The North Korean leader and the US president walked away from their second summit in Vietnam due to a dispute over sanctions.
North Korea has executed a number of senior officials involved in failed talks with the US in Vietnam, according to a report.
The second summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump ended in failure back in February, with the two leaders walking away from negotiations in Hanoi due to a dispute over sanctions.
South Korean newspaper the Chosun Ilbo said Kim Hyok Chol, the special North Korean envoy to the US, and other officials who carried out working-level talks during the summit were held responsible by Pyongyang for its collapse and were killed as part of a massive purge in March.
The Choson Ilbo said the killings were carried out to divert attention away from internal turmoil and discontent, with a recent UN report claiming the country's population is living in a "vicious cycle of deprivation, corruption and repression".
Kim Hyok Chol and his colleagues were reportedly killed after being charged with spying for the US.
Another senior official, Kim Yong Chol - the counterpart to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ahead of the meeting - is also reported to have been subjected to forced labour and ideological education.
Kim Jong Un is also said to have inflicted punishment upon his interpreter at the summit, Shin Hye Yong, supposedly for undermining his authority and making a "critical interpretation mistake".
His sister, Kim Yo Jong, is said to be "lying low" in light of the brutal crackdown, as she also attended the...
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A real life Jabba the Hut. Funny thing, he murders officials who are actually true to their country while America has become so bureaucratically corrupt we don't even try outright traitors at any level, from the IRS, FBI, CIA, or companies like Google or Twitter. We could take a few cues from them.
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ReplyDeleteI’ve been an OAN disciple for months now. Fox is a distant memory.
ReplyDeleteBody on the left shows defeat and longing for something better.
ReplyDeleteBody on the right shows anger and disappointment.
Get the deep state out of the way, they'll both be smiling.
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