Understanding Kim Jong Un’s Economic Policymaking: Defense Industry Articles
This collection of translated articles are referenced in and/or informed the analysis, “Understanding Kim Jong Un’s Economic Policymaking: Defense Versus Civilian Spending,” published in September 2021.
Defense Spending
Kyo’ngje Yo’ngu
- 2007, Vol 3. National Defense Industry’s Leading Role Is a Lawful Demand of the Construction of an Economically Powerful Socialist State, Sin U-kyun
- 2007, Vol 4. Foremost Development of National Defense Industry Is the Basic Guarantee for Overall Economic Development, Chang To’k-so’ng
- 2007, Vol 4. Important Issues for Materializing the Principle of Giving Priority to Military Affairs in Economic Construction, Ryu Un-ch’ul
- 2008, Vol 2. Reconstruction and Modernization of Light Industry Plants Is a Fundamental Requirement for the Improvement of the People’s Living Standards, Chu Hyo’n
- 2008, Vol 2. Giving a Boost to the People’s Economy’s Leading Sectors and Basic Industrial Sectors Is an Urgent Requirement for Socialist Economic Construction, Kang Ch’o’l-min
- 2008, Vol 2. Economic Construction Line of the Military-First Era Is a Line That Enables the Intrinsic Requirement of Socialist Economic Construction to Be Invariably Adhered to and Realized at a High Level, O Chu-ch’o’l
- 2008 Vol 2. Economic Construction Line of the Military-First Era Is an Economic Construction Line That Firmly Guarantees Our Party’s Military-First Leadership, Military-First Politics, and the Construction of a Wealthy and Powerful Socialist Fatherland Materially and Economically, Ri Ku’m-pyo’l
- 2008, Vol 2. Balanced Development of the People’s Economy Is a Firm Guarantee for the Implementation of the Military-First Era’s Economic Construction Line, Ri Tong-ku
- 2008, Vol. 3. National Defense Industry Is a Basic Guarantee for a Self-Defensive War Deterrent and the Wealthy and Powerful Fatherland’s Economic Capabilities, Ryo’m Wang-sim
- 2008, Vol. 4. Basic Direction of Heavy Industry Construction in the Military-First Era, Ryu Un-ch’ul
- 2009, Vol. 1. Key Tasks for the Construction of an Economically Powerful Socialist State at the Present Time, Ri Ki-so’ng
- 2009, Vol 2. Leading Role of National Defense Industry Is a Mandatory Requirement of Economic Development in the Military-First Era, Han Yo’ng-ok
- 2010, Vol 1. The Position and Role of National Defense Industry in the Economic Construction Line of the Military-First Era, Ri Ch’un-il
- 2010, Vol 2. Development of Heavy Industry Is the Basis of the National Defense Industry’s Development, Mun Ch’un-kwang
- 2010, Vol 4. The Legitimacy of Our Party’s Economic Policy on Giving a Boost to the Leading Sectors and the Basic Industrial Sectors of the People’s Economy at the Present Time, Pak Sun-ch’o’l
- 2018, Vol 1. The Development of Heavy Industry Is a Firm Guarantee for the Construction of an Economically Powerful Socialist State, Cho Kwang-ch’o’l
- 2018, Vol 1. Correctly Clarifying the Status of the National Defense Industry Is an Important Issue That Has Strategic Significance for the Construction of a Socialist Economy, Kwak Myo’ng-ch’o
- 2019, Vol 3. Immortal Achievements Made by Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung in the Construction of the Chuch’e-Oriented National Defense Industry, Ri Kyo’ng-hu
- 2019, Vol 4. The New Strategic Line Presented by the Party Is a Realistic Line Whose Feasibility is Firmly Guaranteed, Wo’n Ch’o’l-nam
- 2020, Vol 1. The Essence of the New Strategic Line Presented by the Party, Kim Hyo’ng-ch’o’n
Hakpo
- 2015, Vol 3. Strengthening National Defense Capabilities Is the State Affair of State Affairs, O’m Kyo’ng-ch’o’l
Accumulation-Consumption
Kyo’ngje Yo’ngu
- 2011, Vol 4. Relationship Between the Law of Accumulation-Consumption Balance and Accumulation Law, Ri Myo’ng-hwa
- 2016, Vol 1. Accurately Materializing the Law of Balance Between Accumulation and Consumption Is an Important Duty of Socialist Finance, Pak Hyo’k
- 2020, Vol 1. Immortal Ideological and Theoretical Achievements the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il Built Up in the Field of Reproduction Theories, Ri Yo’ng-nam