In 1958, Kim Il-sung ordered the classification of the North Korean people into about fifty distinct groups. These groups were divided into three broad classes. The Core, wavering, and hostile. The Core class would consist of Kim Il-sung, his family, and high ranking party members. The wavering class mainly consisted of party members and laborers loyal to the state. To be grouped within the hostile class was disastrous. It consisted of female entertainers, fortune tellers, and those who were declared politically suspect, or those who could …show more content…
Mi-ran dated Jun-sang. Jun-sang’s family moved to North Korea from Japan soon after the end of Japanese control. They chose North Korea because at that time it was more prosperous than the South. The family was Korean, had higher class status than Mi-ran’s, and lived a moderate lifestyle because of savings and family money. Jun-sang’s father pushed him very hard to do well in school in order to attend a university Pyongyang. Jun-sang’s ambitions to attend a university in Pyongyang would have been ruined. Jun-sang and his family’s songbun would be affected if he was found to be dating