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DPRK leader Kim Jong Un (standing) presides over a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party at the party's headquarters in Pyongyang, DPRK, August 9, 2023, in this photo provided by the Korean Central News Agency. /CFP
The ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) convened on Wednesday an enlarged central military commission meeting, discussing ways to intensify war preparations in response to the grave political and military situation on the Korean Peninsula, state media reported.
The enlarged session of the Central Military Commission of the Worker's Party of Korea (WPK) analyzed military developments that deteriorated the situation on the peninsula and decided on "the plans for offensive military countermeasures," the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
The issue of proactively conducting actual war drills and making full preparations for carrying out the operation plans was also discussed, the KCNA said.
The meeting came ahead of joint military drills between the United States and the Republic of Korea scheduled between August 21 and 24.
At Wednesday's meeting, Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the WPK, chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, stressed the need to increase the means to strike enemies.
He said it is necessary to conduct actual war drills to hone the military's skills to efficiently operate the latest weapons commissioned to the military, the KCNA report said.
Kim also underlined the need to manufacture more weapons to modernize the military.
The meeting also dismissed General Pak Su Il from the post of chief of the General Staff and appointed Vice Marshal Ri Yong Gil as the new chief, according to the report.
(With input from Xinhua)
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