A Dozen Musicians in N. Korea Executed ...

... with a machine gun,
on seemingly trumped up charges.
Members of other NK pop groups forced to watch the
execution. One victim was a former fling of Kim Jong's.
His present wife used to be in the same band, herself,
ushering in further speculation as to the true motivation.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ng-uns-ex-lover-executed-by-firing-squad.html

And here I was considering what happened to
P*ssy Riot bad. Makes Russia seem saintly by
comparison.

Hyon, a singer with the Unhasu Orchestra, was among those arrested on August 17 for violating domestic laws on pornography.
All 12 were machine-gunned three days later, with other members of North Korea's most famous pop groups and their immediate families forced to watch.

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robjvargas said:

Does this tie in with the rumor about Kim Jong Un's ex-lover?

I seem to recall that she was supposed to be a musician or singer.

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... is there another thread on this in PC&E?
Am restricted from that forum.
Plz delete this one if the topic has already been covered there.
Apologies.

... definitely a singer.
That much is sure.

Hyon's band was responsible for a string of patriotic hits in North Korea, including "Footsteps of Soldiers," "I Love Pyongyang," "She is a Discharged Soldier" and "We are Troops of the Party." Her popularity reportedly peaked in 2005 with the song "Excellent Horse-Like Lady."

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Whether they were linked isn't:

Hyon Song-wol, a singer, rumoured to be a former lover of the North Korean leader

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The Fox article is nearly identical to the Telegraph one.
Kind of an abridgement. Maybe both came from the same source.