Great Leader, Dear Leader is an absorbing exposé of North Korea under the Kim clan—Great Leader Kim Il Sung and his son, Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. It traces the origin of the regime's ideology and investigates its attempts to fill its empty state coffers through missile technology sales and other unorthodox schemes. It examines the regime's relations with South Korea, the countrywide famine and the juche ideal, the "military first" policy, and the nuclear weapons program.

One of very few Western journalists to visit North Korea in 2004, author Bertil Lintner demystifies rather than demonizes the least known of the "Axis of Evil" countries by taking us behind the wall of secrecy and the many misperceptions that surround North Korea. He interviews Koreans from both sides of the divided peninsula, as well as ethnic Koreans in Japan and leading Korea experts, to present an intriguing analysis of what has been happening in this shrouded country, and what we might expect in the future. In 2004 Bertil Lintner, a Thailand-based foreign correspondent and author, received an award for excellence in reporting about North Korea from the Society of Publishers in Asia.

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Errata

p. 140, line 4 should read: Kim Chi O died from injuries sustained during his arrest and Zin Mo was hanged in 1985. But Kang Min Chul's life was spared because he cooperated with the prosecution.

p. 200, line 30: says "US$16.5 million," should read "US$165 million."

Correction to the Chronology

p. 213, line 16: says "the West Sea (which the Japanese call the Sea of Japan, term much resented in Korea)," should read "the West Sea (which is called the Yellow Sea on most international maps)"

p. 220, line 27: says "May 31-June 3," should read "June 23-26"