Jang Song-Thaek is escorted into court on Dec. 12, 2013.
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A still image from North Korea’s state-run KRT on Dec. 9, 2013, shows Jang Song-Thaek being forcibly removed from a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Monday.
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A still image taken from North Korea’s state-run KRT television footage and released by Yonhap December 9, 2013, shows Jang Song Thaek being forcibly removed by uniformed personnel from a…
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This handout shows before (left) and after (right) screen grabs from the documentary “The Great Comrade,” which was rebroadcast on North Korean state TV on Dec. 7. Song-Thaek was edited out of footage.
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This handout released on December 9, 2013 from South Korea’s Ministry of Unification shows before and after photos of still grabs taken from the documentary “The Great Comrade”, re-broadcast on…
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This handout released on December 9, 2013 from South Korea’s Ministry of Unification shows before and after photos of still grabs taken from the documentary “The Great Comrade”, re-broadcast on…
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This handout released on December 9, 2013 from South Korea’s Ministry of Unification shows before and after photos of still grabs taken from the documentary “The Great Comrade”, re-broadcast on…
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This handout released on December 9, 2013 from South Korea’s Ministry of Unification shows before and after photos of still grabs taken from the documentary “The Great Comrade”, re-broadcast on…
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This picture taken by North Korean’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 8, 2013 and released on December 9 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) attending the…
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