North Korea has recently named Chon Il-chun, vice chief in charge of managing the safe of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his family, to head the office of the ruling Workers' Party, Yonhap News reported Thursday.
Chon replaced Kim Dong-un who was put on a "blacklist" by the European Union last December, the report said, quoting sources in Seoul.
North Korea's media reported Wednesday that Chon, a ranking official of the Workers' Party, was among those who accompanied Kim Jong-il on his trip to a fishery office in South Hamgyeong Province.
jckim@koreatimes.co.kr
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