Thursday, October 25, 2012

How army generals get fired in North Korea

From the Sydney Morning Herald:
North Korean minister 'obliterated'
A North Korean army minister was reportedly executed with a mortar round for drinking and carousing during the official mourning period after the death of Kim Jong-il.

Kim Chol, the vice-minister of the army, was taken into custody earlier this year on the orders of Kim Jong-un, who assumed the leadership after his father died in December. On the orders of Mr Kim to leave "no trace of him behind, down to his hair", Kim Chol was forced to stand on a spot that had been zeroed in for a mortar round and was "obliterated", South Korean media reported....MORE
HT and headline: Andrew Bolt at Melbourne's Herald Sun

Back in 2010 it was:
 North Korean Soccer Coach Sentenced to Manual Labor for Loss (FSLR)