Girlfriend of Kim Jong-un
THE former girlfriend of Kim Jong-un has been executed by firing squad in a dramatic porn scandal as the North Korean despot's totalitarian regime continues its brutal grip.
Claims are being made by the South China Morning Post that singer Hyon Song-wol was gunned down in front of her family just three days after being arrested for breaching North Korean pornography laws. Hyon, who first met Kim about a decade ago, was among a dozen well-known performers executed with machineguns.
Claims are being made by the South China Morning Post that singer Hyon Song-wol was gunned down in front of her family just three days after being arrested for breaching North Korean pornography laws. Hyon, who first met Kim about a decade ago, was among a dozen well-known performers executed with machineguns.
According to reports, family had to watch on as singer Hyon Song-wol was put in front of a firing squad in public three days after her arrest. She is believed to have been one of 12 well-known performers killed for violating North Korea’s law against pornography.South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported how the victims were accused of filming themselves having sex and selling the material. The dead - members of the Unhasu Orchestra and the Wangjaesan Light Music Band - were accused of filming themselves having sex and selling the tapes. Hyon - famous for propaganda songs including Footsteps of Soldiers, I Love Pyongyang and We are Troops of the Party - was a singer with the country's popular Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble.
"They were executed with machine guns while the key members of the Unhasu Orchestra, Wangjaesan Light Band and Moranbong Band as well as the families of the victims looked on," a source said.
Hyon - famous for propaganda songs including Footsteps of Soldiers, I Love Pyongyang and We are Troops of the Party - was a singer with the country's popular Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble. "They were executed with machine guns while the key members of the Unhasu Orchestra, Wangjaesan Light Band and Moranbong Band as well as the families of the victims looked on," a source said. The families of the executed have allegedly been sent to prison camps under the rogue country's guilt by association laws. Kim and Hong dated until his despot dad Kim Jong-il ordered their relationship to end. They were rumoured to be having an affair despite eventually marrying other people, with Kim's new wife Ri Sol-ju herself a former member of the Unhasu Orchestra.
"Kim Jong-un has been viciously eliminating anyone who he deems a challenge to his authority," a source told Chosun Ilbo, adding the executions "show that he is fixated on consolidating his leadership".
