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On December 13, 2013, North Korean state media announced the execution of Jang Sung-taek, the uncle by marriage of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. [6] The South Korean National Intelligence Service believes that two of Kim Jong Un's closest aides, Lee Yong-ha and Jang Soo-keel, were executed in mid-November. [7]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year as punishment for challenging his authority.
Kim Kyong-hui's husband, the senior political figure Jang Song-thaek, was executed by Kim Jong Il's son and new leader Kim Jong Un in 2013. [1] Kim Kuk-song was abroad at the time he discovered this and feared he would be subject to execution under a follow-up purge. [2] [1] Kim subsequently defected to South Korea with his family in 2014. [1]
According to a North Korean defector, North Korea considered inviting a delegation of the UN Commission on Human Rights to visit the Yodok prison camp in 1996. [15] Lee Soon-ok gave detailed testimony on her treatment in the North Korean prison system to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary in 2002. In her statement she said, "I ...
According to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un had the entire family of his late uncle Jang Song-thaek executed - including children. Jang was one of North Korea's ...
Kim Jong Un commands the armed forces, Pak Thae Song heads the cabinet and handles economic and social affairs, and Choe Ryong Hae heads the legislature. However, under the constitution, Kim Jong Un is the highest-ranking of the three, with the constitution explicitly naming his post the "supreme leader who represents the state".
A number of members of the regime itself have disappeared or been executed after falling out of favor. The most prominent example is Jang Song-thaek, the uncle of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un. On December 8, 2013, Jang was publicly expelled from the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice. The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.