Agreed Framework, 197–201

agriculture, 38–39, 44–47, 51–52, 54–56, 90, 131–132

Ahn, Chang Ho, 22

Albright, Madeline, 174, 195

Arab Spring, 276, 281

arable land, 39, 43–44, 52, 55

armistice, 18, 172, 219

Asian tigers, 21, 282

axis of evil, 37, 150, 155, 175, 177, 198, 237

body-mind-spirit, 33

brainwashing, 144, 264

Bush, George W, 34, 146, 155, 165–166, 168, 170–179, 198–200, 206–207, 235–238, 246, 274

Carter, Jimmy, 167, 273

Central Intelligence Agency, 169, 176

Chang, Song Taek, 256–257, 261–262

changuisong, 26

Cheney, Richard, 166, 170, 177, 179

China, 8, 15, 18–19, 23, 27, 47, 52, 57, 59, 61–65, 74, 85–87, 90–91, 100, 102, 113–114, 119, 128, 133, 143, 149, 152, 169, 174, 177, 180, 183–184, 188, 193, 196, 203–205, 210, 215, 217, 219, 254, 268–269, 272, 276, 281, 284–286

Cho, Myong Rok, 127–128

Choe, Ryong Hae, 136, 256, 259

Choe, Tae Bok, 190–191, 258

ch’ŏllima, 65, 94–97

Clinton, Bill, 167, 174

Clinton, Hillary, 199, 209, 246

Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 190, 196

comprehensive reform equation, 81–83

Confucian, 14–17, 34, 152, 158, 204, 233–234, 253

corruption, 101, 120, 148–149, 264

Cultural Revolution, 15, 19

cultural sociology, 233

culture, 5, 9, 13–16, 31–32, 63, 126, 133, 135, 138, 151–153, 155, 157, 159–160, 192, 231, 233, 240–245, 266–267, 269, 285

decision-making, 32, 187, 244, 258, 261

Declaration on Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, 195, 198–199, 216

demilitarized zone, 131, 173, 271, 275

democracy, 3, 14, 145–146, 149, 156, 186, 197, 209, 231–232, 239, 246, 268, 275–276

Department of State, 118, 136, 175, 177, 192, 238, 258

devaluation, 50, 90

dollarization, 108, 111–112, 120

Eastern Europe, 19, 27, 63, 84, 88, 99–100, 127, 137, 190–191, 196, 222, 224, 240, 263, 265