All generals at the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) will be replaced.
According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and other military authorities on the 6th, Jin Yong-sung, who took office in late September, recently ordered the replacement of all JCS generals and all lieutenant colonels and colonels who have served for more than two years.
A military official said it was "part of a personnel overhaul due to the aftermath of martial law."
Accordingly, about 40 generals affiliated with the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) will be reassigned to the Ministry of National Defense and each service. Generals from outside are expected to fill those posts.
Lieutenant colonels whose promotions have been finalized are expected to be replaced at the end of this month, and colonels and generals as early as next month or in January next year.
Since the start of the Lee Jae-myung administration, the military has emphasized a personnel overhaul after the Dec. 3 declaration of martial law.
Earlier, in the first round of four-star general appointments announced in early September by the Lee Jae-myung administration, all seven active-duty four-star generals who were in the top military leadership during martial law were discharged.
Meanwhile, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, "We are preparing measures for a personnel overhaul, but nothing has been decided at this time."