‘Kimilsungism’ 132, 133
Kim Jong-il (The General) xiv; Admitted and 19, 39, 81–2, 316; ‘An Ode to the Smiling Sun’ 20–4; Annals of the Kim Dynasty and 125, 126, 127, 128, 129– 41; appearance xxiv; arms deals and 77; as ‘dictator’ 3–4; begins career in Propaganda and Agitation Department, not Organisation and Guidance Department 130–1; bodyguards xiv, xv, xvi; China, hatred of 260–5; crying of xxv–xxvi; death 314; death of father and xxvi, 141; declares Sino-DPRK border as an ideological border 261; dependence of North Korean state on Workers’ Party, engineers 133; elevates authority of OGD and PAD 132–3; encouragement of cultification of the Kim Il-sung supports own party based powers 133; Eundok Village and 241, 242, 243; excludes children of supporters of father from Central Party 136–7; exclusion from prospect of leadership 130; executive chain of command 15; father required to offer up a personal ode of praise on fiftieth birthday of 139; opposes father’s pursuit of peaceful unification of Korea/approval for inter-Korean summit 140–1; foreign policy/strategy 252–65; funeral 314; gives gifts to senior cadres three times a year 53–4; growth of power 131–5; holiday homes 111–12; humiliates father 138; ‘I rule through music and literature’ 3; Jang Jin-sung meets xiv, xvi, xvii–xxvi; 2002 DPRK-Japan summit and 157–60; Juche Art Theory 33; Juche philosophy and growth of power 132; kidnappings of foreigners and 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160; ‘Kililsungism’ and 132, 133; ‘Localisation’ and 155; love of people for 229; ‘loyalty remittances’ paid to 77; luxurious lifestyle of 61; merciless rule by purging (‘side-branch’ notion) 136–7, 317; military provocations against South Korea and 256, 257, 258–9; Ministry of State Security and 132–3; mobilization of people, 2001/compulsory three-year period of military service 65–6; North Korean Language and 34, 144; off-the-cuff apology for kidnappings of Japanese citizens 159–60; orders North Korean companies to cease trading with Chinese companies, 2002 265; orders staff at embassy in Beijing to prepare for withdrawal 263; personal wealth 15; personal/sex life 67–8, 70, 110–12; poetry literary vogue under 5, 13; poetry presented to on fiftieth birthday 38, 39; oath of loyalty to 40; power over cultural identity of people 3–4; railway and 41, 42; refuses to fulfill father’s burial requests 141; sanctifies Jang Jin-sung after being moved by poem written in his honour 3, 18–19; Scrutiny and 172, 173–4, 175, 176, 177; Section Five and 110–12, 317; secures place in OGD 131; Shenyang Incident and 263–4; Songun or ‘Military-First’ policy and 16, 18; step mother and 129, 130; ‘Sunshine Exploitation’ Strategy and 255; takes away inter-Korean diplomatic and business privileges of the military and transfers them to the Workers’ Party 154–5; Teacher Dear Leader title 195; ‘Three Great Revolutionary Goals’ 131; United Front Department (UFD) and 8–9, 12–14, 15, 16, 18, 40; university days 129–30, 137; usurpation of father 129–41; visits China, January, 2001 262, 264; visits China, May, 2000 262, 263–4; visits Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang, 5th March, 2000 262–3; Wangjaean Orchestra 67–8
Kim Jong-suk (mother of Kim Jong-il) 129
Kim Jong-un x, 314, 315
Kim Ki-nam 314
Kim Kwang-hop 131
Kim Man-young 13
Kim Pyong-il (half-brother of Kim Jong-il) 129, 130, 131
Kim Sang-o 35–8, 39–40, 311
Kim Sung-ae (second wife of Kim Il-sung) 129, 130, 131, 133, 136
Kim Yong-ju (Kim Il-sung’s younger brother) 130, 131, 136
Kim Yong-ryong 174
Kim Yong-sun xvi, xxi, xxii, xxiv
Kim Yoon-sim 258, 259
Kim Young-chun 262
Kim Young-nam 156
Koizumi, Prime Minister 157, 159
Korean Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) 6, 72, 257, 316
Korean War, 1950–3 25, 65, 98, 127, 129, 154, 173, 175, 186, 253, 262, 263, 296
Ministry of People’s Armed Forces 139
Ministry of People’s Security 67, 176, 313
Ministry of Social Security 67, 132, 173, 174, 176
Ministry of State Security xiv, 15, 70, 72, 73, 76, 79, 81, 82, 132, 134, 174, 182, 263, 264, 302, 305–6
Mitsubishi xvii, 242
Monthly Chosun 64
Moon Sung-sul 174, 175
‘Mother’ (Kim Chul) 35
Mount Daesung Revolutionary Martyrs’ Memorial 141
Mount Keumsu: assembly hall 136–7;
Memorial Palace 140, 141
Munsu Guesthouse vii, 126, 128
Musan vii, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 102
‘Mother’ (Kim Chul) 35
‘My Homeland’ (Kim Sang-o) 35, 36, 311
Myung-chul 50–2
National Defence Commission 3, 20
National Literary Deliberation Committee 33
Northern Limit Line (NLL) Strategy 253, 257–8, 259, 316
nuclear weapons x, 158, 258, 313
Order of the Heroic Effort 4, 77
Organisation and Guidance Department (OGD) 15, 19, 67, 68, 81, 111, 130, 132–3, 134–5, 136, 137, 138, 157, 174, 314, 315, 316
Paek Do-san 29
Paek Go-san 29
Paek Hak-rim 67
Park Chul 10, 11, 14, 22, 23, 24, 65, 75, 78, 158
Park Chung-hee 17
Park Ui-chun 138
Park Young-su xvi
Party Committees xiv, 7, 48, 79, 88, 177
Patriotic Rice movement 50
People’s Armed Forces (PAF) 139, 262, 317
People’s Trial 57–9, 60
Propaganda and Agitation Department (PAD) xxvi, 3, 4, 15, 22, 32–3, 38, 39, 128, 130–3, 159–60, 177, 314, 317
Public Distribution System (PDS) xxvi, 11, 44, 45, 172–3, 254, 273, 317
Pyongyang, North Korea vii, xv, xvii, xxvi, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 25, 27, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37–8, 39, 42, 44, 48–59, 60, 61, 62–3, 66, 67, 72, 76, 82, 83, 84, 86, 89, 91, 104, 108, 110, 120, 126, 129, 140, 142, 146–8, 149, 152, 154, 157, 159, 162, 166, 171, 172, 175, 179, 182, 185–6, 192, 193, 197, 207, 216, 219, 229, 230, 232, 241–3, 254, 262, 263, 268, 273, 274, 275, 309, 311, 313
Pyongyang Arts School vii, 29, 32, 35, 39, 66, 152
Pyongyang Great Theatre 83
Pyongyang Hotel 82–3
Pyongyang Station vii, 25, 41, 72, 83
Pyongyang Thermoelectric Plant xv
re-education 138–9
religion 185–6
Revolutionary Study Rooms of Comrades Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il 195, 243
Ri Hyun-suk 152–3, 157
Ri Su-bok 35
Ri Su-ryon 35, 36
Rodong Sinmun (Party newspaper) 13, 39, 40, 141, 257, 258–9, 317
Sariwon, North Korea vii, 25, 28, 30, 42, 43–59, 62, 166, 251, 296
Second World War, 1939–45 98, 261
Seed-Bearing Strategy 152–60, 161, 317
‘7.1 Measures’, 1st July, 2000 273–4
Seo Gwan-hui 172–3
Seo Jung-hwan 89–90
Seo Yoon-seok 175
Shenyang Incident 263–4
Shin Byung-gang 13
Shin Gwang-ho 143–52, 161, 162, 163, 164, 166, 168, 176, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183–4, 185, 193, 199, 201, 205–6, 208–9, 210, 211, 214, 218, 219, 223, 226, 228, 229, 239, 240–1, 244, 266–7, 278, 282, 288, 290–1, 298, 306, 308–9
Shin Gwang-ho, Mrs 161, 163, 168, 169, 176, 183–4, 240–1, 249, 266, 290–1, 309
Songs of a Blessed Generation, The 39, 58
Songun ‘Military-First’ policy 16–17, 18, 58, 65, 31
Soon-yong 50
Soonan guesthouse 126
South Korea (southern Chosun): attitude of North Korea towards threat of 260; Chinese pursuit of economic relations with 260, 264; economy 64; humanitarian aid to North Korea 63, 187, 254–6, 257; intelligence services 113, 116, 142, 143, 152, 161, 164, 179, 181, 184; invasion of by North Korea, 1950 129; joint military exercises with U.S. xiii; Kim Il-sung proposes summit with to discuss unification 140–1; Korean War and 65, 129; language 144, 195, 227; map of vii; massacre of citizens, 1980 17; military coup, 1961 17; National Intelligence
Service 309; National Security Research Institute, Seoul 309; North Korea compiles profiles of South Korean CEOs in order to manipulate conglomerates into providing aid 296; North Korea plans to benefit from Sunshine Strategy whilst planning attacks on 256–8; North Korea’s ambition to dissolve military leadership of 155; North Korea’s kidnapping of citizens 156; North Korean military provocations against 256–9; Northern Limit Line (NLL) Strategy and 253, 257–8, 259, 316; number of refugees from North Korea in 311–12; press 64; summit, proposed inter-Korean unification 140–1; ‘Sunshine Policy’ and 253–6, 259, 317; UFD and see United Front Department
Soviet Union 77, 139, 261
Strategic Command: Office 35 155, 157, 263, 261
‘Sunshine Exploitation’ strategy 254–7
‘Sunshine Policy’, 253–6, 259, 317
Supreme People’s Assembly 314
Taiwan 63, 252, 263
Ui-Am guesthouse 126, 153, 154, 256
United Front Department (UFD) xv– xxvi, 5, 6–24, 27, 36–7, 38, 40, 61–72, 77, 78–82, 88, 110, 111, 112, 125–9, 141, 144, 153, 154, 155, 157–60, 185–7, 196, 254–65, 288, 294, 296, 298, 299, 314–15, 316, 317
United Nations 10, 186, 253
United States xiii, 140, 186, 252–3, 261
University of Kim Il-sung 40, 72, 75–6, 112, 129–30, 137, 261, 262
Uriminzokkiri policy 257
Wan Yongxiang 262–3
Wang Cho-rin 224–32, 239, 240, 241, 244, 245, 246–7, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 255, 260, 265, 266–73, 274–7, 278, 279–80, 281–3, 309
Wang Guozhang 263
Wang Hou 248–51, 252, 267, 268–71, 279, 281, 285
Wangjaesan Orchestra 67
Workers’ Party 317; assignment of jobs and apartments 28, 39, 40; cadres xiii–xiv, xv, xvi, xxiv, 8, 19, 29, 30, 32, 37, 39–40, 42–3, 45, 53–4, 61, 65–6, 68, 70, 77, 84–5, 86, 88, 108, 112, 131, 134, 138–9, 142, 144, 147, 155–6, 175, 186–7, 261, 263, 264–5; Central Party xiii, xiv, xv, xvi, 20, 40, 43, 45, 66, 70, 84, 88, 110, 126, 127, 131, 136, 136, 147, 263; dependence of North Korean state on, Kim Jong-il engineers 133; earning of foreign currency 76; General Meetings 137; heating problems and 146–7; History and Literature Institute 135; identification papers 85; kidnapping of foreign citizens and 156–7, 159, 160; as Kim Jong-il’s power base 131–5, 136, 137, 154–5; lack of food erodes loyalty to 254; Light Industry Section 273; North Korean military as arm of 315; OGD and see Organisation and Guidance Department 111; ‘Revolutionary re-education’ 138–9; rewriting of Korean history 65, 68; Scrutiny and 174, 175, 176, 177; HQ 174; Section Five and 110; 7.1 Measures and 273–4; South Korean ‘Sunshine Policy’ and 253–5; UFD and 6, 9, 14, 110; written works initiated in response to specific request from 4, 5
World Cup: 2002 258, 259
Yeonpyeong: First Battle of 257–8; Second Battle of 258–9
Yokota Megumi 156, 157
Yong-ju, Kim (Kim Il-sung’s younger brother) 130, 131, 136
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