Kwon Ho Ung, North Korea Official, Reportedly Execute

[Po_d Mainiac]

Source: | 07/20/10 04:15 AM | AP

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea executed a former Cabinet official who was in charge of talks with South Korea, a news report said Tuesday, the latest reported death sentence for a North Korean official over policy failures.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/20/kwon-ho-ung-north-korea-o_n_652610.html

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Sometimes it just doesn't pay to get out of bed in the morning

[sui generis]

1. why don't they execute Kim Jong Il for that hairdid?

THAT is a policy failure.

[nyy1998]

6. Lol, let's hope his son could find a better barber

[Uncle Joe]

2. I wonder if Civil War will break out in the North?

They seem to be having a national nervous breakdown.

In March, the North executed two senior economic officials over a botched currency revamp that forced markets to close temporarily and fueled social tensions, according to Daily NK, a Seoul-based media outlet that specializes in the North.

Thanks for the thread, Po_d Mainiac.

[jberryhill]

3. Now you see... that's called "accountability"! /nt

[AngryAmish]

4. Best Korea knows how to treat their own!

[tiny elvis]

5. headline typo reads like borat

if is not success, i will be execute