[mandaladon]

“This points to two things: the consolidation of Kim Jong Un’s power as the sole leader of North Korea and strengthened cooperation between the North’s party and military as the country works toward further economic development,” said Yang Moo-ji, professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Agree with this...

[Brilliant]

Kim has been the leader for several years. I don’t think there are any competing power bases at this point. But since he will be leaving the country for a few days and is going to be negotiating a deal that would probably be opposed by some of his generals he’s removing the top guys. It’s more the timing that’s important. Anything these guys had in the works is now without a leader. Anything their successors might put together won’t be ready for implementation until after he gets back.