70 People Executed Under Kim Jong Un’s Watch, South Korea Says
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has executed about 70 people since taking power three and a half years ago, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea’s foreign minister.
The estimate of people put to death since Kim took over the isolated nation was disclosed by Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se at a forum Thursday. Yun’s estimate was provided in reference to executions of high-ranking figures, Yonhap said. While Yun’s spokesman, Noh Kwang Il, later told a briefing that the ministry believed the pace of executions had increased under Kim, he didn’t respond to calls seeking confirmation on the number of people killed.