Xinhua News Agency, Pyongyang, July 19 (Reporter Hong Kerun and Jiang Yaping) According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 19th, the Workers’ Party of Korea held the fifth expanded meeting of the seventh Central Military Commission on the 18th. The Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the Workers’ Party Central Committee Chairman of the Military Commission Jin Zhengen presided over the meeting.
After the meeting, the Central Military Committee of the Labor Party held a closed-door meeting to examine the strategic mission and operational mobilization status of the main forces against the military situation and potential military threats around the Korean peninsula, and discuss the core issue of further strengthening North Korea’s war deterrence.
The report said that Kim Jong-un signed a number of orders to perform approved core tasks and appointed and removed a number of military commanders.
The report said that the meeting also discussed how to strengthen party education and guidance to the People's Army commanders and political staff.