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16 July, 2012 - 07:02

N.Korea army chief 'removed from posts due to illness'

North Korea's army chief Ri Yong-Ho has been removed from all his posts due to illness, the communist state's official news agency said Monday.A meeting of the political bureau of the North's ruling party on Sunday decided to "relieve Ri Yong-Ho of all his posts... for his illness", said the agency.