List of Tables = xiii List of box Informaion = xvii Foreword = xix Preface = xxi Principles of Transliteration of Korean Characters = xxiii Glossary of Acronyms and Special Terms Used in the Text = li Special Update on Recent Developments in North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program = lvii Photographs = lxxiii Special Edition = 1 CHAPTER 1. GEOGRAPHY = 37 Natural Environment = 37 Social Environment = 41 Geography by Si and Province = 48 CHAPTER 2. POLITICS = 87 Overview = 87 Workers' Party of Korea = 93 Constitutional Provisions on State Organs = 104 National Defense Commission = 113 Supreme People's Assembly = 117 Supreme People's Assembly Presidium = 123 Cabinet = 135 Local People's Committee = 144 Central Court and Prosecutors' Office = 151 General Secretary Kim Jona-il's Activities = 157 Changes in Leadership = 166 Praise of General Secretary Kim Jong-il's Family Tree = 194 North and South Korea's Reunification Policies = 200 CHAPTER 3. ECONOMY = 211 Overview = 211 Policy Objectives and Reality = 214 Major Economic Developments = 256 Economic Guidance = 268 Economic Propaganda and "Drives" = 270 New Developments by Industry = 276 Natural Disasters = 295 Foreign Trade = 298 Economic Cooperation = 338 CHAPTER 4. SOCIETY = 357 Overview = 357 Ideological indoctrination Campaign = 365 Food, Clothing, and Housing = 373 Popular Movements = 380 Labor Organizations = 388 Transportation = 391 Land AdministratIon and Environment and Environment Protection = 399 Media = 406 Education = 426 Medical Service = 434 Tourism = 439 Religion = 449 Holidays = 451 Separated families = 454 CHAPTER 5. CULTURE AND SPORTS = 459 culture and the Arts = 459 Cinema = 464 Literature = 472 Music and Public Performance = 478 Sports = 486 Cultural Treasures = 496 CHAPTER 6. DIPLOMACY = 511 Overview = 511 Diplomacy in General = 520 DPRK-U.S. Relations = 537 North Korea-China Relations = 570 North Korea-Japan Relations = 580 North Korea-Russia Relations = 585 North Korea-Europe Relations = 602 North Korea's Relations with Nonaligned Countries = 622 North Korea's Relations with the UN and international Organizations = 636 CHAPTER 7. MILITARY = 649 Overview = 649 The People's Army = 652 Military Organization and System = 670 Military Strategy = 678 Military Capabilities and the Defense industry = 678 Status of Economic Activities of the North Korean Army = 687 Development of Strategic Weapons = 692 APPENDIXES = 753 Appendix I. Who's Who = 753 Appendix II. North Korea Chronology = 927 Appendix III. Constitution of North Korea = 1011 Appendix IV. Major Official Documents Regarding Inter-Korean Relations = 1029 Appendix V. Major Industrial Facilities = 1087 Appendix VI. Calendar of Historical Events = 1119 Index = 1131.