PYONGYANG, Jun 12 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), chaired a military meeting yesterday, to discuss important tasks of further enhancing fighting efficiency of the armed forces.
Kim, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and president of DPRK, presided over the second enlarged meeting of the 8th Central Military Commission of the WPK, which was attended by members of the Central Military Commission, commanders of the services and corps commanders of the Korean People’s Army and other members of relevant departments.
“The enlarged meeting set forth important tasks for further enhancing fighting efficiency of the revolutionary armed forces, and bringing about a fresh turn in the overall work of national defence, as required by the recent fast-changing situation around the Korean peninsula and the internal and external environment of our revolution and discussed the organisational issue,” the report said.
At the meeting, Kim analysed the prevailing situation and the real state of the work of the army and indicated the strategic tasks to be permanently held fast to, and ways to developing the armed forces, it said.
The meeting also dealt with organisational issues of dismissing, transferring and newly appointing some commanding officers of the services and those of some units at corps level, according to the report.– NNN-KCNA
