North Korea has executed the country’s special envoy to the United States over February’s failed summit between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported Friday.
Kim Hyok Chol, the chief negotiator who led the working-level negotiations with the U.S., was executed in March alongside several other officials in punishment for the outcome of the event, the newspaper reported. Trump and Kim met in Hanoi, Vietnam, for their second official summit to discuss Pyongyang’s nuclear program, but the talks abruptly collapsed after the pair failed to come to a deal. Tensions with the North have only increased in recent months after a period of relative calm.
“Kim Hyok Chol was investigated and executed at Mirim Airport with four foreign ministry officials in March,” an unnamed North Korean officials told the Chosun Ilbo, according to a translation from Reuters.
Another official, Kim Yong Chol, who worked with Vice President Mike Pence in the lead-up to the Hanoi summit, has also been punished, reportedly with forced labor and “ideological education,” according to the South Korean paper.
Some experts on North Korea expressed hesitation over the reports, noting that Pyongyang’s reclusive nature makes it hard to pin down who may or may not have been punished by the Kim regime. Several senior officials have been reported to be executed or disappeared only to reappear in public several months later.
Joshua H. Pollack
So... did Kim Jong Un really have a whole bunch of diplomats executed after the Hanoi summit?
North Korea's Kim Jong Un carrying out purge after Hanoi summit...
North Korea executed Kim Hyok Chol, its special envoy to the United States, and foreign ministry officials who carried out working-level negotiations for the second U.S.-North Korea summit in...
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These rumors have been floating around for a while. I am still not sure I believe them, but they are getting awfully specific.
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Relations with North Korea have declined since the summit in Hanoi, although Trump has continued to tout his relationship with Kim, praising the leader earlier this month as a “very smart man.” Trump also denied that Pyongyang had fired any ballistic missiles in violation of United Nations resolutions, even though his own national security adviser, John Bolton, said last weekend there was “no doubt” North Korea had done just that.
“My people think it could have been a violation,” Trump said earlier this week during a state visit to Japan. “I view it differently.”
The North has grown openly antagonistic toward several Trump officials who have urged the president to take a harder line against Kim, including Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. In April, the North’s state-run news agency quoted several senior officials who said they would no longer speak with Pompeo and preferred that he be replaced with someone more “mature.”
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Trump's "Friend" back executing his own people. Impeachment may be the only way to save our country before it's too late.If Trump is friends with Kim, then Trump IS the enemy of Americans !
If this is true and not so sure why it wouldn't be. It is pretty scary that our so called president is supporting him. We should all be very worried.
Joe Biden is bold to call Kim the garbage that he is and someone who can't be trusted. Trump considers Kim his good friend and defended him for continuing to test missiles. If this story is correct, then Trump looks like a FOOL sending LOVE LETTERS to a murderous Dictator. He has failed as a Negotiator, implementing Tariffs, building a Wall that Mexico would pay for, and failed to address Russian meddling in Elections. Simply a FAILURE!
Twice Delusional rump Didn't Get A Peace Prize For Meeting With North Korea
Have To Wonder How Many Americans He Wants Executed
Look at How Long He's Going After Dead Man
John McCain - Even Attacked A Warship Named After Him
Take About Hate And Venom
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I read about the execution of Kim Hyok Chol but did not know what to make of it. So now I see the poor guy was the patsy who took the blame for the falure of the summit. I can't believe the brutality of Kim. It's inhuman. If he is Trump's man crush, we are all in a lot of trouble. I also don't understand why T continues to bad-mouth Mc Cain now that the guy is long gone. It's ignorant, tasteless and disrespectful to the family. That kind of sums up T's character.
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