North Korean Diplomat Ho Ung Executed for 'Poor Performance' 6.23K Max Read 07/21/10 01:18AM Filed to: you're fired you're fired North Korea South Korea executions Diplomacy Gettypic A North Korean diplomat named Ho Ung was executed by firing squad "after the North Korean government found his talks among the Korean nations to be a failure." Talk about getting fired! No, but seriously, someone died. [NYDN]