A senior ranking North Korean army chief that paid an official visit to Cuba in early July – just weeks before Panama intercepted a Cuban arms shipment en-route to North Korea – may have lost his job, a British expert said Friday.
General Kim Kyok Sik, who normally holds the position of Chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff, has not been seen publicly since early August, and did not appear with Kim Jong Un or central military leadership figures at a high profile football match on Wednesday.
A senior ranking North Korean army chief that paid an official visit to Cuba in early July – just weeks before Panama intercepted a Cuban arms shipment en-route to North Korea – may have lost his job, a British expert said Friday.
General Kim Kyok Sik, who normally holds the position of Chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff, has not been seen publicly since early August, and did not appear with Kim Jong Un or central military leadership figures at a high profile football match on Wednesday.
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