South Korea's Yonhap news agency is reporting that the chief of staff of the North Korean army, Ri Yong Gil, has been executed for "corruption" and "factional conspiracy." Ri becomes the latest high-ranking North Korean official to be executed, suggesting that dictator Kim Jong-un has yet to get complete control of the army and political leadership. Reuters: Ri, who was chief of the Korean People's Army (KPA) General Staff, was executed this month for corruption and factional conspiracy, Yonhap and other South Korean media reported. Yonhap did not identify its sources. The source who told Reuters the news declined to comment on how the information about the execution had been obtained. South Korea's National Intelligence Service declined to comment and it was not possible to independently verify the report. The North rarely issues public announcement related to purges or executions of high-level officials. A rare official...(Read Full Post)