SEOUL: North Korea has replaced its hawkish armed forces minister after just six months on the job— the latest in a long line of top military reshuffles by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un.

The new minister was identified by the Korean Central News Agency on Sunday as Jang Jong-Nam, a relatively young and little-known field commander believed to be in his mid-50s.

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