North Korean leader Kim Jong Un carried out a deadly purge following a failed February summit with Pr🥀esident Trump in Vietnam, executing five people, including the country’s special envoy to the United States, Kim Hyok Chol, a report said Thursday.
“Kim Hyok Chol was investigated and executed at Mirim Airport wit♈h four foreign ministry officials in March,” South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported, citing an unnamed North Korean official.
Four other top officials were also put in front of a firing squad in Mar♓ch after they were charged with taking bribes and spying for the🅷 United States, according to the report.
A fifth top official, Kim Yong Chol, was sentenced to 𓆉hard labor after the summit collapsed in late February, accord♌ing to the report.
The Vietnam summit between Trump and Kim was abruptly cut short on Feb. 28ꦍ when the two leaders could not come to an agreement on denuclearizat🍒ion of the Korean peninsula.
💖Kim is believed to be carrying out a large purge in the aftermath of the failed summit, according to the report.