Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty (186 page)

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sets,
162
,
165
,
345–346
,
359
,
360
,
383
,
395
,
438
,
449
,
616

South Korean broadcasts,
395

textiles,
480

reed-and-wood-pulp-based,
102

vinalon,
156
,
177
,
363
,
500

Third World, as diplomatic focus,
7
,
125
,
137
,
363–364

third world war (global war),
85

feared during
Pueblo
incident,
129

seen as opportunity for forced unification,
98

38th parallel,
50
,
69
,
79

Three Revolutions,
157
,
272

teams,
154
,
273–275
,
472
,
475
,
588

tourism,
338–339
,
348–349
,
466
,
473
,
633
,
660

emphasis, over manufacturing,
640–641

gambling,
640

service, hospitality quality,
475

tractor plant, Kumsong,
157–160
,
272

trade, external

with communist countries,
96–97
,
468

expansion sought,
182

and
juche
,
177

with South Korea,
480

traders, trading companies,
312
,
314
,
447
,
458–459
,
447
,
458
,
573
,
579–591
,
600–601
,
616
.
See also
entrepreneurs, moneyed class

transportation

aviation,
476

public, urban,
177

ports, shipping,
182
,
442
,
468
,
469–471
,
479

railways,
185
,
469
,
470
,
476

conductors’ high status,
620–621

road,
164
,
471
,
479
,
560
,
564

travel, international

difficulty adjusting after (reverse culture shock),
584

rarity of,
6

troop withdrawal, foreign (1958),
114

Truman, Harry S.

emergency proclaimed by,
84

MacArthur fired by,
85–86

nuclearization of war discussed by,
85

press conference by, Jan.
5
, 1950,
64

reelection not sought due to low support,
86
,
88

Soviet expansionism exaggerated by,
73–74

trusteeship plan,
54–56
,
60

Tumen River,
18
,
466
,
469–470

tunnel(s),
85

connecting Kim Jong-il’s office and home,
687–688

escape, for Great Leader,
494

housing missile launchers,
563

infiltration,
139
,
520

replica of downtown Seoul in, for spy training,
539

“subterranean society,”
665

See also
underground factories

underground factories,
85
,
564–565

unification

as post–Korean War goal,
97
,
100

“by end of 1990s,” revised deadline,
516

“by 1995,” Kim Jong-il deadline,
488
,
516
,
545

confederation proposal,
140
,
146–149
,
339
,
506

economic problems as distraction from,
136

German case as model, warning,
478–479
,
486

liquidation of Southerners following,
487

southward rush of homeless job-seekers,

Seoul’s fear,
683

unitary idea,
168
,
658

United Nations

election supervision by,
61
,
116

entry by North and South Korea,
339
,
473

Korean War resolution,
74

UN Command, post–Korean War,
99

operational control over South Korean forces by,
113

World Food Program,
553
,
555–557
,
678

United States

Korean relations with, nineteenth-century,
13

Korean relations with, 1900–1945,
15

intervention decision by,
73–74

1970s diplomacy,
136–153

1980s diplomacy,
368–370

1990s diplomacy,
439–443
,
446
,
453
,
456
,
635

policy prior to Korean War,
64–68

role in division of Korea,
7
,
54–55

role in liberation of Korea,
7
,
109

security guarantee, non-aggression pact,
455
,
497
,
660

2000s diplomacy,
659–660
,
671–682

“hawk engagement,”
674–677

uranium,
438
,
441
,
565

U.S. Army, in Korean War

Chinese units compared,
83

First Cavalry Division,
80
,
82
,
83

Twenty-fourth Division,
74–84
passim

Nineteenth Infantry Regiment,
75–84
passim

racial integration of,
78

Third Battalion,
80

U.S. forces in Korea

Carter withdrawal proposals (1976–79),
138–153

Guam Doctrine withdrawal (1971–72),
137

massive retaliation policy,
113

1949 withdrawal, as inspiration for invasion,
114–115

operational control,
113
,
115

as tripwire,
113
,
115

unification and,
683

U.S. Navy. See
Pueblo
incident

U.S.–South Korean mutual security treaty,
97
,
99

Vessey, Gen. John W.,
150

Vietnam

and
Pueblo
incident,
131–132

reform model,
667

mandated in U.S. Senate bill,
677

support for communist side,
125
,
127

Vietnam syndrome,
134
,
135
,
138

visitors, foreign

actors, posing as ordinary citizens to deal with,
2
,
143
,
556

control and surveillance of,
156–157
,
160

techniques for circumventing,
178–179
,
556

restrictions eased, for food aid delivery,
555

scripted contacts with,
421
,
431
,
556
,
577

Vladivostok

as atomic target,
99

war fever (1990s),
391
,
433–434
,
486–488
,
491–495
,
513–516
,
534
,
584

Wilson, Woodrow,
15

Wolfowitz, Paul,
672

women,
305–316

in anti-Japanese movement,
41–43

child care for working,
117
,
166
,
179

equality of,
56
,
59
,
117
,
188
,
200
,
629

maternity leave,
5

widows,
201

in workforce,
158

Won Eung-hui (spy who discovered 1992 coup plot),
549

Woodward, Maj. Gen. Gilbert H.,
130–131

Woo In-hee (movie actress),
318

Workers’ Party,
60

elite vs. mass party, dispute over,
94

military commission,
289
,
471
,
483–484

officials blamed for wartime “mistakes,”
94

Party Center, Glorious (Kim Jong-il),
270–271
,
278
,
287

Room 39 (foreign exchange acquisition),
276
,
580
,
583

surveillance, control of officials,
281–283
,
372–373

World Festival of Youth and Students,
295
,
310
,
342–344
,
347
,
366
,
416
,
432
,
447
,
459
,
521
,
585
,
605–606

xenophobia,
108
,
113

Xiaowangqing (Manchuria), battle of,
39
,
108

yangban
,
190
,
240

Yang Hyong-sop (politburo member),
189

Yalta conference,
40

Yenan faction,
106–107
,
588

Yi Bong-yol (KPA general; rumored coup plot leader),
546

Yi Hyo-seun (coup plot leader),
548

Yi Yong-mu, Gen. (KPA political chief),
275
,
277
,
278–280

Yon Hyon-muk (prime minister),
395
,
525

Yoo Song-il (banished KPA colonel; defector),
533–535
,
568–571

Yu Song-chol, Lt. Gen. (Soviet Korean)

on Chinese intervention,
82

on Eighty-eighth Brigade members,
49
,
51–52

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