North Korean Leader, Kim Jong Un Executes His Own Uncle'Was Dragged From Military Court And Shot.

North Korea says it has executed Kim Jong Un's uncle, calling the leader's former mentor a traitor who tried to seize power and overthrow the state.The stunning announcement came days after Jang Song Thaek - long considered the country's second in command - was removed from all his posts because of a long list of allegations, including corruption, drug use, gambling and womanising.

In an unusually detailed announcement, the official news agency KCNA said Jang had been tried for "such hideous crime as attempting to overthrow the state by all sorts of intrigues and despicable methods with a wild ambition to grab the supreme power of our party and state".

It called him a "traitor to the nation for all ages" and "worse than a dog".

Just days ago, North Korea accused Jang of corruption, womanizing, gambling and taking drugs, and said he'd been 'eliminated' from all his posts.
But Friday's allegations, which couldn't be independently confirmed, were linked to a claim that he tried 'to overthrow the state by all sorts of intrigues and despicable methods with a wild ambition to grab the supreme power of our party and state.