North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Did Not Execute His Uncle By Throwing Him To A Pack Of Starving Dogs

South Korean soldiers walk past a television showing reports on the execution of Jang Song Thaek, who is North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle, at a railway station in Seoul December 13, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

North Korean Execution By Dog Story Likely Came From Satire -- Reuters

(Reuters) - An international media frenzy over reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle had been executed by throwing him to a pack of dogs appears to have originated as satire on a Chinese microblogging website.

The story, which spread like wildfire after it was picked up by a Hong Kong-based newspaper, has created an image that Pyongyang's young ruler is even more brutal and unpredictable than previously believed.

While North Korea has said it purged and executed Kim's uncle, Jang Song Thaek, last month, it did not release details of how the man who was once the second most powerful figure in the isolated country was killed.

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My Comment: We will probably only know what is the "true story" a few years from now .... but the fact that this story was actually published without any questions on it's validity reveals to me that when it comes to North Korea .... even the bizarre is accepted as a possibility.