North Korean vice premier allegedly executed for disagreeing with Kim Jong

Choe was last seen in public in December and had been in the job for just under a year.

The agency quoted an anonymous source but if his execution is confirmed, it would be the second since the beginning of the year.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has praised the “guerrilla-style” tactics of the women’s national football team after their victory in the East Asian Cup.

Mr Choe was executed by firing squad in May after he “expressed discomfort against the young leader’s forestation policy”, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.

Choe had worked on inter-Korean affairs in 2000s, leading the North’s delegation in joint economic cooperation committees with South Korea between 2003 and 2005.

Mr Choe was executed by firing squad in May after he “expressed discomfort against the young leader’s forestation policy”, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.