NorthKorea - A Country Study

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Index Page

  • COUNTRY PROFILE
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 Executive Branch
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Missile Developments
  • The Nuclear Option
  • FOREIGN MILITARY RELATIONS
  • Relations with the Third World
  • Incidents and Infiltrations: Targeting South Korea
  • GEOPOLITICAL CHANGES: NEW WORLD ORDER AND NORTH KOREAN SECURITY
  • INTERNAL SECURITY
  • The Public Security Apparatus
  • THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
  • The Judiciary
  • Punishment and the Penal System
  • PROSPECTS

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