The military policy of today’s Labor Party at the helm of the Korean peninsula

“You will pay the most terrible price”, “You made a huge mistake”.
Park Jeong-cheon, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and vice president of the Central Military Commission, head of the North Korean army, made threatening statements every day.

In a statement that appeared to be addressed to the United States with a time delay at 0:05 on 2, Park Jung-cheon said that the joint US-ROK “Vigilant Storm” air exercise, launched late last month, is it was an aggressive and provocative military exercise, and when he attempted to attack, “Special measures will carry out without delay the strategic mission that has been imposed on him,” he warned.

“We will face a terrific event and pay the most terrible price ever,” he said.

After the ROK and the US Air Force agreed to extend the training period, which lasted until the 4th, Park Jeong-chun issued a further statement on the evening of the 3rd and threatened again, saying, “You will be to making a huge, fatal mistake. “

North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) allegedly a “Hwasong-17” at 7:40 am on the 3rd, just a day after Park Jeong-cheon’s first speech, and immediately after the second, he fired three short remote ballistic missiles (SRBMs) in the East Sea. The launch showed that the speech was not just a verbal warning.

This is also considered an example of Park Jeong-chun’s overall practical responsibility for North Korea’s defense policy.

The post of deputy chairman of the Party’s Central Military Commission became a two-way system in June last year, but Ri Byung-chol, who was reinstated in 10 months after being demoted, is tasked with developing nuclear and strategic weapons, and it appears that Park Jeong-cheon is in charge of the overall strength.

Park Jeong-chun, the military leader, was elected a permanent member of the Politburo Party in September last year and was included in North Korea’s five major powers.

Park Jeong-cheon, who had never appeared in the North Korean media before the inauguration of the Kim Jong-un regime, made his first appearance as an artillery commander in April 2012 on the 100th birthday (Sunshine Day) of the president Kim Il -sung, who announced the beginning of the Kim Jong-un era at home and abroad.

Promoted from major general (our brigadier general) to two star lieutenant general in 2012, he earned a three star award in 2013, four star general in 2019 and was promoted to second degree in May 2020 and marshal in October .

At the National Defense Development Exhibition in October last year, a large photo of Park Jung-chun and Kim Jong-un was hung, demonstrating Kim Jong-un’s great confidence.

Park Jeong-chun also chaired the test launch of ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles and SLBMs alone, without accompanying President Kim Jong-un, who was also chairman of the Central Military Commission.

The party’s Central Military Commission, which appears to be actually led by Park Jeong-cheon, is North Korea’s highest military leadership body, where the party takes precedence over the government.

Nationally, there are military committees under party committees at every level, such as provinces, cities and counties.

It is responsible for the determination of the military path, the planning and execution of civil protection such as the Red Guard of Labor and the Farmer and the fortification of the territory, the promotion of military cadres and the modernization plan, the realization of development projects of military industrial facilities and military-related duties of each department of the Cabinet.

Since 1983, when the Party’s Central Military Commission became an independent power organization, President Kim Il-sung has been the first president and after the second president, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un is the third president.

In the Kim Jong-il era, when the party’s role was reduced due to military policy earlier, its functions such as determining the degree of logistics-related issues were weakened.

/ yunhap news