North Korea has executed a vice-premier and banished two other senior officials to the countryside for “re-education”, according to Seoul, in the latest high-level purge under Pyongyang’s young leader, Kim Jong Un.
Mr Kim has relied on executions and purges of high-ranking officials to protect his authority since taking power on his father’s death in December 2011.
Seoul’s unification ministry confirmed yesterday the execution of Kim Yong-jin, vice-premier for education.
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