Kim Tal-hyon

Kim Tal-hyon (1941–2000) was a North Korean politician who was deputy prime minister of the economy.[1] As a technocrat, he is known for his work on the Tumen River project. The project was a limited experiment in free market reform, but was ultimately quashed by North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il.[2]

Kim Tal-hyon
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
김달현
Hancha
金達鉉
Revised RomanizationGim Dalhyeon
McCune–ReischauerKim Tarhyŏn

In July 1992, Deputy Prime Minister Kim Tal-hyon, widely known as the North's highest economic policymaker and a "technocrat," made an extensive tour of industrial plants in South Korea with a view toward economic cooperation in the near future. He proposed pilot joint venture projects in the Nampo light industrial complex of North Korea.[3]

References

  1. Watanabe, Teresa (June 2, 1992). "Culture : Lionizing the 'Great Leader' : North Korea's Kim Il Sung enjoys a personality cult without peer". Los Angeles Times.
  2. Marquand, Robert (January 4, 2007). "How Kim Jong Il controls a nation". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
  3. Rhee, Kang Suk (1993). Korea's Unification: The Applicability of the German Experience. University of California Press. p. 12 (p371).


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