Former armed forces minister reappears

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Former armed forces minister reappears

Jang Jong Nam returns to state media after seven-month absence

John G. Grisafi February 25, 2015

KCTV

North Korea’s former armed forces minister, Jang Jong Nam, has reappeared in North Korean state media after a seven-month absence.

Jang was present at an enlarged meeting of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Military Commission, footage from Korean Central Television revealed Monday.

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John G. Grisafi

John G. Grisafi is an analyst and Korean linguist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Having previously worked as an analyst for the United States Army in South Korea and studied Korean at the Defense Language Institute, he is now majoring in East Asian Languages & Civilization and History at the University of Pennsylvania.

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