8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (5)
#1716085 at 2018-06-12 18:36:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2159: Writing Our Future
NAMES OF NORTH KOREA'S MILITARY OFFICIALS WHO WERE FIRED
http://headline.naijaray.com/north-korea-replaces-three-top-military-leaders/
Three of North Korea's top military officials have been replaced, a South Korean news agency reported on Monday, marking an apparent shake-up in leader, Kim Jong Un's, inner circle before next week's planned summit with United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump.
The report by the Yonhap news agency, citing an intelligence source, could not be independently verified. But, if confirmed, the move could suggest a far-reaching intervention by Kim to bring in younger military overseers to replace older ranks possibly at odds with his outreach to the United States and its ally, South Korea.
The officials who reportedly were dropped are from some of the highest reaches of the North's military structure, including Ri Myong Su, the chief of general staff for the Korean People's Army. Ri was thought to be a confidant of Kim's father, the late leader Kim Jong Il.
The others dismissed, according to Yonhap, were defense chief, Pak Yong Sik and Kim Jong Gak, director of the political bureau of the North Korean army. It was unclear when the changes were carried out, but plans to replace Kim Jong Gak were reported in North Korean media last month, Yonhap said.
The Washington Post North Korea made no immediate reference to any military changes, and it remains difficult to assess whether the shake-up could signal a significant change in North Korean policies.
It appeared, however, that it represented some level of generational shift. All the officials who were reportedly promoted were younger than those dismissed, according to Yonhap, including the new general staff chief, Ri Yong Gil, who at 63 is 21 years younger than the outgoing Ri.
Kim Yong-hyun, a professor of North Korean studies at Dongguk University in Seoul, said the reported new military leadership brings expertise in military-run economic affairs rather than combat strategies.
This could be a sign that the North Korean leader is "pursuing a new policy to become a developing country without nuclear weapons, rather than a poor country with nuclear weapons," he said.
"He has chosen the route of pursuing denuclearization and a peace treaty through dialogue, and is appointing a new generation of military leaders to set the tone for his vision," Kim Yong-hyun said.
He described Pak and Ri as "leaders of the past, of Kim Jong Il's generation."
"Kim Jong Un has chosen a new leadership who reflects his new approach and can more naturally propagate his new policies to bring stability within the military," the professor said.
The military moves also may be viewed as another step by Kim to underscore his willingness to make bold internal changes ahead of the scheduled June 12 summit with Trump in Singapore. But the North has given no clear hints about how far it could go toward meeting U.S. demands to dismantle its nuclear program.
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#1715240 at 2018-06-12 17:43:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2158: The Light of Hope Burns Bright.
Report: North Korea Shakes Up Military Leadership Ahead of Trump-Kim Summit
North Korea reportedly removed three top military officials from their posts just eight days ahead of the summit meeting between dictator Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Analysts see the shakeup as an effort to demonstrate Kim's mastery over hardline elements in his military and send a positive signal to the United States.
According to South Korea's Yonhap News, the entire military high command has effectively been replaced:
No Kwang-chol, first vice minister of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, replaced Pak Yong-sik as defense chief, while Ri Myong-su, chief of the KPA's general staff, was replaced by his deputy, Ri Yong-gil, according to the source.
These changes are in addition to Army Gen. Kim Su-gil's replacement of Kim Jong-Gak as director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army. The replacement was confirmed in a North Korean state media report last month.
Earlier in the day, a Japanese newspaper carried a similar report.
"The North appears to have brought in new figures amid the changes in inter-Korean relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula as the previous officials lacked flexibility in thinking," the source said. "In particular, No Kwang-chol has been classified as a moderate person."
Another intelligence source speculated to Yonhap that North Korea is swapping out older officers for younger models, signaling a generational shift away from senior officials who might have difficulty reconciling themselves to denuclearization and greater openness to South Korea and the West.
http:// www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/06/04/north-korea-shakes-up-military-leadership-ahead-of-trump-Kim-summit/
#1714758 at 2018-06-12 17:14:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2157: Only The Most Courageous Can Make Peace
>>1714693
1 North Korea's state media revealed in late May that Kim Su Gil has replaced Kim Jong Gak as the director of the military's powerful General Political Bureau (GPB).
2 The chief of general staff Ri Myong Su has been replaced by his deputy Ri Yong Gil, according to Yonhap, which cited intelligence sources.
3 Defence minister Pak Yong Sik has been succeeded by former first vice minster No Kwang Chol.
#1714693 at 2018-06-12 17:10:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2157: Only The Most Courageous Can Make Peace
>>1714634
The three generals names.
Ri Myong Su, Pak Yong Sik &Kim Jong Gak
#1632658 at 2018-06-04 22:10:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2053: You [Autists] Were Chosen For A Reason
North Korea replaces top three military officials ahead of nuclear summit
North Korea's top three military officials appear to have been replaced, according to reports, potentially paving the way for a denuclearization deal at the Singapore summit next week.
The three military leaders were replaced with younger and more moderate figures, according to multiple reports, including Reuters and South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
Analysts described it as a move toward opening the reclusive communist regime in preparation for the historic June 12 summit between President Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un.
The shake up included the replacement of defense chief Pak Yong-sik by Ministry of People's Armed Forces No Kwang-chol; chief of general staff Ri Myong-su by his deputy, Ri Yong-gil, according to the reports.
Earlier, Kim Jong-Gak , director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, was replaced with Army Gen. Kim Su-gil, which was confirmed last month by North Korean state media.
The shake-up could allow Mr. Kim and the ruling party to tighten control over the Korean People's Army (KPA) at a critical time of international engagement and domestic development.
"If Kim Jong Un is set on making peace with the U.S. and South Korea and dealing away at least part of the nuclear program, he will have to put the KPA's influence in a box and keep it there," Ken Gause, director of the International Affairs Group at CNA, a nonprofit research and analysis organization, told Reuters.
"This reshuffle has brought to the fore the officers who can do just that. They are loyal to Kim Jong Un and no one else," he said.
On another front, the South Korean military said Seoul and Washington would refrain from publicizing future joint military exercises.
South Korea did not say the exercises would be cancelled or scaled down, according to a report by North Korea News, a South Korea-based news service.
U.S. Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and South Korea National Defense Minister Song Young-moo agreed to minimize publicity of upcoming exercises.
They met Saturday in Singapore as part of preparations for the Trump-Kim meeting next week.
Pyongyang has viewed the annual U.S.-South Korea military drills as a provocation or a threat.
The presence of U.S. F-22 Raptor stealth fighters in the recent Max Thunder Exercise caused a political flare up with the North.
Pyongyang last month threatened to cancel the Singapore summit because of the use of the fighter jets and called off a high-level meeting with South Korea.
https:// www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/4/north-korea-replaces-top-three-military-officials-/