In a meeting, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appointed new chiefs of the navy and the air force. The leader stated that discipline was vital to the very existence of the KPA, noting the need to promote "education and control" in order to ensure that commanding officers have the proper political consciousness and moral convictions.
According to the media report, The meeting referred to a series of shortcomings revealed in the military and political activities and moral life of Korean People's Army commanding officers, and mainly discussed the issue of thoroughly establishing the revolutionary moral discipline within the KPA.
The gathering took place at the ruling party's headquarters on Wednesday. The central military commission appointed Kim Song Gil as navy commander and promoted him to vice-admiral. Kim Chung Il was appointed as air and anti-air force chief and promoted to lieutenant general. Besides this, many dozen commanding officers have also been promoted to lieutenant general and major general.
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