Not exactly "Man Bites Dog" but pretty horrifying...

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**SlaveToDorkness**

It seems the Beloved Leader is more insane that first thought.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/03/22156917-kim-jong-uns-executed-uncle-was-eaten-alive-by-120-hungry-dogs-report

BEIJING -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle was stripped naked, thrown into a cage, and eaten alive by a pack of ravenous dogs, according to a newspaper with close ties to China's ruling Communist Party.

The report could not be independently confirmed by NBC News on Friday.

The man who was believed to be in charge of training his young nephew to take over was executed as a traitor, indicating a shake-up in Kim Jong Un's regime. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.

Jang Song Thaek, who had been considered Kim's second-in-command, was executed last month after being found guilty of "attempting to overthrow the state," North Korea’s state-run news agency reported.

The official North Korean account on Dec. 12 did not specify how Jang was put to death.

Hong Kong-based pro-Beijing newspaper Wen Wei Po reported that Jang and his five closest aides were set upon by 120 hunting hounds which had been starved for five days.

Kim and his brother Kim Jong Chol supervised the one-hour ordeal along with 300 other officials, according to Wen Wei Po. The newspaper added that Jang and other aides were "completely eaten up."

The newspaper has acted as a mouthpiece for China's Communist Party. The report may be a sign of the struggle between those in the party who want to remain engaged with North Korea and those who would like to distance themselves from Kim's regime.

North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong Un The youngest son of Kim Jong Il succeeded his late father in 2011, becoming the third member of his family to rule the unpredictable and reclusive communist state.

Jang was seen by many experts as a regent behind North Korea's Kim dynasty and a key connection between the hermit nation and its ally China.

In the highly scripted execution, North Korea accused him of "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."

Kim's government also accused him of of corruption, womanizing, gambling and taking drugs, and referred to him as "despicable human scum."

Jang was married to Kim's aunt, Kim Kyong Hui, the younger sister of Kim Jong Il.

**motyak**

The poor puppies were starved? That's awful. Doing that for 5 days is barbaric (unless there is some medical reason to do it to save the dogs life or something I guess).

**Soladrin**

....I wonder how North Koreans taste.

**Easy E**

I thought he preferred execution by mortar?

**Avatar 720**

Soladrin wrote:
....I wonder how North Koreans taste.

Probably with their tastebuds.

**LordofHats**

There's a joke here about dogs, Koreans, and Korean food.

**Gentleman_Jellyfish**

It's a Dog Eat Song world out there.

**gossipmeng**

6 people are not nearly enough to feed 120 hounds... PETA get on this gak.

**AlmightyWalrus**

LordofHats wrote:
There's a joke here about dogs, Koreans, and Korean food.

In Soviet Korea, dogs eat people?

**tomball0706**

Oh boy, I thought my family could have it's arguements

**cincydooley**

Now that's an execution. None of this staying execution cause someone has a cold garbage we have in the States.

I guess it would pretty clearly violate the 8th amendment, though.

**AlmightyWalrus**

cincydooley wrote:
Now that's an execution. None of this staying execution cause someone has a cold garbage we have in the States.

I guess it would pretty clearly violate the 8th amendment, though.

Is that the "cruel and unusual punishment" thing? Because if it is, it wouldn't be unusual once used enough, and it's not cruel compared to cutting out someone's liver with a spoon!

**timetowaste85**

That's, um...pretty messed up. Not gonna lie. I don't even have a witty (or less than witty, depending how some of you view my posts) retort.

**gorgon**

Just perhaps this is only propaganda.

**Medium of Death**

The dogs were only starved for 5 days before they identified humans as meat? Oh my...

I wouldn't believe it, but if it's coming out of Beijing why would they fabricate such a horrific story about a country they are tied with...

**gianlucafiorentini123**

It took an hour?

**Kilkrazy**

If this is true, how can they top it for the next one they need to top?

Eaten alive by kittens?

Automatically Appended Next Post:
I've got it!

Consumed by lampreys, a traditional Roman execution.

**Medium of Death**

I'm thinking they'll just start implementing parts of 1984 into their actual political doctrine. It's close enough to "Big Brother's" society already. Especially since they got the uncle to admit to all his fantastic crimes.

**Kilkrazy**

That has already been covered in literature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang_(comics)

**Manchu**

The least believable part of the story is that dogs in North Korea had only gone five days without eating.

**purplefood**

Manchu wrote:
The least believable part of the story is that dogs in North Korea had only gone five days without being eaten.

Much better.

**Kilkrazy**

Mind you, they feed mafia bosses to pigs in Italy, so us Europeans can't stand on any moral superiority.

**Frazzled**

Meh, NK achieved the summit of execution excellence with the "stand on this X and get a mortar round enema" maneuver. This just screams pedestrian to me, and frankly a letdown.

**d-usa**

Frazzled wrote:
Meh, NK achieved the summit of execution excellence with the "stand on this X and get a mortar round enema" maneuver. This just screams pedestrian to me, and frankly a letdown.

I'm waiting on the "hey, get down in this tunnel with this nuclear device we are testing" execution.

**Frazzled**

Well there you go. That would top it, or strapping them to a missile being test fired. Not like it would hit right anyway...

**Overread**

Medium of Death wrote:
The dogs were only starved for 5 days before they identified humans as meat? Oh my...

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It's likely that the dogs were already being trained to consider humans as a food source as well as to attack/hunt them on command. The starving for 5 days was likely used to ensure that the dogs would both be more aggressive than normal and also more likely to eat a large amount as opposed to just nibbling a few bits. Such makes for a more effective display than the dogs being well fed and thus whilst still likely to attack on command; less likely to eat the remains (whilst dogs will gorge on food when its present they have limits on how much they can eat).

**Manchu**

purplefood wrote:
Manchu wrote:
The least believable part of the story is that dogs in North Korea had only gone five days without being eaten.
Much better.

LOL, I meant to say "having eaten" but I suppose "being eaten" works along the same lines with the double value of getting the gaegogi angle in, too.

**Medium of Death**

Kilkrazy wrote:
That has already been covered in literature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang_(comics)

This intrigues me and it's very cheap on amazon!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pyongyang-A-Journey-North-Korea/dp/0224079905

**Manchu**

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/03/no-kim-jong-un-probably-didnt-feed-his-uncle-to-120-hungry-dogs/

**Kilkrazy**

Medium of Death wrote:
Kilkrazy wrote:
That has already been covered in literature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang_(comics)

This intrigues me and it's very cheap on amazon!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pyongyang-A-Journey-North-Korea/dp/0224079905

It's really good. You should read it.

Nothing To Envy gives a more journalistic view of life in North Korea.

http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Envy-Ordinary-Lives-North/dp/0385523912