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Kim Jong-Un’s uncle executed in North Korea

NORTH Korea last night announced that they had executed Kim Jong Il’s uncle —
branding him “despicable human scum”.

Jang Song Thaek, 67, had been booted from the government over allegations of
corruption and leading a “dissolute and depraved life”.

A special military tribunal found him guilty of treason and “attempting
to overthrow the state”.

Jang Song-Thaek is hauled away

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A special military tribunal being held in Pyongyang, North Korea, on 12 December 2013, to try Jang Song-thaek, North Korea's second most powerful man and leader Kim Jong-un's uncle, for treason

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North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-Un has ousted his uncle, one of the most powerful men in the country and executed his supporters.
Jang Song-Thaek was booted out of the regime¿s top military body as part of the dramatic purge

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He was seen as the Stalinist state’s second most powerful official. His death
is the latest in a series of purges by tyrant Kim.

North Korean state media said Jang was tried for “such hideous crime as
attempting to overthrow the state by all sorts of intrigues and despicable
methods with a wild ambition to grab the supreme power of our party and state”.

The histrionic 2,700-word statement added: “From long ago, Jang had a
dirty political ambition. He dared not raise his head when Kim Il Sung and
Kim Jong Il were alive.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party politburo in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) December 9, 2013.

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North Korean subway commuters gather around a public newspaper stand on the train platform in Pyongyang, North Korea

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“He began revealing his true colours, thinking that it was just the time
for him to realise his wild ambition in the period of historic turn when the
generation of the revolution was replaced.”

Some reports describe how he was killed with a heavy machine gun.

The White House said the execution is another example of the “extreme
brutality” of the country’s regime.

Two of Jang’s close aides were publicly executed last month. The pair had been
accused of corruption.

This handout released on December 9, 2013 from South Korea's Ministry of Unification shows before and after photos of still grabs taken from the documentary "The Great Comrade", re-broadcast on North Korean state broadcaster KCTV on December 7, 2013, showing scenes from the original version (on the lefthand side) broadcast on October 7 and of the recently rebroadcast version (at R) where the powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, Kim Jong-Un (in the red circle at L), was edited out of footage. North Korea confirmed on December 9, 2013

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