The ruler of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, this morning (Monday) ordered the removal of the lieutenant commander of North Korea's military forces, the whole message in a short message from the official news agency of the closed country.
According to the announcement, Kim removed from his post Ri Yong-gil, the deputy commander of Pyongyang's Supreme Military Commission and in charge of North Korea's military production system.
According to allegations in South Korea's Yonhap news agency, Kim removed the commander from his post after it gained too much power and influence in the country's military and security elite circles in a way that endangered the dictator's centralized style of rule.
Kim Jong Un in a statement, next to his daughter (archive), photo: AP
Yesterday, Kim ordered to "exponentially" expand the nuclear arsenal they have as well as to focus on the development of a more powerful intercontinental missile and the launch into space of the first spy satellite made by Pyongyang, according to a report in the local media.
For the new year, the North Korean ruler set a series of challenging military goals centered on increasing the country's nuclear capabilities, both in quantity and quality in the face of what he claims is the hostile policy of the American administration.
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