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North Korea's Kim Jong Un carrying out purge after Hanoi summit collapse: Chosun Ilbo
Reuters Reuters 4 hours ago
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea executed Kim Hyok Chol, its special envoy to the United States, and foreign ministry officials who carried out working-level negotiations for the second U.S.-North Korea summit in February, holding them responsible for its collapse, a South Korean newspaper reported on Friday.
Kim Yong Chol, a senior official who had been U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's counterpart in the run-up to the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, is also said to have been subjected to forced labor and ideological education, the Chosun Ilbo reported.
The North Korean leader is believed to be carrying out a massive purge to divert attention away from internal turmoil and discontent, the newspaper said.
"Kim Hyok Chol was investigated and executed at Mirim Airport with four foreign ministry officials in March," an unnamed North Korea source said, according to the Chosun Ilbo, adding that they were charged with spying for the United States.
Kim Hyok Chol had been negotiations counterpart to U.S. special representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun before the summit.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-230019893.html
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Leadership People attended University in Moscow in and around Putin's attendance. Putin would love to bring North Korea back into the fold..
We are seeing the Mid fifties at play once again. Soviet interests in Southeast Asia.
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)dalton99a
(81,455 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Putin has been making a ton of moves in Asia this week. Putin is the new Stalin,and we better get smart like yesterday with this sucker.
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)They harm a person associated with US. Obama would be immediately denouncing this in a sober statement. Trump only gets a hostage out for one reason...to make himself look good.