North Korea: Federal Research Study with Comprehensive Information and Analysis - Political, Economic, Social, and National Security Systems and Institutions, ... Cult of Kim Il Sung (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Comprehensive, unique, and up-to-date information and professional analysis of North Korean political, economic, social, military, and national security systems and institutions, written by the experts at the Federal Research Division. Contents: Country Profile * Chapter 1. Historical Setting * THE ORIGINS OF THE KOREAN NATION * KOREA IN THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY * THE RISE OF KOREAN NATIONALISM AND THE THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD * Paekche * Silla * Korea under Silla * THE CHOSON DYNASTY * Florescence * Dynastic Decline * WORLD ORDER * JAPANESE COLONIALISM, 1910–45 * COMMUNISM * NATIONAL DIVISION IN THE 1940s * Tensions in the 1940s * U.S. and Soviet Occupations * The Arrival of Kim Il Sung * The Establishment of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea * THE KOREAN WAR, 1950–53 * THE POSTWAR PERIOD * The Economy * Corporatism and the Chuch’e Idea * International Relations * NORTH–SOUTH RELATIONS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY * Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment * THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT * Topography and Drainage * Climate * Environmental Factors * POPULATION * SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND VALUES * Creating a New Society * The Cult of Kim Il Sung * A Class Society * The New Socialist Society * The Work Unit as the Basic Social Unit * A Thought-Controlled Society * The Elite Life in Pyongyang * The Privileged Life Beyond Money * Daily Life * A Society in Crisis * A Militarized Society * Family Life * Children * Leisure Activities * Religion * EDUCATION * Primary Education * Middle School and Beyond * Higher Education * HEALTH CARE * Chapter 3. The Economy * ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 1940s–90S * The Economy after World War II * ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE SINCE THE EARLY 1990s * North Korea’s Development Strategy * Comparisons with South Korea * Organization * Natural Resources * Energy and Power Generation * Transportation * Forestry and Fishing * Telecommunications and the Internet * Government Budget * AGRICULTURE, THE FAMINE OF 1995–98, AND ECONOMIC CHANGES * Collapse in the 1990s * Causes of the Famine * Effects of the Famine * Post-Famine Situation * Economic Reforms * Reform of the Public Distribution System * Banking and Finance * Legal and Administrative Reforms * Special Economic Zones * Top-Down Reform Measures * Assessment of the Economic Reforms * FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS * NORTH–SOUTH RELATIONS * Sunshine Policy and New Economic Development * Kaesong Industrial Venture * THE ECONOMY IN TRANSITION * Chapter 4. Government and Politics * Victor D. Cha and Balbina Y. Hwang * RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE GOVERNMENT, PARTY, AND MILITARY * THE KOREAN WORKERS’ PARTY * THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK * THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT * The Legislature * The Executive * The Judiciary * Local Government * POLITICAL IDEOLOGY * The Role of Chuch’e * The Origins of Chuch’e * Application of Chuch’e in the North Korean State * PARTY LEADERSHIP AND ELITE RECRUITMENT * Composition * Party Members * Party Cadres * The Ruling Elite * Leadership Succession * MASS ORGANIZATIONS * THE MEDIA * FOREIGN POLICY * Inter-Korean Affairs * China and the Soviet Union/Russia * Japan * The United States * PROSPECTS: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF REFORM * Chapter 5. National Security * * MILITARY HERITAGE * NATIONAL COMMAND AUTHORITIES * National Defense Organizations * National Security Policy Formulation * ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES * General Staff * Army * Special Operations Forces * Air Force * Navy * Reserve Forces * Strategic Weapons * Officer Corps Professional Education and Training * Enlisted Conscription and Training * Military Ranks * DOCTRINE, STRATEGY, AND TACTICS * DEFENSE INDUSTRY * INTERNAL SECURITY * Control System * Punishment and the Penal System * Judicial and Prosecutorial Systems * Ministry of People’s Security * State Security Department * Guard Command * Border Security Command and Coastal Security Bureau * NATIONAL SECURITY PROSPECTS * Bibliography * Glossary