Kim Jong-un orders ‘comprehensive preparations’ after replacing top generals
10.08.2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the army to step up preparations for war and further increase arms production. In addition, Kim Jong-un also announced the replacement of the chief of the general staff for unknown reasons.
(Deutsche Welle Chinese website) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the dismissal of the chief of general staff of the Korean People’s Army and ordered the army to prepare for an offensive, North Korean state media reported on Thursday.
According to the report, Kim Jong-un presided over the “Seventh Enlarged Meeting of the Eighth Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea” held on Wednesday, and decided that Deputy Marshal Li Yongji will replace General Park Soo-il as chief of staff. Park Soo-il was appointed as Minister of Social Security at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee at the end of last year. He was promoted to chief of staff only half a year later, but was dismissed after only seven months. After Li Yongji was dismissed in 2019, he returned to the chief of the general staff after 4 years. Ri Yongji also previously served as North Korea’s defense minister. North Korea’s official news agency only reported Park Su-il’s dismissal, but did not provide a reason for his dismissal.
“Comprehensive preparation”
The official Korean Central News Agency reported that the theme of Wednesday’s enlarged military commission meeting was “comprehensive preparations for war.” A few days before the meeting, Kim Jong-un inspected several major military factories in North Korea and asked “the military factories to promote the quantitative production of various weapons and equipment.” Kim Jong-un also set goals for increasing arms production and asked the army to carefully practice the use of new weapons.
On September 9, a large-scale military parade will be held in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The picture above shows a military parade in February this year.
North Korea will hold a large-scale military parade on September 9,Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The United States and South Korea will hold a joint military exercise code-named Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) later this month. The Yonhap News Agency quoted an expert’s analysis report saying that on the eve of the South Korea-U.S. military exercise, Pyongyang announced “comprehensive preparations for war.”It is “deliberately pushing military tension to the peak and finding excuses for provocation by force.”
Yonhap News Agency reported that in the photos published by the North Korean media, Kim Jong-un stood in front of the map of South Korea and made deployments, giving pointers to the vicinity of Seoul and the headquarters of the army, navy and air force in Jilongtai. “At the meeting, Kim Jong-un conducted an in-depth and general analysis of the current situation on the Korean Peninsula, and came to a programmatic conclusion of stepping up military training and actively preparing for war. Kim Jong-un said that it is necessary to suppress the enemy before it uses force and completely defeat the enemy’s various efforts after the war.” kind of attack”
(AFP, Reuters)
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2023-08-10 16:01:37
