SEOUL: North Korea´s education minister has been executed, South Korea said Wednesday, following reports of high-profile executions in Pyongyang.
"Education minister Kim Yong-Jin was executed," Seoul´s unification ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-Hee said during a regular press briefing.
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