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The study on Power of Military Elite in Military-first Politics of North Korea

Jong Chel Lee

서강대학교 동아연구소

Published: January 2011 · Vol. 60, No. 0 · pp. 41-77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33334/sieas.2011.30.1.41

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Abstract

North Korea promotes the military-first politics, called Songun Politics, as its national management system. Last 2009 April, North Korea presented the form that North Korean Songun Politics was strengthened more through amendments to the constitution. Since the mid-1990s, North Korea has opened and practised Songun Politics. During the military-first politics, what kind of change has been there to power of military elite? This paper checked that while Kim Jong-il has performed the military-first politics, what influence has been exerted on the change of the military elite`s phase. And through that work, this paper examined whether the power of the military elite has been strengthened actually.
Keywords: 군 엘리트 파워군 파워 엘리트선군정치군부 위상군 관계