Kim Yong-jin (politician)
Kim Yong-jin was a senior North Korean official. Kim served as North Korea’s education minister, and in 2012 was made a vice-premier.Execution
In August 2016, it was reported that he had been executed by firing squad for allegedly displaying a bad attitude at a national meeting and failing to stand upright. Kim was subsequently branded an "anti-party and a counter-revolutionary member" by North Korea’s State Security. The information was confirmed by South Korea's Unification Ministry spokesman, Jeong Joon Hee.
