North Korea’s formerly powerful number two, the ill-fated Jang Song Thaek, was very publicly and brutally executed, along with key aides — either as part of leader Kim Jong Un’s plan to consolidate his unrivalled power; as retaliation for fomenting a military coup against the boy leader; or as punishment for simply “not clapping with sufficient enthusiasm” (as mentioned in the litany of charges against him).
朝鮮曾經(jīng)的二號(hào)人物、結(jié)局不佳的張成澤(Jang Song-Taek)及其一些重要助手被公開而無情地處決,這或者是金正恩(Kim Jong-un)鞏固其無可匹敵權(quán)力的計(jì)劃的一部分,或者是對(duì)張成澤企圖煽動(dòng)軍事政變、推翻年輕領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的報(bào)復(fù),或者是對(duì)其“勉強(qiáng)拍手應(yīng)付”的懲罰(官方在對(duì)張成澤的冗長指控中提到了這一點(diǎn))。