Kim Jong-un executes 30 officials for 'failing to stop' disastrous flood and mudslides
Reports from South Korean media show that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has executed 20-30 officials that he blamed for deadly floods and mudslides that killed 4,000 individuals last summer
While the identities of all the executed officials have not been confirmed, the government official named the secretary of Chagang Province Kang Bong-hoon, who ranks in the party's top 30, an ex-deputy director of the Munitions Industry Department that was seen with Kim Jong-un during on-the-ground inspections.
Lee Il-gyu, a former North Korean diplomat at the International Korean Peninsula Forum, remarked on the tense atmosphere among officials: "Even though there was recent flood damage, they were dismissed for social security reasons, and the executives themselves are so anxious that they don't know when their necks will fall off.."
Observers suggest that North Korea might be ramping up its terror tactics to quell growing unrest near its borders.
Source and more: https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/kim-jong-un-executes-30-676132
Reports from South Korean media show that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has executed 20-30 officials that he blamed for deadly floods and mudslides that killed 4,000 individuals last summer
While the identities of all the executed officials have not been confirmed, the government official named the secretary of Chagang Province Kang Bong-hoon, who ranks in the party's top 30, an ex-deputy director of the Munitions Industry Department that was seen with Kim Jong-un during on-the-ground inspections.
Lee Il-gyu, a former North Korean diplomat at the International Korean Peninsula Forum, remarked on the tense atmosphere among officials: "Even though there was recent flood damage, they were dismissed for social security reasons, and the executives themselves are so anxious that they don't know when their necks will fall off.."
Observers suggest that North Korea might be ramping up its terror tactics to quell growing unrest near its borders.
Source and more: https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/kim-jong-un-executes-30-676132