The Two Koreas_ A Contemporary History - Don Oberdorfer [275]
Cumings "corporate and family state" quote, Bruce Cumings, "The Corporate State in North Korea," in State and Society in Contemporary Korea, edited by Hagen Koo (Cornell University Press, 1993). DPRK dictionary on hereditary succession, Kong Dan Oh, Leadership Change in North Korean Politics (Rand, Oct. 88), p. 10.
About the filmmakers, some in South Korea and elsewhere have raised doubts about the credibility of Choi and Shin, but they returned with photographs and tape recordings of themselves with Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il that have been accepted by U.S. and ROK intelligence as authentic. I had three meetings with them, the first shortly after their escape through Vienna, and I believe they are credible. My report here is based in part on my three interviews with the couple for The Washington Post in the mid-1980s. The quotes are from Choi Eun Hee and Shin Sang Ok, "Kidnapped to the North Korean Paradise," unpublished manuscript (English translation of their Korean book), p. 246.
On Kim Jong Il's connection to the Rangoon bombing, Joseph Bermudez, Terrorism: The North Korean Connection (Crane Russak, 1990), p. 9. The East German report on Kim Jong I1's "modem" tendencies, "Information about current features in some of North Korea's cultural areas," Embassy of the GDR, June 9, 1982, SED Archives. The Kim Jong Il quotes are from the filmmakers' tape recording published by Monthly Chosun (Oct. 1995), in Korean.
The Framework Negotiations: This section is primarily based on interviews with Gallucci and several other members of the U.S. negotiating team. Carlin on Kang's failure to say "never," Carlin interview, Nov 7, 1994. Carlin "game was over" quote, Carlin interview, Nov 26, 1995. Gallucci on "Talmudic significance," Gallucci interview, Oct. 8, 1996.
The Kim Jong II Regime: Hubbard discussions in Pyongyang, Hubbard interview, Jan. 6, 1995. DOD cable on heavy oil, Joint Staff, Washington D.C. cable, "Subject: Delivery of Heavy Residual Fuel Oil to the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea," Jan. 14, 1995, unclassified.
The Struggle over the Reactors "We opted for solidarity," White House official, interview, Oct. 21, 1996. Luck's cable to Perry, Pentagon official, interview, Aug. 31, 1995.
CHAPTER 15: NORTH KOREA IN CRISIS
Shalikashvili quote on "implode or explode," Mary Jordan, "Speculation Grows on Demise of N. Korea," WP, Apr. 6, 1996. For the North Korean rainfall figures, "Pyongyang Media Report on Flood to Get Aid," Vantage Point (Seoul, Sept. 1995). Also, "FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to DPRK," FAO, Rome, Dec. 1995. Trevor Page quotes, Pierre Antoine Donnet, "Widespread Signs of Famine in North Korea: U.N. Official," KH, Dec. 6, 1996. Floods "made situation worse," "FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to DPRK."
The DPRK request to supply grain secretly, Suh Dong Kwan interview, Oct. 28, 1993. Quotes on Kim Young Sam as the man to bring down the DPRK, a prominent South Korean, interview, Nov 25, 1996. Laney quote on Kim Young Sam, interview, June 27, 1996. For details of DMZ incursions, Oh Young Jin, "Heavily Armed NK Troops Enter JSA in Panmunjom," KT, Apr. 7, 1996.
Disbanding of Sixth KPA corps, curtailment of winter exercises, U.S. intelligence officials, interview, Nov 1, 1996. On impact of DMZ incursions on election, Sun Phil Kwon, "Policy Issues in the 1996 General Election," Korea Observer, Spring 1997. Adrian Buzo quote from his article, "The DPRK and Late De-Stalinization," Korean Journal of National Unification, vol. 4 (1995).
Political Earthquake in Seoul: The account of the inception of the scandal is from an interview with Park Kye Dong, June 25, 1996. On Roh's postscandal unpopularity, "Roh Named as Most Hated Politician: Poll," KH, Nov. 19, 1995. Kukje episode, Sam Jameson, "Fall of Kukje Corporation Illustrates South Korea's