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Michael Madden
Michael Madden is an NK News Pro leadership specialist and the sole author and editor of the website NK Leadership Watch.
WASHINGTON D.C. – North Korea announced the appointment of a new defense minister, Jang Jong Nam, to take over Kim Kyok Sik–widely described as a "hawk," and thought to be behind the shelling of Yeonpyong Island in 2010.
The ministry has undergone its third leadership change in the last year and its second in the last seven months.