Kim Jong-un's reign of terror resumed this week as South Korea's spy agency reported the North Korean dictator ordered more executions.
According to the report, North Korea executed five senior officials using anti-aircraft guns because they made false reports that “enraged” leader Kim Jong-un, South Korea’s spy agency said Monday.
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The comments by the National Intelligence Service in a private briefing to lawmakers come as Malaysia investigates the poisoning death of Kim’s estranged elder half-brother, Kim Jong-nam.
That investigation is still going on, but South Korea says it believes Kim Jong-un ordered the assassination, which took place February 13 at Kuala Lumpur’s airport.
Kim Jong-nam died within 20 minutes of poisoning
The spy agency told lawmakers that five North Korean officials in the department of recently purged state security chief Kim Won-hong were executed by anti-aircraft guns because of the false reports to Kim, South Korean lawmaker Lee Cheol Woo said. It’s not clear what false reports they allegedly made, and the NIS didn’t say how it got its information.
South Korean spies have a spotty record when reporting about high-level events in authoritarian, cloistered North Korea.
North Korea fired Kim Won-hong in January, presumably over corruption, abuse of power and torture committed by his agency, Seoul said earlier this month. The fallen minister had been seen as close to Kim Jong Un. North Korea has not publicly said anything about Kim Won Hong or about the alleged executions in his department.
Lee also cited the NIS as saying that Kim Won-hong’s dismissal was linked to those false reports, which “enraged” Kim Jong-un when they were discovered.
Since taking power in late 2011, Kim Jong-un has reportedly executed or purged a large number of high-level government officials in what rival Seoul has called a “reign of terror.”
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NK is a mobilised country, preparing for the war with a much stronger enemy. They watched Vietnam, Iraq, Libya. They know the danger of surprise attack is real. They can't afford a demobilisation. So the political system is accepted by the people. The memories of the war are still there - it was much bloodier war than WW2 for Europe. It is question of survival. They have no problems with China and Russia. For Russia NK is a good neighbour, better than US puppets on the western border.
Who stole the small calibre bullets?
Leftards insist it's fake news. No wonder Labour is finished.
is the the NK 5-a-day?
When there is a lot of posters crying "Fake News! Ignore!" It makes me want to read it even more. And I often wonder why is it that so many people are wasting their private time trying to discredit the Independent. Keeps me coming back so see what's so threatening about it!
This has to be taken with a pinch of salt, is this clown as bad as we are told? is the NK state apparatus any worse than the US who tried to assassinate Castro ad infinitum, Israeli Mossad assassins or the French secret agents who blew up the Greenpeace ship in New Zealand killing unarmed activists?
Another load of good old 1% nonsense from the Independent
Just the fevered masturbatory fantasies of the yank puppet state known as "South Korea", I'm afraid. Ignore.
You have to hand it to him - he always goes that extra mile to make the executions special.
At least it would be over quick for them. I bet he dose not let the family get a chance to even lay them to rest, and that if he dose not kill the family.
I hope hell dose exist as that evil sod has a place waiting for him.
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