4 april 2011

North Korean railways minister executed for being a suspect.

SEOUL: North Korea has executed a former railways minister following a deadly explosion at a train station in 2004, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Monday.

It quoted a Seoul government official as saying the execution of Kim Yong-Sam was apparently in connection with the massive blast at Ryongchon station in the northwest.

The explosion happened several hours after leader Kim Jong-Il had passed through the station in a special train on his return from a visit to China, fuelling speculation of an assassination attempt.

The North said at the time that ammonium nitrate fertiliser being shunted at the station had accidentally hit an electrical cable, triggering a blast that killed some 160 people and injured 1,300.

Kim Yong-Sam, who had taken over the portfolio in 1998, was last mentioned by official media in 2008.

A media report last year also said he had been executed, but cited pilfering of scrap metal from trains as the reason.

The official quoted by Yonhap spoke on condition of anonymity and did not say when ex-minister Kim was executed or what specifically he was accused of.

The North has previously executed senior officials blamed for policy failures.

Pak Nam-Ki, former head of the ruling party's planning and finance department, was reportedly executed in March last year to take the blame for a bungled currency revaluation in 2009.

North Korea is fucked up seriously, time for USA to step in? haha no Im just kidding USA, just kidding.

27 kommentarer:

  1. North Korea is a crazy country. If you hear the stories out of that place you have to wonder how they can survive such a life

    SvaraRadera
  2. Gah, crazy North Korea. However, no USA, don't do any more "stepping in".

    SvaraRadera
  3. An assassination attempt, huh? Interesting.

    SvaraRadera
  4. I watched a documentary filmed in north korea and by filmed I mean with concealed cameras risking death for footage since cameras are not allowed unless approved by authorities!

    SvaraRadera
  5. I really like south parks interpretation of North Korea and its leadership.

    I would never go there (even if i could). They seem batshit insane.

    :D

    SvaraRadera
  6. To bad that explosion didn't go of a little earlier. The world would be a better place without Kim Jong-II.

    SvaraRadera
  7. I was just about to go on a road trip there from the South. So you are telling me it's not so cool.. Thanks man.

    SvaraRadera
  8. Damn theres no room for screwups in North Korea

    SvaraRadera
  9. This is crazy, for just being a suspect? WOW. And no US involvement please

    SvaraRadera
  10. interesting! thanks for sharing!

    http://all-around-toto.blogspot.com/

    SvaraRadera
  11. Oh Kim-Jong Il. When will you ever learn?

    SvaraRadera
  12. That's absolutely nuts. Guilty until proven innocent! Or in this case, guilty forever, even if innocent...

    SvaraRadera
  13. America won't step in without the support of the rest of the western world. Not again, anyway.

    SvaraRadera
  14. oh well, atleast they're "railed up"
    hehe...... i'm gonna kill myself

    SvaraRadera
  15. If they follow this in India, then India would no more be second in population :)

    SvaraRadera
  16. Wow wtf?!

    bigunicorn.blogspot.com

    SvaraRadera
  17. Magz is right... nutcases. They need a massive overhaul of their system before it's back to normal but they need to do it emselves

    SvaraRadera
  18. kim jong il is insane. have you ever seen the blog of him looking at things? you should check it out it's hilarious.

    SvaraRadera
  19. After he dies of old age there should be a glorious war to reunite Korea.

    ~H. Coct

    SvaraRadera
  20. usa only steps up if theres oil involved..too bad north korea too bad

    SvaraRadera
  21. Oh no! What have you done! You've called in the USA!

    But in all seriousness, goddamnit...

    SvaraRadera
  22. Why does US have to always help out, why can't other countries support each other?

    SvaraRadera