Kim Jong-Un has ordered 340 executions in five years since seizing power - with almost half being senior officials from his own government, a report has claimed, Daily Mail reported.
The North Korean dictator has used capital punishment to consolidate his position, according to the Institute for National Security Strategy, a South Korean think tank.
Of the 340 people he has put to death since 2011, 140 of them are said to have been senior government officials, the group claimed in a report called 'The misgoverning of Kim Jong Un's five years in power'.
Fresh reports on Monday had also stated that the North Korean leader has asked the Christians in his country to forget Jesus Christ and commemorate his grandmother instead.