North Korea executes defense chief with an anti-aircraft gun


Senior North Korean military officer Hyon Yong Chol

North Korea executed its defense chief by putting him in front of an anti-aircraft gun at a firing range, Seoul's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers, which would be the latest in a series of high-level purges since Kim Jong Un took charge.

Hyon Yong Chol, who headed the isolated nuclear-capable country's military, was charged with treason, including disobeying Kim and falling asleep during an event at which North Korea's young leader was present, according to South Korean lawmakers briefed in a closed-door meeting with the spy agency on Wednesday.
His execution was watched by hundreds of people, according to NIS intelligence shared with lawmakers.
The U.S.-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea said last month that, according to satellite images, the range was likely used for an execution by ZPU-4 anti-aircraft guns in October. The target was just 30 meters (100 feet) away from the weapons, which have a range of 8,000 meters, it said.
Hyon was said to have shown disrespect to Kim by dozing off at a military event, the Seoul lawmakers said, citing the agency briefing. Hyon was also believed to have voiced complaints against Kim and had not followed his orders several times, according to the lawmakers.

He was arrested in late April and executed three days later without legal proceedings, the NIS told lawmakers.

You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off the ol Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Kim.

If Iran would hurry up and get nukes, they could show the world how to act properly.

Obviously people do if not scared of death , a good lead would listen but young and mistakes happen or never had a good enough idea missile interception should be priority on defence and a good sea defence using stealth missile technology as defence using stealth fighter style design with intermittent radar onto target so rail guns can not lock on to it and missiles to or find out the systems and when they lock on and get radar or tracking system to shut off with slight corrections on target in air after shut off to alour for evasive manovers on strategy of captain in test manovers on training exercise's as most country's have been tracking and watching captain's training through satellites for years !

Kim Jong Un should execute his barber......

Lots have own style that they like !

lil' kim... he be trippin...

Got that right!
Atrocious Haircut!

or fall asleep around the little guy...

Do you whys that ?
"Aint better learning !"

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Why bother with nuclear weapons waste of money as never fired !
Other things are way more of a deterrent such as destroying the nuclear bomb on ground before ever leaving silo much more dangerous as radiation can be dispersed with out the excess weight on missiles !

well, be worried when they do "remove" the nukes, because when they do, they will have something "better" to replace them with....

Understand but do people not think already got things better to replace with ?
Smart missile's as would class as but not missiles that hit ground like asteroid's no explosives in them just a guidance system and propellant and use earth outer atmosphere to speed up before hitting ground at high velocity just hardened tip and maximum amount of fuel !

MAD,Mutual Assured Destruction!

What's point on M.A.D aint it about winning no person wins with nuclear weapons and ground no good to work for years !
I prefer am (asteroid missiles) to pm (preventative missiles) as am dont effect future generations with radiation !
Old saying got to get up early to beat me ! :)
Well got to go been nice talking :) .

I'm betting the local North Korean joke shop will sell out of those glasses that have big open eyes for lenses!

Geez, talk about being a strict boss. One snore and you get ventilated by a quad .50 cal anti-aircraft gun. The thing holds 4,000 rounds!

Was there anything left of the poor basta*d other than maybe a puddle of goo?

Apparently there were 'hundreds of witnesses' to the execution. I'm thinking if I was about to join the pink mist society, I'd be screaming at the top of my lungs to revolt and kill the S.O.B. because if you don't you could be next!

maybe someone worse next in line.... it happen when his dad died...

I bet they have not alot of korean on korean crime there,,,,

Ill take our justice over that, even if it means we have more crime


(but our justice needs work too)

Instead of camera's our police should have anti-aircraft guns on their cars.....just kiddin Ms.