SEOUL - North Korea said on Friday Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of leader Kim Jong Un and previously considered the second most powerful man in the secretive state, has been executed after a special ...

Jang Song Thaek, who was a key adviser and regent to his nephew — leader Kim Jong Un — was executed on Dec. 12. Intelligence agencies believe... Initial suspicions focused on personal dislike and a ...

North Korea said Friday that it had executed Kim Jong Un’s uncle as a traitor for trying to seize supreme power, a stunning end for the leader’s former mentor, long considered the country’s No. 2 ...

Last week's sudden execution of North Korea's second most powerful official has led to conflicting interpretations. Jang Song-thaek was Kim Jong-un's uncle by marriage and North Korea's closest friend ...

Kim Kyong Hui, an aunt of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, appears to have survived the purge and execution of her husband, Jang Song Thaek, as her name re-emerged in a leadership list in the ...

Kim Jong Un's uncle, Jang Song Thaek, was executed this week for being a traitor. In the reports surrounding Jang's death, one image that keeps popping up is the shocked faces of North Koreans reading ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - A senior North Korean official said Sunday that the execution of leader Kim Jong Un's once-powerful uncle will not lead to changes in economic policies and vowed that the ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle, who was ousted recently from his post as the country's second most powerful official, has been executed as a traitor, the country's official state news agency ...

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's expulsion of his uncle from senior leadership --and possible execution-- follows a history of purges that have served to consolidate the Kim family in power. But ...