Last Update: June 5
According to US and South Korean sources, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un should have replaced three leading officials of North Korea's people's army.
This happened prior to direct talks between Kim and US president Trump in Singapore and can be seen as a hint to differences within Kim's inner circle.
The replacements are seen as a strengthening of the ruling Workers Party's influence on North Korea's armed forces.
英媒曝金正恩内阁分歧 三名最高军官均已被撤职
British media expose differences in Kim Jong-un's cabinet.
Three high-ranking military officials are completely dismissed.
他们是朝鲜人民武装力量部部长朴勇植（Pak Yong Sik）， 朝鲜人民军总参谋长李明洙（Ri Myong-su）， 朝鲜人民军总政治局局长金正觉（ Kim Jong-gak）。
They are the minister of North Korea's people's armed forces Pak Yong Sik, the chief of the general staff of North Korea's people's army Ri Myong-su and the chief of the political bureau of North Korea's people's army Kim Jong-gak.
[DW 多维新闻网 quoting South Korea's news agency Yonhap on 3rd June, 2018]
Some former chief of the political bureau of the armed forces
who had been replaced earlier in February 2018. [china.com]
Sino - North Korean Relations:
China sends an army general to North Korea.
General Jin Tao Shao 金涛少将 arrives in Pyongyang
to replace the military attaché at the Chinese embassy.
[SINA 新浪 quoting 长安街知事 on June 5]
Air China resumes air traffic between Beijing and Pyongyang on June 6, 2018.
Visitors to "blueprint news" coming from South Korea and Vietnam.
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