According to Diplomat, Ma was executed in November 2014 alongside five
other high level officials during one of Kim’s purges “for corrupt practices and failure
to follow orders”.
The news of this execution came after Northern Korean Leader Kim Jong Un
and his wife was pictured touring the new International Pyongyang Airport.
According to reports, Kim didn’t like the architectural design, which led to
eliminating the architect.
The Airport which happens to the country’s latest bid which also centered
on tourism since Kim came to power in North Korea three years ago, features a jewellery
store, coffee bar, a pharmacy, a chocolate fountain and other luxuries.
Ma Won Chun was North Korea’s director of the Designing Department of
the National Defense Commission. His execution was noticeable due to his
absence from press photos.
His death
coincided with a report explaining that airport renovations were being
suspended because of Kim’s dissatisfaction. Defects were manifested in the last
phase of the construction of the Terminal 2 because the designers failed to
bear in mind the party’s idea of architectural beauty that is the life and soul
and core in architecture to preserve the character and national identity.”
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