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The North Korean regime would have executed the one who was ambbadador to Spain and exempted from negotiations for the second summit between his country and the United States, Kim Hyok-chol, after the failure of this meeting, reported yesterday the newspaper South Korean Chosun. Kim Hyok-chol was allegedly executed for his responsibility in the collapse of last month's summit in Hanoi between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump, according to sources quoted from unnamed Pyongyang.

The same newspaper notes that the regime also punished another personality of the dialogue between North Korea and the United States, Kim Yong-chol, by sending him to a forced labor camp and offering him ideological rehabilitation. . The South Korean presidential office declined to comment on the case and at a press conference, his spokesman, Ko Min-jung, said that "it would be inappropriate to draw from hasty conclusions "on information that remains to be confirmed.

The South Korean media, and in particular the Chosun newspaper, have previously reported other apparent executions of North Korean officials who proved to be false after reappearing in public.

For its part, the official media of the Pyongyang regime has made no recent reference to Kim Hyok-chol or Kim Yong-chol, although the day before, the North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun published an article in which he spoke of "traitors" who can not avoid the harsh judgment of the revolution. "Without mentioning any names, the official paper of the Workers' Party pointed out that some people" acted in a way and revered the leader in their presence. and dreamed of something behind their backs ", an attitude labeled" anti-party and anti-revolutionary ".

The alleged execution of Kim Hyok-chol would have occurred a month after the summit held in late February in Vietnam, said the South Korean newspaper, which also states that it was ordered directly by the "supreme leader". According to Chosun newspaper sources, Kim Jong-un has also decided to purge other senior officials of the regime involved in the negotiations with the United States, and has even temporarily removed his sister and close badociate of his meetings with Trump and others. Foreign leaders, Kim Yo-jong.

Kim Hyok-chol led the first legation of North Korea in Spain since it opened in Madrid from January 2014 to 2017, when the Spanish government expelled it following the Pyongyang nuclear and missile tests. .