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Military Promotions Effected for the Day of the Shining Star

 

Kim Jong Un's military promotions order for the Day of the Shining Star (KJI's birth anniversary), as it appeared in the February 15, 2015 edition of Rodong Sinmun

Kim Jong Un’s military promotions order for the Day of the Shining Star (KJI’s birth anniversary), as it appeared in the February 15, 2015 edition of Rodong Sinmun

On February 14 (Saturday), Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) promoted 27 Korean People’s Army [KPA] commanders to mark the birth anniversary of late DPRK leader Kim Jong Il (Kim Cho’ng-il).  Among those on the list are former XI Corps commanding officer Choe Kyong Song, Vice Minister of State Security and National Defense Commission [NDC] Councilor So Tae Ha, KPA Air and Anti-Air Force Unit #858 commander Ri Il Chang and ballistic missile expert Kim Jong Sik.

The order was issued in Jong Un’s capacity as KPA Supreme Commander (Choson inmin’gun ch’oego) and according to KCNA he “expressed belief that the KPA commanding officers, descendants of President Kim Il Sung (Kim Il-so’ng) and soldiers and disciples of leader Kim Jong Il, will fulfill their honorable responsibilities and duties in the general offensive to hasten the final victory in the revolutionary spirit of Paektu, always bearing mind the trust and expectation of the party and the people.”  The promotions were:

Ground Force Colonel General (sangjang): Choe Kyong Song

Ground Lieutenant General (chungjang): Kang Yong T’ae; Choe Chang Sik; Kang Pyong Hu; Sin Sok Man; So Tae Ha; Pak Kyong Uk

Air Force Major General (sojang): Jong Se Yong; Ri Il Chan

Strategic Force Major General (sojang): Kim Jong Sik

Ground Major General (sojang): Pak Myong Su; Ko Myong Su; Kim Song Guk; Choe Kil Ryong; Ko Su Yong; Kim Yong Nam; Pak Hyon Bok; Ri Jong Sop; Kang Myong Sik; Kim Kyong Dok; Ju Sang Rae; Choe Chol Hwan; Kim Chol Su; Ju Hyong Nam; Kim Jong Gil; Won Myong Su; Hong Kyong Chol

 

 

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This article was written on 15 Feb 2015, and is filled under 2015 Day of the Shining Star, 2015 KPA Promotions, armored division, Artillery Corps, Central Committee, Central Military Committee, Col. Gen. Choe Kyong Song, colonel general, corps command, corps commanders, DPRK Civil Defense Forces, DPRK Intelligence Community, gsd, gsob, internal security, Kim Family, Kim Jong Sik, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, KJI Personal Secretariat, Korean People's Air Force, Korean People's Air Force [KPAF], Korean People's Army Air Force, Korean People's Army Supreme Command, Korean People's Army (KPA), Korean Workers' Party (KWP), KPA construction battalions, KPA construction brigades, KPA General Logistics Department, KPA General Political Bureau, KPA General Political Department, KPA General Staff, KPA I Army Corps, KPA infantry corps, KPA Large Combined Units, KPA supernumerary organizations, KPA Supreme Command, KPA V Army Corps, KPA VII Army Corps, Ministry of State Security, Ministry of the People's Armed Forces (MPAF), MPAF GPB, National Defense Commission (NDC), North Korean press, Organization and Guidance Department, primary party committees, Pyongyang Defense Command, Reconnaissance Bureau, Secretariat, So Tae Ha (NDC), Special Investigation Committee on Japanese Nationals, State Security Department, Storm Corps, VIII Army Corps, XI Army Corps (SOF).

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