Pak Nam-gi

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Pak Nam-gi
Chosŏn'gŭl 박남기
Hancha 朴南基
McCune–Reischauer Pak Namgi
Revised Romanization Bak Nam-gi
This is a Korean name; the family name is Pak.

Pak Nam-gi (variously spelt as Park and Nam-ki and romanised in North Korea as Pak Nam Gi) (21 February 1934 – 17 March 2010) was, until as late as January 2010,[1] Director of the Planning and Finance Department of the ruling party of North Korea. There are doubts about his date of birth, with at least two unattributed sources[2][3] reporting it as 21 February 1934 or sometime in 1928 respectively.

In March 2010, it was reported by news agencies including Yonhap,[4] Bloomberg,[5] and The Guardian[6] that Pak had been tried and then executed by firing squad in Pyongyang for the offense of being "a son of a bourgeois conspiring to infiltrate the ranks of revolutionaries to destroy the national economy". According to the Guardian, he had been denounced as a traitor during a meeting in January 2010 and arrested on the spot. This related to the devaluation of the North Korean won in November 2009, which led to a crisis after rendering valueless many people's savings.[7][8]

However, John Park, a Stanton junior faculty fellow at MIT, claimed that Pak Nam-gi is still alive and have resurfaced after his alleged execution.[9]

A contradictory report, written by Ri Je-gang, the former first deputy director of the Korean Worker's Party's Organization and Guidance Department says Pak Nam-gi was executed by firing squad in the course of a reactionary purge in 2010.[10]

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  1. ^ "Park Nam Ki Arrested for Currency Debacle: sources". Daily NK. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  2. ^ "(Japanese language source)". Retrieved 18 March 2010. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Who Hangs With Kim Jong-il". Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  4. ^ "N. Korean technocrat executed for bungled currency reform: sources". Yonhap News. March 18, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-18. 
  5. ^ "Kim Jong-il 'Suffers Depression'". Chosun Ilbo, English edition. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010. 
  6. ^ Branigan, Tania (18 March 2010). "North Korean finance chief executed for botched currency reform". London: The Guardian. 
  7. ^ McNeill, David (3 December 2009). "North Koreans dare to protest as devaluation wipes out savings". London: The Independent. 
  8. ^ "North Korean official Pak Nam-ki executed for disastrous currency reform". London: Times Online. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010. 
  9. ^ "Death by firing squad in North Korea?". Foreign Policy. 24 December 2012. 
  10. ^ "Secret Report Throws Light on N.Korean Purges". Nov. 27, 2012 13:23 KST. Retrieved 1 November 2012. 
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