Month long rumors that Jang Song Thaek had been executed by “120 hounds” inexplicably re-emerged Friday after a December 24 dated Straits Times article was re-reported dozens of times by mainstream media outlets. Jang Song Thaek Eaten By Dog Story Likely Came From Satire Reuters In this Dec. 16, 2012 photo, North Korea's Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, left, and then Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission Jang Song Thaek, right, attend a national memorial service on the eve of the first anniversary of the death of late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea. SEOUL, South Korea — In late 2013, Jang Song-thaek, an uncle of Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, was taken to the Gang Gun Military Academy in a … North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un executed his powerful uncle by stripping him naked then feeding him to 120 starved dogs, according to media reports. The report, which quoted the Hong Kong based independent newspaper the Wen Wei Po, suddenly reappeared ten days after the Singapore daily published and some 24 days […] Don't panic; a discussion will now take place over on Commons about whether to remove the file.This gives you an opportunity to contest the deletion, although please review Commons guidelines before doing so. Jang Song Thaek … Jang Song-Thaek, once the North’s unofficial number two and Kim’s political mentor, was put to death on December 12 on an array of charges including treason and corruption. An image used in this article, File:Jang Song-thaek.jpg, has been nominated for deletion at Wikimedia Commons in the following category: Deletion requests January 2012 What should I do?