North Korea Horror: Kim Jong Un Uncle Executed For Being A ‘Traitor,’ & ‘Worse Than A Dog'
Dec. 12 2013, Published 8:45 p.m. ET
North Korea announced that the country has executed the uncle of their dictator Kim Jong Un, calling him a “traitor to the nation for all ages.”
The communist country has said that Jang Song Thaek, who for years was a mentor to the young leader, was accused of leading a “dissolute and depraved life,” and had committed crimes including gambling, drug use, womanizing and corruption.
The Washington Post reported North Korea stated Jang was a “despicable human scum,” who was “worse than a dog,” and that he confessed to his crimes in front of a military Tribunal on Thursday.
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The state news agency KCNA said his crimes also included “attempting to overthrow the state by all sorts of intrigues and despicable methods with a wild ambition to grab the supreme power of our party and state.”
Jang was married to Kim Kyong Hui, the younger sister of Kim Jong Un’s father.
There have been a series of executions in the country recently, including Kim Jong Un’s ex-girlfriend and 11 others in front of a firing squad.