February 9, 2025
Kim Jong-un executes his man in America
Kim Jong-un reportedly executed five officials by firing squad near Pyongyang.
Kim Jong-un reportedly executed five officials by firing squad near Pyongyang.

Kim Jong-un has executed his envoy to the U.S. for ‘betraying the supreme leader’ as part of ruthless purge of officials after the failed Hanoi summit with Donald Trump.

Kim Hyok Chol is said to have been shot by a firing squad in March at Mirim Airport for being ‘won over to the US,’ during nuclear negotiations with Trump.

The top diplomat, who accompanied Kim on his private train ahead of the summit in Vietnam, was one of four senior foreign ministry officials executed at the airfield, a source told South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo. 

The other officials were not named, but all allegedly became U.S. ‘spies’ after the failed second negotiations between Trump and Kim Jong-un ended abruptly in February.

Another senior official, Kim Yong Chol, who had been in nuclear discussions with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, was sent to a forced labour camp for ideological re-education. 

Kim Song Hye, a woman who worked with Hyok Chol in talks with Pompeo was reportedly sent to another prison camp. The paper also said Kim Jong Un’s interpreter Shin Hye Yong was sent to a prison camp for a mistake at the summit.

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