—A North Korean government source says a major shift is underway in North Korea’s military-first policy. Decisions are overturned and funds for the armed forces are cut by 30 per cent to prevent the generals from taking over. Secret police is strengthened.—
This happened in Romania many years ago. The dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu did not trust the regular Army, so he kept its funding on a shoestring and lavished money on his loyal Securitate (uniformed secret police—used to put down “internal” threats) which were loyal to him. This was a foreshadowing of decay in Romania; are we seeing the same thing in the PDRK?
That is exactly what I thought upon reading this article. The end may be near. In Kim’s case, he raised this beast called N. Korean military in order to shore up his regime which was shaken badly by catastrophic famine. Now that it has grown too big, he wants to cut it down to size. It may not work as he intended.