Severity 4 — Severe🔴 corruption12 December 2013
Uncle Jang Song-thaek Executed in Power Consolidation Purge
Jang Song-thaek, Kim Jong-un's uncle by marriage and the country's de facto second-in-command, was stripped of all posts and executed within four days on charges of "anti-party, counter-revolutionary factional acts." US Secretary of State John Kerry called it "an ominous sign of instability" in the new leadership.
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Kim Jong-un — Workers' Party of Korea
In power 2011–present
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CBC News — North Korea's Jang Song Thaek Executed, Sparking Purge Fears🌍 See this event in context
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