Ranking North Korean army officer said to be executed by regime





By Euan McKirdy and K.J. Kwon, CNN



Updated 1311 GMT (2111 HKT) February 11, 2016



















































































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Story highlights

Ranking North Korean army officer executed, S. Korean official tells CNN
News comes as Korean peninsula wracked by tensions over rocket, nuclear tests
General is latest in long line of officials killed by Kim Jong Un's 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, 

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