Army Commander Reassigned After Land-Mine Blasts, Says S. Korea
November 13 2015
The North Korean regime has replaced a senior front-line military commander said to have a direct role in land-mine blasts along the border in August, says a South Korean source, as reported by the Yonhap news agency (Seoul).
"Immediately after the land-mine and shelling provocations, North Korea replaced the commander of the 2nd Corps Kim Sang-ryong with Pang Tu-sop in late August," said the government source on Thursday.
The commander was reportedly reassigned as the...
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