Chasu
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Chasu | |
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Korean name | |
Hangul: | 차수 |
Hanja: | 次帥 |
Revised Romanization: | Chasu |
McCune-Reischauer: | Ch'asu |
Chasu is a high military rank of North Korea, often translated as Vice-Marshal. The rank is senior to that of Daejang and junior to that of Wonsu. The rank is seldom bestowed upon the professional military, and appears to be rather a combined political-military position.
The insignia for a Chasu is influenced by the obsolete Marshal of the Soviet Union insignia, superimposing a North Korean national crest upon a Marshal’s insignia star.
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