North Korea has appointed a new defense minister

In the DPRK, ITAR-TASS , Has been appointed the new Minister of People's Armed Forces - a relatively new and little-known Colonel-General Chang Chung-Nam, although his predecessor held office for only eight months. The appearance of a new figure in the post today reported the North Korean news agency KCNA, listing the persons who were present at the concert of song and dance in the presence of internal troops of leader Kim Jong-un.

Another four days ago, the same agency KCNA called minister of the people's armed forces of another general - Sik Kim Keck. He was considered one of the most prominent hardliners. In particular, General Kim Keck Sica associated with shelling a South Korean border island in the Yellow Sea in 2010 killing four people and dramatically inflated tensions on the Korean peninsula.

The reasons for the unexpected resignation of the Minister unknown. However, in Seoul, regard it as a possible indication of Pyongyang's desire to depart their current strict policy of confrontation.

The new Minister Jeong Chang Nam, who less than 60 years, previously commanded a corps in Gangwon Province on the east coast of North Korea. He is considered a representative of the so-called "youth faction" in the military elite of the country. Last week, there are signs that North Korea was canceled highest degree of combat readiness, introduced in connection with the current South Korean series of military exercises.