N Korea defense minister dismissed: state media

North Korea’s defense minister has been dismissed as part of a reshuffle of the country’s military leadership, state media reported yesterday. The “structural reorganization plans” were decided during a meeting on Saturday led by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. No Kwang-chol was not only dismissed as defense minister, but also demoted in the ruling party leadership to “first vice-director of the Munitions Industry Department,” KCNA said. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, meets scientists, researchers and officials from key national defense research institutions in Pyongyang on Saturday. Photo: the Korean Central News Agency via Reuters Kim Song-gi, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People’s Army, was named as the new d