Kim Jong Un kills 70 official since 2011

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has executed 70 officials since taking power in late 2011 in a “reign of terror” which far exceeds the bloodshed of his dictator father’s early rule, South Korean officials said.

South Korean foreign minister Yun Byung-se, at a forum in Seoul, compared Kim Jong Un’s 70 executions with those of his late father, Kim Jong Il, who, he said, executed about 10 people during his first years in power.

An official from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service confirmed that the spy agency believes the younger Kim has executed about 70 officials but would not reveal how it obtained the information.