Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un recently presided over a Central Military Commission meeting of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea and discussed "the key issues of further bolstering a war deterrent of the country," state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday. 

"The enlarged meeting discussed issues of intensifying the party's education and guidance of commanders and political officials of the people's army" and "stressed the need to thoroughly arm the young commanding officers," the KCNA said. 

"Then there was a closed meeting... to examine the strategic mission of the major units for coping with the military situation in the vicinity of the Korean Peninsula and the potential military threat and the alert posture and to discuss the key issues of further bolstering a war deterrent of the country," it added. 

The KCNA also reported that decisions were also made to dismiss or appoint commanding officers in major posts in the armed forces. 

(Cover: KCNA Photo via CCTV)