Kim Yong-jin (politician)

For other uses, see Kim Yong-jin (disambiguation).

Kim Yong-jin
김용진
Vice Premier of North Korea
13th term
In office 9 April 2014 – July 2016
Chairman	Kim Jong-un
Premier	Pak Pong-ju Choe Yong-rim
Personal details
Died	July 2016 Pyongyang, North Korea
Cause of death	Execution
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea

Kim Yong-jin (Korean: 김용진; 23 February 1953 – July 2016) was a senior North Korean official. Kim served as North Korea's education minister, and in 2012 was made a vice-premier.

Execution

In August 2016, it was reported that he had been executed by firing squad for allegedly displaying a bad attitude at a national meeting^[1] and failing to stand upright.^[2] Kim was subsequently branded an "anti-party and a counter-revolutionary member" by North Korea’s State Security. The information was confirmed by South Korea's Unification Ministry spokesman, Jeong Joon Hee.

References

1. "North Korea executes vice premier in latest purge: South". 31 August 2016 – via Reuters.
2. KJ Kwon; Ben Westcott. "North Korea executes top education official, South Korea says". CNN.