Kim Jong Un's uncle, Jang Song Thaek, was executed this week for being a traitor. In the reports surrounding Jang's death, one image that keeps popping up is the shocked faces of North Koreans reading ...

North Korea said on Thursday that its government had executed Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of leader Kim Jong Un. Until recently, Jang was widely regarded as the second most powerful man in the country.

BEIJING -- The execution of Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle strips China of its most important link to North Korea's leadership and deepens concerns over how the unruly neighbor will proceed on Beijing's ...

BEIJING (AP) – The stunning execution of Kim Jong Un’s powerful uncle strips China of its most important link to North Korea’s leadership and deepens concerns over how the unruly neighbor will proceed ...

(AP) The execution of leader Kim Jong Un’s uncle marks the unprecedented fall from grace of one of the most powerful figures in North Korea and the most serious political upheaval in the country in ...

North Korea said Friday that Jang Song Thaek, onetime regent to Kim Jong Un, has been executed for allegedly masterminding a military coup. In a blistering—and bizarre—dispatch, state news agency KCNA ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The execution of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s uncle brought a swift and violent end to a man long considered the country’s second most powerful. But while Jang Song ...