[30] Executions are allegedly used as a means of deterrence, often accompanied by torture. 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The method of execution was reportedly by short-range mortar firing squad. Gordon G. Chang Updated Jul. In April this year, he is said to have four officials from the country's foreign ministry killed by a firing squad in Pyongyang after Kim's talks with Trump's in Vietnam broke off without a deal. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. [5][23] Good Friends also reported that six were killed in the rush as spectators left. Public execution, and execution in general, used to be pretty popular back in the day. [21] As of 2012[update], North Korea is allegedly one of four countries carrying out executions in public, the other three being Iran, Saudi Arabia and Somalia. O Sang Hon, a deputy minister at the Ministry of Public Security was said to have been executed because he had followed Jang Song Thaek's instructions to turn the ministry into a personal security division to help safeguard his business dealings. The second source said the public execution was in line with North Koreanâs typical methods of making an example of someone to scare its people into compliance. [4] The Foreign Policy periodical estimated there were 60 executions in 2010. 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