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Page 2: • Kim Jong-suk’s development of national handicrafts is celebrated (“Embroidering Brilliant Future of National Handicraft”). • Representatives from various countries lay wreaths at the statue of Kim Jong-suk on the occasion of her 86th birthday. • SPA president Kim Yong-nam sends greetings to the president of Niger on its founding anniversary day, and to the king of Bahrain on its founding day. Page 3: • Achievements of various organizations are presented under the heading of “Let Us Endlessly Create Production Upsurges with the High Spirit of Victors.” Page 4: • Articles and photographs highlight the achievements of Samjiyon County under the heading “People’s Paradise That Sings of the Creation of a New World.” • In Pyongyang, a film about Kim is shown to foreign diplomats on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of Kim’s appointment as KPA supreme commander and the 86th anniversary of the birth of his mother, Kim Jong-suk. • The Russian ambassador hosts a new year’s friendship party. • A friendly gathering of North Korean and Chinese youth league representatives is held. • The DPRK’s ambassador to Iran pays the president a farewell visit. Page 5: • A special article celebrates the theme of Uri Minjokkiri (“our race only”). • ROK news is reviewed, including ROK criticism of President Bush’s diplomatic policy. • Japan’s Chongnyon is praised for its efforts in reinforcing nationalist education. Page 6: • A special article warns against the dangers of war presented by the relocation of U.S. forces in the ROK. • A commentary explains why a DPRK nuclear deterrent is the only way to prevent war. • A spokesperson for the foreign ministry sees evil designs behind the passage of the U.S. sanctions law against Syria. • The Cuban army minister vows to crush U.S. provocations. • Developing countries are developing science and technology. • An article warns that “We Should Be Cautious of Japan Emerging as a Country of Aggression.” III-20
Korean Central Broadcasting Station (18 minute news cast) • Kim thanks managers for planting trees and carefully protecting historical relics. • The 24th anniversary of Kim’s work on “living in our own style” is celebrated. • The works of Kim and his father are displayed at the Juche exhibition hall. • New Kimilsungia and Kimjongilia greenhouses are built. • People visit the Kim Jong-suk relic room at a museum on the occasion of her birthday. • ROK authorities are denounced for their anti-reunification act of suppressing ROK students. • Japan’s budget for a missile defense program is denounced. Korean Central Television Network (29 minute news cast) • One of Kim Jong-il’s books is published in Angola. • Various countries, including Egypt, celebrate the 86th birthday of Kim Jong-suk and the 12th anniversary of Kim Jong-il’s appointment as KPA supreme commander. • Kim thanks a boat crew for their accident-free work at Kumgang. • People are shown listening to a lecture at the Historic Place of Revolution on the occasion of Kim Jong-suk’s 86th birthday and Kim Jong-il’s appointment as supreme commander. • Archive footage shows on-the-spot guidance at a food institute given by Kim and his father. • The winner of the Kim Il-sung poet prize and his family are shown enjoying a “birthday table” of food sent by Kim Jong-il. • A video shows progress in land rezoning work in North Hamyong province. • A video shows progress in the construction of the Orangchon Power Plant. • A video celebrates the year-end acceleration of production at the Nanam Coal Mine Machinery Complex. • The operation of the Tokchon Chicken Plant is shown. • Medical researchers at the Academy of Koryo Medicine talk about their recent achievements. • A “meritorious” technician is shown working in a laboratory at the 5 October Automation Apparatus Plant. • A visiting delegation of Vietnamese is shown paying their respects to Kim Il-sung and reviewing exhibits on display at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace. • Representatives from various countries are shown laying wreaths at the statue of Kim Jong-suk on the occasion of her 86th birthday. • The announcer notes that in 2003, the world’s progressive people supported the DPRK’s anti-U.S. policy, with photographs of approving foreign publications. • A DPRK foreign ministry spokesperson reports on the interest of various countries, including the Czech Republic, Russia, and China, in the resumption of six-party talks. III-21
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INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES Nort
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INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES IDA
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CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & INTROD
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To write accurately about North Kor
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technocrats, provincial and county
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PREFACE This paper will examine in
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ABBREVIATIONS AGI CCSKA COMSEC DoD
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information streams, and from him t
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within the hands of a few individua
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and whether or not he will embarras
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to the lowest-levels of the KPA. As
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strengthening of all armed forces,
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esearch institutes and “think tan
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The primary missions of the Reconna
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communication that generally fall o
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of the State Security Department or
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maintaining strict control over the
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agencies in the ROK and Japan began
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The Guard and Security Commands, wh
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eports that are funneled up through
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Complicating the entire “Kim-cent
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Within the military, this dynamic c
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him that all significant orders and
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Until the 1990s, the electronic med
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II. THE NORTH KOREAN LEADERSHIP: SY
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TABLES 1. Key Family Members in the
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The factional struggles in North Ko
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A. INTRODUCTION By definition, a to
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C. THE TECHNOLOGY OF POWER A Party
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document control bureaus in each mi
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Originally implemented in 1994 and
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Table II-1. Key Family Members in t
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of associates who trace their relat
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September 9, 2003, showed a change
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Chart II-2: Secretariat 5. Kye Ung-
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Members 1. Yi Ul-sul 4. Yi Yong-mu
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Table II-6. Kim Chong-il’s Princi
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Page 117: greater access to first-hand inform
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severe draught in 1988 and the dram
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The advent of the “Songun Era”
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Bearing in mind Kim Jong Il’s rec
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Table IV-2. Composition of the Nort
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Cabinet Posts 10 th SPA 11 th SPA R
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Eastern Europe. That was reportedly
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Table IV-5. Leading Ideologues Insi
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Table IV-7. Regional Origins of Top
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“Foreign Wind” The “foreign w
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Table IV-10. Some of the Most Influ
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Table IV-11. The North-South “Han
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Song Sok Hwan Vice-Minister Cha Sun
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Table IV-13. Korean-American “Int
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content and government monitoring.
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Northern security, military, and pa
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APPENDIX B TONGIL STREET FREE MARKE
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V. REACHING INTO NORTH KOREA DAVID
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY North Korea is no
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message right to Kim Jong-il, and m
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isk escape from the hermit kingdom.
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Society is divided into three broad
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contradictions.” 17 This makes se
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Internet is not specifically mentio
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led to a training program for young
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North Korea’s exports from legiti
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een the biggest buyers of ivory ove
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worker who travels throughout North
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If we want to reach into North Kore
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conversations with the correct mix
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Although the future of cellular tel
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There are a host of other things on
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Each of the five papers in this col
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promotions) and punishments (e.g.,
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although presumably all calls are m
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cultural rules.” Given the “str
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Speaking of Kim, whom does he consu
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Terms of Reference: North Korean Po
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Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. is an intern
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APPENDIX C ASIAN VIEWS OF NORTH KOR
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In any case, the reforms provide a
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View from Seoul The single most imp
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