North Korea's Kim Jong Un carrying out purge after Hanoi summit collapse - Chosun Ilbo

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un carrying out purge after Hanoi summit collapse - Chosun Ilbo

 

FILE PHOTO: Kim Hyok Chol, North Korea's special representative for U.S. affairs, leaves the Government Guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 23, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

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.

 

Kim Yong Chol was forced to work in Jagang Province after his dismissal, the source said, adding that Kim Song Hye, who carried out working-level negotiations with Kim Hyok Chol, was sent to a political prison camp, Chosun reported.

 

Shin Hye Yong, the interpreter for Kim Jong Un at the Hanoi meeting, is also said to have been detained in a political prison camp, for undermining the authority of Kim Jong Un by making a critical interpretation mistake, Chosun reported.

 

Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un's sister who aided him in Hanoi, is also said to be lying low, the paper reported, citing an unnamed South Korean government official who said "We are not aware of Kim Yo Jong's track record since the Hanoi meeting ... We understand that Kim Jong Un has made her lie low."

 

North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun said in a commentary on Thursday that "Acting like one is revering the Leader in front (of others) but dreaming of something else when one turns around, is an anti-Party, anti-revolutionary act that has thrown away the moral fidelity toward the Leader, and such people will not avoid the stern judgment of the revolution."

 

"There are traitors and turncoats who only memorize words of loyalty toward the Leader and even change according to the trend of the time," the commentary said.

 

It is the first time since the December 2013 execution of Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Un's uncle, that expressions hinting at purging such as "anti-party, anti-revolutionary" and "stern judgment" appeared in Rodong Sinmun, Chosun Ilbo said.

 

An official at South Korea's Unification Ministry declined comment.

 

(Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by James Dalgleish)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-05-31

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[ezzra]

Ahhh, I love the sounds of firing squads and the smell of blood in the morning, nothing like a good 'ol purge to start the day...

[brewsterbudgen]

Trump would love to be able to copy his buddy Kim. Give him time...

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[Puchaiyank]

4 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Trump would love to be able to copy his buddy Kim. Give him time...

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That is total BS...and you know it.

[mfd101]

The dictators who last - eg Stalin & Mao - are those who kill potential opponents before the thought of opposing has even occurred to them.

[darksidedog]

Those who live by the sword have a nasty tendency to die by it. Kims grip on power is very tight for now, but who knows what the future may hold and when he may be the next against the firing squad wall. Continuously killing folk off, does make them think about doing you in after all, to make sure they are not next.

[Tug]

27 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said:

That is total BS...and you know it.

Are you sure?look at who he praised Duarte Kim putin I’m not I think he envoys the power if you can’t lead you must force your will it’s apperent he doesent know how to lead

[overherebc]

1 hour ago, mfd101 said:

The dictators who last - eg Stalin & Mao - are those who kill potential opponents before the thought of opposing has even occurred to them.

It's a numbers game. Knocking off one doesn't have much effect, do a few dozen at once and the idea sinks in faster.

Sad isn't it. Kill one or two it's murder, kill a few thousand you become a hero, well at least for a while and you can write the history book yourself, or force someone to do it. If you don't like the way it's written then off with his head along with anyone who read it and start again.

[rabas]

2 hours ago, mfd101 said:

The dictators who last - eg Stalin & Mao - are those who kill potential opponents before the thought of opposing has even occurred to them.

Minority Kim?

[rabas]

North Korea failed to report secret installations before the Vietnam summit. U.S. brought up other threats it knows about during negotiations, saying, “I think they were surprised we knew.”  During impromptu discussions after the summit Kim mused "How did they know that?"

 

Well, now Kim knows.

[UASCB500BIKER]

Kims days are number,,,,,,COUP

[bristolboy]

1 hour ago, rabas said:

North Korea failed to report secret installations before the Vietnam summit. U.S. brought up other threats it knows about during negotiations, saying, “I think they were surprised we knew.”  During impromptu discussions after the summit Kim mused "How did they know that?"

 

Well, now Kim knows.

He could have found out before the farcical summit by reading the New York Times

In North Korea, Missile Bases Suggest a Great Deception

North Korea is moving ahead with its ballistic missile program at 16 hidden bases that have been identified in new commercial satellite images, a network long known to American intelligence agencies but left undiscussed as President Trump claims to have neutralized the North’s nuclear threat.

The satellite images suggest that the North has been engaged in a great deception: It has offered to dismantle a major launching site — a step it began, then halted — while continuing to make improvements at more than a dozen others that would bolster launches of conventional and nuclear warheads.

The existence of the ballistic missile bases, which North Korea has never acknowledged, contradicts Mr. Trump’s assertion that his landmark diplomacy is leading to the elimination of a nuclear and missile program that the North had warned could devastate the United States.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/north-korea-missile-bases.html

 

 

 

Edited May 31, 2019 by metisdead
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[chippendale]

50 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

He could have found out before the farcical summit by reading the New York Times

In North Korea, Missile Bases Suggest a Great Deception

North Korea is moving ahead with its ballistic missile program at 16 hidden bases that have been identified in new commercial satellite images, a network long known to American intelligence agencies but left undiscussed as President Trump claims to have neutralized the North’s nuclear threat.

The satellite images suggest that the North has been engaged in a great deception: It has offered to dismantle a major launching site — a step it began, then halted — while continuing to make improvements at more than a dozen others that would bolster launches of conventional and nuclear warheads.

The existence of the ballistic missile bases, which North Korea has never acknowledged, contradicts Mr. Trump’s assertion that his landmark diplomacy is leading to the elimination of a nuclear and missile program that the North had warned could devastate the United States.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/north-korea-missile-bases.html

 

 

 

More fake news from the failing New York Times.

[metisdead]

An off topic post has been removed. 

[zydeco]

Lots of people are going to be wished into the cornfield.

 

[Ozman52]

Multiple positions vacant with a great performance incentive scheme! 

[lannarebirth]

5 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Trump would love to be able to copy his buddy Kim. Give him time...

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Firing squad versus Tweet. You haven't lost your perspective have you?

[blazes]

Kim is as woke as the denizens of Twitterville....the ones who chant "off with his head" at some poor bastard who has committed the latest "hate crime".  

[Ozman52]

VIP treatment DPRK style - escort from the plane, bypass immigration, quick stop at the back wall of the airport, and an express hearse to your funeral.

[brewsterbudgen]

 
Firing squad versus Tweet. You haven't lost your perspective have you?

I did say give him time... Who'd want to be in Mueller's shoes right now?

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[thaibook]

6 hours ago, mfd101 said:

The dictators who last - eg Stalin & Mao - are those who kill potential opponents before the thought of opposing has even occurred to them.

The best was lovable uncle Ho (a dedicated member of the Comintern and so only loyal to Moscow).  He befriended nationalists and socialists when in Paris, urged them to set up front organisatios infiltrated by the Communist Party and then once things turned out in his favour had them executed one by one - goodbye dear friends.  Also on taking power, being nominally a Chinese (agrarian) version communist party hence where the landlords are the class enemies he decided on a whim that 10% of the population were landlords (a huge exaggeration) and ordered his murderers to kill that number of families (not men).  Many were burnt alive in their houses or buried alive in pits they had been forced to dig.  Of course often others were needed to make up the numbers and so it just so happened that those who had peeved the local commie bigwig disappeared. 

 

He did it all so well that even now millions think of him as a hero.

 

[mfd101]

Just back a month ago from my first ever visit to VN (2 weeks north to south). I was impressed by the general cleanliness & ordered state of things - relative to our own Land of the Free.

 

In the north our guides gave us some quiet pro-régime propaganda, particularly in regard to the War of Liberation [we travelled on the Reunification express from Ha Noi to Hué] but also the obviously booming economy. In the south however we got loud complaints about how hard their childhoods were & how everyone in the south was discriminated against by the northern government.

[BritManToo]

6 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Those who live by the sword have a nasty tendency to die by it. Kims grip on power is very tight for now, but who knows what the future may hold and when he may be the next against the firing squad wall. Continuously killing folk off, does make them think about doing you in after all, to make sure they are not next.

I'd accept the nasty ending in exchange for the power, life of luxury and pick of the young countrywomen while it lasted.

 

[thecyclist]

It gets pretty lonely at the top when you incarcerate and kill all your friends, relatives and associates :But at least Kim Jon Un has one buddy left, who adores him: Donald Trump. 

[sanemax]

3 minutes ago, thecyclist said:

It gets pretty lonely at the top when you incarcerate and kill all your friends, relatives and associates :But at least Kim Jon Un has one buddy left, who adores him: Donald Trump. 

This thread has nothing to do with Trump and also Trump doesnt "adore" Kim .

Trump pallied up with Kim in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the rocker problem

[Pilotman]

Love Kim's management style, a bit harsh but saves on training and paying bonus payments for good performance. 

[Pilotman]

1 hour ago, mfd101 said:

Just back a month ago from my first ever visit to VN (2 weeks north to south). I was impressed by the general cleanliness & ordered state of things - relative to our own Land of the Free.

 

In the north our guides gave us some quiet pro-régime propaganda, particularly in regard to the War of Liberation [we travelled on the Reunification express from Ha Noi to Hué] but also the obviously booming economy. In the south however we got loud complaints about how hard their childhoods were & how everyone in the south was discriminated against by the northern government.

easy to do when you have millions of slaves labourers working on a pittance, half starved and with no freedom.    

[bristolboy]

18 minutes ago, sanemax said:

This thread has nothing to do with Trump and also Trump doesnt "adore" Kim .

Trump pallied up with Kim in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the rocker problem

He's still pallying up. And saying he expects Kim will keep his promise. What promise was that, exactly?

[mfd101]

8 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

easy to do when you have millions of slaves labourers working on a pittance, half starved and with no freedom.    

Well that's not what I observed. (I can't speak about the VN of the past.) What I saw was a hard-working people steadily enriching themselves, and the road traffic that goes with it!

[Pilotman]

16 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Well that's not what I observed. (I can't speak about the VN of the past.) What I saw was a hard-working people steadily enriching themselves, and the road traffic that goes with it!

you were blind to what was really going on mate