article_snippet.sent: CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is continuing to rule with an iron fist, having ordered the execution of about 15 senior officials so far this year, according to an assessment by South Korean intelligence agents, a lawmaker who attended a closed briefing said.
article_snippet.sent: Shin Kyung-min, a lawmaker with the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, told a handful of reporters that CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had been given the information by the South Korean National Intelligence Service.
article_snippet.sent: The nature of the intelligence supporting the South Korean National Intelligence Service allegations was also not immediately clear.
article_snippet.sent: North Korea is one of the most closed societies in the world.
article_snippet.sent: According to Shin, intelligence officials say Kim is ruling in an impromptu manner and does not countenance excuses or any views at variance with Kim own.
article_snippet.sent: Kim considers those a challenge to Kim authority, the intelligence officials said, according to Shin.
article_snippet.sent: North Korean defectors share North Korean defectors ordeals .
article_snippet.sent: Kim became North Korea's Supreme Commander in December 2011 following the death of Kim Jong Un.
article_snippet.sent: the National Intelligence Service says there is a strong possibility that Kim will visit Russia, but given Kim nature, there is no way to be sure until the last minute.
article_snippet.sent: Why Shin is hosting Kim Jong Un .
article_snippet.sent: CNN's KJ Kwon reported from Seoul and Don Melvin wrote this report from London.
highlights_snippet.sent: South Korean lawmaker quotes intelligence officials as saying Kim Jong Un countenances no disagreement .
  