South Korean media reports of a purge of North Korean officials after
the failed Hanoi summit appear to have been ultimately false, as Kim
Yong Chol, the top negotiator and highest ranked target of the supposed
purge, has appeared in public totally fine.
A former North Korean spy chief and high-ranking official, Kim Yong Chol
appeared publicly with Kim Jong Un at an art performance over the
weekend, suggesting he did not fall precariously out of favor.
South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo had reported Kim Yong Chol to have been sent
to a “labor and re-education camp,” while another top official, Kim Hyuk
Chol, had been killed outright.
There was considerable doubt even when the report emerged,
as others noted that South Korean paper hadn’t historically been
accurate on claims of North Koreans being killed or sent to labor camps.
As with this case, a lot of those people eventually turned up unharmed.
He recovered.
You mean he recovered from being executed with an anti-aircraft gun? Who makes up this sh-t, anyway?
What? this man was killed by firing squad, just like others who later appear promoted!!