Purged? Not purged. Leading North Korean official re-emerges in public. The Washington Post
In this June 2, 2019, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center right, and his wife Ri Sol Ju, center left, clap hands in a musical performance.The Associated Press The reemergence of Kim Yong Chol, a powerful, hard line former spy chief who had been Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s counterpart in talks with the United States, underlines how opaque the North Korean regime remains to the outside world. It’s also a reminder of how little we really know about how Kim Jong Un reacted to the breakdown of his recent summit meeting with President Trump….