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src="/web/20150905204547im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2015/201506/20150605/20150605_kim_jong_un/2855228-1-eng-GB/20150605_kim_jong_un_main_image.jpg" width="280" alt=""/> </a> <p class="img-caption"> Former Defense Minister Hyon Yong Chol (right) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are seen together in Pyongyang in 2010. (Yonhap-Kyodo photo) </p> </div> <div class="feature-article"> <div class="sub-title">Kim's North Korea</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905204547/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kim-s-North-Korea/The-seeds-of-instability">The seeds of instability</a></h2> <p>TOKYO -- Speculation is growing that a power struggle over the North Korean leadership is intensifying within the secretive nation. South Korea's intelligence agency recently claimed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed one of his close ...</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-list "> <div class="article-box text-list"> <ul> <li> <div class="sub-title">Reign of terror</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905204547/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kim-s-North-Korea/North-Korean-execution-may-be-Kim-s-warning-to-military">North Korean execution may be Kim's warning to military</a></h3> <p>SEOUL -- The reported execution of the North Korean defense chief has spurred speculation among Pyongyang watchers that young, insecure leader Kim Jong Un is trying to quash military dissent through fear. Hyon Yong Chol reportedly was executed Ap...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Real or propaganda</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905204547/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Kim-s-North-Korea/North-Korea-says-it-has-tested-a-sub-launched-missile">North Korea says it has tested a sub-launched missile </a></h3> <p>SEOUL -- According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on Saturday, North Korea has successfully launched a ballistic missile from a submarine. 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