North Korea threatens to kill South Korea’s ex-president Park

The Korean Central News Agency said Park Geun-Hye had “pushed forward” a supposed plan by Seoul’s intelligence services to eliminate the North’s leadership.

North Korea threatened on Wednesday to “impose the death penalty” on South Korea’s former president Park Geun-Hye over an alleged plot to assassinate its leader Kim Jong-Un.

South Korea's ousted leader Park Geun-hye arrives at the Seoul Central District Court for her trial over a corruption scandal. (REUTERS Photo)

Park had “pushed forward” a supposed plan by Seoul’s intelligence services to eliminate the North’s leadership, Pyongyang’s security ministry and prosecutors said in a statement carried by its official Korean Central News Agency.

“We declare at home and abroad that we will impose death penalty on traitor Park Geun Hye,” it said.