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This is all because we have General Kim Jon Il
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Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling

This is all because we haveGeneral Kim Jon Il as the leader of our nation

This is all because we have
General Kim Jon Il as the leader of our nation

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This is all because we have General Kim Jon Il
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as the leader of our nation.
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:26:08
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
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documentary
Production
National Geographic

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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...
As the conversation wound down, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
As the conversation wound down,
Our country's unity is stronger - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
Our country's unity is stronger
How did this powerful mindset take hold? - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
How did this powerful mindset take hold?
North Korea's defiant stance toward the rest of the world - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
North Korea's defiant stance toward the rest of the wor...
The Juche philosophy basically means - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
The Juche philosophy basically means
We can make everything ourself; we don't need you. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
We can make everything ourself; we don't need you.
And from an outsider's perspective, it's a peculiar thing. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
And from an outsider's perspective, it's a peculia...
Why make such a big deal out of being independent? - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
Why make such a big deal out of being independent?
You've got no economy. You've got no trade. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
You've got no economy. You've got no trade.
But in the Korean context, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:14
But in the Korean context,
So the North Koreans turned this history around - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:18
So the North Koreans turned this history around
Juche ideology is still used to run North Korea - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:10
Juche ideology is still used to run North Korea
It also supported the god-like status of Kim Il Sung during a 50-year reign. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
It also supported the god-like status of Kim Il Sung during ...
The Great Leader's hearse is approaching. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
The Great Leader's hearse is approaching.
When Kim Il Sung died in 1994, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
When Kim Il Sung died in 1994,
His son, Kim Jong Il, took power - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
His son, Kim Jong Il, took power
Following in his father's footsteps, Kim Jong Il ruled by fear. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
Following in his father's footsteps, Kim Jong Il ruled ...
And now his son Kim Jong Un continues to use the Juche ideology of self-reliance - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:10
And now his son Kim Jong Un continues to use the Juche ideol...
On our final evening in North Korea, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
On our final evening in North Korea,
He believes in humanitarian engagement with all the countries of the world, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
He believes in humanitarian engagement with all the countrie...