All posts tagged "hyon yong-chol"

  • North Korean Defense Minister Hyon Yong-chol, shown in this photo provided on Jan. 27, 2015, by North Korea's state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper, has been executed on charges of treason, according to South Korea's main spy agency, the National Intelligence Service. The agency said Hyon was executed by firing squad at a military school in Pyongyang around April 30, 2015. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea’s defense chief executed: S. Korea intel

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea has executed its defense chief on charges of treason, South Korea’s spy agency said Wednesday, in the latest sign of a reign of terror by leader Kim Jong-un. Hyon Yong-chol, the chief...

    • Posted May 12, 2015
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