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People calm in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People wearing winter coats wait for a street car in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Dec. 11, 2013. North Korea announced the purge of Jang Song Thaek, uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Dec. 9.

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People calm in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Workers remove snow on a road in front of a large signboard lauding North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Dec. 11, 2013. North Korea announced the purge of Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of Kim, on Dec. 9.

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People calm in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People go by bicycle on a bridge in Pyongyang on Dec. 11, 2013, as the North Korean capital is covered with light snow. North Korea announced the purge of Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Dec. 9.

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Asama Lodge incident

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a site in the then village of Kurabuchi, now part of Takasaki, in Gunma Prefecture, on March 12, 1972. The bodies of four of the 14 people killed in a purge of United Red Army radicals were found buried at the site. Five radicals who survived the purge committed the Asama Lodge hostage taking later in the month.

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yuriko Koike smiles as she leaves her office after speaking at a press conference on Aug. 10. Koike said she will run in the upcoming general election as a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in a Tokyo constituency in which she will fight an LDP colleague who voted against key postal privatization bills.

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe speaks with journalists after meeting Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Aug. 10.

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks with journalists at his office on Aug. 10. The premier referred to the key Nikkei stock index's jump to its highest close since late April 2004 and said, ''It's an indication of views that the reform is advancing, this reform should not halt, this election rather promotes the reform, the economy has moved out of its pause and that it is heading for an economic recovery.''

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Ppostal privatization minister Heizo Takenaka speaks with reporters at the prime minister's office on Aug. 10. Takenaka dismissed a newspaper report that he would pit himself in the Sept. 11 general election against Shizuka Kamei, a former chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council who is staunchly opposed to Koizumi's postal privatization bills.

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yuriko Koike meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 10. She expressed readiness to run in the Tokyo constituency of a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who opposed key postal privatization bills in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election.

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Fujimori denies massacre charges, still covets presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori speaks during an exclusive interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 9. He issued a further denial of involvement in the disappearances and massacres that marked his rule from 1990 to 2000, and expressed his intention to run again for the presidency in 2006. ''I want to explore political solutions,'' Fujimori, 65, said, referring to the Peruvian parliament's move to purge him from public life.

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Fujimori denies massacre charges, still covets presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori speaks during an exclusive interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 9. He issued a further denial of involvement in the disappearances and massacres that marked his rule from 1990 to 2000, and expressed his intention to run again for the presidency in 2006. ''I want to explore political solutions,'' Fujimori, 65, said, referring to the Peruvian parliament's move to purge him from public life. (Kyodo)

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Survivor of Indonesia's 1965 purge gives interview

Bisri, a former political prisoner in Indonesia's 1965 anticommunist purge, recalls in an interview in Jakarta in August 2015 the torture and forced labor he endured. He was a member of a Communist-related farmers' group at the time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks with journalists at his office on Aug. 10. The premier referred to the key Nikkei stock index's jump to its highest close since late April 2004 and said, ''It's an indication of views that the reform is advancing, this reform should not halt, this election rather promotes the reform, the economy has moved out of its pause and that it is heading for an economic recovery.'' (Kyodo)

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe speaks with journalists after meeting Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Aug. 10. (Kyodo)

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Ppostal privatization minister Heizo Takenaka speaks with reporters at the prime minister's office on Aug. 10. Takenaka dismissed a newspaper report that he would pit himself in the Sept. 11 general election against Shizuka Kamei, a former chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council who is staunchly opposed to Koizumi's postal privatization bills. (Kyodo)

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yuriko Koike smiles as she leaves her office after speaking at a press conference on Aug. 10. Koike said she will run in the upcoming general election as a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in a Tokyo constituency in which she will fight an LDP colleague who voted against key postal privatization bills. (Kyodo)

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LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yuriko Koike meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 10. She expressed readiness to run in the Tokyo constituency of a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who opposed key postal privatization bills in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election. (Kyodo)

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Asama Lodge incident

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a site in the then village of Kurabuchi, now part of Takasaki, in Gunma Prefecture, on March 12, 1972. The bodies of four of the 14 people killed in a purge of United Red Army radicals were found buried at the site. Five radicals who survived the purge committed the Asama Lodge hostage taking later in the month. (Kyodo)