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Revealed: Kim Jong Un's top 6 execution methods and his bizarre reasoning behind them

A defence chief has been put to death by anti-aircraft gunfire for daring to show what North Korea are terming 'disrespect'.

Dictator of the East Asian country Kim Jong Un is no stranger to odd behaviour, and the news this morning that he's brutally executed his defence chief Hyon Yong Chol because he fell asleep at a military event isn't exactly surprising.

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