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North Korea vice-premier executed in May?

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 …

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