DPRK leader on the background of preparations for the summit, the United States and North Korea withdrew from positions three most senior commanders: Minister of Defense, Chief of Staff and Chief of Political Department of the armed forces, the agency RIA Novosti.
According to South Korean media, Defense Minister Park Young-Sik and the Chief of Staff Lee Myung Su was replaced as their deputies, respectively, But Kwang Chol and Ri Yong Gil.
Place the head of the main political department of Kim Jong-AMC took the former chairman of the Pyongyang Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Soo Gil.
As the source, Kim Jong-un has removed from office honored the generals because of the "ossified way of thinking", which no longer meets the requirements of the present, undergone significant changes, situation.
According to them,, permutation can be regarded as a generational change, as new appointees are younger than their predecessors. for example, Did He Gilyuy (chief of Staff) only recently turned 63 of the year, and this is 21 less than a year, than his former boss.
It is also reported, that nominations were reviewed and assigned to military posts at the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party, which took place 17 May Pyongyang.
South Korean media do not exclude, that the generals could fall into disfavor because of his statements regarding the upcoming US-DPRK summit, scheduled for 12 June - "old guard" hardly reacted positively to this meeting.
