North Korean authorities have issued a
\ndirective for the military to keep mum about the execution of Hyon Yong Chol,
\nthe recently executed minister of the People\u2019s Armed Forces [MPAF]. According
\nto sources within the country, the mandate is a bid to prevent inciting
\ninternal chaos within the military regarding the execution of its top core
\nofficial. <\/p>\n
\u201cOrders from the top have been handed down As the source sees it, the authorities know North Korea\u2019s system changed rapidly when Lee Born in the mountains of North Hamkyung Social prowess led many in the military to \u201cThis is about keeping people in check Residents are largely aware of Hyon\u2019s North Korean authorities have issued a directive for the military to keep mum about the execution of Hyon Yong Chol, the recently executed minister of the People\u2019s Armed Forces [MPAF]. According to sources within the country, the mandate is a bid to prevent inciting internal chaos within the military regarding the execution of its top […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":30873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\n
\ncalling for severe punishments to those who \u2018spread absurd rumors\u2019 about the head of the MPAF,\u201d a source from South Pyongan Province told
\nDaily NK on June 1st. \u201cThere were some lectures [regarding the incident] last month, but now people are being tight-lipped, and Party
\ncadres aren\u2019t mentioning anything related to the incident.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nthat executing Hyon by antiaircraft gun is \u201cnothing to be proud of\u201d and may
\nworry that public—and more importantly, internal–responses could garner
\nsympathy for his demise–or at the very least fuel speculation as to why he was
\nput to death, fanning the flames of another proverbial fire for the authorities to scramble to quash. <\/span><\/p>\n
\nHyo Soon and Park Geum Chul were executed in 1967 for anti-Party,
\nanti-revolutionary acts under Kim Il Sung\u2019s leadership. He quickly followed the
\nbrutal deed with a brief lecture and ordered people to never speak of it again.
\n\u201cProhibiting discussion altogether is the regime\u2019s tactic to try to keep rumors
\nfrom spreading,\u201d he asserted. <\/span> <\/p>\n
\nProvince, Hyon walked an elite path, graduating from Mankyung Revolutionary
\nAcademy followed by Kim Il Sung Military University. Praised as having unparalleled
\ninterpersonal skills, he quickly rose to the higher echelons of military power:
\nthe fallen official climbed from chief of the General Staff for the Chosun
\nPeople\u2019s Army [KPA] to commander of the KPA\u2019s 5th Corps before eventually becoming
\nthe head of the MPAF.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nfavor Hyon and maintain a positive image of him. The authorities, well aware of
\nthis, hope the recent order will ensure those in the military remember to toe
\nthe Party line without opposition, according to the source.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nthose who are displaying sympathy for someone else, rather than those who are
\nopposing the Marshal [Kim Jong Un],\u201d the source explained. \u201cIf signs of
\ncompassion for Hyon emerge from the MPAF, a sweeping purge through the
\norganization is very possible.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nexecution but the source reported no outlandish rumors surrounding the incident
\ncirculating among them. In fact, most are not really expending much energy to
\ndiscuss it in much detail at all. \u201cIt\u2019s said that Hyon was put to death for
\ndozing off, but nobody believes that. Everyone knows there must have been some type
\nof conspiracy, so we\u2019ll just wait and see\u2026it\u2019ll come out in time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"