Gen. Kim Kyok Sik (R) greets Gen. Leopoldo Cintra FrÃas, Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in Havana on 30 June 2013 (Photo: FAR/PRLNA).
North Korean Leader Tightens Grip with Removal of Top General -- New York Times
SEOUL — North Korea’s state media on Thursday confirmed the removal of a hard-line general as its military chief, the latest sign of a military overhaul in which the country’s supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, has replaced nearly half of his country’s top officials in the past two years, according to South Korean officials.
The firing of Gen. Kim Kyok-sik and the rise of Gen. Ri Yong-gil to replace him as head of the general staff of the North’s Korean People’s Army was the latest in a series of high-profile reshuffles that Kim Jong-un has engineered to consolidate his grip on the North’s top elites.
Since taking power upon the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, in late 2011, Kim Jong-un has replaced 44 percent of North Korea’s 218 top military, party and government officials, the South’s Ministry of Unification said in a report. He engineered this and other reshuffles to retire or sideline the old generals from his father’s days and promote a new set of aides who will owe their loyalty directly to him.
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More News On Leadership Changes In North Korea
North Korea Replaces Hard-Line Military Chief -- ABC News/AP
N. Korea Replaces Hawkish Army Chief -- Voice of America
North Korea’s Kim Replaces Head of Armed Forces for Third Time -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Kim removes many key figures to cement leadership: S.Korea -- AFP
North Korean political reshuffle claims army chief of staff -- UPI
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