Tuesday, August 7, 2007

North Korea has publicly executed a trade official



Visitors line up to visit the birthplace of North Korea's founder Kim Il-Sung in Mangyongdae, a suburb of the North Korean capital Pyongyang, in April. North Korea has publicly executed a trade official for chopping down and smuggling cherished "slogan trees" on which founding leader Kim Il-Sung reputedly carved anti-Japanese messages, a report said Sunday.(AFP/File)

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