Kim Jong Un not impressed that baby turtles died at breeding farm, so he had the manager executed: Reports
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First posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 02:07 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 02:25 PM EDT
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance to the Taedonggang Terrapin Farm in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on May 19, 2015. (REUTERS/KCNA)
The boss of a state aquarium in North Korea tried to explain that the country's frequent power outages and poor food supplies caused the deaths of several baby turtles, but Kim Jong Un reportedly had none of it.
The tyrant had the man taken outside and executed for his alleged failures, according to a South Korean news site.
Jong Un's visit to the turtle farm -- where the animals are raised for their meat -- made headlines in May because he tore a strip off staff.
State media -- usually full of smiling pictures of the dictator -- published photos of him wagging his finger as he chastised workers for the condition of the breeding tanks.
This week, the DailyNK, a South Korean news site that monitors North Korea, reported Jong Un considered the aquarium chief's excuses "nonsensical complaints."
"The manager was shot and killed," the site reported, citing a source from North Korea's capital.
