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North Korea powerbroker 'dismissed' A powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been removed from his post, South Korean media reports say. Citing South Korea's intelligence agency, they say Chang Song-thaek, 67, lost his position as vice-chairman of the North's top military body. Two close aides were also executed for corruption, according to the reports. If confirmed, Mr Chang's removal would be the biggest upheaval in North Korea's leadership since Mr Kim succeeded his father, analysts say. Kim Jong-un took over after Kim Jong-il died in 2011. The latest reports emerged from an intelligence briefing given to South Korean lawmakers. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) made the assessment based on information provided by multiple sources, the South's Yonhap news agency said. It also quoted the intelligence service as saying two of Mr Chang's closest associates had been executed in public in late November. 'Power behind Kim' The BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul says the reports are difficult to verify, and South Korea's spy agency has been proven wrong before. But if true, the development would mark a significant shift, she adds. Mr Chang is married to Kim Jong-il's sister. He has often been pictured beside the elder Kim's son Kim Jong-un and was seen by some observers as the power behind him. Mr Chang climbed through the ranks of the secretive leadership of North Korea's Korean Workers' Party (KWP) in the 1970s. In 1992, he was elected to the party's Central Committee. But, despite his senior status, he has been targeted by purges in the past. In 2004, despite his place in the Kim family, he disappeared from public view. One report at the time, citing South Korean intelligence, said Mr Chang had been placed under house arrest. Others suggested he had been sent for "re-education". However, two years later he appeared to have been reinstated. He was regarded as an economic reformer and a major influence on Kim Jong-un. He held key positions in both the KWP and the National Defence Commission. Apart from chronic economic problem, North Korea is involved in a protracted stand-off with its neighbours and Western powers over its nuclear weapons programme. Tensions between the two Koreas rose after the North's third nuclear test in February. Angered by expanded UN sanctions and annual US-South Korea military drills, Pyongyang threatened attacks on Japanese, South Korean and US military targets in the region.
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उत्तर कोरियाका प्रभावशाली अधिकारी ‘निष्कासित’ उत्तर कोरियाका नेता किम जोङ् उनका एक प्रभावशाली मामालाई पदमुक्त गरिएको दक्षिण कोरियाका सन्चार माध्यमहरूले जनाएका छन्। दक्षिण कोरियाका गुप्तचर निकायहरूलाई उद्धृत गर्दै ती सन्चार माध्यमहरूले ६७ वर्षीय चाङ् सोङ् थाएकले उत्तर कोरियाको उच्च सैन्य निकायको उपाध्यक्ष पद गुमाएका जनाएका छन्। समाचारहरुमा जनाइए अनुसार चाङ्का दुई निकटवर्ती सहयोगीहरूलाई भ्रष्टाचारको मुद्धामा मृत्यूदण्ड दिइएको छ। यदि ती समाचाहरूको पुष्टी भए, किमले सत्ता सम्हाले यता उत्तर कोरियाको नेतृत्वमा यो सबैभन्दा ठूलो उथलपुथल हुनेछ। सन् २०११ मा किम जोङ् इलको मृत्यू भएपछि, उनका छोरा किम जोङ उन सो देशका नयाँ नेता बनेका थिए। दक्षिण कोरियाको योन्हाप समाचार संस्थाले जनाए अनुसार सो देशको गुप्तचर निकायले विभिन्न स्रोतहरूले दिएका जानकारीका आधारमा त्यस्तो निष्कर्ष निकालेको हो। गलत साबित सौलस्थित बीबीबीसीका संवाददाता लूसी विलियमसन भन्छिन्, ती समाचारको पुष्टी गर्न गाह्रो छ र दक्षिण कोरियाका गुप्तचर निकायहरू यसअघि गलत साबित भएका छन्। तर यदी सो कुरा सत्य भए त्यसले महत्वपूर्ण परिवर्तन ल्याउन सक्ने उनी बताउँछिन्। किम जोङ उनकी बहिनीसित बिहे गरेका चाङ्लाई गद्धीपछाडिका शक्तिका रूपमा केही पर्यवेक्षकले हेर्थे। सन् १९७० को दशकमा उत्तर कोरियाको सत्ताधारी दल कोरियाली मजदूर दलमा प्रवेश गरी उनले लामो यात्रा पार गरेर सो ठाउँसम्म पुगेका थिए। उनी सन् १९९२ मा केन्द्रीय समितिमा निर्वाचित भएका थिए। तर सन् २००४ मा उनी एकाएक सार्वजनिक हुन छाडेका थिए। दक्षिण कोरियाका गुप्तचर निकायहरूलाई उद्धृत गरिएको त्यसबेलाको एक समाचार अनुसार, उनलाई नजरबन्दमा राखिएको थियो। तर दुई वर्षपछि उनलाई पुनर्स्थापना गरिएको देखिएको थियो। उनलाई आर्थिक सुधारवादी र किम जोङ् उनलाई निकै प्रभावमा पार्न सक्ने मानिसका रूपमा हेरिन्थ्यो।