Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty (180 page)

Christian church background of,
12
,
14
,
15–16
,
22
,
25–27

and Comintern,
31
,
37
,
38
,
39
,
109
,
502

as Communist Party northern branch chair,
56

communist youth group co-founding by,
27

company man, as consummate,
49

cost-accounting system of,
180

death,
505–507

apoplexy as rumored cause of,
506–507

diet of,
88
,
117
,
195
,
452

Down with Imperialism Union and,
21

as dropout from middle school,
29
,
60

dynastic rule, views of,
20
,
194
,
320

on education,
157

feudalism and,
21
,
321

filial piety and,
32–33
,
44–45
,
197
,
259–260
,
320

gifts to,
275

girth of,
60
,
88
,
125

guerrilla struggle of,
7
,
29–46

as model for North Koreans,
88

tactics, used in Korean War,
76

harem.
See
Mansions Special Volunteer Corps

health,
48–49

longevity research institute,
3
,
195–196

tumor,
3

height,
26
,
53

historical falsification by,
109
,
389–390
,
508–509

Ho Chi Minh, comparisons to,
38
,
98
,
127
,
134

hunting and fishing trips of,
8

imprisonment of,
27–28

as Interim People’s Committee chair,
54

intelligence of,
26
,
46
,
49

Japan and,
19
, 24 (
see also
Kim Il-sung: guerrilla struggle of)

Japanese language and,
19

Das Kapital
(Karl Marx) and,
22–23

kisaeng
houses and,
52
,
61

Korean language and,
19
,
30

Korean People’s Republic opposed by,
55–56

Korean War role,
62–92

Korean War state of mind,
82–83

leadership,
40
,
87
,
116–119

lies of,
29–30
,
48
,
88
,
91–92
,
393
,
502

looks of,
188

Manchuria, family’s move to,
16

March
1
, 1919, uprising and,
15

memoirs,
With the Century
,
12
,
502–503
,
508

micromanagement,
59
,
118
,
155–156

mourning for,
506–508

weeping required,
508
,
608

as musician,
12
,
59
,
80

nepotism of,
189–194

offspring of, unacknowledged,
188
,
192
,
279
,
371–372
,
448
,
690
,
699

1,000–
ri
journey for learning,
18

on-the-spot guidance by,
57
,
158
,
162–163
,
223–224

and orphans,
3
,
100
,
190–192

overthrow attempts against,
95
,
106

patriotism of,
15
,
30

personality cult of,
1–10
,
105–106
,
353–354

bowing in,
7
,
8

Christianity, as model for,
12

Confucianism, as antecedent of,
8

emperor worship, as antecedent,
8

foreigners’ role in promoting,
7

gifts and favors to subjects in,
5
,
8

intensification of, by Kim Jong-il,
235–261
,
285

lapel badges in,
1
,
5
,
195
,
246
,
350
,
421

legends, officially propagated,
2

monuments, festivals as economic drag,
183

music in,
4

nationalism, promoted by,
108

nom de guerre in,
29–30

partisan support for,
96

portraits in,
10
,
170
,
330
,
408
,
617

praise requested of visitors,
111

questioned, after Khrushchev criticized Stalin’s cult,
106

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