Although no reason was given for sacking Pak Jong Chon, Pyongyang regularly revamps its leadership and the year-end party gathering often declares personnel reshuffles & policy decisions.
The launches were the latest in an unprecedented number of missile tests conducted by North Korea this year, as Pyongyang presses on with weapons development.
The Sixth Enlarged Plenary Meeting of 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), involving state & party officials, began Monday, state news agency KCNA said.
The drones are the first to have come from North Korea since 2017, when another one believed to be on a spy mission crashed and was found on a mountain near the border.
Kim Jong Un's daughter appeared at a ballistic missile launch Saturday, providing the first official confirmation that the North Korean leader has children.
The launch came after South Korea concluded an analysis of what it said was part of a North Korean short-range ballistic missile that landed near South Korean waters last week.
North Korea's army said it had conducted activities on air bases and aircraft, as well as a major South Korean city, to 'smash the enemies' persistent war hysteria'.
The shadow of nuclear weapons has hung over the Koreas since 1950; the savage logic of mutual destruction keeping the peace. One story shows it's easy to lose reason.
Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?
Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
COMMENTS