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| Kim Jong-il Replaces Man in Charge of Special Coffers |
| 2010-05-29 |
| North Korea has recently replaced the director of a department of the North Korean Workers Party's Central Committee codenamed "Room 39," which manages leader Kim Jong-il's coffers and personal slush funds, it emerged Thursday. A North Korean source said Kim Tong-un (75) has been dismissed and his deputy Jon Il-chun (69) has been working in his place. A South Korean government official said since Jan. 30, Jon has been seen by the side of Kim Jong-il, and it seems highly likely that Kim Tong-un has been replaced. Kim Tong-un had managed Kim Jong-il's slush funds since 1994. Kim Jong-il and Jon went to the prestigious Namsan High Middle School at around the same time. Jon was appointed deputy director of "Room 39" in 1998. Kim Tong-un was put on blacklist of North Korean officials by the EU in December, alongside Jang Song-taek, Kim Jong-il's brother-in-law and the director of the party's administration department, and Kim Yong-chun, the minister of the armed forces, which is why Kim Jong-il may have decided he is no use to him any more in managing slush funds squirreled away abroad. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Man in Charge of Special Coffers -- the US equivalent is the Commission for Dissipation of Excess Federal Funds. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-05-29 18:53 |
| #1 A "youth" movement. Inebbitable |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-05-29 09:52 |