N. Korea executes 15 for challenging Kim
North Korea has reportedly executed at least 15 people this
year, including a vice forestry minister who criticized the country's
forestation plan.
Two South Korean lawmakers, briefed by the country's spy
agency, say another senior official was killed for fighting Kim Jong Un's plan
to erect a flower-shaped building in honor of North Korea's founder, reports
newser.
The head of the Unhasu Orchestra—to which Kim's resurfaced
wife belonged—and three members were also killed over espionage charges, which
one lawmaker assumes means the alleged leaking of secrets about Kim's family.
"Excuses or reasoning doesn't work for Kim Jong Un, and
his style of rule is to push through everything, and if there's any objection,
he takes that as a challenge to authority and comes back with execution as a
showcase," a rep from South Korea's parliamentary intelligence committee
says.
In a closed-door meeting today, the spy agency also noted it
expects Kim to make his first official visit abroad next month to mark the 70th
anniversary of the end of World War II in Russia.
Russia says the trip is happening, though there's been no
confirmation from Pyongyang.
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