NEWSLINE AT NOON 12:00 North Korean state media confirms Jang Song-thaek's dismissal from all posts

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NEWSLINE AT NOON 12:00

(THIS IS THE TRANSCRIPT FOR ARIRANG NEWS THAT AIRED ON 09 Dec 2013- 12:00 KST.)

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Coming up on this Monday edition of Newsline at Noon, North Korea confirms the ousting of the once powerful uncle of its leader Kim Jong-un from all his posts, accusing Jang Song-thaek of committing "criminal acts" against the state.

South Korea announces an expanded air defense zone, overlapping China's recently extended airspace that covers a rock controlled by Korea.

Plus, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says she will dissolve parliament and call for swift elections, after opposition lawmakers quit to back their demand for her resignation. These stories and more on Newsline at Noon.

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Title: North Korean state media confirms Jang Song-thaek's dismissal from all posts

North Korea has confirmed the ousting of Jang Song-thaek, the once-powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
The announcement, which accused Jang of living a depraved life of corruption, womanizing and drug-taking, came six days after South Korea's spy agency reported news of the purge.
Park Ji-won reports.
North Korea's Central News Agency reported early Monday that Jang Song-thaek has been dismissed from every post and expelled from the Workers' Party.
The agency's dispatch said the decision was adopted at a Workers' Party politburo on Sunday.
It accused Jang of committing a string of anti-state acts, such as corruption, gambling and drug-taking, that immensely harmed national unity and solidarity.
The official announcement comes six days after South Korea's spy agency reported the alleged purge of North Korea's second-most powerful figure to the National Assembly last Tuesday.
South Korea's intelligence agency also said last week, that Jang's two aides Ri Yong-ha and Jang Su-kil were believed to have been publicly executed in late November.
With the expulsion, South Korean experts say, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's grip on power has tightened.
Jang Song-thaek was born 1946, and married late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's sister Kim Kyong-hui in 1972.
The couple is known to have been separated for years.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News.