General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army

1. CNN "Kim Jong Un fires top general, orders North Korean military to 'gird for war'"
2. The Guardian,"Kim Jong-un fires North Korea's top general and calls for weapons production boost"
3. "DPRK appoints new chief of army general staff". China.org.cn. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
4. "N. Korea's former armed forces minister posted as chief of KPA general staff". Sina. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
5. "North Korea 'executes' army chief of staff Ri Yong-gil". BBC. 10 February 2016.
6. "조선로동당 중앙위원회 제8기 제6차전원회의 공보". KCNA Watch. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

External links

• VMar Ri Yong Ho, Gen. Kim Kyok Sik, Kim Yong Chun at the North Korea Leadership Watch
• Kim Jong-un promotes senior military officials

General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army

v t e Korean People's Army
Active forces	Ground Force Navy Air Force Strategic Force Special Operation Force
Paramilitary and reserve forces	Worker-Peasant Red Guards Red Youth Guards Reserve Military Training Units Social Security Forces
Senior leadership	Supreme Commander Central Military Commission State Affairs Commission (formerly National Defence Commission ) Ministry of Defence General Political Bureau General Staff Department Supreme Guard Command Military Security Command Reconnaissance General Bureau