Military General-Level Personnel Changes... Lieutenant General Kim Do-gyun Appointed as Commander of the Capital Defense Command

[Asia Economy Reporter Yang Nak-gyu] The Ministry of National Defense has carried out general officer personnel changes in the first half of this year. Kim Do-gyun, Director of North Korea Policy at the Ministry of National Defense (Army Brigadier General, photo), has been promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed as the Commander of the Capital Defense Command.

According to the government personnel announcement on the 8th, in the Army, besides Director Kim, Brigadier General Lee Young-cheol was promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Headquarters. Lieutenant General Kim Hyun-jong, Secretary for Defense Reform at the Blue House, was assigned as the commander of the 5th Corps, while Lieutenant General Ahn Jun-ho, commander of the 5th Corps, exchanged positions with the Secretary for Defense Reform at the Blue House.

In the Navy, Brigadier General Kim Jung-soo was promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed as the Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, and Brigadier General Lee Jong-ho was promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed as the Commander of Naval Operations Command. Additionally, six officers including Brigadier General Kim Kwon from the Army and three officers including Brigadier General Yang Yong-mo from the Navy were promoted to Brigadier General and assigned to key positions such as division commanders.

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