Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!North Korea has promoted a general long seen as a rising star to a position in the presidium of the Worker’s Party of Korea (WPK), in a reshuffling that analysts are calling the most significant personnel change among the core elite in years.According to South Korean news agency, Yonhap, Pak Jon Chon appears to have replaced Ri Pyong-chol on the presidium and will also serve as secretary of the WPK Central Committee.Reuters reports that Pak’s election came after he appeared to have been demoted in July, along with other senior figures, on the orders of Kim Jong-un.The North Korean leader accused officials of causing a “great crisis” with unspecified coronavirus lapses, despite the fact.
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