http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/05/10/kpa-takes-over-party-and-intel-offices/ News and analysis of the North Korean economy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/05/10/kpa-takes-over-party-and-intel-offices/#comment-137753 Michael Madden Wed, 13 May 2009 13:50:52 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/05/10/kpa-takes-over-party-and-intel-offices/#comment-137753 It has always seemed a bit strange that Room 35 and the Operations Unit were departments of the CCKWP. The personnel in the Operations Unit were always drawn from either the KPA or the KWP/NDC civilian managers. If memory is serving me well this morning, current NDC member and KJI buddy O Kuk Ryol was a department director or vice director of the Operations Unit in Kim il Sung's time. The idea that the Operations Unit would earn money for the KWP was an idea proposed in the early 1970s by Jang Song Thaek. It has always seemed a bit strange that Room 35 and the Operations Unit were departments of the CCKWP. The personnel in the Operations Unit were always drawn from either the KPA or the KWP/NDC civilian managers. If memory is serving me well this morning, current NDC member and KJI buddy O Kuk Ryol was a department director or vice director of the Operations Unit in Kim il Sung’s time. The idea that the Operations Unit would earn money for the KWP was an idea proposed in the early 1970s by Jang Song Thaek.

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