Kim Jong-un reelected as N. Korea's Chairman of State Affairs

  • 5 years ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been re-elected as the regime's Chairman of State Affairs.
The North's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Friday that Kim retained his crown as the head of the regime during the 14th Supreme People's Assembly on Thursday.
Choe Ryong-hae replaces Kim Yong-nam , to become the next president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.
Former Prime Minister Pak Pong-ju has been replaced with Kim Jae-ryong .
Kim Yong-chol , the former vice chairman of the North's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, together with Ri Yong-ho and Choe Son Hui , who were in charge of the regime's denuclearization negotiations with the U.S., became members of the North's State Affairs Commission.

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