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Kim Yong-jin (politician)

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Kim Yong-jin
김용진
Vice Premier of North Korea
13th term
In office
9 April 2014 – July 2016
ChairmanKim Jong-un
PremierPak Pong-ju
Choe Yong-rim
Personal details
DiedJuly 2016
Pyongyang, North Korea
Cause of deathExecution
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea

Kim Yong-jin (Korean김용진; 23 February 1953 – July 2016) was a senior North Korean official. Kim served as North Korea’s education minister, and in 2012 was made a vice-premier.

Execution

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In August 2016, it was reported that he had been executed by firing squad for allegedly displaying a bad attitude at a national meeting[1] and failing to stand upright.[2] Kim was subsequently branded an "anti-party and a counter-revolutionary member" by North Korea’s State Security. The information was confirmed by South Korea's Unification Ministry spokesman, Jeong Joon Hee.

References

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  1. ^ "North Korea executes vice premier in latest purge: South". 31 August 2016 – via Reuters.
  2. ^ KJ Kwon; Ben Westcott. "North Korea executes top education official, South Korea says". CNN.