Friday, July 20, 2012

Why Was Korea's Army Chief Fired?



An Army of Un -- Ken E. Gause, Foreign Policy

Is North Korea's new leader putting the country's powerful military in its place?

On Wednesday, North Korea announced that the country's leader Kim Jong Un had been given the title of marshal, a move that immediately followed the Sunday surprise announcement that powerful Vice Marshal Ri Yong-ho had been removed from his posts. Before being promoted to chief of the General Staff, and then the Politburo in 2010, Ri had run the Pyongyang Defense Command, an army unit responsible for regime security. It's a sensitive job that requires the absolute trust of the Kim family.

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My Comment: You serve the Kim's for 52 years ... and then you are fired. There is more to this story than what they are telling us.

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