Lt. Gen. Kim Rak-gyom is the former head of
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
's
Strategic Rocket Forces
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; russian: Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Российской Фед ...
.
Along with
Ju Kyu-chang
Ju Kyu-chang (25 November 1928 – 3 September 2018) was a North Korean politician, who served as the director of the Workers' Party of Korea's (WPK) Machine-Building Industry Department.
Ju was reportedly the head of North Korea's nuclear and ...
, he was elected to the
Workers' Party of Korea
The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the founding and sole ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea. Founded in 1949 from the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of ...
's
Central Military Commission in April 2012.
He is "the head of the strategic rocket forces"
and "in charge of ballistic missile launches".
He was not present at an October 7, 2017, mass rally in Pyongyang and an October 11, 2017, celebration for the anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. According to a South Korean think tank, "There's little chance that Ri and Kim have been dismissed or purged because they've been praised for major achievements recently." and "It's highly likely that they were absent because they'd been given an important assignment."
Kim was reportedly replaced by
Kim Jong-gil
Kim Jong-gil (Hangul: 김종길; November 5, 1926 – April 1, 2017) was an early-modern South Korean poet.
Life
Kim Jong-gil was born on November 5, 1926, in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. and graduated from Korea University with undergradu ...
in October 2020.
References
External links
N.Korea Appoints New Head of Missile Forcefro
www.nknews.orgwebsite
Reconstructing Army Changes In North Korea – Analysisfro
www.eurasiareview.comwebsite
Living people
North Korean politicians
North Korean generals
Year of birth missing (living people)
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