North Korea's New Year's Eve party plenum reveals major leadership reshuffle



News North Korea’s New Year’s Eve party plenum reveals major leadership reshuffle Promotion of top munitions industry official underscores Kim's resolve to continue weapons development in the new year Jeongmin Kim January 1, 2020 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON KCTV A major leadership reshuffle appears to be underway in North Korea, with notable promotions and possible demotions of top Workers' Party officials in the military, cabinet, munitions industry, and more, DPRK state media coverage of a year-end party plenum revealed on Wednesday. According to Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the plenum by-elected three people as members of the Political Bureau (PB) of the Party Central Committee (CC) and six as alternate members. A by-election is meant to fill a vacancy. A major leadership reshuffle appears to be underway in North Korea, with notable promotions and possible demotions of top Workers' Party officials in the military, cabinet, munitions industry, and more, DPRK state media coverage of a year-end party plenum revealed on Wednesday. According to Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the plenum by-elected three people as members of the Political Bureau (PB) of the Party Central Committee (CC) and six as alternate members. A by-election is meant to fill a vacancy. Try unlimited access Only $1 for four weeks Unlimited access to all of NK News: reporting, investigations, analysis Year-one discount if you continue past $1 trial period The NK News Daily Update, an email newsletter to keep you in the loop Searchable archive of all content, photo galleries, special columns Contact NK News reporters with tips or requests for reporting Get unlimited access to all NK News content, including original reporting, investigations, and analyses by our team of DPRK experts. Subscribe now All major cards accepted. No commitments – you can cancel any time. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by And how should we address you in correspondence? One more step! Please check your inbox, for an email we just sent you, and click on the confirmation message in it to get subscribed to our Daily News Update. Trending

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North Korea’s New Year’s Eve party plenum reveals major leadership reshuffle

Promotion of top munitions industry official underscores Kim's resolve to continue weapons development in the new year

Jeongmin Kim January 1, 2020

North Korea’s New Year’s Eve party plenum reveals major leadership reshuffle

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A major leadership reshuffle appears to be underway in North Korea, with notable promotions and possible demotions of top Workers' Party officials in the military, cabinet, munitions industry, and more, DPRK state media coverage of a year-end party plenum revealed on Wednesday.

According to Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the plenum by-elected three people as members of the Political Bureau (PB) of the Party Central Committee (CC) and six as alternate members. A by-election is meant to fill a vacancy.

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