Seoul: North Korea has executed a vice premier for showing disrespect during a meeting presided over by leader Kim Jong-Un, South Korea said today, after reports that he fell asleep.
<img title="A file image of Kim Yong Jin (circled) a vice premier on education affairs in North Korea&rsquo;s cabinet and Kim Jong Un. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/sep/Kim-Yong.jpg" alt="A file image of Kim Yong Jin (circled) a vice premier on education affairs in North Korea&rsquo;s cabinet and Kim Jong Un. Pic/AFP" /> A file image of Kim Yong Jin (circled) a vice premier on education affairs in North Korea&rsquo;s cabinet and Kim Jong Un. Pic/AFP
The regime also banished two other senior officials, Seoul said, the latest in a slew of punishments Kim is believed to have ordered in what analysts say is an attempt to tighten his grip on power. &ldquo;Vice premier for education Kim Yong-Jin was executed,&rdquo; Seoul&rsquo;s Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-Hee said at a regular briefing.
Kim was killed by a firing squad in July as &ldquo;an anti-party, anti-revolutionary agitator,&rdquo; added an official at the ministry, who declined to be named.
&ldquo;Kim Yong-Jin was denounced for his bad sitting posture when he was sitting below the rostrum,&rdquo; during a session of North Korea&rsquo;s parliament, and then underwent an interrogation that revealed other &ldquo;crimes,&rdquo; the official told reporters.
The mass-selling JoongAng Ilbo reported on Tuesday that top regime figures had been punished, but identified the education official by a different name. &ldquo;He incurred the wrath of Kim after he dozed off during a meeting presided over by Kim,&rdquo; it quoted a source as saying.

North Korea has executed a vice premier for showing disrespect during a meeting presided over by leader Kim Jong-Un, South Korea said today, after reports that he fell asleep

N Korean VP who slouched in parliament executed

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North Korea has executed a vice premier for showing disrespect during a meeting presided over by leader Kim Jong-Un, South Korea said today, after reports that he fell asleep

N Korean VP who slouched in parliament executed

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