Huang Kun-bin passes away aged 92PEACEFUL, At HOME: President Tsai Ing-wen, who in 2016 appointed the Tainan rice farmer as presidential adviser, said that she is planning to visit his familyBy Yang Chin-cheng and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerFormer presidential national policy adviser Huang Kun-bin (黃崑濱) passed away at his home in Tainan yesterday. Huang, 92, was best known for his appearance in a documentary film on Taiwan’s rice farmers titled Let It Be (無米樂, meaning “riceless joy” in Chinese). Former presidential national policy adviser Huang Kun-bin, right, who died at his home in Tainan yesterday, teaches children about rice farming in an undated photograph. Born in what became Tainan’s Houbi District (後壁), Huang rose to national fame after his role in the 2004 documentary. He won the National Rice Competition two years later and was in 2016 appointed national policy adviser to President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文).

Source: Taipei Times February 20, 2021 15:56 UTC