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North Korea executes defence minister

Name: North Korea executes defence minister
Uploaded: 2015-05-13T10:12:37.051Z
Duration: 1 min 35 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Hyon Yong Chol executed by anti-aircraft gun, says South Korea

South Korean intelligence has claimed that North Korea executed its defence minister Hyon Yong Chol by anti-aircraft fire for crimes including falling asleep at a meeting in front of Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader. The FT's Simon Mundy reports.

May 13, 2015

Produced and edited by Paolo Pascual. Footage from Reuters.