Sunday, June 2, 2019

Top North Korean Official Reportedly Purged After The Collapse Of The Kim-Trump Summit Seen With Kim This Sunday

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and Kim Yong-chol. Photo: Reuters

SCMP/AFP: Purged no more: North Korean official Kim Yong-chol, who was thought to have been sent to labour camp, appears at show, local media claims

* The North’s counterpart to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was sent to a labour camp following the collapse of the Kim-Trump summit in Hanoi in February

A senior North Korean official reportedly purged after talks collapsed between leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump appeared at an arts performance with the country’s top brass, official media reported Monday.

Kim Yong-chol, the North’s counterpart to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in nuclear talks, was sent to a labour camp following the collapse of the Kim-Trump summit in Hanoi in February, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper had reported Friday.

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Update: North Korea's former top nuclear envoy seen with Kim Jong Un on Sunday: KCNA (Reuters)

WNU Editor: As for North Korean leader Kim, he is apparently making the rounds across the country .... Kim Jong Un 'not in good mood' after field guidance visit (UPI).

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