Kim Jong Un Labels Senior Military Official's Corruption as 'Political Crime'

Kim Jong Un described the corruption of a senior military official as a political crime during a joint meeting of the Workers' Party and the army in Pyongyang.

• Kim spoke at a joint meeting of the ruling Workers' Party and the military in Pyongyang on Friday.
• The meeting reviewed the corruption case of Pak Hee Chol, former deputy director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army.
• The party expelled Pak from its central leadership and referred him to authorities after he allegedly received large bribes and lived a dissolute life, according to KCNA.
• Kim said the corruption was a political crime against the party's discipline-building approach and an intentional act of embezzlement and plunder.