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North Korea to reportedly execute 200 officials believed loyal to Kim Jong-un uncle
www.foxnews.com ^ | 4/3/2014 | Fox News

Posted on 04/03/2014 7:16:54 AM PDT by armydawg505

Edited on 04/03/2014 9:15:17 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

A South Korean newspaper has reported that the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-un will execute 200 high-ranking government officials believed to be loyal to Jang Song-thaek, Kim's once-powerful uncle who was shockingly deposed and executed last December.

The Chosun Ilbo reported the pending executions Tuesday, citing a source who said that North Korea's State Security Department had conducted a sweep to root out Jang's remaining supporters in the government. Under Pyongyang's brutal "guilty blood" system of criminal sentencing, the Chosun Ilbo's source told the paper that up to 1,000 more people, all family members of the condemned, could be sent to North Korea's infamous prison camps.


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To: armydawg505
North Korea to reportedly execute 200 officials believed loyal to Kim Jong-un uncle

They are "loyal" to a dead guy? Doesn't sound like a smart move, especially in a dictatorship! Now, if we in the U.S. could execute the top 200 or so officials who oppose the Constitution...it would be a good start.

21 posted on 04/03/2014 10:33:31 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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The NK Kims et al provide strong evidence of insanity being inherited.


22 posted on 04/03/2014 12:32:24 PM PDT by jayrunner
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