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Josh Luckhurst

Kim Jong-un 'scrubs' actor from TV over ties to uncle he executed for 'clapping wrong'

North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un has digitally removed a disgraced actor from a 1990s series as reruns are aired on state TV.

The actor at the centre of the controversial removal is North Korean actor Choe Ung Chol, who starred in Taehongdang Party Secretary between 1998 and 2000.

It is reported that the Pyongyang regime has a particular dislike towards Choe due to his alleged womanising as well as his friendship with Kim Jong-un's uncle Jang Song Thaek, whom he had executed in 2013.

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