North Korea Study & Guide - AllRefer - North Korea Information

* COUNTRY PROFILE
o Country
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* INTRODUCTION
* HISTORICAL SETTING
o HISTORICAL SETTING
o THE ORIGINS OF THE KOREAN NATION
+ The Period of the Three Kingdoms
+ Korea under Silla
+ Unification by Kory
+ The Chosn Dynasty: Florescence
+ Dynastic Decline
o KOREA IN THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY WORLD ORDER
o THE LEGACY OF JAPANESE COLONIALISM
o THE RISE OF KOREAN NATIONALISM AND COMMUNISM
o THE NATIONAL DIVISION AND THE ORIGINS OF THE DPRK
o THE KOREAN WAR
o THE POST-WAR ECONOMY AND PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION
o CORPORATISM AND THE CHUCH'E IDEA
o INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
* THE SOCIETY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
o THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
+ Topography and Drainage
+ Climate
+ Environmental Protection
o POPULATION
+ Size and Growth Rate
+ Population Structure and Projections
+ Settlement Patterns and Urbanization
+ Koreans Living Overseas
o 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
o ETHNICITY, CULTURE, AND LANGUAGE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
+ Contemporary Cultural Expression
+ Literature, Music, and Film
+ Architecture and City Planning
+ The Korean Language
o EDUCATION
+ Educational Themes and Methods
+ Primary and Secondary Education
+ Social Education
+ Higher Education
+ Adult Education
o PUBLIC HEALTH
* THE ECONOMY
o ECONOMIC SETTING
+ Korea under the Japanese Occupation
+ Developmental Strategy
o ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE
+ Record of Economic Performance
+ Postwar Economic Planning
o BUDGET AND FINANCE
+ Organization and Management of the Economy
+ Planning
# The Ch'ongsan-ni Method
# The Taean Work System
# Mass Production Campaigns
o INDUSTRY
+ Development in Major Sectors
+ Mining and Metal Processing
+ Manufacturing
+ Services and Marketing
o AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHERIES
+ Resource Development
+ Production and Distribution of Crops and Livestock
+ Organization and Management
+ Forestry
+ Fisheries
o INFRASTRUCTURE
+ Transportation and Communications
# Railroads
# Maritime Transportation
# Civil Aviation
# Roads
# Telecommunications
+ Energy and Power
o FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
+ Economic Assistance
+ Foreign Trade
+ Foreign Investment and Joint Ventures
+ Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
o ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
* GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PARTY
o THE KOREAN WORKERS' PARTY
o CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
o 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
o POLITICAL IDEOLOGY: THE ROLE OF CHUCH'E
o PARTY LEADERSHIP AND ELITE RECRUITMENT
+ Party Members
+ Party Cadres
+ The Ruling Elite
o LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION
o MASS ORGANIZATIONS
o THE MEDIA
o FOREIGN POLICY
+ Inter-Korean Affairs
+ China and the Soviet Union
+ Japan
+ The United States
o PROSPECTS
* NATIONAL SECURITY
o MILITARY HERITAGE
o 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
o 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
o DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
+ Military Industry
+ Special Weapons
# Chemical Weapons
# Missile Developments
+ The Nuclear Option
o FOREIGN MILITARY RELATIONS
+ Relations with China and the Soviet Union
+ Relations with the Third World
+ Incidents and Infiltrations: Targeting South Korea
o GEOPOLITICAL CHANGES: NEW WORLD ORDER AND NORTH KOREAN SECURITY
o INTERNAL SECURITY
+ Social Control
+ The Public Security Apparatus
o THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
+ Historical Influences
+ The Judiciary
+ Punishment and the Penal System
o PROSPECTS
* Appendix. Tables
* Glossary