List of officials purged and executed by Kim Jong-un

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This is a list of officials purged and executed by Kim Jong-un since he came into power in North Korea in December 2011.

2012[]

• Kim Chol was a Vice Minister of the Army until he was executed; an anonymous South Korean source claims he was 'obliterated by a mortar round'.^[1]
• Ri Yong-ho was the Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army until he was allegedly removed and executed.^[2]
• was the Governor of the North Korean Central Bank until he was allegedly removed and executed.^[2]

2013[]

• Jang Song-thaek was Kim Jong-un's uncle and the Vice Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea until his execution in 2013.^[3][4]
• was the first deputy director of the Administrative Department of the Workers' Party of Korea and an aide to Jang Song-thaek.^[5]
• was a deputy director of the Administrative Department before his arrest and alleged execution.^[5]
• Jon Yong-jin was the North Korean Ambassador to Cuba until his removal in December 2013. South Korean news reported that he was executed.^[6][7]

2014[]

• O Sang-hon was the deputy security minister in the Ministry of Public Security in the government of North Korea who was reportedly killed in a political purge in 2014. According to sources quoted by the South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo, O Sang-hon was executed by flamethrower for his role in supporting Kim Jong-un's uncle Jang Song-thaek.^[8][9]
• Pak Chun-hong was the Deputy Director of the Korean Worker's Party Administration Department until he was purged.^[10]

2015[]

• Choe Yong-gon was the Deputy Minister of Construction and Building Material Industries until his execution in 2015.^[11]

See also[]

• Assassination of Kim Jong-nam

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