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[h=1]North Korea Says Kims Uncle Executed[/h]
SEOUL, South Korea North Korea announced early Friday it had executed the uncle and one-time mentor of its top leader Kim Jong-un, calling him a traitor.
The announcement, reported by the official Korean Central News Agency, said the uncle, Jang Song-thaek, was put to death on Thursday after a special military trial.
The execution came less than a week after Mr. Jang, who was more than twice Mr. Kims age, was dismissed from the ruling party and arrested in a surprise purge that unnerved neighbors of North Korea, one of the worlds most hermetic and secretive countries
[Korean Central News Agency]
Li Xin/XinHua, via Associated Press
Jang Song-thaek, Kim Jong-un's uncle, in Beijing in 2012.SEOUL, South Korea North Korea announced early Friday it had executed the uncle and one-time mentor of its top leader Kim Jong-un, calling him a traitor.
The announcement, reported by the official Korean Central News Agency, said the uncle, Jang Song-thaek, was put to death on Thursday after a special military trial.
The execution came less than a week after Mr. Jang, who was more than twice Mr. Kims age, was dismissed from the ruling party and arrested in a surprise purge that unnerved neighbors of North Korea, one of the worlds most hermetic and secretive countries
[Korean Central News Agency]