North Korea executes top education official North Korea

North Korea executes top education official

North Korea has executed its top education official, Kim Yong Jin, by firing squad, according to a South Korean government official. Kim was branded "anti-party and a counterrevolutionary member" by the country's State Security Department, after he exercised a "bad attitude" during North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly in June. Executions are widely considered a political tool for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to consolidate his hold on power.

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