.


18 posted on 08/12/2015 6:50:45 PM PDT by Resettozero
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Yes, Junior seems to dislike Daddy’s staffers.


19 posted on 08/12/2015 6:50:58 PM PDT by rdl6989
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Bump


20 posted on 08/12/2015 6:52:30 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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