North Korea allegedly purged high-level officials after nuclear negotiations stalled between leader Kim Jong Un and Pres. Trump, according to South Korean media outlet.
North Korea allegedly purged high-level officials after nuclear negotiations stalled between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, according to South Korea's major newspaper ChosunIlbo.
Kim Hyok-Chol, a senior envoy who was Pyongyang's special representative for U.S. affairs, was executed at the Mirim airfield with four other officials from the Foreign Ministry in March, ChosunIlbo reported, citing a single, unidentified"source who knows about North Korea."The source also said Kim Yong Chol, North Korea's top nuclear negotiator, was sentenced to hard labor at a political prison camp.
A spokesperson at South Korea's presidential office told reporters Friday that the allegations could not be immediately confirmed. Rumors of purges and executions in North Korea often appear on various offline and online news media outlets with the majority turning out to be false. North Korean media in past weeks have criticized some in the regime as “turncoats,” “traitors” and “counter-revolutionaries” without specifically naming officials.
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