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North Korea announces execution of Kim Jong Un's uncle, Jang Song Thaek
 [Washington Post] North Korea announced Friday that it has executed Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of leader Kim PudgeJong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... , calling him a "traitor for all ages" who had opposed Kim's rule and plotted his overthrow. Jang was executed after admitting to his crimes before a military tribunal Thursday, the North said in a statement released by its state-run news agency ...and if you can't believe the state-run news agency who can you believe?... . The North said that Jang's death sentence "served as sledge-hammer blow" that reflected the anger of the country's military personnel. Jang's execution follows an announcement earlier this week that Kim's uncle, once among the leader's inner circle of advisers, had been stripped of all his posts. His removal marked the most significant shake-up in two years under Kim's leadership, and his execution suggests that the North's young leader is willing to go after his rivals publicly in ways his more secretive father never did. The North has never so explicitly described the crimes or the punishment of a high-level official, many experts said. Posted by: Fred 2013-12-13 |
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