What is 'Military-First Politics' ?
A Study on the Ruling Ideology of the Kim Jong Il Regime
선군정치란 무엇인가 -김정일 통치이데올로기 연구(영문)
Suh Okshik (서옥식)
The Graduate School of Politics & Policy
Kyonggi University, Seoul, Korea
Military-FirstIdeology)으로까지 발전시킨 김정일의 통치이데올로기(ruling ideology)로 운용되고 있다. 북한은 선군정치를 사회주의 체제수호와 강성대국건설, 그리고 한반도의 평화정착 및 자주통일을 위해 제국주의자들의 고립․압살정책이 지속되는 한 끝까지 틀어쥐고 나아가야할 전략노선(strategic line)
the old socialist constitution of 1992 was for succession of Kim jong il. In newly revised constitution in 2009, they deleted ‘communism’ word and added ‘songun ideology’ to strengthen the power base of Kim jung il. Based on the newest constitution, there are Supreme People’s Assembly, National Defense Commission, standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly, and cabinet.
선군정치를 떠나서는 오늘의 북한을 알 수 없다. 이제 북한을 주체사상의 나라정도로 생각한다면 조금은 무지에 속할지 모른다. 북한은 선군정치를 ‘선군사상’으로 발전시켜 ‘주체사상의 새로운 높은 단계(a new, higher stage of the Juche Ideology)로 까지 설명하고 있다. 그만큼 선군정치는 북한사회를 총
Pre- Gorbachev Soviet- Vietnames Discord
To answer the aforesaid question, we need evidence, above all, from the vietnamese and Russian archives, but it may also be useful to study the declassified reports of the East European Communist diplomats who were accredited to Hanoi in the 1980s. Namely, the Hungarian diplomats whose reports I read managed to collect an impressive amount of confiden