Sŏn'gun
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 선군 정치 |
| Hanja : | 先 軍 政治 |
| Revised Romanization : | Seon-gun jeongchi |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Sŏn'gun chŏngch'i |
The Sŏn'gun policy ( SON = first '; gun = Military';! "Military First") has a constitutional amendment in 2009 in addition to the Juche idea Guideline politics of North Korea . It gives the highest priority to the readiness for defense in the face of an assumed military threat to the state from the " imperialist powers" USA and Japan as well as from their " puppet state " South Korea . In 2011, according to official North Korean figures, 15.8% of the state budget was used for military purposes. According to this policy, the Korean People's Army and its concerns have “absolute priority” over other areas of society.
Primary literature (North Korea)
- Kim Chol U: Songun Politics of Kim Jong Il. Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 2002 (German-language edition: Kim Chol U: Kim Jong Il's Politics of Preferring the Military . Publishing House for Foreign Language Literature, Pyongyang, 2002)
- Songun, Banner of Victory . Korea Pictorial, Pyongyang, 2003
Secondary literature
- Ilpyong J. Kim: Kim Jong Il's Military-First Politics. In: Young Whan Khil, Hong Nack Kim (Eds.): North Korea. The Politics of Regime Survival. ME Sharpe, Armonk (New York) / London, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7656-1638-8
References and comments
- ^ The Purpose of Revised Constitution . Daily NK , September 29, 2009, accessed December 13, 2017 (“The Purpose of the Revised Constitution”).
- ↑ Pyongyang Times, April 14, 2012, p. 5