What is `Military-First Politics`?

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This article is designed to define North Korea`s ‘Military-First Politics’ as the main ruling ideology of the Kim Jong Il regime and aims to research its ideological features. This article also tries to analyze the roles and functions of the Korean People`s Army(KPA) under the Kim regime`s military-oriented political system.

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What is `Military-First Politics` ?
A Study on the Ruling Ideology of the Kim Jong Il Regime
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The Graduate School of Politics & Policy
Kyonggi University, Seoul, Korea


The concept of `Military-First Politics` has become a critical subject to understand Kim Jong Il`s North Korea. A key word that can characterize North Korea under the Kim Jong Il regime is most likely `Songun Chongchi`, translated into Military-First Politics in English. If one were allowed to add another key word, the best candidate would be `Gangsong Daeguk`(powerful and prosperous nation). These two ideas are, more or less, closely intertwined, for Military-First Politics is touted as the key instrument for building a powerful and prosperous nation.
`Songun` is a familiar term in today`s North Korean propagandistic media, as is the fact that the North Korean society is highly militarized. In the joint New Year`s Day editorial of 2006 the term Songun is mentioned as frequent as 42 times, a number that outbeats any other word in the editorial. It is also noteworthy to recognize that in most cases, the term is used as an adjective rather than a noun ― such as Military-First Politics, Military-First Ideology, Military-First Principle, Military-First Doctrine, Military-First Theory, Military-First Era, Military-First Leadership, Military-First Revolutionary Line, Military-First Revolutionary University, Military-First Korea and even Military-First Hairstyle.
The term `Gangsong Daeguk` was introduced into the North Korean society in January 1999. The joint New Year`s Day editorial of that year was entitled

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