North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed a vice premier for causing “man-made confusions” in works to modernize a major machinery plant. The dismissal is seen as a bid to strengthen discipline among senior officials ahead of the upcoming ruling Workers’ Party congress to establish new economic and other state objectives. The Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday Kim announced the sacking of Yang Sung Ho, a vice premier in charge of the machine-building industry, in a speech marking the completion of the first-stage modernization project at the Ryongsong Machine Complex in the northeast on Monday.
