Jang Sung Taek\u2019s dismissal was not in response to the \u201canti-Party\u201d activities of executed subordinates in the Administrative Department of the Party; rather, it was because he clashed with Kim Jong Eun and Choi Ryong Hae over the course of economic development. <\/p>\n
This is the claim of some Daily NK sources, who assert that Jang was opposed to limited development as advocated by Kim and Choi, preferring a more expansive Chinese-style push for economic reform.<\/p>\n
A source close to the issue informed Daily NK on the 4th, \u201cThe fall of Jang Sung Taek developed out of conflict in his relations with Kim Jong Eun. It was related to the economic development they’ve been pushing; Jang\u2019s view was at odds with Choi Ryong Hae and the hardliners, including Kim Jong Eun, and so in the end this happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJang Sung Taek had been pushing for Chinese-style \u2018reform and opening,\u2019 not a partial opening, but Kim Jong Eun and the core hardliners wanted to limit it. In other words, they wanted \u2018mosquito net\u2019 opening, and so this conflict erupted,\u201d the source went on to assert. \u201cWhat started with conflict between the two ended in Jang\u2019s downfall.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Jang went to Beijing last year, he told them of his own desire for reform and opening with China. In doing so, he represented North Korea\u2019s stance without any regard for Kim Jong Eun\u2019s view at all. Overstepping the mark like that soon became a problem,\u201d the source said. \u201cIt was from that moment that Choi Ryong Hae and the military hardliners started to criticize Jang.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking about the incendiary claim, one high-level defector told Daily NK, \u201cSo Jang Sung Taek wanted to pursue a Chinese-style reform and opening while enhancing relations with China, but Kim Jong Eun and Choi Ryong Hae did not. Kim and Choi probably thought that doing that would destroy [North Korean] socialism, and had no option but to purge Jang in order to open the way for their vision of a limited opening.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe North Korean people see Jang as this economically savvy manager who knows a lot about China,\u201d the defector added. \u201cFor Kim Jong Eun, the fact that Jang is viewed this way by the people must have been fairly unpleasant. Choi picked this up, then, and pushed Kim Jong Eun to have him removed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jang Sung Taek\u2019s dismissal was not in response to the \u201canti-Party\u201d activities of executed subordinates in the Administrative Department of the Party; rather, it was because he clashed with Kim Jong Eun and Choi Ryong Hae over the course of economic development. This is the claim of some Daily NK sources, who assert that Jang […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":25347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\n