The Kim dynasty and North Korea's nuclear weapons | DW Documentary

North Korea. Geographically small, it nonetheless looms large in the geopolitical consciousness. The country is isolated, its population desperately poor. The Kim dynasty has ruled for three generations. How does this ruling family manage to make its power felt around the world?
The nuclear program is central to North Korea's strategy. For decades, the regime devoted increasingly large amounts of its resources to acquiring the bomb. Then, in 2006, North Korea detonated a nuclear bomb for the first time. It was a signal to the world: North Korea was a force to be reckoned with.
The Kim dynasty has also acquired strong partners. China regards the country as a military buffer zone and keeps it heavily dependent on its economy. With China in its corner, North Korea is not intimidated by the United States. Now, North Korea is also allying with Russia and supporting it in the war against Ukraine.
Propaganda, intimidation and surveillance form the pillars of North Korean society. The state’s top-secret structures are largely opaque because the country has been hermetically sealed off from the outside world. The Kim dynasty began with regime founder Kim Il-sung, who was in power from 1948 to 1994. Creating a unique cult of personality, he built a regime according to his own ideas. After his death, his son Kim Jong-Il was in charge until his death 2011. Then, Kim Jong-Il’s son, Kim Jong-un, took over the leadership position. Should Kim Jong-un die, his sister or daughter are considered his likeliest successors.
The North Korean government exercises total control over the country and its population. With the help of a comprehensive surveillance system, the state engages in extreme repression, using everything from intimidation to prison camps and death sentences to keep its people in check.
With the help of leading experts, including former officials of the Pyongyang regime, the film analyzes the strategies deployed by the North Korean government.
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[@flashladderacrobat]

I see N.Korea. I click. 🤣

[@streetsarecold]

north koreans can't watch this video tho

[@Challengenovideos1ksubcriber]

i same😂

[@villagecrystalstone2003]

We like Dictator movie ...(Sad for N.K people) But not in Real Life 😅

[@BYoshi808]

Me too! 😅

[@user-bl6kn1sy4f]

Uss🤣🤣

[@Napkinatorz]

These docs about the Kims and North Korea have been very interesting. Thank you DW

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching! We're glad you like our content.

[@YssaRee]

​@@DWDocumentaryI heartily 2nd that gratitude! Opening sequence is so well polished... Episodes 3-99 are in the works, right?! 😉🙃

[@user-mz4oy1ii9q]

Im obsessed with documentaries about North Korea

[@carlahead5072]

me too

[@jamesonchipweti4404]

Me too , they help me sleep

[@farhaadabdul9328]

So am I...

[@yuviydv00]

​@@jamesonchipweti4404same but what used to happen to north Korean people i always wonder whenever I see the news of North Korea

[@MIKECHIRWA-tn5kv]

😂😂😂😂 come on ​@@jamesonchipweti4404

[@2006gtobob]

This missle is too round, it needs to be pointy!

[@daniseckadam]

😂😂😂

[@stoffex9]

the dictator

[@stillmiketheone]

Aladdin 😂

[@dannyducke]

😂😂😂😂

[@JenGM24]

😂😂

[@oh_mcy]

Here i go again.. watching NK documentaries at night under my blanket

[@JenGM24]

3am here😂

[@bennyboy2079]

Me too 😂

[@steeleirise9863]

Me too 😂

[@seconrad1]

Pretty sure I know more abt NK than I do my own city.

[@bryananderson3772]

Rooting for NK? for some reason I do nowadays

[@Kosmonooit]

I really don't know how this story ends .... What astounds me is this continued high tech missile and nuclear weapon development whilst farming remains largely unmechanised. Thanks, good documentary.

[@identifiesas65.wheresmyche95]

Best case: Rocket man brings us fusion energy (in the form of electricity) Worst case: Rocket man brings fusion energy to our cities (not in the form of electricity)

[@jrbbikerx3309]

Probably doesn’t end well.

[@charlesafful7165]

😂 farming,they will use it to weed humanity rather

[@Delta19G]

But if people cared about each other then there will be no more fighting. That means everyone would get along and the reality of humanity can reach its ultimate potential. They cant live a life like that.

[@Scorch428]

priorities

[@user-sk6dh1kf2x]

I see DW is still leading the way in high quality documentaries. 🙏

[@chaseshadow]

🤣 No they indoctrinate the dumb into believing manufactured fear ops and bs - To keep you always living in fear. Why don't you know or see that?

[@throughput6674]

A documentary filled with interviews of South Korean and US officials. No interviews with Russian, Chinese, or North Korean officials? More Anglo-Saxon Propaganda to guide the Western minds to accept war DW is showing its true colors.

[@RM360CR]

What a weird comment because is not a competition different cultures people see things different and make documentaries in different ways base on the subject that interest them let enjoy.

[@tatsnneeps341]

Propaganda specialists

[@chaseshadow]

@@tatsnneeps341 Refreshing !! Someone who actually realeyes

[@LOTUG98]

Why do these people have any medals. They haven't seen a war since 1953

[@andreass1060]

Its a game they play

[@nomamis1823]

i was thinking the same thing 😂

[@buzz5969]

Neither does NJROTC kids but they git heaps of fruit salad here😅😂

[@8ersoul8]

Lol

[@como42]

@@buzz5969 They're most likely the ones to serve 40-50 years in the military. Fruit salad is a drop in the ocean for that loyalty.

[@luminousbanner9643]

Them general's medals come out from cornflakes boxes

[@phantom8700]

lol ikr it’s so tacky the prob got a medal for eating 3 meals a day

[@frankgrabasse4642]

If you can get 3 meals a day in n korea.... you deserve a medal.

[@danielcaldwell1110]

You should go and try them! 🐱 boy.

[@JustinOhren-iy2tu]

Those hungry soldiers don't scare anyone 😂😂 North Korea is so poor and unimportant their nukes are probably filled with water ​@@danielcaldwell1110

[@mikes7639]

They are also bullet proof

[@goodandevil1583]

0:53 The intro song is called “In the House in a Heartbeat”. The one they use here is probably a different version. They probably remade so they avoid copyright since it doesn’t show any results when I’m using Shazam.

[@Fissan_Poulsen]

Thanks I used Shazam too and didn't come up with anything but it did indeed sound very similar to the music from 28 days later

[@yoshiramar1992]

i just comented, man it fits so well with nk

[@matinrahimov6451]

I do love background music in every single documentary of DW! It brings some special feelings to what you watch on this channel...Love this channel very much for keep me educated.

[@Mabe_Tebogo]

So the USA doesn’t want any other country to develop nuclear weapons but the US does own such weapons?

[@email1721]

Yes, US and USSR are the smartest creatores on the earth. Whenever they want so they eliminate thr others.

[@Arjay.M88]

Because so many other countries do, the US keeps nukes to keep other nuclear countries at bay. I believe the US would destroy all of their nukes if everyone else did too. Iran, Russia, China, NK, etc, etc. Most countries that had Nukes, no longer have them because of US diplomacy. Unfortunately, Ukraine's nukes were given up with promised peace with Russia. But that fell through. You can't trust anyone, including the US. But the US does it's best to keep the world at peace, although they stick their nose in too many things some times. Noone else would do it if the US didn't though.

[@arostwocents]

They can't attack a nuclear state

[@Heinakuhi]

russia also don't want anyone else to have nukes.. china also

[@benganchan1420]

The Second Amendment rights to having a weapon for self preservation is kim yong un’s right 😂🤣😂

[@spraakkanon]

Kim does not want war, he is not suicidal. He wants the current situation to continue and in order to do that he must escalate and appease. Doing just one would destroy him.

[@therealmr.incredible3179]

Bro can’t even supply the important members of his own army with good consistent Healthcare, Lol.

[@gearaddictclimber2524]

For sure. It’s been common consensus since the Cold War that the usage of nuclear weapons against another nuclear power (or one allied to a nuclear power) would be mutually assured destruction.

[@danielcaldwell1110]

He does not want, but doesn't mean he's not prepared for it! Love their tenacity and refusal to submit!

[@SibonisoMthuli-bf7qj]

No one wants war except the US.

[@crumpling2426]

@@danielcaldwell1110 why are you venerating a brutal regime

[@ishak1818]

Thank you for the quality content ❤

[@guesthe90]

28 days later music in the beginning. I see what you've done there dw 😂❤❤❤

[@marleychronic8530]

First thing I noticed 🤣

[@kittymezzo]

Also the theme of “masters of horror”.

[@Bleeper168]

noticed same thing. hands off the gold, bud.

[@inxiousinx7993]

exactly. i can feel the passion 😂

[@PhamVans]

Great information, thank you for your continued work to document these historical times DW!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@AB-tv2rm]

Amazing work by DW Team.

[@jithutjohnny4013]

DW, please include official English subtitles.

[@mcnallica8]

im so glad you didn't do subtitles and spoke the translations, thank you

[@rajkumarvelupillai1447]

In human history, US&A is the only state uses nuclear weapons on 2 civilian cities in Japan. 😢

[@troychambliss784]

That saved million of lives

[@LokiOdinssnn]

@@troychambliss784 liar.

[@frankfeng4728]

​ @troychambliss784 The same can be said after each future use of a nuclear weapon.

[@prometheusr]

​@LokiOdinssnn He may be incorrect but that doesn't make him a liar. Educate yourself.

[@pomegran100]

Yes, USA used atomic bombs. Thermonuclear are many multiple times powerful which we haven't seen used in war. I hope we never see them. Ever

[@DLNOT]

Clapping for dear leader 🙅❌️ Clapping for dear life 😭☠️

[@TheJorrry]

Even if your country is a small country like North Korea, No country will not invade if you have a nuke. - Kim

[@TropicalMafia473]

big facts

[@samexoldx]

That's fine as long as they stay on their own land and don't mess with their neighbors

[@user-qf1nt1sz3m]

Have you ever seen what hell looks like? 🤔 when you see where your headed you will change what your doing. In hell you burn all the time and demons (monsters) hurt you se×ually. The closest door to get there or heaven is in the center of the milky-way 🌌 galaxys black hole. Every galaxy has has one. From there you go through it and other dimensions are explored depending on who you are.

[@user-yo7ps2io8c]

​@@samexoldxthats not US policy😂

[@samexoldx]

@@user-yo7ps2io8c The US doesn't threaten to nuke their neighbors every other day.

[@cattandneil1504]

Great documentary as always!

[@x-TheTheo]

Dw, best documentaries on youtube.

[@TheNilla2020]

Debatable

[@Tryler_]

Yo that 28 weeks later song remix in the intro was amazing

[@mrcrazzycat]

I had to go to the gym but once I saw you updated this I had to click on play immediately, best documentaries good job DW.

[@buzz5969]

Jim can wait.

[@mariomiranda8217]

Great Documentary!!! Amazing video!!!

[@Adkins.Cortez]

When will we ever hear N.Korea's side of the story

[@senkayibashir4582]

True

[@helmutschmitt4504]

that’s a funny question considering they refuse to tell it.

[@koskok2965]

You're on the wrong side of the internet if that's what you want to learn. Dare I say the wrongest of them all, besides Xwixxer and Reddit, perhaps.

[@remixsparten98]

When public documentation and media is advocated and unrestricted in N. Korea.

[@RicheetheBee]

lol what ? Pick up a book bro

[@2007bambino]

Good Documentary! I appreciate your!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching! :)

[@therealmr.incredible3179]

@@DWDocumentarywhy can’t Kim supply his Army with Good Healthcare? If he can spend billions on a barely functioning Nuclear artillery, This should be a No Brainer.

[@throughput6674]

@@DWDocumentary A documentary filled with interviews of South Korean and US officials. No interviews with Russian, Chinese, or North Korean officials? More Anglo-Saxon Propaganda to guide the Western minds to accept war DW is showing its true colors.

[@marleychronic8530]

0:53 whats with the “28 Weeks Later” background music lol? For a second, I thought I was gonna see zombies running around North Korea haha.

[@sudeeplekurwale1554]

This is an informative and important documentary. Thanks DW for such high quality content.

[@DWDocumentary]

We appreciate your comment on our documentary!

[@Young_Uys]

Very informative documentary ❤💯✅

[@LiviuXSA]

'atomic bombs are dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki' by which country are they dropped?

[@diegoflores9237]

USA. The only country to ever use them against people. And those people were civilians

[@DostoenVnimaniay]

I bet it was the Martians!

[@diegoflores9237]

They erased my other post saying which country dropped them. Censorship at youtube is getting worse

[@LokiOdinssnn]

The same country currently still occupying Germany.

[@mdrimon9540]

Democracy selling country 😂

[@mossycentimet]

I can't imagine how it feels for the people on either side of Korea. They are your "enemy" but at the same time, they also come from the same roots and speak the same language as you.

[@fernandoluan5695]

the people on North Korea don’t see south koreans as enemies, they see USA as enemies.

[@papagolf01]

Like india and pakistani....plaestine and isreal...all war is cause by british colonise and uno

[@JustinOhren-iy2tu]

Twins enemies

[@jkfdkjjd]

I am pretty sure no-one in S. Korea cares other than some faint human interest type thing and N. Koreans are just trying to keep their heads down and not get labor camped.

[@Fusemoree]

They are family.

[@bensonabuan5865]

Im not gettin tired on watching docs about nk! Thanks dw

[@Ma4035]

Good documentary. Very interesting to watch.

[@timothymontes2049]

World's best Orwellian drama.

[@darkenvoy9991]

Really informative

[@cezearr34]

i js finished watching part one, now lets get started with part 2

[@nicholasshirk4794]

is that 'Edge" by Rezz in the opening sequence?

[@priscila-tx4ly]

Love this content, who are you DW?

[@DWDocumentary]

Hi, thanks for watching and for asking! Deutsche Welle (DW) is a German public broadcaster and exists to provide news and information to people worldwide, giving them the freedom to make up their own minds. We stand for freedom and dialogue and present documentaries from dozens of production companies and broadcasters from around the world, as well as our own, focusing on both national and international issues. Be sure to subscribe and check out our channel for more content!

[@priscila-tx4ly]

@@DWDocumentary wonderful, thank you for your work and peace to you DW 🙏

[@user-st1wi9bv3z]

Every empire rises every empire falls

[@th3d3vil08]

Luv the 28days later music. Great opening. 🤘😂

[@wilconboofie6748]

Interesting fact, the armistice for the Korean war was signed in what is today the Westin Seoul. Saw it on an engraving at the entrance while staying at the hotel.

[@libanali2088]

Countries that have the word ''democratic'' in their official names are not democratic.

[@LokisLitterbox]

Facts

[@tawan20082008]

great film! well done

[@ChairmanKim]

I approve this documentary ❤ - Chairman Kim

[@JonnoPlays]

😂 👌

[@ATLPtrk]

Hello dear Supreme Dumpling

[@Vytirix_RBX]

How’s Kim Ying Yang?

[@yo2trader539]

Good sense of humor.

[@MrGoombasticveryFantastic]

Fatty boy definetly has his 3 meals a day

[@ABDIYUKO]

the guy is holding Godzilla at bay, only person standing between world & US

[@Vytirix_RBX]

I’ve been obsessed with this topic recently, so this is great timing! At least I’ll have a good idea on the history of the country and its leaders if anything goes kerflooey.

[@durch2834]

Kim Jung Un always looks so happy. I think he's a good man.

[@gracemir2]

Awesome report. But one more expert would’ve been ice, Jeong, Sehyun

[@benganchan1420]

Kim jeers at america when iraq said it has no weapons of mass destruction and yes, north korea has got weapons of mass destruction . " Come at get it, you bully " taunts Kim at america. It's all for fun😂😅😂

[@usmankhan-ut5ii]

What bothers me is that dw like other wetsern MSM albeit doesn't take the Other sides view. Doesn't interview people from all those countries. The narrative being told and context being given albeit a bit better on terms of balanced reporting but still not at all near what we would call neutral journalism

[@BB.0101]

100%. I by no means think North Korea is the good guy but it’d be nice to hear both sides rather than just “they’re crazy” or clips of emotional propaganda videos any time North Korea’s views are on the table.

[@dangin8811]

​@@BB.0101Why don't you think North korea are the 'good guys'? Seems pretty cut and dry for me that they are basically correct.

[@BB.0101]

@@dangin8811who are you saying is correct, North Korea?

[@dangin8811]

@@BB.0101 obviously

[@BB.0101]

@@dangin8811 mad sus bruh

[@zachcarney3910]

Intro uses recognizable music. Almost like 28 days later?

[@klauswillyhalvorsen1081]

the intro music is awsome - what is it ?

[@mohammadshaown892]

Thanks to KIM. He is the only man who can prevent "Godzilla" coming out of sea.

[@uchiha6284]

I clap my hands, just in case

[@walterwhite8333]

He made sure to make missiles pointy.. 🚀

[@geneparticlesmp4573]

Great doc by DW

[@bryananderson3772]

God forbid the American president makes an attempt at peace

[@troychambliss784]

I missed the new part. What is new?

[@dannyducke]

Good documentary

[@renatob9909]

Kim Jong Ung and Kim Ung Jong. Nice siblings 🤣🤣

[@DeCypher67_]

I love all the documentaries. I believe I watch every single North Korea Documentary. Just need to find a way to get in there to get " new " footage of the cities

[@justsumguy8193]

This ended on a real cliffhanger

[@KyleMatt11]

I love the sound track from the movie “28 days later”. Very apocalyptic foreshadowing.

[@arbaz79]

Thank you DW for this excellent two-part documentary series on North Korea❤.I really enjoyed watching both of them.Your documentaries on North Korea are the best which I always look forward to❤.Keep it up 👍.

[@Chris-qq6gc]

“The nuclear button is located on my desk” 🤣 I know the only button in his desk is for more Cheetos & Henessey. Current bets on his stroke day are as close as 10/24

[@firewalker1372]

Yeah, well his sister is even crazier than fatman Kim. She’s more likely to start something. Especially if it’s her time of the month, Yikes! 😳.

[@user-hv9yh2lr3k]

I like these documentaries

[@WaqasYusafzai]

Its not fair that some country have nukes that too in thousands but other are not allowed to have even one. I think none should have it or all should have it if they want.

[@mohanur1488]

Dw documentary is number 1 on the planet I wish they have short documentary 15 to 20 minutes

[@user-kl9jp4fd4g]

Wow Doc on Israel 😅

[@throughput6674]

A documentary filled with interviews of South Korean and US officials. No interviews with Russian, Chinese, or North Korean officials? More Anglo-Saxon Propaganda to guide the Western minds to accept war DW is showing its true colors.

[@abdulkarimdahir5022]

Best documentary for the year 2024.

[@augustowiak1]

the soundtrack from 1:40 is remixed from Metro exodus apocalyptic game nice:D

[@inku2015]

everytime i see kim i think of team america

[@arahman2001]

"the nuclear button is located on my desk" king kim😂😂

[@kirkslayden834]

🤡

[@yoshiramar1992]

i love the Dystopian music at 1:00 =P wish everything wasnt so hopeless

[@valyshknee4203]

funny thing is that when they try finding pictures of dystopian pyongyang, they cant, the footage they showed pyongyang which honestly looks very modern and advanced with skylines and brand new streets, they used to do it a decade ago when those buildings didn't stand for the most part but now they cant anymore lol, current pyongyang literally looks like the average blend of dubai and a russian city with its architecture and the way its built, its a pretty nice place

[@Alvin-eq5rc]

Thank you DW for this documentary!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@amunra5330]

NK is a interesting Kingdom, Like Saudi Arabia -except NK does not oil but its still interesting.

[@ziauddin7948]

Had Japan possessed nuclear weapons in 2nd World war , US would have never ever attacked on Japan with nuclear weapons # North Korea has every right to possess nuclear weapons & long range missiles with capability to carry nuclear weapons # 🇵🇰

[@JML6988]

Minute 35:00-- that was not the first time the 2 Koreas entered an Olympic stadium together. It first occurred in Sydney 2000.

[@Siomai2020]

Will it work against iron dome

[@StrongOneX]

Intro music is cool, whats it called?

[@lovejoy4559]

It’s from a film but can’t think which!

[@tipofthespear74]

It's from 28 Weeks (or Days?) Later

[@juanf5391]

@@tipofthespear74 28 Days Later. I think it was called "in the House."

[@phantom8700]

Darude-Sandstorm

[@danthomas6587]

By the time he pushes the button his country will be reduced to ashes.

[@JohnDoe-gk5xj]

I feel sorry for your mother

[@atheistleopard618]

He's just defending what's his. You'd defend your house as well, and probalby enjoy any narcissism on the side, as ALL governments do. Perhaps, bossing your kids around is your version. =D LoL

[@tyrusthevirus1996]

The 28 Days Later sounding music had me laughing

[@prmcd]

OMG like the team photo right at the end, yer man in the middle stands up to wave and skittles about 5 soldiers off the back of the rocket !!!!!

[@FidelCastro404]

What is Germany doing on Russian border ..playing nuclear games

[@RodoffeReiNe]

Doffe Rodoffe MC.KENNEDY Crazy let me lern and same baby play with Me only Doffe Rodoffe MC.KENNEDY Crazy 🤪 Want I can do that,,I in school,,Doffe Rodoffe MC.KENNEDY you can not 😡Me ,,is you let me lern 😡😡what I can do and 2015 ,, Rodoffe MC.KENNEDY don't forget that understand 🤬🤬🤬

[@aleksanderpetancic7977]

What was Cuba doing on Us border?

[@atheistleopard618]

Germanic Peoples Are Great People. ALL Governments Are Controlling Factors-Driven By One Word: GREED. ALL governments, especially the elevator-shoe-wearing ones, eh ZOG? =D

[@sukanjaruyothin5125]

Nuclear power? 🤔 the only time nuclear weapon was ever used was in August 1945 and it was not by neither Iran nor North Korea

[@wanderadickens6234]

There's a documentary about 'The cult of North korea by DW released sfew days ago thst i dont seem to find..is it only me or its still available

[@IamDrDee]

I can still it. Uploaded 7 days ago. Maybe it's not available in your country

[@maemilev]

When unification minister doesn't believe in unity. Soo sad.

[@walungamaandrewkiyingi3780]

Who is the regional buffer for north Korean intercontinental missiles that may hit New York or DC? Is it Japan? If so, this documentary explains the massive us army bases in Yokohama and south Korea or even hawai

[@Vytirix_RBX]

It’s either that or they take the long route over Mainland Asia and Europe

[@MargieMontgomery]

I believe you're right but to make a hit and it hit good I think it would have to be out of Cuba

[@Anon-Man.]

I still don't get why they are fighting each other for. Aren't they the same people the same blood? this is so stupid

[@stuneale1184]

well, couldn't the same be said for ALL wars? We're all the same us human's ...

[@jsimsgt96]

Bc ideology and human nature.

[@01matthewc]

It's the power mad leaders that decide on war. The ordinary people just get dragged into it, unfortunately 😢.

[@ishikawagoemon4397]

It's because of ideology. They maybe have the same blood but different ideology doesn't allow any rooms for understanding. Like during the American Civil War between the Union State and Confederate State

[@bearowen5480]

Remember East and West Germany? Same people, same language, same blood, but for forty years, poised to destroy each other in a nuclear war. Ideology trumps blood.

[@01ATMJ]

Them using a remix version of the black ops zombies intro song is vibey

[@aritpal1443]

Did you guys notice that the left country journalists on the left side of the screen and right country journalists on the right side of the screen, small details.

[@jamiecalder2093]

that missle is full of hay and twigs 🤣

[@SAGAWISIW30]

Eliminate the rule off evil and war in this planet😂😂😂 I think the north know something that we don't know😂😂😂 they know who has the most number of war😂😂😂😂😂 22:58

[@noisychamps]

29:47 The men running by the limo didn't realise there was a second empty limo right behind them

[@seagie382]

I like how they just threw a bunch of numbers on it

[@thegermanfool8953]

There's something oddly fascinating about watching North Korea's history and it's quick rise and its steep decline. Been binge-watching videos of North Korea these last few days Non-Stop... All of the horrible things we hear about North Korea all of these days; it's actually happening in real time.

[@zarategabe]

Do you not understand that the reason that North Korea is the way it is is because the USA totally destroyed and bombed out their country, killing at least 20% of their entire population, and continues to heavily sanction and embargo the country?

[@idib1739]

Say what you will, They are not perfect but had they not start "playing with fire" as you're saying they would probably have been offered "Democracy" a long time ago like Irak, Afghanistan, Libya etc... 🤷‍♂

[@Believingitright]

Democracy is not a commodity to be bought or given, it's in within you, it's upon you to exercise or suppress it. US and the West are only helping in support of those that want to exercise it against the suppressors.

[@jasonsccheung3831]

Don't mislead, they wanted to conquer the south with their communist backers.

[@codeforce5556]

North Korea is wiser than most

[@miraakib8219]

😂, more truthful words were seldom spoken.

[@46GarageUSA]

Heard Kim is making a Sphere like in Vegas. U2 will play there as the opener