Kim Jong-un's Barbaric Purge of 'Unsound' Military Brass

[xomputer]

A bloody purge in North Korea following the sudden death of leader Kim Jong-il late last year saw barbaric methods including mortar rounds used to execute high-ranking military officials, a South Korean government source said Wednesday.

"When Kim Jong-un became North Korean leader following the mourning period for his father in late December, high-ranking military officers started disappearing," the source said. "From information compiled over the last month, we have concluded that dozens of military officers were purged." The source added Kim Jong-un ordered loyal officials to "get rid of" anyone caught misbehaving during the mourning period for Kim Jong-il.

But contrary to reports that an assistant chief of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces was put in front of a firing squad for being drunk during the mourning period, he was executed using a mortar round in line with Kim's orders to leave "no trace of him behind, down to his hair."

The source said the official was placed on the spot where the round would hit, and the grisly execution obliterated him.

Besides the assistant chief and an assistant chief of the General Staff Department, frontline commanders were also executed, the source said.

Kim Jong-il also purged dissenters after the death of his father Kim Il-sung in 1994. Even those caught for minor infractions were executed by a firing squad.

But Kim Jong-un's methods appear even more brutal. A source familiar with North Korea said, "It appears that the loyalty pledged by the military did not satisfy the young leader, who is sensitive about his age." Kim junior is 28 or 29.

The source said the drastic measures may have been proposed by Kim's confidant Kim Jong-gak (62), the first deputy director of the General Political Bureau of the North Korean People's Army.
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Terrible place... Kim's land

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - he just as goofy as his daddy was...

U.S. lawmaker questions North Korean leader's 'stability'
March 17th, 2013 - A top U.S. congressman expressed concern about the "stability" of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after months of provocative statements and behavior from the nuclear-armed communist state.

"You have a 28-year-old leader who is trying to prove himself to the military, and the military is eager to have a saber-rattling for their own self-interest," said Rep. Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. "And the combination of that is proving to be very, very deadly." North Korea launched a satellite into orbit atop a long-range rocket in December, conducted its third nuclear weapons test in February and announced earlier this month that it was abandoning the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War. On Saturday, it announced that it would not negotiate with the United States over its nuclear program, challenging arguments that its weapons program was a bargaining chip that might be traded away for economic benefits.

Rogers, R-Michigan, told CNN's State of the Union that North Korea "certainly" has the missile capability to strike the United States. Analysts say North Korea is years away from being able to accurately deliver a nuclear weapon atop a long-range missile. But Rogers said the fact that the North is willing to openly threaten the United States with a nuclear attack "is problem enough." "This is very, very concerning, as we just don't know the stability of their leader - again, 28 years old," Rogers said. "We're just not confident that we know he wouldn't take those steps." Pyongyang disregarded numerous warnings to conduct February's test and threatened afterward that it was prepared to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike to defend itself. The U.N. Security Council stiffened sanctions on the North after the test, with its leading ally, China, making the vote unanimous.

The North has also renewed its threats toward South Korea, warning of "strong physical countermeasures" after the sanctions vote. Kim is the grandson of Kim Il Sung, the founder of the North Korean state. He rose to power in December 2011, after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il. Victor Cha, a longtime North Korea analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said the North's recent actions have fueled debate about whether Kim "really is fully in charge, or whether the military is in charge." "The three top military generals that were with him when his father died are all gone now, and we don't know what happened to them," Cha said on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS. "That could be a sign of him taking control, but it could also be a sign of some real churn inside the system where some people don't like the fact that a 28-year-old is now running the country."

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[Book of Jeremiah]

A bloody purge in North Korea following the sudden death of leader Kim Jong-il late last year saw barbaric methods including mortar rounds used to execute high-ranking military officials, a South Korean government source said Wednesday.

"When Kim Jong-un became North Korean leader following the mourning period for his father in late December, high-ranking military officers started disappearing," the source said. "From information compiled over the last month, we have concluded that dozens of military officers were purged." The source added Kim Jong-un ordered loyal officials to "get rid of" anyone caught misbehaving during the mourning period for Kim Jong-il.

But contrary to reports that an assistant chief of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces was put in front of a firing squad for being drunk during the mourning period, he was executed using a mortar round in line with Kim's orders to leave "no trace of him behind, down to his hair."

The source said the official was placed on the spot where the round would hit, and the grisly execution obliterated him.

Besides the assistant chief and an assistant chief of the General Staff Department, frontline commanders were also executed, the source said.

Kim Jong-il also purged dissenters after the death of his father Kim Il-sung in 1994. Even those caught for minor infractions were executed by a firing squad.

But Kim Jong-un's methods appear even more brutal. A source familiar with North Korea said, "It appears that the loyalty pledged by the military did not satisfy the young leader, who is sensitive about his age." Kim junior is 28 or 29.

The source said the drastic measures may have been proposed by Kim's confidant Kim Jong-gak (62), the first deputy director of the General Political Bureau of the North Korean People's Army.
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Terrible place... Kim's land

This is Communism. This is what Communists do. The new one steps in and executes the old guard for whatever reason they can find. Anything will do. Communists are notorious for murdering their own once they have served their purpose. They don't let them retire. They murder them. Wait and see what Obama will do once this thing gets into full swing. Richard Wurmbrand was in both - a concentration camp and then a communist prison. He said the communists were worse. I think Communists and Nazis are neck and neck on which is worse. But he said the Communists were worse so there you have it. He was in a communist prison for over 17 years before he founded Voice of the Martyrs so I guess he knows what he is talking about, eh? I highly recommend Wurmbrands book Marx & Satan so you can learn about who Karl Marx REALLY was. Not the pseudo version you are fed from your marxist professors. Do your own research. It just might save your life. - Jeremiah

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

This is what Obama wants America to look like. He has already adopted North Koreas economic plan. Use prison labor to manufacture and have govt export business. Now he can compete evenly with his Communist buddies. 1.40 an hour for prison pay and he is right in line with Chinese wages now... isn't he a genius????

 

[Katzndogz]

Is it any different that obama's decapitation of American military leadership? How many generals has obama fired?

No wonder an American admiral said that the Navy's primary purpose was to fight climate change. He wants to keep his job.

 

[ThirdTerm]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GixKLkai6uA]Dennis Rodman 'This Week' Interview: NBA Basketball Star Discusses Kim Jong Un, North Korea Visit - YouTube[/ame]

Maybe Obama should try the Rodman doctrine to open up North Korea and the Nixon administration's ping pong diplomacy in the 1970s pacified Communist China and the same diplomatic approach may turn North Korea into a benign Communist country which does not threaten its neighbours and ratcheting up the pressure on Pyongyang only rubs North Korea the wrong way.