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CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello-20151113-15:44:00

party school in east pyongyang where analyst say officials who run afoul of kim undergo brutal psychological conditioning and enter rags. north koreans call it reintegration. >> it's not a country club. it's almost certainly a very gruelling process where there is both physical and mental abuse. >> reporter: experts say cho may not have been executed because he's a so-called prince-like, the son of a revolutionary hero who fought with kim song-il. he reportedly had a defense minister killed with an anti-aircraft gun. south koreans officials say he's executed 70 top officials since taking power four years ago. >> we're seeing a very protracted power consolidation process in which the leadership

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Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer-20151112-22:53:00

it is almost certainly a very grueling process where there is physical and mental abuse and strength. >> reporter: experts say cho may not have been executed because he's the-- revolutionariry hero but he doesn't shy away from killing legendary figures. he reportedly was killed with an anti-aircraft gun. south korean officials say he's executed more than 70 top officials since taking power four years ago. >> i think what we're seeing is a very protracted power consolidation process in which the leadership is acting in very ruthless ways, very not subtle ways to gain leadership within the system. >> reporter: but analysts say kim's ruthless purges could backfire on him. they say it could be that no one

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