NORTH KOREA - A Country Study

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• NORTH KOREA
• FOREWORD
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• PREFACE
• COUNTRY PROFILE
  • Country
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • SOCIETY
  • ECONOMY
  • TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  • GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  • NATIONAL SECURITY
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1. HISTORICAL SETTING
  • HISTORICAL SETTING
  • THE ORIGINS OF THE KOREAN NATION
    • The Period of the Three Kingdoms
    • Korea under Silla
    • Unification by Kory
    • The Chosn Dynasty: Florescence
    • Dynastic Decline
  • KOREA IN THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY WORLD ORDER
  • THE LEGACY OF JAPANESE COLONIALISM
  • THE RISE OF KOREAN NATIONALISM AND COMMUNISM
  • THE NATIONAL DIVISION AND THE ORIGINS OF THE DPRK
  • THE KOREAN WAR
  • THE POST-WAR ECONOMY AND PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION
  • CORPORATISM AND THE CHUCH'E IDEA
  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• CHAPTER 2. THE SOCIETY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
  • THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
    • Topography and Drainage
    • Climate
    • Environmental Protection
  • POPULATION
    • Size and Growth Rate
    • Population Structure and Projections
    • Settlement Patterns and Urbanization
    • Koreans Living Overseas
  • SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND VALUES
    • Confucian and Neo-Confucian Values
    • Chosn Dynasty Social Structure
    • The Traditional Family and Kinship
    • The Colonial Transformation of Korean Society
    • Tradition and Modernity in North Korea
    • Chuch'e and Contemporary Social Values
    • Classes and Social Strata
    • Urban Life
    • Village Life
    • Family Life
    • The Role of Women
    • The Role of Religion
  • ETHNICITY, CULTURE, AND LANGUAGE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
    • Contemporary Cultural Expression
    • Literature, Music, and Film
    • Architecture and City Planning
    • The Korean Language
  • EDUCATION
    • Educational Themes and Methods
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • Social Education
    • Higher Education
    • Adult Education
  • PUBLIC HEALTH
• CHAPTER 3. THE ECONOMY
  • ECONOMIC SETTING
    • Korea under the Japanese Occupation
    • Developmental Strategy
  • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE
    • Record of Economic Performance
    • Postwar Economic Planning
  • BUDGET AND FINANCE
    • Organization and Management of the Economy
    • Planning
      • The Ch'ongsan-ni Method
      • The Taean Work System
      • Mass Production Campaigns
  • INDUSTRY
    • Development in Major Sectors
    • Mining and Metal Processing
    • Manufacturing
    • Services and Marketing
  • AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHERIES
    • Resource Development
    • Production and Distribution of Crops and Livestock
    • Organization and Management
    • Forestry
    • Fisheries
  • INFRASTRUCTURE
    • Transportation and Communications
      • Railroads
      • Maritime Transportation
      • Civil Aviation
      • Roads
      • Telecommunications
    • Energy and Power
  • FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
    • Economic Assistance
    • Foreign Trade
    • Foreign Investment and Joint Ventures
    • Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
  • ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
• CHAPTER 4. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  • RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PARTY
  • THE KOREAN WORKERS' PARTY
  • CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
  • ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
    • The Supreme People's Assembly
    • The Executive Branch
      • The President and Vice Presidents
      • The Central People's Committee
    • The State Administration Council
    • The Judiciary
    • Local Government
  • POLITICAL IDEOLOGY: THE ROLE OF CHUCH'E
  • PARTY LEADERSHIP AND ELITE RECRUITMENT
    • Party Members
    • Party Cadres
    • The Ruling Elite
  • LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION
  • MASS ORGANIZATIONS
  • THE MEDIA
  • FOREIGN POLICY
    • Inter-Korean Affairs
    • China and the Soviet Union
    • Japan
    • The United States
  • PROSPECTS
• CHAPTER 5. NATIONAL SECURITY
  • MILITARY HERITAGE
  • THE ARMED FORCES
    • National Command Authority
    • Formulation of National Security Policy
    • The Army
      • Organization and Disposition
      • Weapons and Equipment
      • Special Operations Forces
      • Military Capability, Readiness, Training, and Recent Trends
    • The Navy
      • Organization and Disposition
      • Weapons and Equipment
      • Military Capability and Coastal Defense
    • The Air Force
      • Organization and Disposition
      • Weapons and Equipment
      • Trends, Training, Readiness, and Military Capability
      • Air Defense
      • Civil Aviation
    • Officer Corps: Recruitment and Education
    • Military Conscription and Terms of Service
    • Reserves and Paramilitary Forces
    • Role in National Life
    • Relations Between the Military and the Korean Workers' Party
  • MILITARY DOCTRINE AND STRATEGY
    • The Evolution of North Korean Military Thought
    • Emergence of the New Doctrine
    • Operational Practice in the 1980s and 1990s
    • Employment in Offensive Scenario
  • DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
    • Military Industry
    • Special Weapons
      • Chemical Weapons
      • Missile Developments
    • The Nuclear Option
  • FOREIGN MILITARY RELATIONS
    • Relations with China and the Soviet Union
    • Relations with the Third World
    • Incidents and Infiltrations: Targeting South Korea
  • GEOPOLITICAL CHANGES: NEW WORLD ORDER AND NORTH KOREAN SECURITY
  • INTERNAL SECURITY
    • Social Control
    • The Public Security Apparatus
  • THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
    • Historical Influences
    • The Judiciary
    • Punishment and the Penal System
  • PROSPECTS
• Appendix. Tables
• Bibliography
• Glossary