A top North Korean army official who authored the country’s latest statement boasting of the development of a new “strategic weapon” appears to have received a new title in the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee (CC) Political Bureau (PB) membership, photos carried by the North Korean party daily Rodong Sinmun and state television on December 17 showed.

Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) Pak Jong Chon’s new title, which may be as either an alternate or full member of the country’s top leadership club, is likely to