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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| New vice marshal of N. Korean military |
| 2012-07-17 |
| SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea announced Tuesday that it has promoted Army Gen. Hyon Yong-chol to the post of vice marshal. "Hyon Yong-chol was awarded the title of vice marshal of the Korean People's Army," said the KCNA, the communist nation's state news agency. "A decision on awarding the title was made by the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and the National Defense Commission of the DPRK on Monday," it added in a brief dispatch, monitored in Seoul. On Monday, the North announced that Vice Marshal Ri Yong-ho, its top military commander known as a guardian of the North's new leader, |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Short may he reign. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-07-17 11:57 |