Pak Nam-ki
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 박남기 |
| Hancha | 朴南基 |
|
Revised Romanization |
Bak Nam-gi |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
Pak Namgi |
Pak Nam-ki (born February 21, 1934 , † March 2010 in Pyongyang ) was head of the Finance Committee of the Labor Party of North Korea .
In March 2010 he was executed in Pyongyang for allegedly deliberately harming the country's economy by shooting .
Western media suspect that he was the scapegoat for the failure of the 2009 North Korean won devaluation . The devaluation resulted in the loss of the savings of many North Koreans.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 朴南基 ( Memento from March 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), 私設 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 研究室 (Japanese).
- ↑ N. Korean technocrat executed for bungled currency reform: sources . Yonhap News. March 18, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010., Kim Jong-il 'Suffers Depression' . Chosun Ilbo, English edition. March 3, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010., North Korea Executes Official for Currency Reform, Yonhap Says . Bloomberg. March 17, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2011., https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article6826984/Nordkorea-exekutiert-KP-Functionaer-wegen-Inflation.html
- ^ North Korean finance chief executed for botched currency reform . Guardian Online. March 18, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ North Koreans dare to protest as devaluation wipes out savings . The Independent. December 3, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
- ↑ North Korean official Pak Nam-ki executed for disastrous currency reform . Times Online. March 18, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ North Korea executes official for blunder Reuters from March 18, 2010 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pak, Nam-ki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 박남기 (Hangeul); 朴南基 (Hanja); Bak, Nam-gi (Revised Romanization); Pak, Namgi (McCune-Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | North Korean functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1934 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2010 |
| Place of death | Pyongyang |