North Korea’s dictators - The power of the Kim dynasty | 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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[@iheomanwakpadolu2576]

A documentary on the 'Cult of the british royal family' is needed.. should be intreasting.

[@7teen2980]

Same thing I was thinking.

[@demil3618]

They are boring and it's just the press that's so mad. Since QE2 died, they are fading out.

[@MagnoliaBelle369]

A cult? That's a bit much.

[@Kokshi801]

That's totally different thing.

[@dougb8469]

That's a lame cult lol

[@sajidulahad]

The funny part is Kim carefully looks around if someone isn’t clapping

[@suesspot5930]

In north korea they have such a divine devotion to their supreme leader.. If you didn't clap, your children or your spouse Are most likely to be the one to tell on you

[@B_Bodziak]

Not really funny given that not clapping is punishable by death

[@B_Bodziak]

​@@suesspot5930 I wouldn't say it's a divine devotion. It's out of fear.

[@ipincsmuhammad9162]

Korea belonging to all korea not Soviet or west they stop it

[@ipincsmuhammad9162]

They making States like Vietnam war were they get divided to half under Soviet and west. Soviet should rules all korea even trumps know it should belonging to Soviet. American should stop it they are not white people or African also they hate African just stop divided that countries let kim jong on rules all korea

[@mogbaba]

I am Iranian and we have also suffered a brutal despotic regime. Therefore, I am thankful for such deep and reliable journalism that DW does, thanks.

[@jsanf44373]

it's just United States imperialism

[@seliamila1005]

​@@jsanf44373tankie

[@andrehunter1295]

I miss reliable journalism about wefandKlausorganisation members, would have been interesting 🤔 Except don't forget that they powerful Lobbyist's are media owners as well. So it's never going to happen, but the west have some really powerful oligarch. No questions about this..

[@paragjain8181]

I think you are still suffering. Much worse, you have gone way back in time.

[@jsanf44373]

@@paragjain8181 thanks to the United States

[@rickswineberg]

I have to say the sister is way more scary, she looks completely cold blooded

[@peacehappyb237]

She does. The brother looks laid- back.

[@mindyschocolate]

Yeah, she looks positively demented. I’d be more worried if she were in charge.

[@WJWeber]

She already plotting on killing the kid

[@naimomohamed7332]

😂😂😂😂 I think Joe Biden is deadly then them 😂

[@vervetech9395]

That's an assumption

[@veronicakidziak8991]

People cry for him , while he sat there with the face of a bulldog, wondering what he will have for a dessert .

[@bernardofitzpatrick5403]

😂

[@patrickmunneke8348]

They cry because they were concerned for the man they love🤷‍♂️

[@Project800o]

😂😂

[@BMW7series251]

@@patrickmunneke8348 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@illliiiiillliii6265]

​@@BMW7series251 Well if you lived in a society with a living god who is sort of like a spiritual father and everything great in your life you received from him, Your house, your job position, your status in society and considering all these people are high ranking government officials with relatively great lives, It must hit different hearing he was with a deadly disease.

[@nisaasin55]

That’s crazy how the whole country looks maul nourished while his daughter looks MORE than well fed , just sad

[@experience5988]

That is an asian tradition. Men with big bellies were considered "hot", because they were rich and could eat more than average.

[@Graham-lucky]

​@@experience5988 that's irrelevant. Read the comment again. They said the whole country looks malnourished and then mentioned his daughter. Nothing to do with Asian men traditions

[@B_Bodziak]

​​@@experience5988 Oh, puleez. That's not an Asian tradition. Being overweight hasn't been a desirable trait since the Renaissance

[@B_Bodziak]

The son was easily 50-70 lbs overweight until he came down with COVID in 2022 and lost 4.5 stone

[@experience5988]

@@B_Bodziak Overweight is one thing, obese is another. Not even in Renaissance it was accepted as "normal". The USA is the first OBESE CULTURE in the world.

[@TheScientist43]

That sister is fucking terrifying. Like a background Bond villain.

[@isocarboxazid]

DW's other documentary about her is worth watching. She is really evil.

[@kevinbillows432]

I think she's hot 😅

[@pretzelhunt]

to whom are you referring to? What Bond villains were 'background' to you?

[@shashamiaow1504]

do you think she might saw this comment and giggle? lol

[@Femmefatale1990]

and she's believed to be a meth addict--imagine, a meth-addicted all-powerful leader with nuclear weapons.

[@Dawg13237]

So will Kim’s daughter have to eliminate his sister for power one day 😂😂😂😂

[@Kim_YoJong]

✍️

[@michaelfritts6249]

Doubt she would kill her Mother.. just a guess... 🙄😏

[@Dawg13237]

@@michaelfritts6249 I said Kim her brothers daughter.His sister has no children

[@michaelfritts6249]

@@Dawg13237 I'm guessing his daughter is likely his sister's daughter as well..

[@drummerlovesbookworm9738]

@@Kim_YoJong 😂

[@TheGreyLineMatters]

Videos like this make me enjoy every second of my life, no matter how bad I think it gets.

[@Nikki-sf6bs]

Whenever I feel sorry for myself (for dumb reasons always) I watch these documentaries about NK. It puts everything into perspective.

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

its european propaganda, all because they cant profit from North korea.

[@tinamartina1801]

😅

[@Mk2fSaloon]

You might want to avoid thinking about your own future then if you live in a western country... they have the WPK, you'll have the WEF and WHO soon. Plus you'll own nothing and be happy.

[@Mk2fSaloon]

​@The-Heart-Will-Testify if NK had oil reserves or considered a gold backed currency, America and UK (banks, shell, bp, blackrock etc) would be there with some of that good old fashioned western freedom lol

[@user49917]

The penalty for not clapping must be steep af

[@neilnelson7603]

While YT is deleting comments critical to the documentary

[@wolfg6136]

And when you see Kim Jong-un, you must fake crying. If you don’t fake crying, then Kim Jong-un will make you cry for real.😂

[@Rydshdgvhfhfd]

I was waiting for this video for long.

[@BigMeech1]

😂😂😂 Eish

[@bobdobbs6969]

"What? You're not in the mood to clap?"

[@SuperCapuka]

I hope within my lifetime I will get to see the country become a democracy where the people will decide the future of the country.

[@Faceless166]

The U.S. is a democracy but do you truly believe that the people decide the future of the country? You see where the country is heading and I’m absolutely sure that’s not what the people want.

[@RicheeBe]

@@Faceless166yes we do . We have the option to. If we chose not to be involved and vote in those who do as we deem fit doesn’t mean the freedom is not still available we just didn’t use it , America has its problems but that’s not one of them

[@Safename40]

@@Faceless166 US is way better, you get his point...

[@jenijeni-dt1ly]

Daca a r fugi toti din țara ar ramine familia lui Chim j. Toti ar fugi unde vad cu achi sa scape de dictator.

[@thembastoep733]

well if the people will it it will happen, the present kim is an improvement atleast as long as there are no wars and people are not dying of hunger, regimes don't really matter if there is progress look at singapore

[@hullutsuhna]

Soviet Union: KGB has wiretapped everything East Germany: Stasi recruits someone from every workplace as an informant North Korea: Everyone is required by law to be an informant

[@thembastoep733]

north korea got it right

[@DB4331]

@@thembastoep733 Why are you on a western owned media site consuming western media, propaganda & interacting with westerners? I'm going to report you! Doesn't feel great does it?

[@jaydouglas5847]

Yes, let us further extoll the virtues of Kim, the paramount leader. Let it be known that Dear Kim born atop a sacred mountain saw a new star created and winter turn to spring on that most auspicious and glorious day. Let it be proclaimed that all world leaders celebrate the resplendent birthday of the divine Kim. Let it be heard and known to the world the heavenly achievements of the masterful Kim who learned to drive at the age of three and is also a musical composer and artist celebrated around the world. Let all the world bow and pay heed to the most generous and beneficent Kim who invented the internet and the silicon chip and with masterful grace and incredible foresight freely gave these splendiferous gifts to all nations of the world. Let us acknowledge and appreciate the magnificent glory that nature has endowed in our all merciful and long living Dear Leader Kim ! Let us bask in his imperial splendor, pay heed, know, and never forget that our majestic Kim never needed a commode because his body is so well calibrated he doesn't urinate or defecate, this, we proclaim, is known and revered by all leaders and peoples of the world !

[@thembastoep733]

@@jaydouglas5847 Your moral objection or redicule won't change much, North clearly the most regime change proof country that exists on the Planet, there is no country that can probably doing better, the conditions around and within are just right for the Kim regime, probably the issue of succession may be the only thing that might distabilize it. Objectively speaking the Kim's have achieved this no matter how brutal the regime is, you can't take away that fact, whether you like it or not!!!

[@thembastoep733]

@@jaydouglas5847 Shame you got so emotional, im sorry if it hurt your feelings

[@r8m8s8]

this documentary should make almost every person in almost every other country appreciate their freedoms

[@lesleyhaan116]

The sad thing is allot of people don’t they hate everything that’s not traditional they hate gay people transgender disabled people and they see North Korea as the perfect place and defend a dictatorship because they hate groups of people who are not the same as them

[@byucatch22]

I think I'll show it to my young teenagers. I'd like them to have a fundamental understanding of how good they have it.

[@martinlatvian5538]

Kim Yo Jong looks so terrifying. There is something in Her face. She looks like a stone cold killer. She could be a perfect villian actress in a horror movie.

[@RideOnTimePH]

It is scary if yo jong became the ruler because she will be a lot sinister than jong un. I think the guy is more laid back and just acting tough to maintain power. His sister, I think, enjoys the power that she have.

[@haziq880]

Yet most genocide are funded by America.

[@elliotyu9951]

@@baikushex0et682?

[@PAWANGAERU]

She is the pure evil once ​@@RideOnTimePH

[@sarasarah1810]

madam nhu...

[@BK10011]

When my daughter was that age I’d say something like ‘shall we go and get a happy meal?’ Bit different to ‘shall we go and look at some missiles?’

[@MrTangolizard]

Got to admit the 9 year old me would rather go look at missiles

[@tonyabdullayev2422]

DW, please make another documentary on central asias North Korea, named Turkmenistan. This is exactly what’s happening in Turkmenistan. Please check the videos on Turkmenistan.

[@user49917]

Is that the country with white marble buildings nobody can enter and 10+ lane roads no one can use?

[@tonyabdullayev2422]

And with an airport that cost billions that no one can fly to and much more . You are right

[@infinidominion]

The origin of all those countries that end in 'stan' would be interesting

[@jamjamlove3634]

@@infinidominion if so I would like to see a origin of all these countries that have “United” in them especially the USA

[@suesspot5930]

​@jamjamlove3634 you better find a documentary on the u.S quickly because our government is erasing our history more each day as it was mainly built on slavery And genocide.

[@MrGmart64]

Excellent documentary. I can hardly wait for part 2.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and for the feedback!

[@matthewcombs5387]

​@DWDocumentary you guys do excellent content, thank you

[@learninglife38]

What? There will be a part two for this documentary? When will it be released?

[@ivaerz4977]

​@@DWDocumentarymake a documentary on that guy from Germany with funny moustache

[@arbaz79]

As always an amazing documentary by DW ❤. Cant wait for part 2.

[@apm9475]

Everyone looks terrified. Not a single person has a smile. It amazes me, how despots like Kim can still exist.

[@QueenetBowie]

It’s like learning about those remote tribes that haven’t had outside contact in centuries…. It’s crazy to believe this stuff still exists in 2024

[@chillarypuff]

Agree! It's so fascinating but in a morbid way :')

[@ur_limit]

The people in the audience were crying coz they had lost a golden chance to get rid of Kim....

[@phobowl]

If u don’t cry u will be imprisoned

[@subhasisbharali303]

I was waiting for this video for long. A great quality video from DW. Keep up the great work. Cheers.

[@margaretabeltei7565]

It is interesting, thank you for sharing DW

[@ericaceous1652]

Great content DW - also, interesting choice to use a variation of the 28 Weeks Later theme for the opening 😄

[@ElementalGeneral]

DW Always delivering the highest quality documentaries on KZbin

[@kleamat]

Yea other ones on Kim seem like they hate them this the Best one I seen by far just a good Ol Documentary.

[@TedApelt]

Yes, and it is from outside the U.S. It is always important to see what people from other countries are saying.

[@arnoldn13]

i swear this documentary is released every month but who cares we gon watch👏👏

[@user-uf8nb1vc1o]

😂

[@catalinstef6322]

this is the classic propaganda after a western president meets another western president: they ally, (and there was bong jon de japan meeting i'm the fat biden with the biggest nukes joe) only on the cold war mentalities of THOSE COMMUNIST DEEKTATORS!!! WE GOOD GOOFY PREZEEDENTS!!!!

[@kidfox3971]

​@@catalinstef6322North Korea puts people in slave labor camps for speech, your comment is invalid

[@ldhorricks]

@@catalinstef6322 get back on your meds

[@isocarboxazid]

@@catalinstef6322Simmer down, Kim Yo Mama.

[@wayale94080]

This documentary made a factual error-the building in front of Kim Il Sung Square is the Grand People’s Study House. The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun is the Kim family mausoleum just outside the center of the city.

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

The internet provides

[@AB-tv2rm]

Amazing documentary by DW. Kudos to the team.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and for the feedback!

[@GenerationTech]

28 days later vibe for North Korea the editor is savage 😂

[@williamwomack1195]

I imagine close to 99% of North Koreans are miserable. You would think some how it’d be possible for them to stage a coup somehow

[@yokolee5243]

They hold on to that idea and that’s how their managing not to lose their sanity

[@CarlBland-tn1jo]

They probably dnt know what one is

[@mattkennedy6115]

Most are scattered throughout the country in small villages that can’t communicate with each other or travel between said villages. People in the villages are malnourished and just trying to survive. Kind of hard to plan a rebellion under these conditions

[@handyvickers]

Korean Che Guevara needed....

[@don7680]

There and Russia

[@michaelowino228]

Good video.

[@Theshamruck]

DW is such a great channel

[@nickunknown7558]

0:47 I'm having flashbacks of 28 weeks later.

[@itekbhutani]

lol yeah

[@LeoPard-HQ]

It was a remix that fits the North Korean zombie. 🤣

[@Allfaxnocaps]

Because of the music

[@DrGreenThumbNZL]

Lol was thinking that

[@BadgerMushroom2]

Came here to post this haha 😂

[@wakakaka8479]

To make it concrete, cult ritual is not the key problem. The key problem such as starvation, slaughter, surveillance shapes a cult-like impression.

[@arnolwaller464]

it is what Israel is doing in Gaza

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

@@arnolwaller464 they dont see that as wrong but want us to believe that north koreans are evil when i have never heard of them going to other continents and supporting genocide

[@suspiciousafternoon]

can you imagine the day North Korea will be free from this dictatorship, what a day that'd be

[@foxboy72006]

That's the Kim Dynasty's biggest fear! The people, especially the military, standing up to them and removing them from power! Finally saying "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!" The Kim's fear that the most!

[@designerdiva87]

I hope I live to see it although I doubt I will

[@carlbernard4197]

​@designerdiva87 Is very possible that it will happen. A dynasty can only run so long before the strain of its oppression paralyzed that country!😊

[@xila464]

It will be the day after the Chinese people get rid of their dictatorship.

[@mediadefacto4204]

It won't. People are used to obey and to do what they are told in that region of the world.

[@tmgclips5300]

Kim Jong il looks like 2 kids under a trench coat

[@CJOlin]

Holy Crap, that's funny. Thanks, I shot tea out of my nose reading that. Freaking hilarious 😂

[@DocuShorts669]

LMFAOOO

[@juliansmith4295]

two fat kids

[@mikeMpesa]

😂😂😂😂

[@CliffuckingBooth]

Place where Orwell's 1984 became reality.

[@dimoslaros724]

Every dictatorship is an Orwellian nightmare.

[@ChairmanKim]

I approve this documentary. ❤ - Chairman Kim

[@geoms6263]

may God give you health and strength to work

[@RoboGrump]

😂😂👍👍

[@jeridis3321]

😭😙😭😙🙏🙏🙏

[@zeinbanda6825]

@@RoboGrumplook who decided to show up

[@lotsofhairbutnomoney3705]

Everyone loves rocket man 🚀🥰

[@BlackPanther-yv7ib]

Great documentary!

[@sapphirerain70]

Awesome job! I love all your videos!❤

[@Aguynamemiguel]

Great information

[@geneparticlesmp4573]

Awesome document from DW

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and for the feedback!

[@Detvanliga]

Fantastic documentary, thanks! :)

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@Alaskan-Armadillo]

It be great to see a documentary like this on Cuba! Honestly as a Cuban in the diaspora it is hard to find good sources on what is going on in Cuba.

[@juanf5391]

As a father of a little girl and a history teacher, what bothers me the most is the millions of young girls and women who have been sexually assaulted by those in local and national power. How many North Korean women are taken advantage of by the police, and in their time in the military, by senior officers because they cannot complain or refuse? I can only imagine the numbers are staggering and we will never know because they are not documented.

[@young1151]

Almost every women are exposed to sexual assault and men are barely punished. This is known from the defectors.

[@KinverTravel]

What about your country ain't it thesame?

[@groverkennedy2049]

Dude who cares

[@stevenbaksh5545]

You should ask of this in your own country first

[@internetuser881]

​@@stevenbaksh5545You should focus more on your education and less on asking people on youtube to subscribe.

[@williamwomack1195]

This is the opening song to 28 days later. One of my favorite movies

[@Hulkhogan_22]

Good vedio from DW documentary

[@tawan20082008]

wow, incredible film

[@patrickwwallace89]

Additionally, if the citizens try to leave the country to live elsewhere, which is illegal, they are punished like said above and their families are punished and deprived of opportunities for up to three generations.

[@Steveinthailand]

You're quoting Yeonmi Park. She's a fraud: already well documented on youtube and by North Korean experts and South Korean Intelligence. Do a Google search.

[@patrickwwallace89]

@@Steveinthailand Hey, I'm not quoting that person. I'm currently reading Becoming Kim Jong Un by Jung H. Pak and The Great Successor by Anna Fifield. I'm still learning about it but it seems like a scary place. Do you have any recommended readings or sources?

[@Steveinthailand]

@patrickwwallace89 Hi. I'm not apologising for The North but as a retired journalist, I do see a lot of hypocrisy in its coverage of North Korea in Western media .To see the other side of the coin: I'd recommended the award-winning South Korean made documentary: "My Brothers & Sisters in the North, and "Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seoul" which documents the plight of North Korean defectors who wish to return home. (Steve@Vietnam)

[@patrickwwallace89]

@@Steveinthailandthank you for replying. I will search for those and watch them!

[@Steveinthailand]

@@patrickwwallace89 Nice one Patrick, enjoy 😉 (Stephen@Vietnam)

[@guida1480]

How can you liberate slaves who don't know they are slaves.

[@RafaelCardoso299]

Great content!

[@MariamBaki]

DW always the best in the documentaries.. Ilov yo DW am always searching for documentary histories made Only..

[@DostoenVnimaniay]

Great, thank you very much. Спасибо.

[@catalinstef6322]

this is the classic propaganda after a western president meets another western president: they ally, (and there was bong jon de japan meeting i'm the fat biden with the biggest nukes joe) only on the cold war mentalities of THOSE COMMUNIST DEEKTATORS!!! WE GOOD GOOFY PREZEEDENTS!!!!

[@Naviey]

Been looking for a new north Korea doc Thanks for this Please recommend some 😭

[@jamesleonard2870]

Look up North Korean organized crime. It’s thier primary source of income. Selling weapons, cyber crime and implementing mind control technology and microwave weapons.

[@Dima1415]

“North Korea / The Lies and Truth of Kim Jong Un / How People Live (2019)”

[@askerkaca]

excellent documentary thanks

[@currenteventsandhistory1364]

I love this channel. 💯💯💯

[@seanmcmurphy4744]

The funky splitscreen CG when the interviewees sit down is really irritating

[@leonwilks4114]

What an amazing life you behold if things like this irritate you

[@treyshawnee]

Babe, DW just dropped another nice one.😊

[@danielle8925]

Brilliant documentary

[@user-hc8ki1rl4t]

DW had some cool tracks

[@Jeff1999100]

North Korea is a real-world Oceania from Orwell's 1984. The entire country is the definition of Orwellian.

[@breelee4362]

Very terrifyingly true. One of my biggest fears.

[@JJMHigner]

It's very ironic that such an extremist Communist country should have such an old style absolute monarchy and in absolute power. If they wanted that they should have instituted the old Korean Empire of the early 20th century, but even that system was more fair than what they have over there now .

[@HuynhPaul]

excellent film from DW documentary

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@MNcreampied]

Yay finally a new documentary!!!

[@Steveinthailand]

Anti-North Korean vids are just click-bait: Regurgitating the same old anti-NK propaganda, without having a look in your own mirror first.

[@lesleyhaan116]

@@Steveinthailand so North Korea is not as bad as they are telling us and people live in freedom and harmony

[@keenu7456]

What a weird coincidence, literally spent the whole day watching documentaries on NK and this gets posted

[@enough1494]

Algorithm

[@GaganSingh-nx2yv]

It's not. That's how algorithm work lol

[@keenu7456]

@@enough1494talking about this being POSTED not recommended

[@jpmilligan213]

Neat use of the theme song from 28 Days Later.

[@Fender0ckreR]

That intro song is a banger

[@audioaddict420]

Terrifying and sad those poor people

[@catalinstef6322]

watch the kreafing poor of the UNITED STATES:::::: GO TO LOS ANGELES THOSE FREAKING POOR PEOPLE!!! GO TO THE DEAD SEA IN COACHELLA VALLEY IN the geeeee 80% lives on wellfare all over the united states and you're talking those poor people of others! pathetic sc um

[@lotsofhairbutnomoney3705]

Bro first of all relax. Second, I'm pretty sure you'd pick LA over NK if you were forced to pick one.

[@lesleyhaan116]

@@catalinstef6322 just go Chinese bot I rather live homeless on skid-row then living in North Korea because even if I live on the streets of skid-row in LA I still get food stamps

[@catalinstef6322]

@@lesleyhaan116 not sure how is living on food-stamps different in usa than living on food cards and rationed food in communist romania (haven't lived in communist romania as i was born in romania in 1992)

[@MrWhite4TX]

Dear DW Team, why are many of your videos (including this) blocked in Austria?

[@blackhibiscus1876]

Because it is a waste of your time. Thank me later.

[@DS9TREK]

It could be because they've sold the broadcast rights to a local TV channel or streamer

[@awwashere3612]

@@blackhibiscus1876😂😂😂😂

[@jithutjohnny4013]

DW, kindly include English subtitles.

[@CrossFitterinRealtime2359]

All of them prisoners in their on country, 😢 they look sad, there is not joy in their faces … not even the great leader 😮

[@isimonsez]

@@tebelshaw9486uh no

[@catalinstef6322]

ya thank god to me they look happier than any american president i saw alive.

[@JoeySav]

To all the people who thinks democracy is weak or not the right way…. This is what happens over time when there are no consequences for leaders actions

[@ndetokiio3563]

dictators protect their countries and learn to live with their neighbours ,

[@JoeySav]

@@ndetokiio3563 suuuuureee

[@servantofGod800]

You mean republic, the fact everyone refers to us as a democracy is the first pebble rolling down the hill to a dictator who will seize military power and set up a totalitarian state where you have no rights. If the person in power believes you have not done something they said to do we will be arrested and sentenced to death

[@servantofGod800]

You mean republic, the fact everyone refers to us as a democracy is the first pebble rolling down the hill to a dictator who will seize military power and set up a totalitarian state where you have no rights. If the person in power believes you have not done something they said to do we will be arrested and sentenced to death

[@servantofGod800]

​@@ndetokiio3563wrong if you do something simple like accidentally tear a picture of the leader you could be sentenced to death and there is no hiding neighbors will turn them in because if they don't they would also be punished.

[@Ramon_92]

Another good documentary thanks DW!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and taking The time to comment!

[@dgusev]

I can't believe it is happening right now in our modern history.

[@buzz5969]

Why did so ething change in North Korea?

[@dimoslaros724]

Oh here we go, the North Korean and Chinese troll departments are on duty again, look at these comments. Trying to somehow excuse their miserable regimes.

[@CarlBland-tn1jo]

All over them r dictatorships

[@grantbradshaw7907]

Kim Jong Yun cries about his late father but never about the torture and death of innocent citizens

[@diraffaeleaccounting8148]

Just saying I love your documentaries. This regime is surprising and it's fine one time to do a documentary but I'd rather see documentaries of things that shares love than always same dictatorial countries.

[@WaxedMix]

Imagine being in the crowd during the sisters speech at the start, knowing that a single smirk or giggle is likely to result in an execution.

[@cezearr34]

imagine the Usa calling itself a super power when it doesnt go and save those millions of ppl from the kim regime

[@kazh5677]

​@@cezearr34that's dumb, North Korea is not USA problem nor people to just go and save them

[@cezearr34]

@@kazh5677 exactly my point

[@Benbunbee]

No societal structure is unbreakable or eternal.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

The natural principles endure

[@phuongmua5098]

now you see one

[@math97003]

Their fighter jets and submarines looks old like they are from the 50's or something

[@theyjustwantyourmoney4539]

They've no nuclear, it's all a lie

[@nueguide1158]

Death Note ost playing at start, already loved the documentary

[@leevarga5451]

When’s part two coming out?

[@annielim7007]

It looks like the citizens were told to walk in front of the camera so that there are people in the shot.

[@Jenna08848]

Human bots. Can you imagine trying to unpack the popluation and the realityt of the world around them. Mind boggling

[@partyguy896]

Why is the intro music the theme from 28 Days Later lol

[@fields1]

Honestly a little surprised the PM motor is on the front axle. I had read somewhere saying they were using three PM motors, but this video seems to confirm it’s two induction motors and one PM motor. For towing or when a lot of weight is in the bed, I’d rather have my drive motors on the rear where traction is stronger. On the dual motor truck they’re putting the induction in front and PM in rear which is preferable IMO. I hope we eventually see Tesla either switch to induction front motors on the S/X or adopt a similar dual-induction rear motor for the Plaid S. Either that or they should add the decoupler for one of the PM motors the S and X use because they have 2-3 PM motors which use a lot of extra power when just cruising along at low load.

[@young1151]

I think Germany knows North Korea much better than South Korea😂 As a South Korean this documentary was helpful to understand North Korea.

[@blackhibiscus1876]

Haha.

[@jsmithmultimediatech]

Well what was East Germany yes, its basically the same thing just they brought down the Berlin wall though.

[@Letsdoitbuddy]

😂

[@jasondiggs6740]

You mean East Germany or the European Eastern Block.

[@denisgut]

Because Germany after ww2 was also divided by 2 countries: “communist” and “western”, that's why they have good understanding of situation

[@JCO2002]

"I want to break free. I want to break free from your lies, you're so self-satisfied, I don't need you. I gotta break free."

[@sessionroadtunes]

The soundtrack in the beginning gave me the 28 Days Later vibes.

[@markjw937]

Love the 28 Days Later theme tune

[@urban7514]

Kim Jong Un addressing the plight of their economy to his people: "Like this suit? It's new!"

[@user-bm4ic4kx2w]

Lock her up. This lady is dangerous

[@kahhengyeong7947]

"If you don't cry, something will happen to your family" Or it could be that something has already happened to their families ...

[@TonyFarley-pv3nk]

I was also looking at the old style housing with balance weights in the window and I put some of it with my bearing designing consistently having like a spring roll

[@terrylovesenegal]

Kim Jung Un went to school at the Collège du Léman in Versoix, in the Canton of Geneva, just up the road from where my mother lived. It's a international school for rich kids without excessive security and a free and safe environment for the children, that goes from early childhood all the way up to the IB. Few Swiss kids attend that school, and is/was not particularly known, at least at that time, for being of high academic level.

[@elliotmann9787]

It's '1984' in reality, and Big Brother is always watching you.

[@markthompson180]

It's so important to be able to "cry on demand" there.

[@royterrazas9984]

Is this the song from 28 weeks later 😅❤

[@KamogeloMatila]

True definition of evil modern day slavery

[@tomantro]

This documentary is 50% people sitting down

[@naingaung2748]

Too hungry to stand up? 😂

[@tomantro]

@@naingaung2748 they must stand up in part 2 😂

[@sashakanetani4736]

100% of their policy is sit down, shut up