A high-ranking North Korean diplomat was reported to have been banished and sentenced to hard labor, according to South Korean media. But North Korean state media identified Kim Yong Chol attending an art performance alongside Kim Jong Un this weekend
If true, it would have been one of the most stunning stories to come out of North Korea in some time. Kim Yong Chol, in particular, sat in the White House across from US President Donald Trump for talks little more than a year ago.Analysts have speculated that some of the North Korean diplomats charged with US negotiations were in hot water after the latest round of talks between the two countries ended abruptly in Hanoi without an agreement.
Pompeo: US checking reports North Korea executed official 02:57The 'purged' soccer coachSometime in 2011 or 2012, Jean Lee saw an unlikely face at the airport in Pyongyang: Kim Jong Hun.Kim Jong Hun was coach of the North Korean men's soccer team which was embarrassed at the 2010 World Cup. They were reports of players and staff being publicly shamed for their defeat.
S. Korea: North Korea launches 'unidentified' projectile 02:09Lee, who now studies the country as an academic at the Woodrow Wilson Center, confronted Kim Jong Hun with the rumor. He laughed, saying he had just been promoted -- and the new role made him less publicly visible. Kim Jong Hun's case is not unusual. Other purported purge victims have reappeared or"come back from the dead," including members of the ruling Kim family.
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