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         South Korea: North Korean Leader Conducting "Reign of Terror"

   South Korea has accused North Korean leader Kim Jong Un of conducting a
   "reign of terror" after Pyongyang dismissed the country`s second most
   powerful man from his official posts.
   South Korean President Park Geun-hye said in a cabinet meeting
   broadcast on television Tuesday that the ouster of Jang Song-Thaek,
   uncle of leader Kim Jong Un, indicates the beginning of a large-scale
   purge that may damage relations between Seoul and Pyongyang.
   She said such a move would be a means to consolidate Kim Jong Un`s
   power.
   The official Korean Central News Agency said Monday that Jang had been
   removed from all of his official posts and expelled from the ruling
   party. The report accused him of several criminal acts, including
   corruption, womanizing and drug use.
   State television aired photos it said showed Jang being escorted out of
   a Worker`s Party meeting by uniformed officers Sunday. The photos show
   Mr. Kim sitting at the podium of the same meeting.
   Jang is married to Kim Jong Un`s aunt, Kim Kyong Hui. It is not clear
   what will happen to him now or if he will face formal criminal charges.
   Last week, South Korea`s intelligence agency, which revealed Jang`s
   ouster from power a week ago, also said two of his aides have been
   publicly executed.
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