Posted on 12/29/2015 5:38:53 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un's 'closest comrade' dies in car crash
Kim Yang-gon, who handled the reclusive countryâs ties with South Korea, died on Tuesday, state news agency reports
Reuters in Seoul
Tuesday 29 December 2015 23.28 GMT
A senior North Korean ruling party official and a top aide to leader Kim Jong-un has died in a car crash, the state news agency reported on Wednesday, in the latest event to hit the close circle of deputies of the countryâs leader.
Kim Yang-gon, who was a secretary of the Workersâ party and the head of its United Front Department, the unit that handles the Northâs ties with South Korea, was Kim Jong-unâs âclosest comrade, a solid revolutionary partnerâ, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Kim, as the top official managing ties with the South, was part of a high-level delegation that held talks in August after the rival states exchanged artillery fire, raising tensions to one of its highest points in recent years.
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Yeah. It was a one car accident. The weird thing is the car was still in the garage. And the guy was trying to drive it from the trunk.
Did it crash after being set on fire and rolled over a cliff or did crash after being thrown through the air by a giant catapult?
A car crash? What did the car collide with...a T-24 tank?
car collided with anti-aircraft gun.
People around him tend to wind up dead in all sorts of “accidents”.
Only two cars for miles and they crash.
Wide lanes! Soooo luxurious!
Kinda funny looking at downtown Pyongyang on Google earth. There are a few cars but nothing like you would expect in any modern city.
Is sad...accident do happen.
'Kim Yang-gon.'
Well done, sir.
The thing about Pyongyang is that it is literally a Potemkin Village, you have to have permission from the government to even live there. The rest of the cities in North Korea are nothing like Pyongyang.
Clinton Comrades sometimes have the same problem
That’s what happens when you ride in an old Soviet LADA.
Lada this, Lada that, crash.
One less carbon footprint from the psycho-ward known as North Korea.
“Ronery, I’m so ronery...”
TO #3. A talented driver this man be!
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