Senior North Korean Defector Dies

[Valin]

NY Times:

MARK McDONALD
October 10, 2010

SEOUL, South Korea — The most senior member of the North Korean government to defect to South Korea was found dead at his home in Seoul on Sunday morning, local news media reported, citing police officials.

The defector, Hwang Jang-yop, 87, was the North’s former chief ideologue and a mentor to the current leader, Kim Jong-il. His death came on the same day that the North held a massive military parade in the capital, Pyongyang. The parade, attended by Mr. Kim and his youngest son and heir apparent, Kim Jong-un, marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party, which Mr. Hwang had helped to establish.

Mr. Hwang, who defected in 1997, was a bitter and outspoken critic of the North Korean government, and he said he was the target of several assassination plots by the North over the years.

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I wonder who could have done this?

[ErnstBlofeld]

It was not a natural death.