{"id":115762,"date":"2015-05-13T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=115762"},"modified":"2015-05-13T10:38:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T10:38:36","slug":"north-korea-defence-chief-executed-for-dozing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/north-korea-defence-chief-executed-for-dozing\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea Defence Chief executed for dozing"},"content":{"rendered":"
North Korea’s Defence Minister Hyon Yong-chol has been executed for showing disloyalty to leader Kim Jong-un, South Korea’s spy agency has told parliament.<\/p>\n
MPs were told Mr Hyon was killed on 30 April by anti-aircraft fire in front of an audience of hundreds, the Yonhap news agency reports.<\/p>\n
It said Mr Hyon had fallen asleep during an event attended by Kim Jong-un and had not carried out instructions.<\/p>\n
The news comes weeks after the reported execution of 15 senior officials.<\/p>\n
Among them were two vice ministers who had challenged Mr Kim over his policies and members of an orchestra, the South’s National Intelligence Agency (NIS) said at the time.<\/p>\n