N. Korea replaces land minister

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has recently replaced its land minister,
who was retained in April's major shakeup, with obscure figure Kim Chang-ryong,
according to state media monitored here.

The ousted official, Pak Song-nam, had been in the post since 2006. North Korean
leader Kim Jong-il had reshuffled several ministers on April 9.
Reporting on a ceremony Wednesday on transport equipment sent by the leader to a
seedling farm, the North's Korean Central Broadcasting Station and Radio
Pyongyang cited Minister of Land and Environment Preservation Kim Chang-ryong as
one of the participants.
Little is known here about the new minister.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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