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North Korea calls for execution of ex-President Park over alleged attempt on Kim Jong Un’s life

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North Korea calls for execution of ex-President Park over alleged attempt Kim Jong Un's life

Authorities in North Korea have called for the execution of ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye over her alleged failed attempt to kill President Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.

According to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) a “revelation showed” Park had masterminded a plot to execute its “supreme leadership” – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un – in 2015 and it was imposing the “death penalty on traitor Park” and her spy chief Lee Byung-ho.

In its reply, South Korea National Intelligence Agency (NIS) said the North’s request is “unpardonable” condemning it for making threats against its citizens and said the news report of a plot to kill Kim Jong Un “had no grounds.”

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“We declare at home and abroad that we will impose the death penalty on traitor Park Geun-hye and ex-director of the puppet intelligence service … criminals of hideous state-sponsored terrorism who hatched and pressed for the heinous plot to hurt the supreme leadership of the DPRK,” KCNA said.

However, the KCNA did not disclose the source of North Korea’s “revelation” but a Japanese newspaper reported this week that Park approved a plan in 2015 to overturn the North Korean regime of leader Kim Jong Un.

 

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