[imText1]While North Korea\u2019s electrical power supply worsens, North Korea\u2019s Premier Park Bong Ju pushes for the expansion of energy supply and civil electrical support only to receive a personal punishment from authorities or in actual, his position changed. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs a result of energy and other issues, Ju Dong Il, the Minister of the Electricity and Coal Industry was removed from his position\u201d a Japanese newspaper \u201cMainichi\u201d reported on the 18th, citing a source related to the North Korean government. <\/p>\n
The Minister Ju was known for his proposal on energy made at a policy meeting early 2005 where a comment was made \u201cThe electricity situation in our country is seriously grave\u201d and suggested \u201cHow about we redirect the electricity from our leader\u2019s personal residence and use that.\u201d<\/p>\n
This proposal suggested that the electricity crisis be partly solved by redistributing some of the electricity supplying Kim Jong Il\u2019s numerous personal villas throughout the nation, to much needed industries and homes.<\/p>\n
As the Minister Ju realized his comments had set a predicament, he tried to justify himself stating \u201cI simply wanted to express that the country\u2019s electricity is in an immobilized state\u201d but was known to have been reprimanded by the central authorities and his position changed. Since last October, the Ministry of the Electricity and Coal Industry had been separated to the Ministry of Electrical Industry and the Ministry of Coal Industry. <\/p>\n
In the same month, Premier Park expressed his concerns on the export of coal to China at a trade conference saying \u201cIf this situation continues, our country will be faced with serious implications from the energy crisis. The people will be unable to use their central heating and industries will stop. It would be better to refrain from further exports.\u201d The newspaper also mentioned that Premier Park had gone to the extent of submitting a proposal and that the ministry had even settled on the suspension of coal exports.<\/p>\n
However, following the nuclear experiment, the National Defense Commission asserted that the acquirement of foreign currency was an absolute necessity in strengthening the military and strongly urged for the resumption of exports. In the end, the ministry\u2019s decision was overturned and exports recommenced. <\/p>\n
Though Premier Park has not yet been replaced, under the orders of authorities, he is known to be spending his time in self-discipline as \u201cfor now, revision is necessary.\u201d Though Premier Park\u2019s name is listed on the roll of honors, he has not been seen in the presence of Kim Jong Il.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[imText1]While North Korea\u2019s electrical power supply worsens, North Korea\u2019s Premier Park Bong Ju pushes for the expansion of energy supply and civil electrical support only to receive a personal punishment from authorities or in actual, his position changed. \u201cAs a result of energy and other issues, Ju Dong Il, the Minister of the Electricity and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":3356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n