"field guidance" = the advice dispensed by the "Dear Leader"?

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(Reuters) - North Koreans poured into the streets on Monday to mourn the death of leader Kim Jong-il and state media hailed his untested son as the "Great Successor" of the reclusive state whose atomic weapons ambitions are a major threat to the region.

Earlier, a tearful North Korean television announcer, dressed in black and her voice quavering, said the 69-year old ruler died on Saturday of "physical and mental over-work" on a train on his way to give "field guidance" -- advice dispensed by the "Dear Leader" on trips to factories, farms and the military.

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/12/19/uk-korea-north-idUKTRE7BI05F20111219

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@oristarA,

"Field guidance" here is a kind of euphemism for "inspection trip." In other words, he goes into the "field", i.e. the factory or military base, to see for himself how it is being run and to dispense advice, rather than giving orders from the seclusion of his office.

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@Lustig Andrei,

Lustig Andrei wrote:

"Field guidance" here is a kind of euphemism for "inspection trip." In other words, he goes into the "field", i.e. the factory or military base, to see for himself how it is being run and to dispense advice, rather than giving orders from the seclusion of his office.

Thank you.

Grammatically speaking, "field guidance" is parallel with " advice" there?

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@oristarA,

Yes.

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"field guidance" = the advice dispensed by the "Dear Leader"?

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