North Korea executed one of its top cabinet officials for disrespecting leader Kim Jong-un, South Korea’s

North Korea executed one of its top cabinet officials for disrespecting leader Kim Jong-un, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said on 31 August. Vice Premier Kim Yong Jin was executed for not keeping his posture upright during a meeting of the parliament on 29 June, when Kim Jong-un was named chairman of a new national defence department. The execution, by firing squad, took place in July, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said.
South Korea's Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee said the government had confirmed the execution of Kim Yong Jin "through various channels" but declined to provide details.
Kim Yong Jin was promoted to vice premier in 2012 after serving as education minister, according to a South Korean government database on key officials of the North.