According to the order, Pak Jong Chon, Kim Kwang Hyok and Kim Myong Sik were promoted to general and thirty three persons including Jang Yong Su and Ko In Chol to major general.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un expressed the conviction that the commanding officers of the KPA would thoroughly implement the Party's line of developing the revolutionary armed force into the powerful elite army and staunchly struggle for the victorious advance of the sacred Korean revolution.