The BBC has not been able to verify the claims. North Korea rarely confirms the South's reports of executions.

North Korea vice-premier Choe Yong-gon 'executed'

By News on the Net BBC News——Bio and Archives--August 12, 2015

South Korea's government says it is monitoring reports that North Korea's vice-premier Choe Yong-gon was killed in May on the orders of Kim Jong-un.

Mr Choe was executed after he "expressed discomfort against the young leader's forestation policy", South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports. Close to 70 officials have been killed under Kim Jong-un's rule, Yonhap says. More...

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