SEOUL (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has carried out a major reshuffle of his State Affairs Commission (SAC), official media reported on Monday (April 13), replacing more than a third of its members.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has carried out a major reshuffle of his State Affairs Commission , official media reported on Monday , replacing more than a third of its members.
"This is a rather large scale of SAC membership shuffle," said former US government North Korea analyst Rachel Lee. Pyongyang put thousands of its own people and hundreds of foreigners - including diplomats - into isolation and mounted disinfection drives as it sought to prevent an outbreak, which experts say could be devastating given its weak health sector and widespread malnutrition.
"The fact that North Korea went ahead with the SPA suggests the country's confidence in managing the coronavirus situation," Ms Lee told AFP.'SERIOUS MISTAKES' The new SAC members include Mr Ri Son Gwon, a former senior army officer named as foreign minister earlier this year, while his predecessor, career diplomat Ri Yong Ho, was removed.
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