North Korea's Kim Yong Chol has been replaced as director of the ruling party Central Committee's United Front Department (UFD), a lawmaker from the South Korean National Assembly’s Intelligence Committee told local media on Wednesday.
Citing a briefing from the country's National Intelligence Service (NIS), multiple South Korean outlets reported, Lee Hye-hoon said that Jang Kum Chol had been tapped to replace Kim.
North Korea's Kim Yong Chol has been replaced as director of the ruling party Central Committee's United Front Department (UFD), a lawmaker from the South Korean National Assembly’s Intelligence Committee told local media on Wednesday.
Citing a briefing from the country's National Intelligence Service (NIS), multiple South Korean outlets reported, Lee Hye-hoon said that Jang Kum Chol had been tapped to replace Kim.
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