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Sounds,21 Feb 2024,48 mins

Kim Jong-il Part 3: Nuclear Armed

Real Dictators

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Installed as leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il builds an all-powerful state that dominates the lives and minds of its people. North Korea is wracked by famine. The people adapt to survive - we hear from one man who flouted the rules and paid a horrific price. Lurid rumours emerge about how the ‘Dear Leader’ spends his leisure time. And Kim Jong-il begins work on an arsenal of nuclear weapons that will spook the world and pave the way for his own son’s ascent to power. A Noiser production. This is part 3 of 3 of the Kim Jong-il story.

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