June 28, 2017

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Wednesday it would impose the death penalty on those involved in an assassination plot against its top leader Kim Jong Un.

Those involved in the assassination plot included former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, said a joint statement by the DPRK Ministry of State Security, the Ministry of People's Security and the Central Public Prosecutor's Office.

"We declare at home and abroad that we will impose the death penalty on traitor Park Geun-hye," said the statement, which was released as "the enemies' moves to stifle the DPRK at any cost have reached an extremely grave phase."

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