North Korea scrubs navy commander from photos in sign of widening warship purge

North Korea edits images to remove ex-naval commander after warship accident

North Korea appears to have edited recent state media images to remove a top naval commander after last month's failed launch of a new warship, NK News has reported. In state media footage aired Friday on the relaunch ceremony of the 5,000-ton Kang Kon destroyer, Kim Myong-sik, the North's former chief navy commander, was notably absent from images showing leader Kim Jong-un's earlier inspection of the warship's construction. Hong Kil-ho, manage…

N. Korea edits images to remove ex-naval commander after warship accident

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to have edited recent state media images to...

North Korea scrubs navy commander from photos in sign of widening warship purge

North Korea has deleted the country’s top navy commander and the manager of the shipyard where a warship launch disaster occurred from images in state media, according to NK News analysis, suggesting purges related to the failed launch have been wider than previously reported. During coverage Friday afternoon of the destroyer’s relaunch ceremony, Korean Central […]