12-12-2013, 07:24 PM
I don't know if the rumor of 80 executions was ever verified, but it appears that Little Kim did in fact have his former mentor/uncle executed yesterday.
![[Image: im-Jong-un-with-his-uncle-Jang-Song-thaek-2879280.jpg]](http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2879280.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/im-Jong-un-with-his-uncle-Jang-Song-thaek-2879280.jpg)
Snip:
The announcement came only days after Pyongyang announced through state media that Jang Song Thaek — long considered the country's No. 2 power — had been removed from all his posts because of allegations of corruption, drug use, gambling, womanizing and leading a "dissolute and depraved life."
The state news agency KCNA said a tribunal examined Jang's crimes, including "attempting to overthrow the state by all sorts of intrigues and despicable methods with a wild ambition to grab the supreme power of our party and state."
The report called him "a traitor to the nation" and "worse than a dog."
Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/12...35294.html
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So, he basically executed his uncle for allegedly behaving like a Congressman.
Seriously, Thaek had been the driving force behind Chinese-style economic reform plans for North Korea and helped his nephew transition into power after Kim's father died.
Leaders in Seoul and elsewhere are reportedly nervous that Kim took out his uncle to further bolster his own power and go unchecked.
Snip:
The announcement came only days after Pyongyang announced through state media that Jang Song Thaek — long considered the country's No. 2 power — had been removed from all his posts because of allegations of corruption, drug use, gambling, womanizing and leading a "dissolute and depraved life."
The state news agency KCNA said a tribunal examined Jang's crimes, including "attempting to overthrow the state by all sorts of intrigues and despicable methods with a wild ambition to grab the supreme power of our party and state."
The report called him "a traitor to the nation" and "worse than a dog."
Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/12...35294.html
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So, he basically executed his uncle for allegedly behaving like a Congressman.
Seriously, Thaek had been the driving force behind Chinese-style economic reform plans for North Korea and helped his nephew transition into power after Kim's father died.
Leaders in Seoul and elsewhere are reportedly nervous that Kim took out his uncle to further bolster his own power and go unchecked.