 Choe akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wasachigaro weNDC muna Kubvumbi 2014, zviri pachena kuti akasimbisa chinzvimbo chake chechipiri, asi akatsiviwa nemutevedzeri achangogadzwa Marshal Hwang Pyong-so semukuru weKPA politburo, uye akaderedzwa zviri pamutemo kubva kuNDC mushure memwedzi mishanu chete, nekudaro achigumisa kubatanidzwa kwake munyaya dzechiuto. Sangano renhau reNorth Korea rakashuma gare gare kuti aive munyori webato anoona nezvemasangano evashandi uye sachigaro weHurumende yePhysical Culture uye Sports Guidance Commission, chinzvimbo chaimbobatwa naJang Song-thaek, uyezve chikamu chemumiriri kuenda kuSouth Korea kunopinda mhemberero yekuvhara yeMitambo yeAsia. Akadzorerwawo pachinzvimbo chake chePresidium mukupera kwaGumiguru, uye pakupedzisira akaderedzwa kubva pairi muna Kukadzi unotevera, kunyangwe akaramba ari nhengo yepamusoro yePolitburo. Mishumo yakaratidza kuti kuzvikudza uye mukurumbira wakaipa pakati pevakuru vezvematongerwe enyika ndizvo zvikonzero zvakamutungamirira kuti abviswe. Zvisinei, akasarudzwazve senhengo yePresidium pa7th Party Congressmuna May 2016. 