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Inside North Korea's Dynasty

Season 1

2018 · 4 episodes

  1. 1. Kingdom of the Kims

    2018-11-11 · 48m

    For decades, Korea and its people labor under Japanese imperialist rule. But in 1912, in a small town outside Pyongyang, a child is born, Kim Il Sung, coinciding with an omen of imperialism’s doom.

  2. 2. The Son of God

    2018-11-11 · 48m

    Unpacking the unique Kim father-son relationship further, “Son of God” tracks the decline of Kim Il Sung and the rise of his son, Kim Jong Il.

  3. 3. Nuclear Family

    2018-11-18 · 48m

    “A Nuclear Family” begins as the Cold War ends — and North Korea has lost Soviet patronage, and with it, the security it guarantees and the economic support that has sustained the country for nearly half a century.

  4. 4. Rocket Man

    2018-11-18 · 48m

    The final episode starts with the death of Kim Jong Il and the rise of the new leader of North Korea — his son, Kim Jong Un, taking power at the age of 28.

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