Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean performers who were executed by firing squad nine days go, according to South Korean reports.
Hyon Song-wol, a singer and rumoured to be a former lover of the North Korean leader, is said to have been arrested on Aug 17 with others for violating laws against pornography.
The group, including members of the Unhasu Orchestra, with which she performed, as well as singers, musicians and dancers with the Wangjaesan Light Music Band, was executed in public three days later.
“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,” said a Chinese source reported in the Chosun Ilbo newspaper.
After the executions, family members of the victims were taken to prison camps while the Unhasu Orchestra and Wangjaesan Light Music Band were disbanded. Full story...
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Hyon Song-wol, a singer and rumoured to be a former lover of the North Korean leader, is said to have been arrested on Aug 17 with others for violating laws against pornography.
The group, including members of the Unhasu Orchestra, with which she performed, as well as singers, musicians and dancers with the Wangjaesan Light Music Band, was executed in public three days later.
“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,” said a Chinese source reported in the Chosun Ilbo newspaper.
After the executions, family members of the victims were taken to prison camps while the Unhasu Orchestra and Wangjaesan Light Music Band were disbanded. Full story...
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