article_snippet.sent: CNN cannot independently confirm the executions.
article_snippet.sent: For example, a senior official with Ministry of Forestry was executed for expressing dissatisfaction with the country's forestry program, Kim said.
article_snippet.sent: The vice chairman of the State Planning Commission was executed because The vice chairman of the State Planning Commission objected to changing the design of a science and technology hall from a rounded shape to one resembling a flower, the intelligence officials said, according to Kim.
article_snippet.sent: And in March, according to Kim, Kim executed on charges of espionage four members of the Unhasu Orchestra, including the general director, because of a scandal, Shin said.
article_snippet.sent: According to the National Intelligence Service, Shin is reported to have executed 17 senior officials in 2012, 10 in 2013 and 41 in 2014.
highlights_snippet.sent: Official reportedly executed for expressing dissatisfaction with forestry program .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Four member of Unhasu Orchestra also reportedly executed .