N Korea: Kim Jong-un orders public execution of two senior bureaucrats
Pyongyang, Aug 30 (IBNS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered public execution of two senior bureaucrats with anti-aircraft guns, reports said.
South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo reported that while one official was executed for falling asleep while attending a meeting with Kim, the other was handed the death sentence for proposing theories which presents a direct challenge to Kim's leadership.
The two have been identified as Ri Yong-jin and Hwang Min respectively.
Ri was an officer in the education ministry, while Min served in the agriculture ministry.
Both men were executed at a military academy in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital.
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