A History of Korea (107 page)

infrastructure,
139
,
142
,
149
,
159
,
228
,
232

in rural areas,
238

Injong, monarch of Koryo,
46–47

interim northern legislature,
216

International Monetary Fund (IMF),
270
,
273

Internet,
255
,
271
,
277

role in 2002 presidential election,
279

interpreters,
96

Italy,
222
,
278

Ito Hirobumi,
154

Jaisohn, Philip.
See
S
Chaep’il

Japan,
13
,
15
,
18
,
19
,
127
,
162
,
271

as bogeyman in North Korea,
254

as model of enlightenment,
137

as model for Park Chung Hee,
229

as target of Korean emigration,
186

as vanquished power in the Second World War,
199

Chang Pogo’s influence in,
28

defeat in Second World War,
206

early state formation of,
19

imperialism in,
119

imperialist aims of,
143

invasion of by Mongols and Koreans,
53

Korean exiles to,
158

labor shortages in during Second World War,
189

relationship to ancient Korean kingdoms of,
5

responses to imperialism by,
123

rise as imperialist power,
139

Shogunal system in,
36
,
49

trade with Korea of,
24–25

“Japan and Korea as One Body”,
188

Japanese Empire,
174
,
192

Japanese invasions of 1592–98,
75
,
80–81
,
90
,
95
,
134
,
205
,
211

impact on Japanese history thereafter,
85

Japanese pirates,
59
,
61

Japanese takeover of Korea,
126
,
139
,
149–60
,
241

historical significance of,
151

Jefferson, Thomas,
191

“Jewel in the Palace” (
Taejangg
m
) television series,
277

Joint Commission,
201

journalists,
156
,
172
,
174

Juche
,
126
,
213
,
215
,
218
,
224
,
258–59

meaning of,
214

historical perspective in,
221

Juche
Speech by Kim Il Sung,
213–14
,
218
,
221

June Declaration of 1987,
262
,
268

Jurchen,
38
,
46
,
47
,
186

Kabo Reforms (1894–96),
136–37
,
140

fall of,
158

Kaegy
ng, capital of Kory
dynasty,
37
,
46

“Kaekchi”,
242

Kaes
ng,
35
,
37
,
46
,
144
,
252

Kaiser uniform,
140

Kang Ky
ngae,
167

Kanghwa Island,
53
,
124
,
125

Kanghwa, Treaty of,
123
,
127
,
132
,
144

Kangjin,
29

Kangn
ng,
77

KAPF (Korean Artists Proletarian Federation),
180

Kapsin Coup of 1884,
132
,
147
,
205

Kaya,
5

KCIA.
See
Korean Central Intelligence Agency

Khitan,
38
,
39
,
44
,
186

Khrushchev, Nikita,
219

Ki Ch’
l,
58

Ki, Empress,
51–52
,
56–59

Kija,
4
,
47
,
63

Kim Ch’unch’u,
16
,
62

Kim Chaegyu,
263

Kim Chiha,
236
,
237
,
240
,
242–43
,
247

as counterpart to Park Chung Hee,
241

Kim Dae Jung,
247
,
255
,
263
,
268
,
269
,
274
,
279

death of,
280

election to presidency of,
269
,
270

Kim Haksu,
124

Kim Hongdo,
114
,
115

Kim Il Sung,
50
,
198
,
199
,
221
,
224

anti-Japanese guerilla activities of,
185
,
193

birthday commemorations for,
256–57

challenges to political power of,
219

claims to legitimacy by,
254

consolidation of political power by,
214
,
218

death of,
253

decision to launch Korean War,
207

dependence on Soviet Union of,
224

historical claims regarding family of,
127

political ascendance of,
218

Protestant background of,
216

public support for,
217

Soviet sponsorship of,
216

ties to China,
206

ties to Manchurian guerilla campaigns,
253

Kim Il Sung-ism,
257

Kim Jong Il,
256
,
270
,
274

birth of,
216

introduction as successor to Kim Il Sung,
253

legitimacy of,
253

Kim Jong Pil,
62

Kim Kid
k,
234