The mass-circulation JoongAng Ilbo, quoting an anonymous source familiar with North Korean affairs, said that Kung Sok-Ung had been removed from his post and expelled from Pyongyang to a rural farming area with his family.
Ziemeļkorejas ārlietu ministra vietnieks Kuns Sokuns ticis atbrīvots no amata un kopā ar ģimeni izraidīts no galvaspilsētas Phenjanas uz laukiem, ziņo laikraksts "JoongAng Ilbo", atsaucoties uz informācijas avotu, kas pazīstams ar situāciju.