Ministry for the Protection of the State, 15, 123
Mohamed, Mahathir, 206
Mohammed bin Salman, 3
Mojica, Jason, 174–175, 179–180
money-laundering, 214
Moon Jae-in, desire to engage with North Korea, 243–244; summits with Kim Jong Un, 6, 253–257; term of, 280
Moranbong Band, 180, 182, 221
Mother of the Great, Military-First Korea, The, 71
Mount Paektu mythology, 25, 65
Mubarak, Hosni, 78
My Hometown, 151
Myers, Brian, 22
Nagasaki, 20
narcissism, 191
National Defense Commission, 71, 87, 190
New York Philharmonic, 2–3
Nixon, Richard, 232, 234–235
Noland, Marcus, 172–173
North Korea, borders and, 92, 103, 112, 278; capitalist enterprise in, 99–102; concentration camps in, 113; criminal code in, 123–124; culture of fear, 112–113, 128; devaluation of the currency and, 73–75; escapes from under Kin Jong Un, 7; economy of, 22, 74–75, 93, 97–102, 134–135, 145–147, 273; escalation with United States in response to Trump rhetoric and, 237–240; facade for foreigners, 2–4; famine and, 13, 27–28; Hanoi summit and, 276–279; information blockade of, 112–114; Jangmadang Generation, 102–108; Korean War and, 19–21; nuclear capability of, 229–231, 273; outside foreign influences in, 117–120; partition of peninsula and, 17; penal system in, 124–127; political caste system in, 120–121; predictions for Kim Jong Un transition in West, 5; propaganda and, 38, 113–114; public monitoring of citizens, 121–123; real estate development in, 145–147; refugees from, 7; relations with Japan, 35–36; relations with United States, 53–54, 90; space program of, 89–90
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 233
nuclear program, 29; announcement of, 192; ballistic missiles and, 225–226; constitution and, 224–225; education system and, 227–228; focus on, 223–228; hydrogen bomb and, 223–224, 226, 229–230; Kim Il Sung and, 231–233; Kim’s psychology and, 235–236; tests of first bombs, 192–193; uranium-enrichment program and, 234
Obama, Barack, 172, 175, 225
Office 39, 15
“on-the-spot guidance” tours, 24
O’Neil, Imogen, 217
Organizational and Guidance Department, 65
Pak (factory manager, Dandong), 149–150
Pak Hyon Yong, 28
Pak Nam Gi, 75
Park Chung-hee, 232–233
Park Geun-hye, 225
Pence, Mike, 242
Peng Liyuan, 252
plastic surgery, 159–160
Pleasure Brigade, 132
Pochonbo Electric Orchestra, 42–43, 160
Pompeo, Mike, 260, 267–269, 277
Pottinger, Matt, 269
prison camps, 113, 124–127
propaganda, 38, 113–116, 247
Propaganda and Agitation Department, 247
Pyo Yon Chol, 177
Pyongyang, in early twentieth century, 16; under Kim Jong Un, 5
Pyongyang International Pro Wrestling Games, 1–2
rape, 125–126
real estate, 145–147
Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), 194–195
Rhee, Syngman, 37
Ri Chun Hee, 83–84, 87
Ri Gang, 47, 51–53
Ri Jong Ho, 142, 147–148, 154
Ri Myong Hun, 41
Ri Nam Ok, 207, 211, 217–218
Ri Pyong Chol, 162
Ri Sol Ju, 160–165, 177–180, 182, 246, 252, 257
Ri Su Yong, 208–209
Ri Yong Ho, 77, 131
Ri Yong Phil, 7
Ro Hui Chang, 134, 141
Robertson, Ian, 190–191
Rodman, Dennis, 6, 41, 50, 171; first visit to North Korea, 136, 174–180; on Kim Jong Un, 172; North Korean–NBA exhibition game and, 183–184; Otto Warmbier hostage situation and, 201–202; recruitment of, 70, 173; second visit to North Korea, 181–182
Rodong Sinmun, 13
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 276
Rosenstein, Nina, 174
Roux, François-Xavier, 67
Rusk, Dean, 17
Russia, 278
Ryomyong Street, 145–146
Sagan, Scott D., 235
Sahakian, Anthony, 210, 215
sanctions, end of war declaration and, 270; Hanoi summit and, 277–278; Kim Yo Jong and, 248; Kim’s focus on economy and, 261; “maximum pressure” policy, 238–239; in propaganda about economy, 120; US-North Korea summit in Singapore and, 258
Sapp, Bob, 2
Schriver, Randy, 269
Schule Liebefeld Steinhölzli, 54
sexual assault, 125–126
Singapore, 261–264
Siti Aisyah, 205
Song Hye Rim, 25
songbun, 121
Sony Entertainment, 193–194
South Korea, artistic visits to North Korea, 249–250; cyberattack on, 194; decapitation strike practices, 237–238; defection to, 107–108; economy of, 22; floods in 1984 and North Korean aid to, 13; Jang Song Thaek and, 136; joint exercises with US military and, 269; meeting with Trump in Washington, DC, 250–251; partition of peninsula and, 17
South Korea, economic policy and, 97–98
Soviet Union, 17, 22, 24, 98; Cuban missile crisis, 232
Spavor, Michael, 181, 184
special economic zone (SEZ), 154
Stalin, Josef, 19–20
State Affairs Commission, 190
Studer, Ueli, 56
Supreme Guard Command, 265
Suri, Jeremi, 235
Svolik, Milan, 130
Ten Principles on the Establishing of the Monolithic Ideology of the Party, 116
Terwilliger, Joe, 181–182, 184
Thae Yong Ho, 68, 220–221
Tillerson, Rex, 202
torture, 125–126
tourism, 152
transport services, 103–104
Trump, Donald, approach to meetings with world leaders, 259–260; Hanoi summit and, 276–278; “maximum pressure” campaign and, 238–239; meeting with South Korean envoys in Washington, DC, 250–251; North Korean response to, 237–240; response to South-North Korean summit in DMZ, 254; rhetoric on North Korea of, 234–237; summit with Kim Jong Un, 6, 266–272; term of, 280; US hostages and, 200, 202, 276
Unhasu Orchestra, 163
United States, Cuban missile crisis, 232; decapitation strike practices, 237–238; Korean War and, 20–21, 231, 235; North Korean nuclear program and, 223, 226–227; relations with Korea, 53–54, 90; role on in North Korean propaganda, 116, 176
US hostages, 195–202
US–North Korea summit (Singapore), achievements of, 268–272; arrival of Kim in Singapore, 261–263; as coup for Kim, 258–259; possibilities of, 259–260; Trump-Kim meeting in, 266–271. See also Hanoi summit
vehicle ownership, 103–104
Victorious Fatherland Liberation Museum, 183
Victorious Fatherland Liberation War. See Korean War
Vifian, Marisa, 56–57
Volo, Chris “Vo,” 181
VX, 204
WannaCry 2.0, 194
Warmbier, Otto, 197–202, 276
Washington Post, 4
weapons, artillery at Wonsan, 15
Winter Olympics (2018), 241–244
Wonsan, amusement park in, 14; famine in, 13; Kim compound in, 15–16; Kim Jong Un’s childhood in, 12–14; missile launching sites at, 15; as refuge of the wealthy, 11
Workers’ Party, 72, 77, 87, 116, 143, 153, 247
World Trade Organization, 97
Xi Jinping, 251–253, 275, 280–281
Yang, Dr., 119–120
Yokota, Megumi, 36, 40–41
Yongbyon Nuclear Research Complex, 232, 277–278
Young Pioneer Corps, 115
Yun, Joseph, 201–202
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