SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his vice premier, compared him to a goat and railed against “incompetent” officials, state media said Tuesday, in a rare and very public broadside against apparatchiks at the opening of a critical factory. Vice Premier Yang Sung Ho was sacked “on the spot,” the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, in a speech in which Kim attacked “irresponsible, rude and incompetent leading officials.” “Please, Comrade Vice Premier, resign by yourself when you can do it on your own before it is too late,” Kim reportedly said.

Dissatisfied with a visit to an industrial machinery complex on Monday, Kim blasted officials whom he blamed for delays in the project, the state-run Korean Central News Agency…

Kim condemns 'incompetent' party members for delays in government projects in advance of key ruling party meeting.