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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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