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North Korean Defense Minister Reportedly Executed
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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/125/nk_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='North Korean Defense Minister Reportedly Executed' data-article-id='355'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11917'>South Korean intelligence officials said Wednesday that North Korea executed its Armed Forces Minister, Hyon Yong Chol, late last month. </span> <span data-start-time='11917' data-end-time='17104'>The spy agency spoke to a South Korean parliamentary committee. </span> <span data-start-time='17104' data-end-time='23938'>They say disloyalty was an apparent reason for the reported execution. </span> <span data-start-time='23938' data-end-time='31229'>The agents said three other high-level North Korean officials also were executed.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='31229' data-end-time='40083'>The general’s execution was reportedly carried out with an anti-aircraft gun as hundreds of people watched.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/125/nk_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' 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South Korean intelligence officials said Wednesday that North Korea executed its Armed Forces Minister, Hyon Yong Chol, late last month. The spy agency spoke to a South Korean parliamentary committee. They say disloyalty was an apparent reason for the reported execution. The agents said three other high-level North Korean officials also were executed.
The general’s execution was reportedly carried out with an anti-aircraft gun as hundreds of people watched.