North Korea

The South Korean government says that it has been monitoring reports that North Korea’s vice-premier Choe Yong-gon was executed in May on the orders of Kim Jong-un. From the BBC: Mr Choe was executed after he “expressed discomfort against the young leader’s forestation policy”, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports. Allegedly close to 70 officials …

The controversial Slovenian band Laibach will become the first foreign band to perform in North Korea when they play two concerts in Pyongyang in August for 2,000 people. The group will play Korean folk songs, their original songs, and songs from The Sound of Music. The band is known for being eccentric. Featuring industrial and …