# North Korean defense minister removed from post, KCNA reports

https://mins.news/en/item/37189

- TASS, 2026-08-29 23:51 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2179395

> North Korea removed Defense Minister No Kwang-chol and appointed him first deputy head of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee’s Munitions Industry Department, KCNA reported. Kim Song-gi, head of the Korean People’s Army General Political Bureau, was named the new defense minister at a meeting held in Pyongyang on August 29.

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