as religion, 1, 6, 261, 398–399, 418
sincerity of believers in, 4. see also indoctrination: true believers,
altruists, fanatics
slogan trees, 389–390
Stalinism as antecedent of, 8, 59, 106, 193, 246, 259
statues in, 8, 297, 497, 506
symbols in, 7
terminology rejected, 110, 215, 370–371
thanks given Kim at mealtimes, 166, 387
Washington, George, mythology compared, 11
political skill of, 95
as polymath, 2
as post-liberation leader in North, 51–68
poverty of, childhood, 14, 19, 22
premier of DPRK, 62
president of DPRK, 155
in perpetuity, following death, 552
promotion of, in New York Times ads, 138
reformists, moderate, disagreement with, 24, 55
reward, offered for capture of, 44
Robin Hood, portrayal as, 41
Saddam Hussein comparisons, 437, 439, 446, 482–483
sanity, rationality, 439, 492
self-regard, self-confidence, 46, 92, 193
semi-retirement, 339
showman’s sense of, 93
socialism of, 20
souls of dead, belief in propitiating, 27
South Korean accounts of, 29–30
as Soviet Army officer, 47–51
Soviet Union
distancing from, 88, 107–109
ties to, 27, 45, 108
Stalin, appeals to, for invasion support, 63–68
succession plans and struggles, 192–196
trusteeship favored by, 55–56
uncaring vs. unknowing, re: extent of
people’s problems, 499–500
underlings blamed for failures of, 94
vengefulness, 109
voice of, 188, 354
women
and emancipation of, 117
relations with, 41–43, 186–188, 198–202
at Yuwen Middle School, 22, 23
Kimilsungism, 237
Kim Il-sung University, 8, 58, 169–170, 217, 263, 377, 384, 471, 610–611. see also Kim Jong-il: childhood and youth: university studies
Kim Jae-ik (South Korean economic planner), 323
Kim Ji-il (overseas student; defector), 273, 316, 398–401
Kim Jong-chol (Kim Jong-il’s middle son), 689, 700
Kim Jong-il
accidents, 10, 280, 495, 508
acquisitiveness, 211, 212
addresses economic issues, 642–645, 652
alcohol, 284
assassination attempts, reported, 279–280
authoritarian nature, 521
automobiles and, 211, 212, 221, 276, 277, 280
behavior before and after Kim Il-sung’s death, 506–508
bellicosity, 484, 491, 519
birthdays, 328
birthplace, 204, 311, 321, 548
blamed for country’s problems, 391, 392, 396, 493
blaming lower-level officials, 516–517, 549, 611, 648
Bodyguard Bureau officer, 239
childhood and youth, 203–225
brother’s death, 205–207
father, relationship with, 214, 216
mother’s death, 207
power, youthful interest in, 216–217
schooling. See Mangyongdae
Revolutionary School; Namsan School
stepfamily, 209–210, 221
university studies, 216–225, 285
Yura (nickname), 187, 216
child-rearing practices, 686, 691
children of, 684–704
comfort, love of, 688
compassion, 516, 649
confidence, 658
construction, supervision of, 293, 295, 322
cruelty, 289
demonization of, 678–679
dentures, 495
diet, 577, 580
dogmatic nature, 506
early career, 235–261
disappearances, 10
dominating discussions, 244
economic management, 271–273, 322–323, 335, 516–517
not first priority, 517, 528
empathy, 679
face, emphasis on keeping, 490
family, 684–704
fashion and, 210, 324, 340, 355
gifts, favors, from 221, 251–252, 276, 307, 412, 509, 549, 581, 635
scale of, affecting economy, 276
gifts to, 275–277
girth of, 221, 324
health, 317, 324, 507
height, self-consciousness about, 220, 397, 689
in hiding, during Iraq war, 659
as horseman, 495, 508
humiliation, of others, 222, 247, 253
inspection visits to military units, 518
intelligence, 225, 321, 327, 505, 509–510, 658, 687
international experience, contacts, 215–216, 225, 317, 318–319, 323–326, 331, 335, 472, 483, 643
international system, wish to join, 671
jealousy, 285–286, 505
jokes, talent for, 648
KPA supreme commander, 484
leadership, management style, 255, 282–287, 573
legal reforms sought, 573–575
leniency, 565–566, 572
lifestyle change (ca. 1985), 340
loyalty pledges, 273, 486
manners, charm, 325, 331, 355, 648
markets and, 210, 335–336, 338
marshal, rank, 484
matchmaking, 319–320
micromanagement, 222
military, consolidating ties with, 504
military commission chair, 483–484
military dictator, 485
military leadership questioned, 484, 521, 525
modesty, 484
movies and, 246, 317, 323–335, 356, 483
murder, alleged, 287
news, addiction to, 643, 649
nocturnal nature, 250, 286, 484
NPT withdrawal decision, 489
opening, views on, 336–339, 521–522, 658
opportunism, 668, 673
partying, 284, 484
personality cult of, 209, 321, 352–353, 485
as polymath, 288
portraits, 271, 278, 287, 617
proportion, skewed sense of, 509, 643
public executions, suspends, 631
rashness, 505
reclusiveness, 220, 282, 285–286, 317, 649
intensified by fear of U.S. attack, 494
reform, interest in, 340, 493, 508, 509, 648, 653, 658
sanity, rationality, 331, 492, 519
“malignant narcissism,” 679
secretiveness, 285–287, 687
“seed” theory of writing, 248
socialism, doubts about, 333, 336–338, 644–645
speech, public speaking, 324–325, 332, 484, 486, 541
staying power questioned, 492, 509
succession maneuvers, 195–196, 216, 236, 237–243, 273, 275, 277–282, 293, 320, 509
as successor-designate/co-ruler, 270–271, 282–289, 317–340
support network, 471–472, 509
Sweden, as model, 658, 684
Swiss bank account, 494
sycophants and, 275, 277
Thailand, as model, 684, 703–704
as theoretician, 258–260
third-generation succession to, 684–704
blood ties emphasized in propaganda, 684
timing of related moves, 693
Three Revolutions teams and, 154, 273
tobacco use, 362
travel, incognito, 649, 697
voice, 649
wives, 686–690, 699–702
womanizing, 220–221, 318–320, 484, 541 (see also Mansions Special Volunteer Corps)
Workers’ Party and, 10, 218
Central Committee staff positions, 236, 240
organization/guidance head, 270
propaganda/agitation
head, 246, 271–272
provincial committee work, 239, 243
workload, 340
Kim Jong-min (public security high official; defector), 374–375, 447–460
Kim Jong-nam (Kim Jong-il’s eldest son), 685–698
appearance, family resemblance, 685–686, 697
assassination of defector cousin, implicated in, 695
armed forces ministry job, 694
artistic sense, 689, 697
automobiles and, 688, 691
children of, 685, 694
childhood and youth, 686–691
isolated, due to father’s obsession with
privacy, 687, 689, 691
pampered, 688
schooling in Russia, Switzerland, 689–690
computers, electronic games, 694
curiosity, 689
defectors, work involving, 695, 696
economics study, 694
energy, 689
extravagance, 686, 691, 698
flaunting power, 692
grandfather Kim Il-sung and, 686, 690, 694
“guidance” trips with father, 694
height, 689
horsemanship, 694
humor, sense of, 689
incognito visits to Tokyo, 685–686, 696–698
detention an embarrassment to Kim Jong-il, 696
failure to return to Pyongyang after, 696
intelligence, 689
international knowledge, experience, 688, 689–690
linguistic ability, 685, 690
manners, 685, 692
compared to yakuza godfather, 698
movies, 697
nightlife, 691
optimism, 689
personality cult, beginnings of, 694, 695–696
sensitivity, 697
State Security job, 695
succession prospects, 692–693, 696, 698
Supreme People’s Assembly delegate, 694
tattoo, 697
temper, violence, gunplay, 691–692, 697
walk, 686
womanizing, 691, 697–698
Workers’ Party jobs, 694
“young general,” 694
four stars, 692
Kim Jong-su (ambassador, alias Bai Songchul), 341–342, 348, 357–358, 363, 369, 371–373. See also Bai Song-chul
Kim Jong-suk (wife of Kim Il-sung; mother of Kim Jong-il), 43, 186–187, 190, 204–205
Kim Jong-un (third son of Kim Jong-il), 700
Kim Ku (South Korean politician), 54
Kim Kwang-sop (Kim Il-sung’s son-in-law; ambassador), 190, 282
Kim Kwang-wook (Three Revolutions team; antique trader; defector), 273–274, 587–588
Kim Kyong-hui (younger sister of Kim Jong-il; Central Committee member), 187–188, 281, 687, 694
Kim Myong-chol (bodyguard; defector), 198, 201, 547–548, 582
Kim Myong-chol (Tokyo-based unofficial spokesman for regime), 279
Kim Nam-joon (KPA 2d lieutenant; defector), 392–396, 519–522, 527
Kim Ok-sun
Choe Gwang’s wife, 43
Kim Jong-il’s caregiver, 208
tapdancer in guerrilla zone, 43
women’s union chair, 44
Kim Pyong-il (Kim Jong-il’s stepbrother; ambassador), 190, 194, 206, 210, 281–282, 397, 507
Kim Sol-song (Kim Jong-il’s daughter), 692, 694, 702–704
Kim Song-ae (wife of Kim Il-sung), 187–188, 507, 547
as Kim Jong-il’s stepmother, 209–210
in succession struggle, 194, 237, 278, 280–282, 288, 293
Kim Song-ju. See Kim Il-sung: birth of, as Kim Song-ju
Kim To-man (propaganda, agitation secretary), 241–242
Kim Tu-bong (Yenan faction leader), 107
Kim Woo-choong (Daewoo chairman), 480, 481
Kim Yong-il (Kim Jong-il’s stepbrother), 206, 281, 282
Kim Yong-ju (younger brother of Kim Ilsung), 33, 136, 193–195
struggle with Kim Jong-il, 237–239, 277–278, 293
Kim Yong-nam (foreign affairs official; head of state), 147–150, 153, 341–342, 650
Kim Yong-suk (Kim Jong-il’s official wife), 687, 701–702
Kim Yong-sun (foreign affairs official), 201, 437, 510
Kim Young-sam (South Korean president), 98, 150, 489, 490, 510, 628
Kim Young-song (architect-engineer; defector), 198, 291–297, 318
Kim Yura. See Kim Jong-il
Kippeunjo. See Mansions Special Volunteer Corps
Ko Chung-song (commodities trader for historical preservation office; defector), 387–392, 585–586
Koizumi, Junichiro, 670
Korean People’s Army (KPA)
all-volunteer, 533
air force, pilots, 267
bad family background as bar to enlistment in, 301
boots, theft of due to scarcity, 519
capability, vs. South Korea and U.S., 413, 438–439, 514–515, 530, 635
“use it or lose it,” 665
Chinese civil war as training ground for, 83
commanded by Kim Jong-il, 483–485
dissidence in. See coup d’état
fighting spirit, morale, 385, 409–411, 413, 442, 458, 496, 512–542
compared with civilian morale, 516
sharpened by hardship, 530
food, 268, 516–518, 533–534
civilian supplies compared, 534
international aid donations, 623–624
malnutrition, undernourishment, 517, 533, 552–553
theft, robbery from civilians, 517–518, 529–530, 532
war reserves, diversion to peacetime use, 521, 533–534
(see also food: war reserves: deterrent value)
forward deployment, 436
founding of, 61–62
fraternization permitted between officers and enlisted, 519
fuel supply, 483, 491, 657
generals purged, 94
hawks and doves, among top brass, 673
home region, policy against service in, 529, 561
indoctrination, 410–412, 414–415
isolation from civilians, 410, 414, 514, 532
loss of hope upon returning home (1990s), 517
manpower, 98–99, 139, 149, 158
downsizing needed for economic reform to succeed, 667
materialism overtaking members, 518
mobilized for farming, 576
officer selection, training, 524, 534
party membership, 493, 524, 533
party political commissars, 520, 526
factionalism due to, 526
service affecting subsequent career, 231, 233, 423, 533
sex, 514, 521, 532
Sixth Corps, rumored coup attempt, 549–550
special forces, 414
training, rigor of, 519
uniforms, shortage, 519
war lust, 515, 530
Korean Residents in Japan, General Association of. See Chongryon
Korean War, 69–92
air power role in, 84–85, 94
armistice, 87
atrocities, 79, 85, 91
blaming South, U.S., as aggressors, 69, 71, 88, 337, 414
casualties of, 3, 77, 85, 87, 158
Chinese intervention in, 81–83
civilian victims of, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 85, 90, 529
comic books about, 75
disguise, of soldiers as civilians, 79–80, 83
“disregard for human life,” 76
“gooks,” 75
Heartbreak Ridge (Height 1211), 92
“hordes,” 83, 113
Inchon, 78–79, 90, 95
Kum River, 75, 78
“limited war,” 86, 87, 88
morale, 72, 85
Nakdong River, 77
North’s invasion plan for, 69
mock exercises as cover, 490
and nuclear weapons, 81, 85–86, 87, 90
occupation, effects on South, 89–91
or
igins of, 4, 115
outcome of, 4
“peace preservation corps,” 81
peace treaty, not achieved at Geneva, 100
“police action,” 86
Pusan, 75, 77
prisoners of war, 86
propaganda, 88–89
“rollback,” 86
scorched earth policy, 85
“Seoul City Sue,” 77
Sobaek Mountains, 78
song about, 4
surprise element in invasion, 71
Taejon, 75–77, 79
tanks in, 71, 76, 83
U.S. capability vs. intent, in Kim Il-sung’s invasion proposal, 68
victory claims, 88, 91–92
Koryo Hotel, 505, 691–692
Ko Yong-hui (dancer; wife of Kim Jong-il), 508, 689, 699–702
Ko Young-hwan (diplomat; defector), 372, 396–397, 490, 493, 509–510
Kumgang, Mount, 4, 5, 143
Hyundai resort and tours, 477–478, 480, 633–634, 638, 639–640, 670
Kwangju uprising (South Korea), 151–152, 561
labor
cheapness of, as lure to investors, 477, 638
shortage, 158
wage differentials, 160, 174
working hours, 469
land reform, 56–59, 81, 91, 102
language, Korean
North-South differences, 328, 332, 380
writing system, 58, 522–523
languages, foreign, 183–184, 423, 535
lebensraum, 410–411, 414–415
Lee Chong-guk (KPA sergeant; defector), 484, 486–488, 538, 548
Lee Hu-rak (South Korean CIA chief), 136
Lee Jong-chan (South Korean intelligence chief), 549, 574
Lee Jong-koo (South Korean defense minister), 445
Lee Ok-keum (homemaker), 121, 305–310, 316
Lee Soon-ok (prisoner; defector), 562–563, 611–615
Lee Woong-pyong (MIG pilot; defector), 265–269, 382
legal procedures, justice, individual rights, 567–575, 611–612, 613–614, 618
arrest procedures, correction of abuses in, 571
leniency increased, 565–566, 572
See also human rights; punishment; purges;
surveillance
leisure, play, 405, 406
Lenin, V. I., 23–24
Lewis, John W., 370, 667
LG (Lucky Goldstar), 485, 639
Li Il-nam (first cousin of Kim Jong-nam), 686–688, 693
assassination, 695
defection, 693
Li Jong-ok (prime minister; economist), 155, 506
Li Nam-ok (first cousin of Kim Jong-nam), 687–693
defection of, 691, 693
Lim Young-sun (KPA lieutenant; defector), 483–484, 491, 493, 543–547, 550, 571
literacy, 58–59
literature, 170, 172, 306, 352–353
living standards, 301–308, 335, 453, 463, 482
Logan, Col. Edward O’Neal, 75–84, 87, 495
logging and mining in Russian Far East, 402–425, 480, 678
Luck, Gen. Gary, 676
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, 79, 82, 85
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