Ri Son Gwon has been named as the new head of the DPRK’s state level inter-Korean agency, in an article published by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) covering an inter-Korean issues related conference held in-country on Thursday.

In the article Ri was identified as “chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC) of the DPRK.”

The article also announced that Ri and Pak Myong Chol – director of the Secretariat of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea – were to be elected as co-vice chairmen of the “north side preparatory committee for the All