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North Korea shuts model village that 'reminds Kim Jong-un of executed uncle'
Source: Agence France-Presse
North Korea shuts model village that 'reminds Kim Jong-un of executed uncle'
AFP
Tuesday 14 June 2016 10.35 BST
North Korea has closed a model village in Pyongyang because it reminds leader Kim Jong-un of his executed uncle who managed the project, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pyongyang Folk Village, which features miniature versions of the capital’s buildings, was completed in 2012, with Kim describing it as the brainchild of his deceased father Kim Jong-il.
Its construction was overseen by Jang Song-thaek, once the second most powerful man in North Korea who was convicted of treason and executed in late 2013.
Jang was described as a “traitor” and derided as “despicable human scum... worse than a dog” by the state news agency, KCNA.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted sources saying that Kim ordered “Mini Pyongyang” to be dismantled as it reminded him of Jang.
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AFP
Tuesday 14 June 2016 10.35 BST
North Korea has closed a model village in Pyongyang because it reminds leader Kim Jong-un of his executed uncle who managed the project, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pyongyang Folk Village, which features miniature versions of the capital’s buildings, was completed in 2012, with Kim describing it as the brainchild of his deceased father Kim Jong-il.
Its construction was overseen by Jang Song-thaek, once the second most powerful man in North Korea who was convicted of treason and executed in late 2013.
Jang was described as a “traitor” and derided as “despicable human scum... worse than a dog” by the state news agency, KCNA.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted sources saying that Kim ordered “Mini Pyongyang” to be dismantled as it reminded him of Jang.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/14/north-korea-shuts-model-village-that-reminds-kim-jong-un-of-executed-uncle-