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North Korea Executes Officials With Anti-Aircraft Gun




 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has reportedly purged two senior officials from the ranks of his regime.
 Two senior regime officers reported to have been killed for posing a threat to leader Kim Jong-un. According to The conservative daily, the JoongAng Ilbo reported that Hwang Min, a former agriculture minister, and Ri Yong-jin, a senior official at the education ministry, were executed by anti-aircraft gun at a military academy in Pyongyang earlier this month.

Ri Yong Jin, a senior official at the education ministry, was sentenced to death after dozing off in a meeting led by Kim. Ri was reportedly taken into custody and interrogated, during which time his alleged “disloyalty” was discovered.

Hwang was reportedly killed for making policy proposals that were seen as a direct threat to Kim’s leadership

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