a Japanese daily reported that a list of 16 of Jang Song-thaek’s cronies who had been executed was

a Japanese daily reported that a list of 16 of Jang Song-thaek’s cronies who had been executed was circulated to North Korea’s embassies. Citing a "number of inside sources," the report carried by Yomiuri Shimbun claimed that the list of 16 of Jang’s closest associates included high-ranking cadres Ri Ryong Ha and Jang Su Gil, who are said to have been executed in November, and Party Central Committee officials Pak Chun Hong and Ryang Chong Song. Embassies and other diplomatic organs throughout China, Europe and Southeast Asia were forwarded the list in early January, the report claimed. However, allegedly absent from it were former Ambassador to Sweden Pak Kwang Chol, nephew of Jang Song Taek and former Ambassador to Malaysia Jang Yong-chol, North Korea’s deputy delegate to UNESCO Hong Yong and Jang’s brother-in-law and former Ambassador to Cuba Jon Yong-jin. All were spotted returning to Pyongyang shortly after the purge and execution of Jang, fuelling rumors of a sweeping purge. According to the article, the 16 were executed for “disloyalty to First Chairman of the National Defense Commission Kim Jong-un.” The report has not been independently verified.