Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong Un ordered to promote the military ranks of commanding officers of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on Sunday on the occasion of the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.

According to the order, Pak Jong Chon, Kim Kwang Hyok and Kim Myong Sik were promoted to general and thirty three persons including Jang Yong Su and Ko In Chol to major general.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un expressed the conviction that the commanding officers of the KPA would thoroughly implement the Party's line of developing the revolutionary armed force into the powerful elite army and staunchly struggle for the victorious advance of the sacred Korean revolution.