N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, saluting as he walks beside a hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, is also present. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after leader Kim Jong Un, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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