North Korea Executes Jang Song Thaek, Uncle of Leader Kim Jong Un

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/12/21880254-north-korea-executes-uncle-of-leader-kim-jong-un-report?lite

Young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's previously powerful uncle has been executed as a traitor, the country's state-run news service said Thursday.

According to KCNA, the uncle, Jang Song Thaek, was guilty of "attempting to overthrow the state."

On Monday, the isolated regime announced that Jang had been dismissed from his vaunted official post for a string of criminal acts, including corruption, womanizing and drug-taking.

"All the crimes committed by the accused were proved in the course of hearing and were admitted by him," KCNA stated on Thursday — in a report that claimed that "people throughout the country broke in to angry shouts" when they heard of Jang's alleged crimes.

The over-the-top report goes on to call Jang "despicable human scum."

Sassy wrote:I don't think they will execute MPs who have fallen out of favour lol

Ben_Reilly wrote:I just wonder how North Korea would handle the removal of the dynasty and the opening of its borders, as brainwashed as the majority of its citizens appears to be. I'm thinking it would take at least a few generations to see any real signs of improvement.