Kim Jong-un new "Marshal" of North Korea
Pyongyang (AsiaNews / Agencies) - Kim Jong-un is the new "marshal" the North Korean Army. It
was announced this morning by the official KCNA news agency.
The North Korean dictator thus assumes the highest office in the hierarchy of the armed forces of the country, before him held only by his
late father, Kim Jong-il appointed "generalissimo"
two months after his death. The move comes
after an important change in military leadership, which saw the choice of Hyon Yong-chol as the new Chief of Staff,
following the removal of General Ri Yong-ho (see
17/07/2012, "Obscure
general becomes North Korea's new chief of general staff ").
According to KCNA, the dictator was appointed Marshal by the
Central Military Commission, the
Commission of the Workers' Party
of Korea, the National Defense
Commission and Supreme People's
Assembly.
The new status is
seen as a sign of Kim Jong-un's plan to lead North Korea through the army, as was the case with his father and his
grandfather, the "Eternal President"
Kim Il-sung, before
him.
According to Juche, Kim Il-sung's autocratic
and militaristic doctrine, soldiers and peasants are
the backbone of the country. His
son Jong-il in 2000 launched the campaign "the
army first", which provides the
best of the little available
for the military, and urged his son to follow him along the road to power through armed
control. Although teetering on the edge of economic disaster, the nation maintains
one of the world's largest armies in proportion to
its population.
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