Photo: Kim meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo: Valery Sharifulin/TASS
FOX News: Kim Jong Un goes after opponents of US-Korea ties with jail and executions, report says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has targeted opponents of his diplomatic efforts with the U.S. and South Korea by jailing them, sending them out of the country, and even executing them, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Between 50 and 70 people have been targeted in what the state-run media is depicting as an effort to combat corruption, The Journal said.
Kim is also seizing the assets of North Korea’s wealthiest citizens, said The Journal, citing U.S. security analysts and former South Korean intelligence officials.
The moves -- particularly asset confiscations -- signal a possible effort by Kim to remove obstacles to a plan to acquire money as his government copes with international sanctions.
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WNU Editor: I suspect that those who have benefited from the Communist system are feeling uncomfortable that everything is about to change .... and they should be.
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