New Focus International predicts more power struggles in Pyongyang …
Hwang Pyong-so, director of the military’s General Political Bureau (GPB), has moved to politically corner Kim Won-hong, director of the Ministry of State Security (MSS). [….]
Tensions of power between Hwang and Kim increased in magnitude as they moved up the hierarchy. Hwang rose more quickly, reaching to the level of Deputy Director in the Organization and Guidance Department (OGD), while Kim first remained in the military-political hierarchy as GPB Organizational Directorate Chief, then led the MPAF Defense Command, and finally, became Director of the Ministry of State Security.