N. Korean military chief relieved of all posts

BEIJING, China - Photo shows North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un (R) talking to Ri Yong Ho, chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff, as they view a military parade in Pyongyang in February 2012, during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, the country's late leader and father of Kim Jong Un. North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency reported on July 16, 2012, that Ri, known as one of the closest aides of Kim Jong Un, has been removed from all his posts because of illness.

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