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North Korea removes its top three military officials ahead of Trump meetingReutersThe US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was commenting on a report by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency that all three of the North’s top military officials were believed to have been replaced.The official did not identify the three men, but Yonhap identified them as defence chief Pak Yong-sik; Ri Myong-su, chief of the Korean People’s Army’s (KPA) general staff; and Kim Jong-gak, director of the KPA’s General Political Bureau.[Ri Myong-su (seen second from right with former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, centre, in 2003) has also been removed from his position, the official said. Photo: Korea News Agency via AP]Read more at: http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2149075/north-korea-removes-its-top-three-military-officials-ahead-trump
