North Korea executes 'traitor' Jang Song Thaek
Military tribunal orders execution of Jang Song Thaek
Chad O'Carroll December 13, 2013
KCTV
North Korean state media outlet the Korea Central News Agency has declared that Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of Kim Jong Un and former vice Chairman of the National Defence Commission, has been executed.
North Korea announced news that Jang had been tried in a special military tribunal in a bulletin released early Friday morning Korea time.
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.
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