Hyon Yong Chol was killed by firing squad using an anti-aircraft gun at a military school in front of hundreds of people in Pyongyang around April 30, the agency reported, citing a media briefing by the National Intelligence Service at its headquarters in Seoul.
Hyon "was purged for lese majeste" because he was seen "dozing off" during a military event and "did not carry out Kim's instructions," the agency said. It wasn't clear what instructions Hyon failed to carry out.
The intelligence service told politicians that Hyon was killed by an anti-aircraft gun at Kang Kon Military Academy - a method cited in various unconfirmed reports as being reserved for senior officials who the leadership wishes to make examples of.
The execution was initially reported by South Korea's Yonhap news agency, although reports from North Korea are impossible to independently confirm.
Hyon is believed to have been a general since 2010 and served on the committee for late leader Kim Jong-il's funeral in December 2011, before becoming defence minister.
The intelligence service told politicians that Hyon was killed by an anti-aircraft gun at Kang Kon Military Academy - a method cited in various unconfirmed reports as being reserved for senior officials who the leadership wishes to make examples of.
The execution was initially reported by South Korea's Yonhap news agency, although reports from North Korea are impossible to independently confirm.
Hyon is believed to have been a general since 2010 and served on the committee for late leader Kim Jong-il's funeral in December 2011, before becoming defence minister.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been accused of ordering the executions of as many as 15 top officials so far this year.
CNN/Daily Mail
CNN/Daily Mail
96 comments:
Crazy ass pple
This man is wicked, hell awaits u.
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Interesting, his own Abacha hand shake is coming
This man is out of control!
wat kind of leader is dis
k
Is dat excuse enough to execute someone???
Moye says so via BB Passport...Courtesy LIB....
Dis Kim na real yeye boy o. Even his forefathers no sabi dis kain wickedness. How can you execute a man for dozing off - and with an anti aircraft gun.
This stupid small boy, his father will be crying in heaven now, how can he be so wicked like this na,
this guy na immediate cousin to jezebel and twin brother to sadam hussein
A Ruthless president is all I see.
It is well o
How powerful is the name KIM
One is sexy, the other is death.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm ok
Madness,
Psycho! U going down one day.
This guy is the devil, the modern day Hitler. We wouldn't have any public officials alive today in the country if dozing at an event was a crime.
Say what? They should please learn from Naija, we give awards on such.
That's rather too hash wt..
Na wa! Chai! What a world we live in.
Haba! Na wa o
This Kim guy dey mad o! Ahn ahn! This one go don kill police for Nigeria finish if to say na him be our president cos police dey even sleep for check point...Na wa!
this man no fit reach heaven o, what is wrong with his head?
Na wa o, sleep??? Wat a waste. ..nei b say small time if em eat pass two meat for soup, em go execute em...Men playing God.. there is God ooo!!
Wetin person nor go hear, God help US oo
But instead of executing them, guess there should have been other punishment
What's all this nah.. Executing people like they could create a human
Does his life belong to them?? Did they create him?? What makes a human think he or she can take another human's life like its ur chicken or smtn??? Judge not so u won't be judged
Damn this Kim jung Un is really over doing, can't recall any leader this brutal, one day his atrocities would catch up with him.
Imagine executing a senior government official for dozing off in a public function lol. When Nigeria army chiefs do that all the time, even PEJ dozed off at her husband's rally. One day na one day Kim.
#FOCUS n #ACHIEVE
Jail don full?
Have u see how they tore apart a million Dollar car-the P1? Check it out at www.naijacarlovers.blogspot.com
Dis is Inhumane
Really? Dozing off is treason.
May he RIP
My guy Kim,Mr Nonsense !!!
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Somebody should put this fool out of his misery nw.....
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When will this guy's tenure end? Hope he won't execute himself as well. This is so cruel.
Dozing off???... if it was in naija, I doubt any politician would still be alive
Executed with an Anti Aircraft Gun jst 4 taking a brief nap?
Madness.
It is most likely Dude has already been Blacklisted, n the aforementioned excuse came in handy
Nah
This guy and the country is crazy. So bizarre. Can you imagine
This guy and the country is crazy. So bizarre. Can you imagine
This guy and the country is crazy. So bizarre. Can you imagine
Cook up story 4rm cnn
What are world powers doing bout this man?!! Nawa!
How crazy can a man be. Acting as a god
Barbaric! Just for dozing off! We can't cheat nature! We can't control sleep! I wonder what instructions he couldn't carry out, for him to be killed in such a way?huh?
Barbaric! Just for dozing off! We can't cheat nature! We can't control sleep! I wonder what instructions he couldn't carry out, for him to be killed in such a way?huh?
Barbaric! Just for dozing off! We can't cheat nature! We can't control sleep! I wonder what instructions he couldn't carry out, for him to be killed in such a way?huh?
Thanks CNN/America-keep telling Us who to Hate. The several odd (innocent) thousands killed by drone attacks never make headlines.
This guy is a murderer
Hian! Dis one na real military regime o! Linda take note!
Hian! Dis one na real military regime o! Linda take note!
Is he high?yyyyyy????
Dozing off in dis our modern day. They r learners when it come to Nigeria officials dozing off during events in fact they hav master degree in dozing off.
Evil bastard
Jesus!! 4 wat na? Pson no fit sleep....naija police wey dey sleep on duty no dey get sacked...choi!!
They killed him just for sleeping,na wa o
WTF?
Which kain leader be dis
See em face like puff puff
Why is the world ignoring this north Korea leader and his executions.
WTF?
wish naija could ve a strong law like this
This kiddo is power drunk....
Dats vry bad o, is cutting d head d medicine 4 headache? Nawa o
Dats vry bad o, is cutting d head d medicine 4 headache? Nawa o
Leadership is from the heart not the act. Engr Emy
This guy has finally lost it....
Na wah o! This guy is so terrible, he keeps killing people anyhow! In this Era??? That's how he ordered for his uncle to be killed too! His own blood o! And can't North Koreans stand against all this rubbish? So I can't dozz at a function now? Ha! God is indeed a quiet God o!
For dozing off! I hear..
This North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a sick indvidual. How can you execute someone for sleeping? its absurd.May the soul of the defense minister rest in peace
Na wa o
RIP man
I Rep 27th May
Is this any different from what ISIS is doing???
K
Gash, this is so outrageous, killing soneone just because of dozing off,
WORLD LEADERS! WHERE ARE U PPLE. PLEASE STOP THIS MAD MAN CALLED KOREA PRESIDENT
Why is the US and UN allowing not calling this murderer to order
The country's own Abacha
Nawaa oooo
He ll get what's coming at him eventually, unlike his father that died without facing any consequences of his atrocities, he ll bear the whole consequences himself
Ubanagum
Yepaa! Dis chukky lookalike kim jung un,deriz God oo!!!
Lmaoooo imagine naija implementing such......
harsh regime. So the law of nature can't take its course without a death penalty.
Whatever happened to relieving him of his job. Did they have to take his life force jut that simple reason. A man with a family. That's so cruel.
Pls we need you as president.Kill all dis politicians so that we will have a breath of fresh air.
Chinwe Uba
Dis is wht I call no nonsense leader. Dis is Abacha in making, and someone need to tell dis leader wht happened to Abacha.
Very senseless and wicked leader, his own end will surely come one day haba!!!
What??!!
wow.. its a pity
Nyc1.
Haba...hmmm...they shouldn't have taken his life....post a free classified advert
What world powers? Any 1 America can't control automatically becomes the bad guy. Hw did dey knw? North Korea has top security and defense measures and is a 100prcnt hermit Kingdom. I'l never biliv dese fabrications. Mayb d execution actually took place, buh m very sure it's nt for dozing off. Hw cn a country like north korea that takes defense as everything just execute a defense chief like dat.
Dnt biliv dis nonsense. America should go n rest. What's their own? They've been after north korea since North Korea threatened to use nuclear bomb on them. I'm sure dat it's nt as plain as they r making it, military rule is harsh, and executions are common. Just like dey placed some soldiers on death row here in nigeria for mutiny, buh nt a whole defense chief for sme thing as trivial as sleeping. North Korea takes its defense seriously, there's no way sme1 who made it all d way to being a defense chief will just be casted away for dozing off talk more of being executed. By d way, last I hrd north korea is a hermit Kingdom n u cnt gain access easily, more so things like execution of a top military official are done in staunch secrecy, so hw did dey knw twas cos f dozing off dat the man was killed. They dint even say he Ws trying to sell the country's secret buh dozing off . .mstchew
The lies the West cook up about this man are so ridiculous. We are a lazy generation so no one cares to research. We swallow whatever crap we are fed.
North Korea is the greatest threat the US and Europe face right now because they have a weapons capacity which they are refusing to share and declare. They are immune to western led economic sanctions so the age old Western propaganda must come into play. China and Russia were in this same boat until relatively recently.
As long as a country (especially former colonies in Africa and Asia) can grow its economy without western influence that country will be vilified and belittled by the western leadership and therefore their media.
His fada wasen't dis brutal joor.kim na lucifer himself walahi......
Heartless man heaven is far from you ..post a free classified advert
Am not surprised.
It is d North Korean people that have allowed their country to be run by one family. The North Koreans don't have enough guts to remove him. Burundi is more civilised than North Korea because Burundi is open to change. Text Fortune to 33020.
You and some other two peeps here are just the only one that makes real sense out of all dis issue and understand the propaganda and politics of the European and western world ably chaired by d USA.
For dozing off?
If dem come Naija house of reps and senate, dem go just execute 95% of the lawmakers.
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