LinkAsia
| Jul 20, 2012
Top North Korean general Ri Yong-ho was asked to step down this week, clearing the way for Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un to take over the position of Marshal of the Korean People's Army. South Korean broadcaster MBC reports on what this means for the...
LinkAsia
| Jul 20, 2012
In the wake of Ri Yong-ho's dismissal, LinkAsia host Yul Kwon speaks with Columbia University's Charles Armstrong about how young North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is distancing himself from his father's generation and consolidating his power.
Telegraph.co.uk
| Jul 16, 2012
North Korea state media has reported that Ri Yong-ho, North Korea's top military chief and key advisor to new leader Kim Jong-un, has been removed from all posts. Though reports cite illness as the reason for the military chief's removal, the ...
LinkAsia
| Mar 23, 2012
China has voiced concern over North Korea's announced plan to launch a satellite next month. The fact that even Chinese state broadcaster CCTV conveyed the Chinese government's concern illustrates the major divide between these allies on the issue.
— last Monday at 07:46 am
...from Kim Jong-un was the replacement of the powerful military chief, Ri Yong Ho, who was dismissed because of what Pyongyang called an unspecifi...
— Mar 4, 2012 at 08:46 am
...military chief Ri Yong Ho warned in a speech at Pyongyang's main Kim Il Sung Square that the North Korean army would 'sweep out' the South Korea...
— Mar 4, 2012 at 06:03 am
...chief Ri Yong Ho warned in a speech at Pyongyang's main Kim Il Sung Square that the North Korean army would "sweep out" the South Korean traitor...
Vice Marshal Ri Yong-ho is a former North Korean military officer, and was a member of the central presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea from September 2010 to July 2012.
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