North Korean army minister executed by mortar round for being drunk

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-10-26 02:47

  Kim Chol, vice minister of the army, was taken into custody earlier this year on the orders of Kim Jong-un, who assumed the leadership after the death of his father in December.
  [B]On the orders of Kim Jong-un to leave "no trace of him behind, down to his hair," according to South Korean media, Kim Chol was forced to stand on a spot that had been zeroed in for a mortar round and "obliterated."
  [/B]The execution of Kim Chol is just one example of a purge of members of the North Korean military or party who threatened the fledgling regime of Kim Jong-un.
  So far this year, 14 senior officials have fallen victim to the purges, according to intelligence data provided to Yoon Sang-hyun, a member of the South Korean Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification Committee.
  Those that have fallen from favour include Ri Yong-ho, the head of the army and Ri Kwang-gon, the governor of the North Korean central bank.
  
  Analysts suggest that Mr Kim, who took over as head of state after the death of his father late last year, is acting to consolidate his own power base and deter any criticism of his youthfulness and inexperience. Mr Kim is believed to be either 28 or 29.
  "When Kim Jong-un became North Korean leader following the mourning period for his father in late December, high-ranking military officers started disappearing," a source told the Chosun Ilbo newspaper. "From information compiled over the last month, we have concluded that dozens of military officers were purged."
  It also appears that Mr Kim ordered his loyal officials to use the excuse of misbehaviour during the mourning period for his father to remove any potential opponents.
  Other officials have been executed by firing squads, including Ryu Kyong, a senior intelligence expert.
  Since being elevated to second-in-command of the nation by his father in September 2010, Kim has reportedly been behind the dismissal of at least 31 senior officials.

  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9630509/North-Korean-army-minister-executed-with-mortar-round.html
  and this the North Korea we will know
  only slightly better
  
  and geeze a mortar round
  "You have failed me for the last time! Now go stand over there..."
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2012-10-26 03:47
  It is primitive but I suppose it's still early during his reign so he has to do something drastic to set an example. Mao almost killed all the fellow revolutionists who later ran country with him during the end of his reign, it's one of the draw backs of succession ruling system.
• Yoorah wrote on 2012-10-26 05:10
  And some thought this kid would be more sensible. Nope.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-10-26 07:05

  Quote from Yoorah;969665:

  And some thought this kid would be more sensible. Nope.

  
  
  Kim Jong Il's grandson but has no political influence in North Korea
  basically mentioned that Un is just another dictator
  
  interview starts at 1:35
  [video=youtube;T_uSuCkKa3k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_uSuCkKa3k[/video]
  [video=youtube;XSfVOf4OACs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSfVOf4OACs[/video]
• Lolicon wrote on 2012-10-26 07:39
  I mean, lets admit, that's a cool way to die.
  But damn.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-10-26 07:42

  Quote from Lolicon;969739:

  I mean, lets admit, that's a cool way to die.
  But damn.

  
  
  you do realize that if you don't get directly hit by the mortar, then you'll suffer slowly with shrapnel ripping your internal organs
• Lolicon wrote on 2012-10-26 08:11

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;969740:

  you do realize that if you don't get directly hit by the mortar, then you'll suffer slowly with shrapnel ripping your internal organs

  
  
  Wouldn't you die immediately?
• Sumpfkraut wrote on 2012-10-26 10:47

  It also appears that Mr Kim ordered his loyal officials to use the excuse of misbehaviour during the mourning period for his father to remove any potential opponents.

  
  Makes me think of Shaka when his mother died. Maybe he will get assassinated by people secretly fed up too. "Et tu, Dae-Soo?"
  
  Maybe it wouldn't be so bad.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-10-26 15:13

  Quote from Lolicon;969749:

  Wouldn't you die immediately?

  
  
  you dont die instantly unless if the mortar directly hits you
  the odds of shrapnel entering your head is very low if its an indirect mortar
• Kaeporo wrote on 2012-10-26 16:04

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;969855:

  you dont die instantly unless if the mortar directly hits you
  the odds of shrapnel entering your head is very low if its an indirect mortar

  
  
  He was ordered to stand. Shrapnel fragments up and out.
  
  It's likely that he died instantly.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2012-10-26 16:12

  Quote from Lolicon;969749:

  Wouldn't you die immediately?

  
  
  that's how Ironman was born.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-10-26 18:56
  Ugh, this guy is crazy. If he'll bomb his own army minister for drinking, just imagine what he'd do to people he doesn't like.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2012-10-26 23:39

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;970117:

  Ugh, this guy is crazy. If he'll bomb his own army minister for drinking, just imagine what he'd do to people he doesn't like.

  
  
  You are not seeing the subtlety of the political war, drinking is just an excuse, the guy being army minister means he has lots of power, and during a power transition, the ruling position is delicate at best, obviously the guy was shot to make an example for those who would plot to take over.
• paladin wrote on 2012-10-27 15:05

  Quote from TLCBonaparte;970399:

  You are not seeing the subtlety of the political war, drinking is just an excuse, the guy being army minister means he has lots of power, and during a power transition, the ruling position is delicate at best, obviously the guy was shot to make an example for those who would plot to take over.

  
  
  It still makes a bit of a strong point
  He could had the minister totured
  made to swear alliegence at gun point
  or even step down
  but no he decides to obliterate him with a mortar round
• Sumpfkraut wrote on 2012-10-27 15:11
  That's because dead resistance is the only acceptable resistance for a proper dictator.
  
  I would like to reiterate that I hope he sets up his own allies so much with this cruel policy that they just kill him on their own, even if only to make sure they're not gonna be the next dead ones in a fit of psychopathy.
  
  He really has to look out how many people of the elite he condemns to death.