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North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un executes defence chief for 'showing disrespect' by falling asleep at military event

North Korea:  North Korea's defence chief has been brutally executed because he fell asleep at a military event, intelligence officials have confirmed.

The dictatorship's defence minister Hyon Yong Chol was accused of showing 'disrespect' to the evil regime's leader Kim Jong-Un, and was charged with treason.

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