It has been making the rounds that North Korean Defence Minister, Hyon Yong-chol, was purged and publicly executed by anti-aircraft gunfire. BBC news wrote a reasonably objective analysis of the matter. At present it is difficult to verify the accuracy of the claimed specifics:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32749107 Assuming the latest purge is accurate. It would suggest that Kim's inexperience of leadership skills has resulted in him becoming terrified of anyone he perceives to be a potential alpha male, a rival within the bureaucracy he inherited from his farther. What I see are the actions of someone who believes instilling abject fear within the ruling party is the ticket to keeping himself safe from being bumped off. I suspect he is dead wrong on that. I cannot imagine the remaining survivalist oriented, savvy, well-entrenched old guard that is decades older than their 32 year old leader being willing to put up with such antics for much longer. Orchestrating public executions of this kind is highly disruptive to maintaining a sense stability and standard of living. Seems very likely to me that there are interesting off-the-records discussions occurring in obscure undisclosed quarters in the middle of the night. It's imperative to discover who remain fanatically loyal to Kim and who are waffling. It would not surprise me to hear of additional changes in upper management in the near future. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson svjart.orionworks.com zazzle.com/orionworks
