Red Phoenix Burning

Dramatis Personae

Carter, Randall — Lieutenant General, commanding officer, US Seventh Air Force

Christopher, Tony — Brigadier General, vice commander, US Seventh Air Force

Dougherty, Jeff — Team leader, North Korea section, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Fascione, Thomas — General, commanding officer, Combined Forces Command and US Forces Korea

Fowler, Kary — Aid worker, Christian Friends of Korea

Graves, Andrew — Colonel, commanding officer, Eighth Fighter Wing, US Seventh Air Force

Jenkins, Rick — Commanding officer, USS Hawaii (SSN 776)

Yeom, George — CIA-NIS liaison, CIA

Little, Kevin — Colonel, commanding officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, US Eighth Army

Miller, Mike — Lieutenant Colonel, commanding officer, Joint Security Area battalion

Mitchell, Ralph — Commanding officer, USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10)

O’Rourke, Dan — Major General, chief of staff, US Forces Korea

Olsen, George — Brigadier General, intelligence officer, US Forces Korea

Sawyer, Chris — North Korea senior analyst, CIA

Tracy, Robert — Lieutenant General, commanding officer, US Eighth Army

Waleski, Gabriel — Rear Admiral, commanding officer, US Navy in South Korea

Wallace, Joshua — Lieutenant Commander, executive officer, USS Hawaii (SSN 776)

Wyman, James — President, United States of America

An Kye-nam — President, Republic of Korea (ROK)

Guk Yong-soo — Lieutenant, Ninth Special Forces “Ghost” Brigade, ROK

Gung Ji-han — Lieutenant, Ninth Special Forces “Ghost” Brigade, ROK

Ji Sang-hoon — General, commanding officer, ROK Air Force

Kwon — Major General, commanding officer, Special Warfare Command, ROK

Lee Joon-ho — Major, operations officer, UN Command Security Battalion

Ma — Corporal, Ninth Special Forces “Ghost” Brigade, ROK

Moon Su-bin — Volunteer nurse, Christian Friends of Korea

Oh — Master Sergeant, Ninth Special Forces “Ghost” Brigade, ROK

Park Joon-ho — General, deputy commander, ROK-US Combined Forces Command

Rhee Han-gil — Colonel, commanding officer, Ninth Special Forces “Ghost” Brigade, ROK

Sobong — Lieutenant Colonel, Mike Miller’s second-in-command

Sohn — General, commanding officer, Third Army, ROK

Yeon Min-soo — General, chief of staff, ROK Army

Cheon Ji-hyo — North Korean refugee, mother of two children

Cho Ho-jin North Korean citizen, Russian intelligence asset

Choi Sung-min Sergeant, neighborhood supervisor, Ministry of Public Security

Gong Kyeong-pyo Vice Admiral, KPA Navy

Kim Jong-un Supreme Leader, DPRK

Koh Chong-su Vice Marshal, Chief of the General Staff, Korean People’s Army (KPA)

Lee Ji-young North Korean defector, daughter of Lee Ye-jun

Lee Ye-jun Senior Politburo member, DPRK

Maeng Sergeant, special forces, KPA

Ri Il-chun Deputy Chairman, Second Economic Committee

Ro Ji-hun Captain, special forces, KPA

Ryeon Jae-gon Captain, aide to General Tae, KPA

Sik Chol-jun Colonel, bodyguard to Kim Jong-un

Tae Seok-won General, Sixth Bureau, General Staff Department; then commanding officer, Thirty-Third Infantry Division, KPA

Yang Major General, deputy commander, Thirty-Third Infantry Division, KPA

Long — General, deputy commander, Southeast Security Force

Shu — General, chief of staff, People’s Liberation Army

Wen Kun — President, People’s Republic of China

Yu — General, defense minister, People’s Republic of China

Malikov, Alexei Fedorovich — Deputy Director, Directorate S, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service

Telitsyn, Pavel Ramonovich — Asian Department chief, Directorate S, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service