North Korea defence minister sacked
This picture taken on March 23, 2026 and released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 24, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering a policy speech at the First Session of the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly at the Assembly Hall in Pyongyang.
No Kwang Chol was not only dismissed as defence minister but also demoted in the ruling party leadership to “first vice-director of the Munitions Industry Department,” KCNA said.
Another senior official, defence advisor Pak Jong Chon, was given the position of vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission and named to the ruling party’s Political Bureau.
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