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N. Korea shakes up top military brass ahead of Trump summit

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North Korea's top three military officials have been removed from their posts, a senior US official said, a move analysts said on Monday could support efforts by the North's young leader to jump-start economic development and engage with the world.

 

Kim Jong Un is preparing for a high-stakes summit with US President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12, the first such meeting between a North Korean leader and a sitting US president.

 

The US official, who spoke on Sunday on condition of anonymity, was commenting on a report by South Korea's Yonhap news agency that all three of the North's top military officials were believed to have been replaced.

 

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