The Two Koreas_ A Contemporary History - Don Oberdorfer [250]
PRINCIPAL KOREAN FIGURES IN THE TEXT
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NORTH KOREA)
Han Se Hae, Workers Party official and secret emissary to the ROK
Ho Dam, foreign minister and secret emissary to the ROK
Hwang Jang Yop, Workers Party secretary for international affairs and juche theoretician; defected to the ROK in 1997
Jo Myong Rok, vice marshal and first vice chairman of the National Defense Commission
Kang Sok Ju, deputy foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator with the United States
Kim Gye Gwan, vice foreign minister and deputy negotiator with the United States
Kim Hyon Hui, DPRK agent; bomber of Korean Air Lines flight 858; incarcerated and pardoned in the ROK
Kim Il Sung, leader of the Workers Party; prime minister, later president of the DPRK
Kim Jong 11, eldest son of Kim Il Sung; leader of the DPRK following his father's death
Kim Yong Nam, deputy prime minister and foreign minister of the DPRK, later chairman of Supreme Peoples Assembly and nominal head of state
Kim Yong Sun, Workers Party secretary and head of the DPRK delegation in 1992 talks with the United States
Yun Ki Bok, Workers Party official; political adviser to the DPRK delegation to the Red Cross talks; secret emissary to the ROK
REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA)
Choi Kyu Ha, prime minister of the ROK; briefly president after death of Park Chung Hee
Chun Doo Hwan, leader of the 1979 military takeover; president of the ROK
Chung Ju Yung, chairman of the Hyundai conglomerate; chairman of the campaign committee to win the Seoul Olympic games; presidential candidate in 1992
Gong Ro Myung, foreign minister of the ROK
Han Sung Joo, foreign minister of the ROK
Kim Chong Whi, national security assistant to President Roh Tae Woo
Kim Dae Jung, opposition political leader and presidential candidate in 1971, 1987, 1992, 1997; popularly elected president, 1997.
Kim Jae Kyu, director of KCIA; assassin of President Park Chung Hee
Kim Jong Pil, prime minister of the ROK; presidential candidate in 1987
Kim Woo Choong, chairman of the Daewoo conglomerate; unofficial envoy abroad and to the DPRK
Kim Young Sam, opposition political leader, later government party leader; popularly elected president in 1992
Lee Hu Rak, director of the KCIA
Lee Yon Kil, businessman and anti-communist activist who arranged the defection of Hwang Jang Yop from North Korea.
Lim Dong Won, senior adviser to President Kim Dae Jong on North-South affairs; secret emissary to DPRK in May 2000.
Park Chul Un, presidential staff and intelligence official; ROK secret emissary to the DPRK
Park Chung Hee, leader of the 1961 military coup; later president of the ROK
Roh Tae Woo, division commander in 1979 military takeover; popularly elected president in 1987
Sohn Jang Nae, KCIA minister in the ROK embassy, Washington; deputy director of the KCIA in Seoul
Yoo Chong Ha, national security assistant to President Kim Young Sam; later ROK foreign minister
KOREANS IN JAPAN
Mun Se Kwang, attempted assassin of ROK president Park; killer of Yook Young Soo (Mrs. Park)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
great many people and institutions of many nationalities and 1 points of view contributed to the research and writing of this book. I conducted more than 450 interviews in South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan, Russia, Germany, and Austria in the course of the four years I was working on it. I was also aided immeasurably by documentary material from American, Russian, and East German archives, as well as journalistic and scholarly articles and books. All those who contributed, in large ways and small, have my thanks.
I am particularly grateful to Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), which accorded me a convenient and prestigious scholarly perch after my retirement from The Washington Post and which sponsored the book. I am also