More details supporting the story: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-15/execution-anti-aircraft-gun-photographic-evidence
Visiting NKorea is definitely off my bucket list… ;-) -m From: Eric Walker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 9:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Innovation in North Korea On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: You do not see many innovative new ideas coming out of North Korea. But I must say, they do come up with unexpected ways to kill off top officials. Here is the latest headline from the New York Times: North Korea Said to Execute a Top Official, With an Antiaircraft Gun This tidbit of news was recently called into doubt: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/14/south-korea-rows-back-over-north-korea-anti-aircraft-gun-execution-claim Knowing what other kinds of purges have taken place, I suppose this is only a question about a point of fact, and not one of whether North Korea would resort to something like this. Eric
