This week’s Ask a North Korean deviates somewhat from our usual formula. Instead of publishing answers to readers’ questions, we’re publishing the third part of a series of excerpts from an upcoming e-book, “Goodbye, Pyongyang”, by one of our longtime contributors, Ji-Min Kang, which will be released later this year. 

In this excerpt, Ji-Min, who now lives in London, recounts witnessing a public execution in North Korea. 

The party secretary was frowning when he walked into the office after the morning assembly that day.

“I had a nightmare last night. No wonder I’m having a bad day today. Call