North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with army chief of staff Ri Yong-Gil who has reportedly been executed. Picture: AFP/KCNA via KNS
Daily Mail: North Korea 'executes military chief on charges of corruption after he criticised Kim Jong-un's leadership appointments'
* Army General Ri Yong-gil 'was charged with pursuing personal gains'
* He may have raised objections to Kim's appointment of military leaders
* Source: 'It appears the North cited the charges to justify his execution'
* Ri absent from events celebrating North's controversial rocket launch
Kim Jong-un's military chief has been executed on charges of corruption, it was reported today.
Army General Ri Yong-gil, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, was conspicuous in his absence from events celebrating the North's controversial satellite launch on Sunday.
Ri is believed to have been charged with pursuing personal gains and may have been ousted after raising objections to Kim's recent appointments of party leaders to military posts, a source said.
If confirmed, it would be the latest in a series of executions, purges and disappearances under its young tyrant.
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