Robert Carlin

The moment of Jang Song Thaek's arrest, after he was denounced in the middle of a party meeting.

A top official in North Korea is arrested for ‘dreaming different dreams’

Global Politics

North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un had the second most powerful man in the country arrested in public on Sunday. The man purged was the leader’s own uncle, Jang Song Thaek.

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