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Related: About this forumNorth Korea executes army chief of staff: South Korean media
Source: Reuters
World | Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:24pm EST
North Korea executes army chief of staff: South Korean media
SEOUL
North Korea has executed its army chief of staff, Ri Yong Gil, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, which, if true, would be the latest in a series of executions, purges and disappearances under its young leader.
The news comes amid heightened tension surrounding isolated North Korea after its Sunday launch of a long-range rocket, which came about a month after it drew international condemnation for conducting its fourth nuclear test.
A source familiar with North Korean affairs also told Reuters that Ri had been executed. The source declined to be identified, given the sensitivity of the matter.
Ri, who was chief of the Korean People's Army (KPA) General Staff, was executed this month for corruption and factional conspiracy, Yonhap and other South Korean media reported.
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North Korea executes army chief of staff: South Korean media
SEOUL
North Korea has executed its army chief of staff, Ri Yong Gil, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, which, if true, would be the latest in a series of executions, purges and disappearances under its young leader.
The news comes amid heightened tension surrounding isolated North Korea after its Sunday launch of a long-range rocket, which came about a month after it drew international condemnation for conducting its fourth nuclear test.
A source familiar with North Korean affairs also told Reuters that Ri had been executed. The source declined to be identified, given the sensitivity of the matter.
Ri, who was chief of the Korean People's Army (KPA) General Staff, was executed this month for corruption and factional conspiracy, Yonhap and other South Korean media reported.
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North Korea executes army chief of staff: South Korean media (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2016
OP
We have a governor who's poisoned a whole town and we don't even arrest that asshole, let
valerief
Feb 2016
#1
WAR is our national industry. That and hedge fund trading for the uber-wealthy.
valerief
Feb 2016
#3
valerief
(53,235 posts)1. We have a governor who's poisoned a whole town and we don't even arrest that asshole, let
alone execute him! The U.S. must LOVE crime.
-none
(1,884 posts)2. Oh we do for sure.
Look at the money the MIC rakes in.
valerief
(53,235 posts)3. WAR is our national industry. That and hedge fund trading for the uber-wealthy.
Both prey on the misery of the masses.
-none
(1,884 posts)4. Who's more likely to try to rein them in?
That's why we need Bernie in there. His opponent is employed by 'them'.