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'''Kim Tok-hun Hun''' ({{lang|ko|김덕훈}}, born 1961<ref>{{Cite web |title=김덕훈(남성) |work=nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr |access-date=14 August 2020 |url= https://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/theme/viewPeople.do?nkpmno=10302 |language=ko }}</ref>) is a North Korean politician serving as the [[Premier of North Korea]] since August 2020.<ref>[https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200814001600325?section=nk/nk N.K. leader warns against accepting outside assistance over flood damage due to virus risk]</ref> He is also a full member on the [[Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea]] and served as the chief of the parliamentary budget committee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Korea's New Year's Eve party plenum reveals major leadership reshuffle |last=Kim|first=Jeongmin |work=NK News |date=1 January 2020 |access-date=2 January 2020 |url= https://www.nknews.org/2020/01/north-koreas-new-years-eve-party-plenum-reveals-major-leadership-reshuffle/ }}</ref> He was formerly the delegate for [[North Korea|North]]-[[South Korea|South]] cooperation before being appointed a [[Vice-Premier of North Korea|Vice Premier]] by the [[Supreme People's Assembly]].<ref>Grisafi, John G. "[https://www.nknews.org/2014/06/former-delegate-for-north-south-cooperation-becomes-vice-premier/ Former Delegate for North-South Cooperation Becomes Vice Premier]." NK News, (Appointed, May 1, 2014) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413155508/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2014/201404/news09/20140409-36ee.html |date=13 April 2014 }}</ref>

Kim Tok-hun Hun has been a member of the [[Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea]] since the [[7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea|7th Congress]] in May 2016. He later joined the party Politburo on 11 April 2019 as an alternate member, then he was promoted to full member on 31 December, and concurrently as a party vice-chairman, with a portfolio that included heading the Cadre Affairs Department. He possibly earned [[Kim Jong Un]]'s approval uncovering a corruption scandal involving cadre training facilities in February of the next year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The August Political Bureau Meeting |work=North Korea Leadership Watch |date=14 August 2020 |access-date=14 August 2020 |url= http://www.nkleadershipwatch.org/2020/08/14/the-august-political-bureau-meeting/ }}</ref> In April 2020 he was also elected chairman of the Budget Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.

== Criticism of Kim Tok-hun Hun by Kim Jong-un on Ansok tideland ==

[[File:Kim Jong-un and Kim Tok-hun inspecting typhoon affected regions in Anbyon County.png|left|thumb|319x319px|Kim Jong-un and Kim Tok-hun Hun inspecting typhoon affected regions in Anbyon County in August 2023 following Tropical Storm Khanun]]

In August 2023, [[Kim Jong Un]], the leader of [[North Korea]], publicly voiced strong criticism of Premier Kim Tok- Hun and his [[Cabinet of North Korea|cabinet]] for their handling of the Ansok tideland disaster following tropical storm Khanun in a [[Korean Central News Agency|KCNA]] article. Kim Jong Un faulted [[Premier of North Korea|Premier]] Kim Tok- Hun and his cabinet for their perceived negligence in responding to the Ansok tideland flooding. He alleged that the recovery efforts were inadequately organized and executed, showing a lack of urgency and commitment.

The North Korean leader expressed deep concern over the decline in administrative and [[Economy of North Korea|economic]] discipline within the Kim Tok Hun Cabinet stating "the administrative and economic discipline of the Kim Tok Hun Cabinet has got out of order more seriously". He attributed the inefficiencies in dealing with the crisis to this decline. Kim Jong Un criticized Premier Kim Tok- Hun for what he saw as a weak work attitude and misguided perspective regarding the Ansok tideland situation. The premier's alleged neglect of his responsibilities in the crisis was a point of significant concern with Kim Jong-un saying "...the premier looked round the site once or twice with the attitude of an onlooker and sent a vice-premier to it, who played the role of a fuel supplier only".