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North Korea purges
![North Korean ‘Purge’ May Not Be So Serious North Korean ‘Purge’ May Not Be So Serious](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-02_16-26-31.jpg)
North Korean ‘Purge’ May Not Be So Serious
By John Power
Details of a recent 'purge' suggest a temporary demotion rather than permanent removal from power of a senior official.
![North Korean Executions: Don't Believe Everything You Read North Korean Executions: Don't Believe Everything You Read](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-31_13-54-42.jpg)
North Korean Executions: Don't Believe Everything You Read
By John Power
Reports of executions and purges -- including the latest rumors -- should be taken with a grain of salt.
![Another Purge in North Korea? Another Purge in North Korea?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-01_09-48-44.jpg)
Another Purge in North Korea?
By John Power
South Korean media claims Kim Jong-un has executed the army’s chief of the General Staff.
![Funeral List Debunks North Korean Purge Rumors Funeral List Debunks North Korean Purge Rumors](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-10-15_01-42-32.jpg)
Funeral List Debunks North Korean Purge Rumors
By John Power
Two top officials rumored to have been executed have reappeared in elite North Korean politics.
![What Happened to North Korea's Defense Minister? What Happened to North Korea's Defense Minister?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-10-15_01-42-32.jpg)
What Happened to North Korea's Defense Minister?
By Tae-jun Kang
South Korea's NIS allegedly told lawmakers Hyon Yong-chol was executed via anti-aircraft gun.
![With Jang Song-taek’s Execution, Kim Jong-un Goes Back to the 50s With Jang Song-taek’s Execution, Kim Jong-un Goes Back to the 50s](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-14_03-09-10.jpg)
With Jang Song-taek’s Execution, Kim Jong-un Goes Back to the 50s
By Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
How public show-trials and executions became a political tradition in North Korea
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