Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty (181 page)

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