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Not only do you have a population that has largely bought into the myth that this family is keeping them safe against the Americans who would
overrun their territory, but that the myth all comes out of the founding myth of Kim Il Sung, and that everybody else's authority comes from the fact
that they descend from him
overrun their territory, but that the myth all comes out of the founding myth of Kim Il Sung, and that everybody else's authority comes from the fact
that they descend from him
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Not only do you have a population
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that has largely bought into the myth
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that this family is keeping them safe
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against the Americans who would
overrun their territory,
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but that the myth all comes
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out of the founding myth of Kim Il Sung,
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and that everybody else's authority
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comes from the fact
that they descend from him.
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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...
