South Korea on Wednesday said North Korea purged a vice-premier responsible for education and was in the process of re-educating two other high profile officials.
Kim Yong Jin, 63-year-old vice-premier of the North’s Cabinet, was executed, said the South’s Ministry of Unification (MoU) during a regular news briefing on Wednesday.
South Korea on Wednesday said North Korea purged a vice-premier responsible for education and was in the process of re-educating two other high profile officials.
Kim Yong Jin, 63-year-old vice-premier of the North’s Cabinet, was executed, said the South’s Ministry of Unification (MoU) during a regular news briefing on Wednesday.
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