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PYONGYANG, June 28-- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Wednesday it would impose the death penalty on those involved in an assassination plot against its top leader Kim Jong Un. Those involved in the assassination plot included former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, said a joint statement by the DPRK Ministry of State Security, the Ministry of People's Security and the Central Public Prosecutor's Office. "We declare at home and abroad that we will impose the death penalty on traitor Park Geun-hye," said the statement, which was released as "the enemies' moves to stifle the DPRK at any cost have reached an extremely grave phase." The former director of South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) Lee Byung-ho would meet a similar fate, it added. The supreme leadership of the DPRK is a symbol of the dignity and might of the DPRK, said the statement, adding that "all those who organized, took part or pursued state-sponsored terrorism targeting the supreme leadership of the DPRK are subject to criminal prosecution irrespective of nationality." The DPRK also demanded the immediate handover of Park by South Korea or it would face an "adverse effect" in relations with the North if Seoul refuses to do so, according to the statement. The DPRK has got enough evidence to prove that Park started plotting to kill Kim since late 2017, said the statement. Park signed a specified operation plan of the NIS made with the support of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to kill Kim through a car crash or train derailment, it said. | 
