“Kim Hyok Chol, who led working-level negotiations for the February summit in Hanoi, was executed by firing squad after being charged with espionage after allegedly being co-opted by the U.S., the newspaper said Friday, citing an unidentified source. The move was part of an internal purge Kim undertook after the summit broke down without any deal, it said.” Bloomberg: North Korea Executed Envoy Over Trump-Kim Summit.

+ BBC: North Korea execution reports – why we should be cautious. (We should be cautious about this report. We should be even more cautious about those who laud a murderous dictator like Kim Jong Un.)