North Korea Relieves Army Chief Ri Yong Ho Of All Posts

North Korea relieved its army chief, Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho, of all his posts, citing illness.

The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea made the decision yesterday, the official Korean Central News Agency said today, without providing details on Ri’s illness or his replacement.

Ri led a parade on April 25 marking the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the North Korean military. In December he and leader Kim Jong Un led the funeral procession through the streets of Pyongyang after the death of Kim Jong Il.

Ri helped Kim Jong Un gain control of the military following the death of his father, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News.

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