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Hmmm: Kim assassination operation in response to China-backed coup plot?Ed Morrissey Posted at 6:01 pm on August 24, 2017Did Beijing botch a coup attempt in Pyongyang due to a high-ranking North Korean mole? This report from Sky News may explain why pressure from China hasn’t done much to rein in Kim Jong-un, and also why Kim resorted to a high-stakes assassination earlier this year in Kuala Lumpur. Not long after taking power, Kim’s uncle Jang Song Thaek tried to get him knocked off in favor of Kim Jong-nam, a plot that ended badly for both: According to Japan’s Nikkei Asian Review magazine, Jang met with China’s then-president Hu Jintao in Beijing less than a year after Kim replaced his late father as North Korea’s leader. The publication claims Jang proposed toppling the young ruler, with Beijing’s help, in favour of Kim’s elder half-brother. But he did not get a clear answer from the Chinese leader who was dealing with his own problems at home, the report states. An ally of Kim within the Chinese government, Zhou Yongkang, later secretly informed him of the coup plot, on which the dictator is said to have flown into a rage.Continued: http://hotair.com/archives/2017/08/24/hmmm-kim-assassination-operation-response-china-backed-coup/
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