North Korean Policy Elites - Defense Technical Information Center
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Table II-4. Illustrative Relationships in the Kim Chong-il Regime (continued)<br />
Name Position Relationship(s)<br />
VM Cho Myong-nok First Vice Chairman Rumored to be rival of O<br />
NDC, Director GPB Kuk-yol.<br />
VM Kim Il-chol<br />
VM Paek Hak-nim<br />
VM Pak Ki-so<br />
VM Kim Yong-chun<br />
VM Chang Song-u<br />
Gen. Yi Myong-su<br />
Kang Sok-chu<br />
Kim Gye-gwan<br />
Yi Yong-ho<br />
Minister of People’s<br />
Armed Forces<br />
Former Minister of<br />
Public Security<br />
Commander,<br />
Pyongyang <strong>Defense</strong><br />
Command<br />
Member NDC, Chief,<br />
KPA General Staff<br />
Commander, 3 rd<br />
Corps<br />
Director, General<br />
Staff Operations<br />
Bureau<br />
First Vice Minister of<br />
Foreign Affairs<br />
Vice Minister of<br />
Foreign Affairs<br />
Ambassador at<br />
Large, Ministry of<br />
Foreign Affairs<br />
Counterweight to Cho<br />
Myong-nok<br />
Older brother of Chang<br />
Song-taek<br />
Close career relationship<br />
with Kim Yong-nam<br />
Protégé of Kim Yong-nam<br />
Adviser to Kang Sok-chu<br />
on issues relating to U.S.<br />
Ho Chong<br />
Ambassador at<br />
Large<br />
Close to Kang Sok-chu<br />
and Kim Yong-nam.<br />
Pak Kil-yon Ambassador to UN Close to Kang Sok-chu<br />
and Ko Yong-hui (Kim<br />
Chong-il’s mistress).<br />
Kim Chong-il<br />
Relationship<br />
Studied at<br />
Mangyongdae<br />
Revolutionary<br />
Institute.<br />
Rumored to be a relative<br />
of Kim Chong-il.<br />
Former bodyguard of<br />
Kim Il-sung. Faithful<br />
servant to Kim family.<br />
Kim Chong-il’s cousin.<br />
Uncovered coup<br />
attempt in 1994-95.<br />
Rumored to be close<br />
to Kim Chong-il<br />
Former Chief of Staff<br />
to Chang Song-u,<br />
Commander of 3 rd<br />
Corps and brother of<br />
Chang Song-taek.<br />
Enjoys Kim Chong-il’s<br />
trust.<br />
Wife was translator to<br />
Kim Song-ae, which<br />
hurt his standing with<br />
Kim Chong-il.<br />
Rumored to be the<br />
son of Yi Myong-chae,<br />
member of Kim<br />
Chong-il’s personal<br />
secretariat.<br />
Measuring Influence<br />
There are numerous ways of dividing the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Korean</strong> leadership in an effort to measure<br />
influence. The most recognizable way is through leadership ranking, which is obtained through<br />
official postings (such as obituaries) and observations made at official functions. The leadership<br />
ranking at the commemorative troop review and mass demonstration marking the 55th<br />
anniversary of the founding of the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Korean</strong> state, which opened at Kim Il-song Square on<br />
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