Hyon Yong Chol was executed after falling asleep at an event attended by Kim Jong-Un, according to South Korean intelligence.
North Korea's defence chief has reportedly been executed by anti-aircraft gun as punishment for falling asleep at an event attended by Kim Jong-Un.
Defence minister Hyon Yong Chol, 66, was charged with treason after having shown "disrespect" to Mr Kim at the military event and allegedly talking back to him.
The claims were made by South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) to politicians in a closed-door parliamentary briefing.
It said hundreds of officials watched the execution in late April at a shooting range at the Kanggon Military Training Area, north of Pyongyang.
He was killed by a firing squad using anti-aircraft guns, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
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Poster Comment:
I wonder if they offered him a cigarette & a blindfold?