Oh Kil-nam

Economist, Person

1942 –

87

Who is Oh Kil-nam?

Oh Kil-nam is a retired South Korean economist, who was offered a job as an economist in North Korea, and so defected to North Korea with his wife Shin Suk-ja and daughters, then left them behind when he obtained political asylum in Denmark, where he was working in the North Korean embassy.

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1942
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on July 23, 2013

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