"Vice Premier Yang Sung Ho who oversaw the ostracized nation's machine-building industry was booted out "on the spot" for causing "unnecessary man-made confusion," Kim said in an address on Monday to mark the completion of a first-stage modernization project at the northeast Ryongsong Machine Complex. "Please, Comrade Vice Premier, resign by yourself when you can do it on your own before it is too late," Kim reportedly said."
"The North Korean leader said he had censured Yang during a party meeting and watched him closely, KCNA reported. Yang was "unfit to be entrusted with heavy duties," the agency quoted Kim as saying. "Put simply, it was like hitching a cart to a goat an accidental mistake in our cadre appointment process," Kim said. "After all, it is an ox that pulls a cart, not a goat.""
Kim Jong Un removed Vice Premier Yang Sung Ho, who managed the machine-building industry, for causing "unnecessary man-made confusion" and economic loss. Kim publicly urged Yang to resign and labeled him "unfit to be entrusted with heavy duties." Kim castigated leading officials as "irresponsible, rude and incompetent" and condemned cadres for "defeatism, irresponsibility and passiveness." He likened the appointment error to "hitching a cart to a goat," insisting an ox should pull the cart. North Korea suffered major economic setbacks during the COVID pandemic, and South Korea's central bank reported 3.7% growth for North Korea in 2024.
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