Did Kim Jong-un Really Have Officials Executed for Vietnam Summit Failure?
Despite the sensational headlines, this story does not seem very well sourced:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the execution by firing squad of four foreign ministry officials after the failure of his Hanoi summit with Donald Trump, a report has claimed.
The officials were reportedly executed after the February talks between North Koreaand the US came to an end without any deal being made.
Pyongyang had accused the four officials of selling information to Washington before the Hanoi summit, according to a Japanese news agency.
The executions, which included a diplomat from North Korea’s embassy in Hanoi, have not been verified.Asia Press claimed its reporter spoke to a trade official who was told the rumour about the executions.
Yahoo News
It is claimed that the executions were watched by members of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea and Korean People’s Army.
You can read more at the link, but increasingly in our news media rumors and innuendo are being treated as hard news.
How many times have there been stories about some being executed in nK and then 6 months later the same person is seen walking around? With no news source in nK they just make stuff up.
What a crazy idea… I mean it’s not like communists ever executed people who failed or Kim Jon Un had family members killed for “disloyalty”…
Mind you, it wasn’t announced by their official news channel, unlike all the other killings done by the regime.
Oh. Wait. Nevermind.
“Asia Press claimed its reporter spoke to a trade official who was told the rumour about the executions.”
Sounds pretty solid.