Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty (182 page)

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

origins 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