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China-Japan-Koreas
Air force commander emerges as Nork biggie
2014-10-04
Ri Pyong-chol, a commanding officer in the North Korean air force, is emerging as the most powerful figure in the North Korean military. Ri was appointed to the top decision-making National Defense Commission at a regular session of the Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang last Thursday.

"It's the first time a field commander has been appointed a member of the Defense Commission," a government official here said Friday. "We need to watch what role he'll play in the future."

Ri's promotion probably has something to do with North Korean leader Fat Boy Kim Jong-un's special interest in the aviation sector. Out of 40 military-related on-site inspections he undertook this year, 10 involved the air force.

"It seems Suet Face Kim Jong-un wants to drastically increase the North's anti-air capabilities for fear of U.S. airstrikes on the leadership," Chung Sung-jang of the Sejong Institute speculated, especially at a time when U.S. airstrikes against Middle Eastern regimes it dislikes are becoming an annual event.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  "I don't care for a writer that grovels
To a boss who funds travels and hovels;
I'm a no-account hack,
Not your posh, coddled flack,"
Sez the artiste who writes five line novels.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-10-04 21:02  

#2  One mother, one baby, one stroller:
A pram propelled by the Great Bowler
Over boulders and cliffs
Down a mountain of stiffs --
Did you ever see anything droller?

In Odessa the food was the worst,
But we ate so much wurst that we burst;
And we wined, a few drops,
Which we soon swapped for schnapps;
When we took off we knew we were cursed.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-10-04 20:59  

#1  It's the Air Force what usually get the ball rolling come coupe deh grass time. Only the Russians know how to incorporate ships into the early stages of revolution.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-10-04 12:04  

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