North Korean army minister reportedly executed for drinking during mourning


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A North Korean army minister was reportedly executed

with a mortar round for allegedly drinking and carousing

during the official mourning period following leader Kim

Jong-il's death.

Kim Chol, vice minister of the army, was reportedly taken

into custody on the orders of Kim Jong-un, who assumed

leadership after his father's death, The Telegraph reported.

Kim Jong-un reportedly ordered to leave "no trace of him

behind, down to his hair," according to South Korean media.

"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 South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo. "From information

compiled over the last month, we have concluded that dozens

of military officers were purged."

Chol is the fourteenth senior official to have been executed,

according to a member of the South Korean Foreign Affairs,

Trade and Unification Committee.

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