Funding. Freedom in the 50 States. Friends of Liberty - Were All Prisoners, N. Englishnews@chosun.com / Dec. 23, 2013 09:45 KST The North Korean regime continues to purge associates of former eminence grise Jang Song-taek, who was executed in early December, but now they are being purged quietly in the provinces while Pyongyang puts on a show of solemn unity marking two years since former leader Kim Jong-il's death. The celebrations got underway in mid-December, and since then the propaganda tone has shifted from hysterical denunciations of Jang and his clique to trumpeting current leader Kim Jong-un's purported achievements. ◆ Quiet Execution "Kim Jong-un is quietly sending Jang's cronies to the provinces and executing them there," claimed Ahn Chan-il of the World Institute for North Korea Studies.
"Railroad stations in Pyongyang are teeming as the military herds people associated with Jang onto trains to provincial regions" like Hwasong, North Hamgyong Province. ◆ Sole Leadership. Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with. Vast deposits of personal information sit in databases across the internet. Terms used in phone conversations have become the grounds for federal investigation.
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