North Korea Defense Minister Kim Kyok Sik Replaced With Jang Jong Nam - 0 views
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an attempt to install a younger figure meant to solidify leader Kim Jong Un's grip on the powerful military.
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unlikely that Kim Jong Un would name a moderate to the post at a time of tension with the outside world.
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Kim Jong Un has made was the replacement of the powerful military chief, Ri Yong Ho, who was dismissed last July because of what Pyongyang called an unspecified illness.
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