Kim Jong Un Executes Uncle, Nation's Defacto No. 2 Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email People watch television news showing Jang Song-thaek in court before his excution on December 12, 2013, at the rail station in Seoul on December 13, 2013. ( WOOHAE CHO/AFP / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC