WorldSEOUL, AFP -North Korea has executed a vice premier for showing disrespect during a meeting presided over by leader Kim Jong-Un, South Korea said Wednesday, after reports that he fell asleep. “Vice premier for education Kim Yong-Jin was executed,” Seoul's Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-Hee said at a regular briefing. - Fall of spymaster - ===================== The unification ministry said two other senior figures were forced to undergo re-education sessions. Thae Yong-Ho was driven by “disgust for the North Korean regime” and concerns for his family's future, it said. About 10 North Korean diplomats made it to the South in the first half of this year alone, Yonhap said, quoting informed sources.

Source: Sunday Times August 31, 2016 07:41 UTC