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In Hail of Bullets and Fire, North Korea Killed Official Who Wanted Reform (Likes Country Music)
New York Times ^ | MARCH 12, 2016 | CHOE SANG-HUN

Posted on 03/14/2016 10:31:05 AM PDT by nickcarraway

n late 2013, Jang Song-thaek, an uncle of Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, was taken to the Gang Gun Military Academy in a Pyongyang suburb.

Hundreds of officials were gathered there to witness the execution of Mr. Jang’s two trusted deputies in the administrative department of the ruling Workers’ Party.

The two men, Ri Ryong-ha and Jang Su-gil, were torn apart by antiaircraft machine guns, according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service. The executioners then incinerated their bodies with flamethrowers.

SNIP

In his memoir, a Japanese sushi chef for Kim Jong-il from 1988 to 2001 who goes by the alias Kenji Fujimoto remembered Mr. Jang as a fun-loving prankster who was a regular at banquets that could last until morning or even stretch a few days. A key feature of the events was a “pleasure squad” of young, attractive women who would dance the cancan, sing American country songs or perform a striptease, according to the book and accounts by defectors.

Mr. Jang also mobilized North Korean diplomats abroad to import Danish dairy products, Black Sea caviar, French cognac and Japanese electronics — gifts Mr. Kim handed out during his parties to keep his elites loyal.

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(Excerpt) Read more at mobile.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: jangsongthaek; jangsugil; kenjifujimoto; northkorea; pyongyang; riryongha
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1 posted on 03/14/2016 10:31:05 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Kim Jong-un. What a buzzkill.


2 posted on 03/14/2016 10:32:56 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: nickcarraway
The two men, Ri Ryong-ha and Jang Su-gil, were torn apart by antiaircraft machine guns, according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service. The executioners then incinerated their bodies with flamethrowers.

Yep, that oughta do it.

3 posted on 03/14/2016 10:32:58 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Flick Lives

BO is SOOOOOO envious of that kind of power.


4 posted on 03/14/2016 10:35:27 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: nickcarraway
Jang Song-thaek

Exactly what the bullet sounded like as it ricocheted.

5 posted on 03/14/2016 10:36:03 AM PDT by JennysCool (My hyprocrisy goes only so far.)
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To: nickcarraway

Is this one of the world leaders who prefers Hillary over Trump?


6 posted on 03/14/2016 10:37:16 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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"..young, attractive women who would dance the cancan, sing American country songs or perform a striptease.."

Funny how my mind got fixated on this particular part of the article and couldn't stop thinking about it. There is NOTHING on this Earth more enticing that a HOT Korean woman!

7 posted on 03/14/2016 10:37:37 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (u)
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To: dfwgator

“Sir, I don’t think this man’s gonna make it.”


8 posted on 03/14/2016 10:37:50 AM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: dfwgator

The two men, Ri Ryong-ha and Jang Su-gil, were torn apart by antiaircraft machine guns, according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service. The executioners then incinerated their bodies with flamethrowers.

And after all that hellabellew about waterboarding!


9 posted on 03/14/2016 10:40:23 AM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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The two men, Ri Ryong-ha and Jang Su-gil, were torn apart by antiaircraft machine guns, according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service. The executioners then incinerated their bodies with flamethrowers.

And after all that hellabellew about waterboarding!


10 posted on 03/14/2016 10:40:24 AM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: nickcarraway

The article is a bit confusing because the headline says that the uncle was killed but the article says that his two deputies were. I think we can guess that the uncle met with a similar demise but the article doesn’t exactly say that.


11 posted on 03/14/2016 10:41:35 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
It's in the middle of the article:

Mr. Jang was convicted of treason in 2013. He was executed at the same place and in the same way as his deputies, the South Korean intelligence agency said.ticle:

12 posted on 03/14/2016 10:44:39 AM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Jim Robinson
Is this one of the world leaders who prefers Hillary over Trump?

He's been dead for about five years, so I don't know if that would be relevant.

13 posted on 03/14/2016 10:48:23 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Jim Robinson

Has any leader publicly said they prefer Hillary over Trump? Putin said positive things about Trump, but he didn’t say it in the context of who he preferred.


14 posted on 03/14/2016 10:48:23 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Hillary seems to think so: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3409089/posts


15 posted on 03/14/2016 10:49:25 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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...remembered Mr. Jang as a fun-loving prankster who was a regular at banquets that could last until morning or even stretch a few days. A key feature of the events was a “pleasure squad” of young, attractive women who would dance the cancan, sing American country songs or perform a striptease, according to the book and accounts by defectors.

Well there ya go, he needed killin'.

16 posted on 03/14/2016 10:50:08 AM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: Jim Robinson

I don’t regard her as a reliable source of information.


17 posted on 03/14/2016 10:50:53 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: JennysCool

According to the late Don Martin, that would be “Jang Song-Thwack”


18 posted on 03/14/2016 10:50:56 AM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Who isn’t starving in a gulag....


19 posted on 03/14/2016 10:51:18 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

Now his name is “Bang Ding Ow”.


20 posted on 03/14/2016 10:52:19 AM PDT by dfwgator
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