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to be executed by regime
Seoul (CNN)A senior North Korean military leader has been executed for
"factionalism, misuse of authority and corruption," a South Korean government
official with knowledge of North Korean affairs told CNN Thursday.
The official, who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity, declined to give
further details on how or when General Ri Yong-gil, chief of the North Korean
Army's general staff, was executed.
Ri was appointed to the position in 2013, South Korea's Yonhap news
agency reported.
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One source told Yonhap that Ri was executed last week.
Heightened tensions