North Korea is a place where whispers of negativity about the leadership can get one thrown into a gulag for life. Even so, the brutal and swift execution last week of Jang Song-taek, the uncle of leader Kim Jong-un, was unusual. Prior to this very public event, every analyst of this opaque country believed Jang would continue interminably as the senior regent and the second most powerful man in North Korea supporting the young Kim. Boy, were they wrong.
在朝鮮，即便是私下談論領導層的負面消息，也可能會被投入勞改營，在里面待上一輩子。但上周金正恩(Kim Jong-un)姑父張成澤(Jang Song-Taek)迅速遭到無情處決一事卻是個特例。在這起公開程度頗高的事件發生之前，每一位關注這個不透明國家的分析人士都相信，張成澤會一直作為朝鮮的二號人物和“攝政王”，輔佐年輕的金正恩。伙計，這些人全錯了。
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