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N.Korean Parliament to Meet for 2nd Time This Year
North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly convenes for the second time this year on Sept. 25, the state-run KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday. It did not say what will be discussed. The first meeting took place in April.The rubber-stamp parliament met twice a year in the days of nation founder Kim Il-sung but only once a year since Kim Jong-il officially took power in 1998, except in 2003 and 2010. There is speculation that the National Defense Commission, the top decision-making body under Kim Jong-il, will be restructured to reflect recent changes, according to Ryu Dong-ryeol at the Police Science Institute. Former army chief Ri Yong-ho was Perhaps Choe will be promoted to vice chairman of the NDC and old guards like vice chairmen Ri Yong-mu (87), O Kuk-ryol (82) and Kim Yong-chun (76) and NDC member Ju Kyu-chang (84) put on the scrap heap. Or they'll just be shot, if they haven't been already... Any void could be filled by Kim Yong-chol, the head of the General Reconnaissance Bureau who is in charge of anti-South Korean operations, and new army chief Hyon Yong-chol. Posted by: Steve White 2012-09-06 |
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