Thread: North Korea Defence Chief Hyon Yong-chol 'executed'

North Korea's Defence Minister Hyon Yong-chol has been executed for showing disloyalty to leader Kim Jong-un, South Korea's spy agency has told parliament.
MPs were told Mr Hyon was killed on 30 April by anti-aircraft fire in front of an audience of hundreds, the Yonhap news agency reports.


It said Mr Hyon had fallen asleep during an event attended by Kim Jong-un and had not carried out instructions.
The news comes weeks after the reported execution of 15 senior officials.
Among them were two vice ministers who had challenged Mr Kim over his policies and members of an orchestra, the South's National Intelligence Agency (NIS) said at the time.
Mr Hyon (right, with Kim Jong-un) had been a general since 2010 Mr Kim purged and executed his once-powerful uncle for treachery in 2013.


Analysts told the BBC that while reshuffles of officials are commonplace in North Korea, the execution of a figure as close to Mr Kim as Mr Hyon was surprising and could give cause for concern about the country's stability.


Of the seven pallbearers at former leader Kim Jong-il's 2011 funeral, apart from King Jong-un, all have either been executed, have lost their jobs or have not been seen in some time Analysis: Stephen Evans, BBC News, Seoul

Hyon Yong-Chol, as defence minister, was as close to Kim Jong-un as it is possible to get.
Such a public and brutal method of execution as obliteration by anti-aircraft gun would emphasise the cost of disloyalty.
Intelligence reports always have to be treated with scepticism but, in this case, the claims of the South Korean spy agency will be easy to verify. If they are not true, the defence minister would appear again in public.

Earlier, the South Korean agency said that senior officials were being executed at the rate of one a week. It all adds up to a picture of a leader in Pyongyang who feels very insecure and who is dangerous in his insecurity.

'Execution' highlights Kim's insecurity
Hyon Yong-chol: the general who rose from obscurity

Mr Hyon is believed to have been a general since 2010, though little is known about him. He served on the committee for late leader Kim Jong-il's funeral in December 2011, an indication of his growing influence.

Kim Jong-un has conducted a series of purges of officials since coming to power He was appointed defence minister last year. NK News said he last appeared in state media a day before the alleged execution date.
Last month, he travelled to Moscow to represent North Korea at a regional security conference.

Mike Madden of North Korea Leadership Watch told the BBC that if true, the execution was "entirely a demonstration of power and authority".

Kim Jong-un's uncle, Chang Song-thaek, is the most high profile official to have been executed under his rule "This is indicative of Kim Jong-un's impulsive decision-making", he said, and a sign of a leader who is "not feeling secure".
Mr Kim has conducted a series of purges of close officials since becoming North Korea's leader.

The most notable was his uncle, Chang Song-thaek - once the country's second-most powerful figure.
He was arrested in December 2013 in front of a party meeting, found guilty of treason and immediately executed. The move was widely seen as the young Mr Kim stamping his authority.

There have been reports before of North Korea using heavy weaponry in executions, including mortars.
Last month, a rights groups released satellite images it said showed unusual activity on a small arms range at the Kanggon army training area in October 2014.

The US-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea said the images showed large weaponry facing a very close target, a viewing area and several passenger vehicles.

It said the "most plausible explanation" for the image was a "gruesome public execution" by anti-aircraft fire.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32716749

If only we could do the same to politicians in the UK.

Sheesh,

I would not want to work directly under KJU.......

We all gotta go sometime.

The kunt's probably spent his career eating lobster and shagging 15 yr olds.

While it must be quite a horrific spectacle it doesn't really seem like a bad way to go, I mean imagine being shot to death by catapults or being fitted with chicken wire underpants and being wedgied to death, that would hurt much more. I think I need to apply for the job of excecutions advisor to the little fat bstard I'd make a much better job of it.

Should we expect Tony Abbot to complain about this (alleged) execution as being "cruel and unnecessary"?

Feel sorry for all those good people in the House Of Lords if this punishment is copied in the UK.

Better than being shot by rifle....as long as you received a direct hit.

What a money saving device, no need for a Doctor to check for a pulse.

Originally Posted by klong toey

Feel sorry for all those good people in the House Of Lords if this punishment is copied in the UK.

Small price to pay for the hundred+ pedos who'll be wiped out.

I say let's change the perception of what a Defence Minister might conjure up in our minds to what reality would suggest - War Minister.

Remember the good old days before the Orwellian PC newspeak?
Department/Ministry of WAR [not Defence]

Subliminal twist from aggressor to protection.

Originally Posted by thaimeme

Orwellian PC newspeak

War is Peace.

But books as I understand are in short supply in North Korea.

Perhaps their new best friend Thailand, well. Thailand abandoning USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand. EU and rest of the free world, can share some good tips. Like on Nuclear Devlces for Thailand, that would break Bloomberg news barrier and I would see that nice Burmese lady analyst in sexy dress again. Silver lining on every cloud...