14 DAY TRIAL // After the story that Kim Jong-Un had his uncle killed by starving dogs made it all over the headlines, making people from all over the world accuse North Korea's dictator of incredible horrors against his own family, the story now turns out to be a hoax.
In a previous article, we wrote about the horrible way in which Korea's second most important official, Jang was rumored to have his life ended. According to the official story, Kim's uncle was stripped of his clothes and thrown alive into a cage with 12 3-days-starving dogs that fed on him and 5 of his closest associates in less than one hour.
North Korean dictator Kim Jon-Un sentenced his uncle, the second most important person in the state, to death after a dispute on the subject of clam and crab fishing industries. At the time, it was believed that Jang Song-Thaek was sentenced to death by a shot to the head, but in a few days the whole story changed stating that the man was actually devoured by hungry animals.
Now, the whole execution-by-dogs story is believed to be a hoax that started from a bad-humored Twitter joke. Trevor Powell, a software engineer and blogger from Taiwan stated that all of the noise created around the dog execution started because of a Chinese tweet of a satirist known for his dark humor, called Pyonhyang Choi Seongho.
The tweet stated all of the important details that were shared in the media as the official story, starting with the execution-by-dogs method, the 120 animals starved for days, the duration of the process and the 300 officials watching it all happen. After that tweet, the story ended up in a Chinese pro-government news site that quoted it word-by-word, notes Gawker.
From there, the story made its way all over international media trusts that turned it into the week's news. Until now, no official statements have been made and Powell focuses on the fact that languages are always a barrier as it can distort things. It is still unclear if that particular tweet was true or not, but people tend to believe it was a hoax, taking into consideration the satirical reputation of the writer.