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a big day. so i came to a, the daughter of north korean leader kim jong on not long ago, she began accompanying her father to military parades and rocket launches. even though she's believe to be only 11 or 12 years old. the will she'd take over the helm, esther north korean dictatorship one day. and because of the iron grip on power that the kim tennessee has wielded for more than 7 decades. the

news, [000:00:00;00] the funeral goes 2022 just 3 months after announcing its best case of cove at 19 north korea. declan pandemic was as a comrade, kim, jo, john, vice president of the central committee of the workers, party of korea to do comrade

vision in the summer. and just review the 7 days of battle against the pandemic sheep in the last 90. 1 days i witnessed many dramatic situations and was hoping to get him to hop on that or this was the 1st be challenge by it came from one's youngest sister came jo joan, on north korean television when she spoke about her brother's recovery from cove. it many in the audience went do wanna listen, lindsey hung up soon as i didn't do any. also send you the total pension. it'll be a piece. so she'll those with terrible moments when i was unable to help our great leader who put on wants to do more session. and most of the repair was that she had to confront the crisis alone, who missing a times distraught and despairing when she goes and gone through. these are so send you the or tuesday, let him, jo joan is deputy director of the propaganda administrative. not a pop to her brother. she's widely regarded as the countries number to leader.

since 1948, 3 generations of the came family of rule, the democratic people's republic up north korea. without absolute power, good deals to the county under the, to the north korea doesn't have a monica and you'll get us with doesn't have a royal family quote to me. instead may trace the lineage pack, you're what they call the mount pack to supply. you go to look at a symbolism, don't wait in the kind of more than one video,

then that's when you know it's a place of pilgrimage. football team members or north koreans covered to so many of you so much in such similar to stuff gets revered as the place where kim il sung, stand with it, and that the resistance against japanese occupation. there's also regarded as the birthplace of kimmy, john hill. you'll get a, someone just to lift this problem and go to the cross. can you still hear when you see the power meals? so i'm kim dunghill things we're going to say creator as is this mountain? it's similar to what leslie had a means. the christians get this founding miss help secure the kim families hold on power, which is not quite as secure as it would be under a month case. the domestic dictatorship had to create its own cult of personality. and we'll start to

the also know to, to include those who say no, it's also needed to, to the, to the new to me. it's one of the propaganda message was repeated in chinese, japanese, spanish and english move intended to suggest the north koreans that its leaders were also reviewed abroad, the climbing back to the sacred revolution, the mountain gym. it was 77 in motion whenever i climbed mount packed or i think of camry, jimmy, jump in to mount back to age as best placed on the trailing whately and richard his courage mount back to it's jim junior's mountain. at the same time as being jim in a sense of mountain,

the owners of the entire family stands united at the helm of north korea, kim il sung, and his sons came, joan ill on the present and unforgotten giants, marvels of them. what even installed on the stage of the supreme people's assembly every decision made by came john own and his sister just came jo jones, i was an extension of the dentist that has rolled the country for a while about half a century and you're told she started to sell all the

kim tennessee begun with came also do a 1948 became the leader and founding father of north korea. in the 19th sixty's, a call to personality a matched which led to dictate to an almost god like status to this day came l. so is still regarded as supposed to bring him added tunnel leader of north korea. when you're in 1994, the sun came, joan ill assumed power. according to legend, he was born on mt peck, 2, and was possessed of a powerful intellect and accomplishments.

the camry, jim juno is an outstanding philosopher, statesman, and leader. but most of tile talents and capabilities is not only the greatest idle load core and see a red, but a genius of the present time is the greatest man schumann history has ever produced . the greatest a man way as a versed in all the kim jong il died in 2011. his youngest son, 27 year old, came joan on became his successor. at the time he was a complete unknown in north korea and abroad. but kim jong il had already paid the way by making strategic appointments to key positions before his death.

the as well as the a, you have the tools and acquisition off. he was very young, senior with internet society and which seen yours who was extremely important. lots of to, that was a problem for him. the 1st is guns and the others also glad you to tier to counter right at that by dressing very conservatively. um, if we try to model himself on his grandfather in appearance, you know as a young man that length with some authority 2 more months. cuz they are the, the, the, to the ton that a full lender. nobody knew him. so suddenly he pay it pretty looked a lot like email,

so i don't even know if he's the last completely stopped or is that a candidate though? that's every public, a parent, kim jong. he's like his grandfather and spoke like him to talk to him. no, i mean we're not going to look over that and just don't want to go with you in a demonstration of power came jump on dismissed a number of functionaries. ready ready ready ready ready and ordered the arrest of his influential uncle jamestone tax. in december 2013, his uncle was executed for an edge to corruption. even the north korean press, domestic coverage was perennially slanted to the positive reported on james execution. the

king john succeeded. is his father, you know, he's a young man. we had information that he had gone to school in switzerland. we thought maybe this is a more customer politan sake here who understand the international community. maybe he wanted better relations with the world. we were wrong. it turns out kim jung on is the most aggressive of the 3 kids, came jump on, installed his closest confidence at the center of pilot. above all, his sister came jo jones. the 2 of them had attended school together in switzerland and forged the relationship of unconditional trust. the board and vacation saw that if anything were to happen to came john own,

his sister would be his successor. ensuring that the kim family would retain its hold on power, the kind of give obesity dog commutable one for the sale in north korea, there are 2 levels of legislation. database. first of all, we have a constitution. the bunch of populated states that north korea is a republican with general and secret election hungry on kind of the 2nd level is the parties that you choose. they state that the party leadership is hereditary samouce, and each generation comes from the king family. tiny little coat one to cut off. so the party is based on the ideology of kim il sung. and kim jones is

a jet and is supposed to work on behalf of they're interested in well, and not the interests of the north korean people time to come in today. i'm kind of time to go from both of the parties. statute clearly outbreaks. the constitution would be done. anyone who joins the party in north korea must swear to sacrifice everything to ensure that the regime is preserved from one generation to the next 2 years. didn't you say? so if you go to so more than go through a patch job, well, i mean that's how the north korean system works kind of in a coolant year. so across the similar to and i don't know which the most koreans, as part of the regime that owes its allegiance to the kim denise d on the law day in and day out north to reinstate television, broadcast propaganda, images of a happy and prosperous people. the but the reality is more complex.

the, according to united nations reports the north koreans are obligated to keep watch over the neighbors and denounce any misbehavior. this network of mutual surveillance is intended to maintain control over that population and preserve an image of national pride. and contentment, the the task they create unit to 5 families monitor each of

a ship set the above task. we have him in the unit of 60 families in cause a man is, are you, hey david, every admin, bottom as a unit tab, you should always know what's happening in every house. all most people in the comes in and that us has templates for 2 minutes, just and system will go down to the system of surveillance was creating 75 years ago, which attempted to vote into a true system, entire arguments all connecting, which is typically wouldn't go still the, there's no civil society, there's nothing on which, for example, and universities or religion or all the areas where we, we often see revolution get going. the north korea government says shut all of that down.

the freedom of phones is not permitted in north korea. colleagues, neighbors and even family members can turn on one another. according to radio reports, one young man was sentenced to death for smuggling. the south korean t. v series squeeze came into the country. he had been denounced by his parents. most people have no internet access and comp make international phone calls, the kind of jobs you got, cut them over, you don't use it. i'm going to, i mean, in north korea it's, it's not just the convicted person who was punished, but the entire family more today. you'll be just all, tell us what a son is shot for a crime against the fatherland. his parents, siblings,

and even fellow students can be punished and discriminated against pretty easy about the tool or button you're not. i mean, okay, so what does that i'm going to give them you know, anyone who would be prepared to sacrifice their own life or more freedom and democracy really thinks twice before doing anything. so i'll work on that. i will have that are not doing. no, they're also putting their entire family at risk equal to a p e. that's why the north koreans don't worry about legal. you'll order. you'll know this is how the system maintains the status quotes. you can continue to jump in with you. if you are someone who desperately wants to free your people in north korea, maybe if it's just you, you would say, i'm willing to die for that to free my country. but are you willing to kill your grand parents and your children and your aunts and uncles? so that's the terrible, terrible way of control that the regime has over its people. you've done your students on the thought of a ton, but they know that as soon as anyone is seen as

a threat to their executed, you'll get on congress without an investigation on a trial or a judge. yeah, i don't know that about like a yes or standard you. that's why came john own was able to order the execution of his uncle with the jung songs, tackle and his half brother to his half brother kim jong, who was murdered in 2017 at the airport in malaysia. so is it for the eyes of the entire world. we met in front of a surveillance camera mobilized us because the of the opponents end up in labor and re education camps. international organizations estimate there are about 20 such camps in the country. according to the handful of survivors who were able to escape conditions in the camps re, i think most of the prisoners die of torture or hunger for as a result of forced labor. it's estimated that between

100200000 opponents of the regime currently incarcerated simons, i've also kills millions of north koreans most during the 19 ages in 1990. his statistics, like these cars made north korea one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world, [000:00:00;00] the, the old of all have under the time of when i arrived in south korea, i heard something i didn't understand called the national committee for human rights. so i asked what it was, the they were surprised and asked me don't, you know, it's an organization that protects our rights as human beings. the i as to why do we need an organization like that? they reply to be, it's normal?

isn't there something like that in north korea because the they didn't understand toward complaint and every woman dot we asked the word like 60 women. they didn't understand the work, the words complained. and so we had to really explain that mean different boards was it means and they said it, yeah, you can, you cannot complain the women's junior on the will complain against you that you didn't submit enough quote task. so for them complain to goes only one way the government can punish or to somehow criticize for not fulfilling certain duties that where they had such as bringing enough coal

tests, but they don't have complaints. so they don't understand that in normal country citizens have a right to complain. ready ready ready ready ready ready ready korean capital kiln yang is home to about 3000000 people. ready the city lies on the tab on river, which is used as a source of hydro power and irrigation. the city center is a testament to the power of the king, tennessee. the defense ministry recalls north korea's great victories. the center

of power is to come to some palace of the sun. official military parades are held in its full cost that you che, tower lies on the other side of the river. to j is the official ideology of the north korean regime and means and we'll talk a little self reliance is unofficially represents the cult of personality. surrounding that came tennessee, which is also called key msm. in recent years, young jang has been transforming itself public transportation, which includes subways, bosses and st. cause is being expanded. not long ago, a swimming pool opened to george going your way. you wrote an article or 2 inch curious. so since he took office, i control this for kind of mainly on the selection when it comes to try should have nuclear weapons and dig a foot tons. he also invested a sizable portion of the military, but you have to wait until the private sector being gumple. this expanded the like

manufacturing. second time they come go up to the gym. jo, issues with us from give killer, put down your service life in the capital has also changed. ready to city look small west and now but the strict rules of the regime continue to hold sway these days more and more north koreans own a smartphone, but they can't be used for international calls. and only a few apps off emitted which have to be personally approved by came jones on himself. the more people also call nowadays on sundays the traffic is bulky on yang, on usually heavy small

and so of individual ality all taking hold in closing and fashion new buildings sprouting up oil changes intended to signal normality and modernity to the outside. well it's kind of my argument, our phones aren't this this evening, not quite based on my own observations. i can see that over the past 30 years and from life and north korea has an approved significantly and usually even for ordinary people, pass along is of course the baseline was very low. the the things have definitely improve medicine thoughts. i've, a lot of people today have more options when it comes to consumption. swift and guns, and that includes things like losing moods, transportation to enable the country has modernized long parts, although it is important to note the p on. yeah. is not the typical of north korea as a whole mission north korea is as if you on yang is a level of above the rest of the country here. but in that respect of the nice design does not, i've travelled across north korea and seen that things have improved everywhere for beth p on yang stands out,

because that's where the leak live is on this. and of course, the leadership needs the support of a lead to maintain political stability and just at some push to lead the fee of a police officer study to paid. like i mean and cargo to enjoy this plan, a survey of north korean to flip the country that you don't want to dump continued digital. that shows that i clearly prefer control home to his fault and that it can go into cooking cable documents. but i feel more of a connection to him this time i can see that he improve this time of life since a huge amount of years. so they're making john hill the only kid about the military . when petty k. o jim jones was liberalized and promoted the market. it took such and get them was, so that's why they pinball hope on they have to jo, and when you're in so little cause i'm on the printer so. so facilitate this all mean duty? can you tell me about that and don't wanna do so, question don't mind to dig. i'm gonna support the whole thing from

the, from that that'd be on national television. the regimes propaganda machine offers a steady flow of evidence of progress in the country. on every tv channel, the news costs describe the opening of factories and buildings and cutting symbols any time the city's new bosses also get the fashion of attention. yes, when you came, jo loan even made a personal appearance to inspect them before the camera. it's all up to you so you can. they're going to be cited when you got it. did you get closer to the noble determination of the potty? edit your love? so the people had scaled a different reality, didn't go to it, printed it to that goes with the are nice because she got so little is headed on the north korean media has definitely become more modern hot in into and you from doing you that wasn't gonna

commit you to throw so fast cuts, make television shows look much livelier than before the little talk you gave to jessica. all those together on the instead of just one tv channel, there are now full view is can choose between different shows which helps lend greater credibility to the programming. and even the country's most famous income is being swept off in the winds of change when you cut them to choose the kids all will come read. kim jones stood for a commemorative photo with the workers of korean television woods. and it's a pause and then what's the point that evolved since the 19 seventy's? 32, he has presented the country's most important news. torres, audio, visual and digital has yet to me. it was the we will fight against the enemy. tell go. you did tell them that you were potentate on everything from nuclear missile

tests, to the meeting between kim jones on the tv stations, employees 3 to him, he was set to be his favorite news presenter. a few days later came joan own presided over the you know, the ration ceremony for a new residential district. the dictator himself gave a reach him, he a key to a new luxurious residence. it was a reward for her loyalty to the regime. but as part of a wave of modernization for each one he was slated to be replaced by a young calling. you told me to get sudden all night you too much of a toll on the day you didn't owe him drunk. own himself, toby, there was nothing more valuable than such a loyal welcome. who's been working in the media for 50 years and not i will get the video, but i'm going to kind of so really it's a video guys. you go to tighten and then they go to menu and so i didn't have to go

to all of the press in north korea serves a special purpose, could be the media professionals proudly call themselves the trumpeters of the revolution. to me only put you all how cool, good. i made sure what you do. it's a, it's their job to support the revolution $100.00 and burnished the image of the great leader duty and mobilize the population, speak, carlos, acumen, and then an issue. and hopefully soon you the going to have him go to him. so tell me that thing to jump it along with the news programs north korean t. v. awesome grow costs. major propaganda events. sometimes mandatory parades often civilian events. good. good to go to board in the meanwhile, there's a huge budget for projects that are important to the country from to that's one of kim duncan's new initiatives. going, todd, it, it'll kill national ceremonies. are a much higher priority now than before. countrymen,

they're supposed to make the populations proud at the party, and the machine can show that the message that they're trying to convey is that kim jones, north korea was getting stronger and stronger. yeah, typically it's a powerful getting well controlled countries of continuing to develop. i'm interested in that i so typically that would be an impact on the mobile device. no, to him. those over time, dynasties, lose their legitimacy. good memories of the past begin to fade in that an adult. the grandfather waged, a war of liberation against the japanese, which was the basis of his legitimacy. okay. and kind of what you personally did when i, what 7080 years after the war means that legitimacy is fading creek up. jim jones, this is under a lot of pressure to find a new basis for his power to come someone up on this window. tell him what

conditions are you calling me? see? what are you ready to? we are to mostly put so despite the strict regime of north korea's island, cotton has sprung. a few leaks. videos from south korea are being smuggled into the country more and more often. so you do the officially north korea. com to receive any south korean television content. bobs boot like copies of south korean t v series. and k pump videos are circulating widely the south korean activists regularly send helium balloons across the border along with pamphlets. the balloons sometimes carries us be stakes with western entertainments . the countries didn't know how to believe to come,

but of course it's as most north koreans know that south korea is richard crowds. minutes ago, most of them have seen a tv series from the south where, you know, and you thought, what can they do with the bible? any resistance is punishable by death, would you consolidate, prefer to remain silent. it can be, as well as all the religion to maintain itself image knowles, korea as gold itself off from foreign influence, put in the rest of the size of the 3 of those that i have the vantage point of coming from the former east, germany. it until 1990. i lived in east germany from we have television from the west radio from the west on a daily basis and we had a reference point to meet comparison invest the telephone, not yet. visitors in the west coast of phone calls. this is the information that north koreans have that south korea is nothing like that. overall, they might have watched a soap opera and we heard a rumor about the is means that they don't have that daily. and the most new, i think that even with better access to information, most north koreans still have next,

a new idea of what's actually happening in south korea posted. i'm definitely inverse. i conditions equally up to see. and in full 2020 the came regime passed the reactionary sold and culture to announce the ational violations that the law punishable by public execution or internment in a labor camp. so the regime, the intensified repression, lots of success. the number of people who attempted to flee the country dwindled under loose monitoring. but don't know mangling when you read north korea newspapers, that's hopefully any news about what's happening on the other side of the florida nomenclature, age. 6 of the rodents in the newspapers used to include news or south korea. you see that ended in 2020 and then how long ago the north koreans recall the neighbors in the south items koreans were rich. the now we're going to and that's why the north korean or thirty's keep

a tight rein on information about south korea. clinton to present a north korean identity, you're going to get the doctor's name for . ready for the 26000000 residents of north korea, every aspect of life is strictly regulated. even the children are indoctrinated, the from the very start, they learn the stories about the great leaders and the power of that came tennessee . as difficult to get through to get some ball going to the preschool children learned, but they came family rules,

the country attempts to bust me. the critical i to the dressing room kind of every morning school children read the portraits of kim jong. you sent to me to so what you saw and go to the 2nd cuz he said, just kind of brainwashing is on the present from early childhood and you don't till death or your eyes of a toe. were the guys it's own savannah case? are you a typical the school children between 6 and 15, a members of the korean childrens union? a political organization with ties to the workers body on important public days. 3rd graders across the country take part in initiations that room and is the

both boys and girls. with the red scouts of the young pioneers, they agreed to find none less. then came jump on himself to the north koreans. this is the most important day of that childhood. the 17 most north korean boys voluntarily enlist in the military as a demonstration of their loyalty to the states. the . the north korean men generally size to 80 is the longest mandatory military

service in the world, the find a time to join the military. the young soldiers are usually fully indoctrinated that a steady diet of propaganda videos to hone the will to find the

where the internet north korea isn't economically weak country with a small population. it could be to a local part of south korea and united states have long underestimated the country and still claim that the only thing north korea has or nuclear weapons caught on of what north koreans are bred to be. very tough. so you're con, good or incredibly determined and have a strong instinct for survival. you under to. yeah. so even when you turn on the plus, they've grown up in a diagnostic system completely isolated from the outside world and, and those are the kind of cool they're mentality, is very simple and direct. you know, you can do, you call, they're very loyal to their country. was always them. everything they do is a matter of life and death to him. no, no, no. well, we'll catch him. he'll get them in a boy. then when you decide to do that, the people of north korea support the regime north korea's nuclear program takes

the lion's share of the country's results is. but in the regimes propaganda, it's a necessary sacrifice. take it on the toner unit. it has a good name. 1993, i joined the north korean irving. when did it took us home after us. that's when i learned the phrase. nuclear website is not the you will, they told us that the american invaders wanted to conquer. our beautiful country are monday through attack us with strange biological weapons, 3 weeks from industry. what told us to know to protect ourselves? we needed nuclear weapons. yeah. i wouldn't believe you don't get to the $10.00 trip to church. i don't want

you to test to miss on, which is a set of write it in the media and all parts of the country's national identity. if we sound reporting about missile launches and increase military exercises, the ideology would collapse. it's a constant form of brain washing to ensure that the people remain submissive in ensuring that no one in the country with dan to question the regime's power is a political strategy and a life insurance policy against the rest of the wells. the palmed, with a compulsory loyalty of its own people like him, dentist,

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