Read Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty Online
Authors: Bradley K. Martin
Tags: #History, #Asia, #Korea
compared to yakuza godfather,
698
movies,
697
nightlife,
691
optimism,
689
sensitivity,
697
State Security job,
695
Supreme People’s Assembly delegate,
694
tattoo,
697
walk,
686
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
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
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
compared with civilian morale,
516
sharpened by hardship,
530
civilian supplies compared,
534
international aid donations,
623–624
(
see also
food: war reserves: deterrent value)
forward deployment,
436
founding of,
61–62
fraternization permitted between officers and enlisted,
519
generals purged,
94
hawks and doves, among top brass,
673
loss of hope upon returning home (1990s),
517
downsizing needed for economic reform to succeed,
667
materialism overtaking members,
518
mobilized for farming,
576
factionalism due to,
526
Sixth Corps, rumored coup attempt,
549–550
special forces,
414
training, rigor of,
519
uniforms, shortage,
519
Korean Residents in Japan, General Association of.
See
Chongryon
Korean War,
69–92
armistice,
87
Chinese intervention in,
81–83
comic books about,
75
“disregard for human life,”
76
“gooks,”
75
Heartbreak Ridge (Height 1211),
92
Nakdong River,
77
North’s invasion plan for,
69
mock exercises as cover,
490
occupation, effects on South,
89–91
outcome of,
4
“peace preservation corps,”
81
peace treaty, not achieved at Geneva,
100
“police action,”
86
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
U.S. capability vs. intent, in Kim Il-sung’s invasion proposal,
68