'Executed' N. Korean general named to senior party posts

'Executed' N. Korean general named to senior party posts Seoul (AFP) May 10, 2016 - North Korea's former military chief of staff who was reported executed earlier this year is apparently alive and well after being named Tuesday in a number of senior ruling party posts. Intelligence reports in South Korea had suggested Ri Yong-Gil, former chief of the Korean People's Army (KPA) General Staff, was executed in February on accusations of corruption and forming a political facti ... more

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