North Korea calls for execution of ex-South Korea leader over 'assassination' plot

South Korea's ousted leader Park Geun-hye leaves her private house in Seoul, South Korea, March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it has issued a standing order for the execution of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her spy chief for a plot to assassinate its leader, and it demanded that the South hand the pair over.

The North's official KCNA said "revelation showed" Park had masterminded a plot to execute its "supreme leadership" in 2015 and it was imposing the "death penalty on traitor Park Geun-hye".