Five of the seven men who stood alongside Kim Yong-Un at his father's funeral less than four years ago have either disappeared, been brutally executed or banished. Jang Song-thaek, Kim Ki Nam, Choe Tae-bok, Ri Yong-Ho, Kim Yong-chun, Kim Jong-gak and U Dong-chuk, who made up North Korea's political and military elite - were pallbearers at the state funeral of Kim Jong-il in December 2011. The dictator's uncle, Jang, was allegedly executed by firing squad, Ri is presumed dead, one has disappeared and two have been banished. Only Kim Ki Nam, the regime's propaganda chief, and Choe Tae-bok, the chairman of its People's Assembly, remains at Kim's side. Kim Jong-un (centre) marches at the head of the hearse carrying his father Kim Jong-il's coffin in Pyongyang on December 29, 2011 Those who stood by the hearse, from one to eight, Kim Jong-un, Jang Song-Thaek, Kim Ki-nam, Choe Tae-bok, Ri Yong-ho, Kim Yong-chun, Kim Jong-gak and U Dong-chuk The increa...