Top leader and allies in high-level North Korea execution as internal crackdown that baffles world

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North Korea execution: The nation is sliding into chaos. Or it’s more stable than ever

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A South Korean activist stabs a pocket knife on a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an anti-North Korea rally near the national assembly in Seoul on March 22, 2013. Kim-watchers debate whether the country is on the verge of collapse

China loses N. Korea link but may welcome Kim purge: analysts

AFP – China has lost its key North Korean interlocutor with the purging of Kim Jong-Un’s uncle, but analysts say the young leader’s tightening grip on power may be welcomed by Beijing, which prizes stability in its wayward nuclear-armed ally. Jang Song-Thaek caught in a rare public purge herald real change in North Korea? North Korea has executed its young leader’s powerful uncle for allegedly plotting treason. An expert weighs in on what that means for the secretive state’s foreign relations and struggling economy.