1st Edition

Kim Jong-il's Leadership of North Korea

By Jae-Cheon Lim Copyright 2009
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Kim Jong Il came to power after the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994. Contrary to expectations, he has succeeded in maintaining enough political stability to remain in power. Kim Jong Il's Leadership of North Korea is an examination of how political power has been developed, transmitted from father to son, and now operates in North Korea Using a variety of original North Korean... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Formative Period (1942-64)  3. Road To Heir (1964-74)  4. Heir (1974-1994)  5. Ruler (1994-Present)  6. Leadership  7. Conclusion

Biography

Jae-Cheon Lim is researcher at the Institute for Korean Unification studies, Yonsei University