North Korea executed negotiator, purged others over failed Trump summit, report says
by Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times
May 31, 2019
3 minutes
SEOUL, South Korea - A major South Korean newspaper reported Friday that North Korea had executed a top negotiator involved in Kim Jong Un's failed summit with President Donald Trump in February and punished a key aide.
Chosun Ilbo, South Korea's largest newspaper, cited an unnamed, unspecified source as saying nuclear envoy Kim Hyok Chol was executed by firing squad in March for acting as a U.S. spy. Former military
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