 In April 2014 it was reported by South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper without confirmation that a North Korean government official, O Sang-hon, Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Public Security was executed by flamethrower.Note the two Korea's are still in a state of war.It has been known for police to fill a "flamethrower", not with flammable liquid, but rather with tear gas dissolved in water as a riot-control device; see Converted Flamethrower 40.