Wonder no longer.

Just messing, they kill them.

North Korea has executed a senior official blamed for currency reforms that damaged the already ailing economy and potentially affected the succession, a news agency in South Korea reported today. Pak Nam-gi was killed by firing squad last week, said Yonhap, citing multiple sources. The Workers party chief for planning and the economy had not been seen in public since January. The 77-year-old was put to death as “a son of a bourgeois conspiring to infiltrate the ranks of revolutionaries to destroy the national economy”, the agency said.

North Korean finance chief executed for botched currency reform [The Guardian]

Comments (12)

  1. Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2010 at 6:08 PM

    When is Fuld’s turn?

  2. Posted by CoveredLong | March 18, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    Sounds like an untapped market for key man insurance.

    -The Insurance Salesman

  3. Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2010 at 6:25 PM

    Bess I hope the goons running this your prison give you a raise and bonus! BIG TIME. Not only are you the only one putting up content on here (so much for the other “contributors”) but you never have a down day.

  4. Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2010 at 6:27 PM

    Bess I hope the goons running your prison give you a raise and bonus! BIG TIME. Not only are you the only one putting up content on here (so much for the other “contributors”) but you never have a down day.

  5. Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2010 at 6:30 PM

    How long is this monarchy going to claim to be (a) communist or (b) revolutionary?

  6. Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM

    @3/@4 English motherfucker, do you speak it?

    Your posts make no sense – not just these ones.

  7. Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2010 at 7:14 PM

    s.o.b. = sonofabourgeois

  8. Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2010 at 8:38 PM

    That kinda of shit happens when you don’t have basic free-market protections like regulatory capture.

    - a 45 year old SEC lawyer.

  9. Posted by plzzshop7 | March 19, 2010 at 6:20 AM

    asad

  10. Posted by american bandersnatch | March 19, 2010 at 7:11 AM

    Is the position still open? Could you post a link to the job requirements? Thanks.

  11. Posted by Frank | March 19, 2010 at 9:24 AM

    In America, such a person would get fired from the big bank it works for, then, 3 months after,

    GET A NEW JOB EASILY WITH BETTER PAY.

    Welcome to America! Where CEO’s ruin shareholders, only to be offered better jobs!

    EX: Hey, that guy lost $$$$$$$$ in Nat GAS trading last year. Yeah but he knows his stuff. yeah. lets hire him, I heard some people say that he’s good.

  12. Posted by american bandersnatch | March 19, 2010 at 9:34 AM

    Frank: You seem angry. Is something bothering you? Sharing may make you feel better.

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