North Korea's Kim Boasts of Unity Following Leadership Purge

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used his New Year's address to boast of strengthened unity in Pyongyang following a shocking senior leadership purge. Kim said during his speech that last month's execution of Jang Song Thaek, his uncle and second in command, was necessary to rid factionalism from the ruling Worker's Party. "Our party took firm measures to get rid of a faction of sewage that permeated the party. Our unity strengthened a hundredfold and party and...

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