30th anniv. of death of writer Katsuno commemorated

30th anniv. of death of writer Katsuno commemorated

MOSCOW, Russia - Akiko Inada, daughter of writer and victim of Stalin's purges Kinmasa Katsuno, talks about her late father in Moscow on April 29, 2014. An exhibition to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Katsuno's death has opened in Moscow.

N. Korea purges leader's uncle

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."

N. Korea purges leader's uncle

N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek (2nd from R), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, holding a meeting with Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki (far L), and Kenshiro Matsunami (far R), a former Japanese lawmaker, in Pyongyang on Nov. 6, 2013. North Korea said Dec. 9 that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

N. Korea purges leader's uncle

N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, leaving a national memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2012, to mark the first anniversary on Dec. 17 of the death of Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

N. Korea purges leader's uncle

N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, attending a national memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2012, to mark the first anniversary on Dec. 17 of the death of Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

N. Korea purges leader's uncle

N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on July 25, 2013, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (far L) and Jang Song Thaek (2nd from L), Kim's uncle and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, walking in a cemetery in Pyongyang for soldiers who died during the Korean War. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

N. Korea purges leader's uncle

N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

N. Korea purges defense chief for treason, S. Korea says

N. Korea purges defense chief for treason, S. Korea says

File photo taken in December, 2012, shows Gen. Hyon Yong Chol (R) attending a memorial meeting in North Korea's capital Pyongyang. South Korea's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers on May 13, 2015, that North Korea has purged Hyon for treason. Jang Sun Taek, supreme leader Kim Jong Un's uncle who was executed in December 2013, is seen at left. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea purges defense chief for treason, S. Korea says

N. Korea purges defense chief for treason, S. Korea says

File photo taken in December, 2012, shows Gen. Hyon Yong Chol (R) attending a memorial meeting in North Korea's capital Pyongyang. South Korea's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers on May 13, 2015, that North Korea has purged Hyon for treason. Jang Sun Taek, supreme leader Kim Jong Un's uncle who was executed in December 2013, is seen at left. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo