PhotoSEOUL, South Korea — The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has executed his deputy premier for education and purged two other senior officials, sending them to re-education camps, the South Korean government said on Wednesday. Kim Yong-jin would be the highest-ranking official known to have been executed since 2013, when North Korea confirmed in a rare announcement that Kim Jong-un had executed his own uncle and No. PhotoKim Yong-chol is seen as a hard-liner by South Korean officials. North Korea rarely announces them. 2 in the North Korean Embassy in London, had defected to Seoul with his family.

Source: New York Times August 31, 2016 05:34 UTC