Change and Continuity in North Korean Politics by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781138681682
Google: Wl7tjwEACAAJ
Goodreads: 30409826
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

Despite some two decades of development, political impetus and imperative, it is in a sense a little astonishing that Kim Il-sung in 1978 could determine that “since summer fishing has never been organised on the East Sea, we have no clear idea of what kinds of fish are living in the East Sea and what kinds of migratory fish visit it.”43 It appears that it is not only the research and knowledge basis that is weak, but even the developed infrastructure and the institutional ambition behind it have been neglected, half-heartedly undertaken or confused by bureaucratic failures and disruptions. Far in fact from the early aspirations to the building of ten thousand-ton ships, Kim Il-sung almost balefully recalls that “some years ago a 1,000 ton fishing vessel was built, but some officials of the fishing industry said that it was unserviceable even before it was used.”44

Ultimately, whereas political drive and ideological embedding and reconfiguration served to push along North Korea’s developmental narratives within the fishing sector, the 1970s, according even to Kim Il-sung’s own assertions, ended on a downbeat and disappointing tone. Whatever has happened and whatever was demanded in the previous decade, scientific development and research as envisaged had not occurred, institutional connections remained counterproductive and diffuse, and both capacity and actual productivity and catch appeared substantially disappointing. It is apparent that many of the same drag factors and inefficiencies that beset the agricultural sector on land and crippled North Korea’s industrial and economic productivity had been present in the fishing sector as well.45

Pollack is a very good fish. Because it contains less fat and more protein than other fish, it is not only palatable but also good for the health…. From olden times, therefore Koreans have offered it at the altar. It seems that our ancestors also like Pollack.46

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