Seoul says North Korea executes 5 senior security officials

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea executed five senior security officials with anti-aircraft guns because they made false reports that "enraged" leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea's spy agency said Monday.

The comments by the National Intelligence Service in a private briefing to lawmakers come as Malaysia investigates the poisoning death of Kim's estranged elder half brother, Kim Jong Nam. That investigation is still going on, but South Korea says it believes Kim Jong Un ordered the assassination, which took place Feb. 13 at Kuala Lumpur's airport.

The spy agency told lawmakers that five North Korean officials in the department of recently purged state security chief Kim Won Hong were executed by anti-aircraft guns because of the false reports to Kim, South Korean lawmaker Lee Cheol Woo said. It's not clear what false reports they allegedly made, and the NIS didn't say how it got its information.

South Korean spies have a spotty record when reporting about high-level events in authoritarian, cloistered North Korea

https://www.yahoo.com/news/seoul-says-north-korea-executes-5-senior-security-084003066.html

So we have no idea why they were purged.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/seoul-says-north-korea-executes-5-senior-security-084003066.html

So we have no idea why they were purged.

Because the killing of his brother was so poorly done?

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I wondered if this was a "I wish someone would rid me of this meddlesome priest" moment. It was poorly executed.

[geronl]

Because the killing of his brother was so poorly done?

Maybe they thought no one would notice VX nerve gas?

lol

[GtHawk]

Silly Kim, did no one tell him that with six he get eggroll?

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Silly Kim, did no one tell him that with six he get eggroll?

Korean eggrolls  are not what you think they are. You will get Mandu or Gyeranmari.

On topic, this is a case of a psychopath killing other psychopaths. Each one of those security officials have likely torture and killed thousands of people. Otherwise, they would not be 'senior' security officials. The closest analogy would be Hitler executing senior Gestapo officers. It is a little difficult to be upset by this.

[TomSea]

Silly Kim, did no one tell him that with six he get eggroll?

Actually, that is funny though.

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Russia, China has relations with countries like this.

The US, not so much.

Heck, every time I hear about Egypt,  I remember hearing how even on Glenn Beck, they were talking about some prisoner who'd been tortured badly under Mubarak, maybe killed. Even Beck was all bitchy about this.

Mubarak stepped down, thanks to the insistence of a number of countries and now, the region has gone to hell in a hand basket.

Duterte is another wildcard figure out there.