North Korea executed envoy. Chosun reports
By Shinhye Kang
May 30, 2019, 6:40 PM EDT
Updated on May 30, 2019, 8:53 PM EDT
North Korea executed its former top nuclear envoy with the U.S. along with four other foreign ministry officials in March after a failed summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump in Vietnam, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported.
Kim Hyok Chol, who led working-level negotiations for the February summit in Hanoi, was executed by firing squad after being charged with espionage for allegedly being co-opted by the U.S., the newspaper said, citing an unidentified source. The move was part of an internal purge Kim undertook after the summit broke down without any deal, it said.
Speculation has swirled for months about the fate of Kim Hyok Chol, who hasn’t received any mentions in state media reports. Previous reports in South Korea media about senior North Korean officials being executed have proven false ...
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