Pang Tu-sop

{{Short description|North Korean general and politician}}

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| office = Member of the WPK 7th CC

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| 1namedata = Kim Jong-un

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| party = Workers' Party of Korea

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Pang Tu-sop ({{langx|ko|방두섭}} is a North Korean army general[http://kcna.co.jp/item/2017/201704/news15/20170415-04ee.html Kim Jong Un Issues Order to Promote Military Ranks of KPA] and politician.

Biography

He was known to be appointed commander of the Second Corps of the Korean People's Army in 2015.[https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20151112008900315 N. Korean front-line commander replaced after inter-Korean conflict] In May 2016, following the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea he was elected a full member of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.{{Cite web | title = Official Report of Seventh Congress of the WPK | author = | work=Naenara | date = | accessdate = 11 May 2016 | url = http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/news/news_view.php?0+96931 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160924225901/http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/news/news_view.php?0+96931 | archive-date=24 September 2016}}[http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=22045 Party leadership members elected]

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