Political Executions Continue In North Korea

Kim Jong-un reportedly executes 15 top North Korean officials in mass death penalty. KCNA via Reuters

Voice of America: Seoul: Kim Jong Un Executed 15 Senior Leaders This Year

South Korea's spy agency says North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong Un, has ordered the execution of 15 senior leaders this year.

Seoul spy officials provided that information to lawmakers during a private session of parliament Wednesday, according to lawmaker Shin Kyung-min.

One of the executed officials was said to be a vice minister for forestry, who was killed after complaining about Kim's forestation plan.

The information could not be confirmed. North Korea's notoriously secretive government has not commented on any of the executions.

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