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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has presided over a Central Military Commission meeting to discuss the discipline among the military officials and stricter control over the younger officers, state media reported on Thursday.</p>
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At the expanded military commission meeting of the ruling Workers&#39; Party on Wednesday, Kim stressed on the importance of establishing &quot;revolutionary moral discipline&quot; particularly among the younger generation in the Army, according to the Korean Central News Agency.</p>
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&quot;To establish the revolutionary moral discipline within the KPA is not just a technical issue, but a fatal issue related to the existence of the KPA and success or failure in the army building and military activities,&quot; Kim said, referring to the People&#39;s Army, Yonhap reported.</p>
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Kim also called for intensified education and control to ensure that the commanding officers of the &quot;new generation have the proper political consciousness and moral point of view.&quot;</p>
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The meeting also saw a discussion of &quot;a series of shortcomings revealed in the military and political activities and moral life of KPA commanding officers.&quot;</p>
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Kim&#39;s criticism appears aimed at tightening discipline among military officers amid challenges from global sanctions and the country&#39;s prolonged fight against the global pandemic.</p>
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Several major commanding officers were dismissed or appointed at the meeting, reflecting an apparent generational change in the organisation.</p>
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Kim Song-gi was appointed as the Commander of the North&#39;s Navy, while Kim Chung-il was appointed the Commander of the Aviation Force.</p>
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The tile of the Vice Marshal was also conferred on Defence Minister Kim Jong-gwan and Kwon Yong-jin, Director of the General Political Bureau of the North Korean Army.</p>
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<em>(IANS)</em></p>
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