You don't get much closer,
你不要太接近了
a word in the ear of the supreme leader-the man with the power,
和最高领袖耳语 一个紧握大权之人
like the power to execute those who step out of line.
可以处决任何越界之人的领导者
Only last month, Hyon Yong-chol spoke for North Korea at a big security conference in Moscow.
就在上个月 玄永哲还代表朝鲜出席了在莫斯科召开的一次大型安全会议
But now, he's out.
而现在 他已经出局了
Anti-aircraft guns were used to obliterate him, on a firing range,
据韩国情报机构称
according to the South Korean Spy Agency.
他在射击场被高射炮处决
When Kim Jong-un's father died, the powerful people were the seven around the coffin.
金正恩的父亲去世的时候 围在棺材旁的七位是当时最位高权重的人
In the three years since, all have been purged,
在随后的三年里 已被全部肃清了
some executed, some banished to obscurity.
有些被处决 有些被贬为平民
Hyon Yong-chol's brutal and public execution underlines the ruthlessness.
残酷公开地处决玄永哲 再一次展现了其冷酷无情的一面
Despite the shows of force,
尽管展示了自己的暴力强权
it seems Kim Jong-un feels insecure,
这似乎也显示出金正恩并没有安全感
and it's dangerous in that insecurity.
而这份不安感中蕴藏着危险
Steven Ivans BBC News-Seoul.
斯蒂芬埃文斯 BBC新闻 首尔报道