North Koreans applaud during a ceremony held at Pyongyang indoor gymnasium to celebrate their leader Kim Jong-un’s promotion to marshal, Thursday, according to the North’s Korean Central News Agency. Yonhap
EXCLUSIVE - Kim To Reform North Korean Economy After Purge: Source -- Reuters
Impoverished North Korea is gearing up to experiment with agricultural and economic reforms after young leader Kim Jong-un and his powerful uncle purged the country's top general for opposing change, a source with ties to both Pyongyang and Beijing said.
The source added that the cabinet had created a special bureau to take control of the decaying economy from the military, one of the world's largest, which under Kim's father was given pride of place in running the country.
The downfall of Vice Marshal Ri Yong-ho and his allies gives the untested new leader and his uncle Jang Song-thaek, who married into the Kim family dynasty and is widely seen as the real power behind the throne, the mandate to try to save the battered economy and prevent the secretive regime's collapse.
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More News On Why North Korea's Military Is Being Purged, And Possible Economic Reforms In North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wrests economic control from military -- The Guardian
Young North Korean leader takes control of economy from military -- Christian Science Monitor
Vicious economic power struggle rumored in North Korea -- Global Post
Kim Jong-un to experiment with economic reforms in North Korea -- The Telegraph
Kim Jong-un's mystery purge explained: reform is on its way -- The Week
N. Korean Security Services Would Impede Reforms: Rights Group -- Voice of America
N. Korean Conundrum: Are Political Changes Real? -- Louisa Lim, NPR
My Comment: Purging the military to reform the economy .... this I have to see before I can believe it.
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