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Across the three Kim dictators
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Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling

Across the three Kim dictators, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un, there's been...

Across the three Kim dictators, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un, there's been one common theme, which has been that their development of missiles and nuclear weapons
and their effort to combine the two is the ultimate survival strategy, that their number-one concern is survival

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Across the three Kim dictators,
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Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un,
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there's been one common theme,
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which has been that their development
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of missiles and nuclear weapons and their effort to combine the two
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is the ultimate survival strategy,
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that their number-one concern is survival.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:16
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
National Geographic

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Movie Summary

In 2006 NG correspondent Lisa Ling traveled to North Korea under the guise of a humanitarian program that performed eye surgeries. With unprecedented access she exposed us to this closed, authoritarian society. Since then the coun...
People treat you differently as a nuclear power. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
People treat you differently as a nuclear power.
The two successful ICBM launches in July 2017 - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:11
The two successful ICBM launches in July 2017
It puts the U.S. and North Korea on a collision course - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:13
It puts the U.S. and North Korea on a collision course
The nation even issues commemorative stamps - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
The nation even issues commemorative stamps
North Korea has one of the largest militaries in the world. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
North Korea has one of the largest militaries in the world.
Parades like this boast awesome power to its people - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
Parades like this boast awesome power to its people
And the North Korean people believe they are still at war with America, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
And the North Korean people believe they are still at war wi...
But the roots of North Korea's antagonism toward foreign powers - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
But the roots of North Korea's antagonism toward foreig...
In 1910, Korea was colonized by Japan. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
In 1910, Korea was colonized by Japan.
The brutal occupation ended more than 1,000 years - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:11
The brutal occupation ended more than 1,000 years
Japan lost Korea in World War II, and the country was split - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:13
Japan lost Korea in World War II, and the country was split
In 1950, Kim Il Sung invaded the south to unify the country, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:11
In 1950, Kim Il Sung invaded the south to unify the country,
As many as four million people died in the Korean War, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:09
As many as four million people died in the Korean War,
In a four-month period alone, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
In a four-month period alone,
Most major cities in North Korea were at least half obliterated, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
Most major cities in North Korea were at least half oblitera...
In 1953, after three years of fighting, Korea remained divided - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:11
In 1953, after three years of fighting, Korea remained divid...
There never was a peace treaty, rather a perpetual state of ceasefire. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
There never was a peace treaty, rather a perpetual state of ...
The joint security area on the border is the one place where North Korean forces - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:09
The joint security area on the border is the one place where...
On one side of this concrete marker is North Korea, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:12
On one side of this concrete marker is North Korea,
Neither side wants to blink, and nobody has for over 60 years. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
Neither side wants to blink, and nobody has for over 60 year...