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Analysis of Patterns of Kim Jong-Il’s Field Supervise after Death March : From 2000 to 2009

  • The Journal of Northeast Asia Research
  • Abbr : NEA
  • 2010, 25(1), pp.77-96
  • DOI : 10.18013/jnar.2010.25.1.004
  • Publisher : The Institute for Northeast Asia Research
  • Research Area : Social Science > Political Science > International Politics > International Relations / Cooperation

Young Min Park 1

1한국외국어대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Open activities of North Korea’s supreme leader are field supervise(Hyunji-jido), military inspection, watching art performance, and reception of foreign guests. Among these activities, the field supervise, the process of communicating between the leader and the general population, is a useful research area to understand out the problems and the interests, and recognition of the current political status that North Korea is facing. This study aims to understand North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il’s political strategy and policy through analysis of the characteristics of Kim’s field supervise. The field supervise is being analyzed on two respects. First is the leadership of Chosun Labor Party at political party level, and the second is the position(influence) of the leader based on ideological term. North Korea has endured severe survival crisis after mid-90s. The country has tried to escape from such crises through so called ‘death march(Konaeui-haenggun)’, and has proclaimed the end of ‘death march’ in 2000 at the 55th anniversaryofthefoundationofNorthKorea. ThispaperanalyzesthepatternsofKim’sfieldsuperviseperiodicallyandondifferentsubjectsforthepasttenyears. The field supervise after year 2000, shows very much related to economic areas such as electricity industries and cooperative farms showing its concentrated focus on primary and agricultural sectors. After all, the North Korea is following ‘instruction economy’ for its citizens(people) in order to expand their productivity, yet its national strategy still remained at ‘shortage economy’ level during this period.

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