Same. I search every couple months to see if a new one has been made. I randomly saw this and immediately checked to see when it was uploaded. Looking forward to watching it tonight after dinner!
Thanks Nat Geo, I was able to learn so many thing from my childhood which I wouldn't able to learn from school and I am still in College neither here. Learned tons of things! Feels Like I owe you so much which I cant repay you
I believe I'm on my way to saying the same thing... A documentary on North Korea popped up in my suggested during the first week of December and I've been spiraling down a rabbit hole ever since 😂
I’m addicted to North Korea documentaries. 👏🙏🏽🤷 May I also remind you of the fact that around 20% of innocent North Korean civilians perished due to indiscriminate aerial bombardment over North Korea during the war.. About one million innocent North Korean citizens also perished in famines due to never-ending global sanctions imposed by the West. 😔
Sounds like a wounded child without love from his father, his mother gone and a child with low self esteem that became an adult. He needs deep Therapy and healing. Wounded boys often become dangerous men
@ you're really late. I was expecting this days ago. If Jesus hadn't risen from the dead then why would the witnesses who saw Him willingly die for their witness. No one would do that.
I met a guy, Kenneth Bae, who was imprisoned in North Korea. I even took a selfie with him. (His autobiography of his experiences is called _Not Forgotton_ )
@@iu2 The book or OP’s dissertation? (The book is definitely in English, considering how Kenneth Bae is a Korean-American pastor who is fully fluent in English.)
Why can’t I find this series on a playlist? Navigating NatGeos TH-cam is so clunky! They have links to other shows, but not a link to the series I’m trying to watch
I love the fact that Nat Geo is putting out a fascinating documentary about Kim Il Sung's legacy and people are triggered by "the son of god" in the title.
I remember my family talking about the couple that escaped as a kid. Don't remember much (i was a young kid) except that it being a good thing we left S Korea. I mostly just remember my aunt saying it could have been my dad since he worked in the film industry in the 70s. The fact that the war between the 2 Koreas is still technically going on is what got to me then. I'm so glad this was uploaded because I didn't understand the politics back then.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Power needs checks and balances. If they're are none, even the most well-meaning person will gradually slide into a dictator's mindset.
I read that from an early age he was taught that, figuratively speaking, the ground he walks on turns to gold. This is also reflected in his current behavior, which is characterized by an exuberant self-confidence. He radiates unpredictability, slight madness and almost megalomania. His behavior is unpredictable, especially in war.
It really is just like the movie the dictator where he comes out to inspect the rocket and says “it needs to be pointier!” Him clicking the button and seeing the missle go up on the TV he looks like a giggling child playing with legos.
Great documentary! I've been watching alot of N. Korean documentaries lately, and learning alot. And this one was eye opening but straight to the point, and very informative!
No matter how many North Korean documentaries I watch, I always feel like the story is incomplete. I crave a more in-depth and comprehensive narrative.
If you want to understand more about Kim IL Sung and Kim Jong-il I suggest you read UNDER THE LOVING CARE OF THE FATHERLY LEADER by Bradley K Martin. As a Nigerian I love to read and I'm currently reading a lot about North Korea and her defectors
This is a captivating video that delves deeply into the life of Kim Jong Il and how he was constructed as a "god-like" figure in North Korean culture. It not only provides detailed insights into the personality cult but also sheds light on the complexities of the dictatorship. A must-watch to better understand the region's history and politics.
Fact: Kim Jung Il killed his younger brother by drowning in pond. Later he killed his father Kim Il Sung by causing a heart attack by insulting words about him and he delays the medics to cure him. Reason why Kim Jung Il killed his father because his father recognize that he'd been lied him all the time that the economy of the country is goes well but in reality that he ruined the economy of his country. And when Kim Il Sung recognize this truth, he gets furious and argues with him and with the anger and betrayal of his own son, he gets a stroke and heart attack and died miserably.
hahahaha i mean... it might be "hers." she could be that good of a player that she could own it. God forbid she doesn't play good... she wouldn't be on stage... or living...just sayin.
I think that this is not too dissimilar to "Extraordinary Rendition", except the targets are not suspected terrorists (although civilians are the majority of the targetted in both events).
OK I believe some of the propaganda is exaggerated, but there's still a lot of truth to it. I very much feel very sorry for the North Korean people. And are living in a huge jail...
This was a great special, but the amount of advertising they threw in here was terrible. Jeez guys, why do we have to break in with ads every few minutes? Couldn't we do this a different way?
I think I probably watched all the North Korean documentaries on TH-cam.
same here jajaja
and all are PROPAGANDA
I thought I was the only one so intrigued by this ..glad I'm not the only one. 😂😂😂
Same here I'm obsessed
Same. I search every couple months to see if a new one has been made. I randomly saw this and immediately checked to see when it was uploaded. Looking forward to watching it tonight after dinner!
I keep searching every little while for new NK documentaries & I’m glad I found this one! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE FROM CANADA 🥰🇨🇦
You too from Ohio
I didn't care to learn about other countries and world history when I was in high school but thank goodness for such YT channels like this one.
Sparking curiosity and educating the world is what we do!
I was just telling my daughter the exact same thing!
@@NatGeomore to come?
your sooooooooo right 👍🏼
I always found history interesting to learn until I wasn’t in school anymore
this is probably one of the best Dprk videos ive seen. I could watch these all the time. How long can this country stay like this ?
As long as China has money and other resources to give the Dynasty the people will continue to suffer
What a wild saga. History is amazing. It's made fresh daily.
Thank you to National Geographic for making this nice documentary available on TH-cam
this is insane that ive never heard this story thank you for interviewing these people fr
The fact their son has these tapes is legendary
As a Korean living in the South, I often reflect on the sheer chance of not being born in the North - a simple 50/50 fate.
50/50 lol
not a 50/50 lol
25/55
50/50?u could have been born in africa or japan or USA?why 50?lol
a Sam-Sung
Salvatore Vecchio is goated when it comes to Nat Geo's NK documentaries. Dude has an incredibly profound voice for narrating.
Thanks Nat Geo, I was able to learn so many thing from my childhood which I wouldn't able to learn from school and I am still in College neither here.
Learned tons of things! Feels Like I owe you so much which I cant repay you
Desperately waited for this. After a long break we are back in Action!!
yaaa, so do I
I believe I'm on my way to saying the same thing... A documentary on North Korea popped up in my suggested during the first week of December and I've been spiraling down a rabbit hole ever since 😂
I’m addicted to North Korea documentaries. 👏🙏🏽🤷
May I also remind you of the fact that around 20% of innocent North Korean civilians perished due to indiscriminate aerial bombardment over North Korea during the war.. About one million innocent North Korean citizens also perished in famines due to never-ending global sanctions imposed by the West. 😔
Me too.
Ha ha ha!
We are addicted to the unknown
You go girl!
It’s incredibly fascinating that such a place actually exists this day in age.
South Korea: K-Pop
North Korea: Kim-Pop
Edit1: OMG guys ty for the 60 likes
Edit2:TY FOR 111 LIKES
Joe Biden Corn Pop
😂😂😂😂
Kimpop lol😂
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Another amazing docu by Nat Geo Thanks !
At this point I believe I’m obsessed with North Korea documentaries 😂😂 can’t get enough 💀
My parents survived World War 2 and immigrated to Canada... Thank God I was born in the Canadian prairies. I feel so lucky....
👍🏻
Canada is also so close to becoming a communist state
Me too, You know Canada was a safe place to live. This is why I won't go outside of my country with dangerous things.
@@gochem3013it WAS. But now there is Trudeau, and he follows the big agenda.
Watching this documentaries really helps me go to sleep. Thanks!
I sometimes watch documentaries and news reports about North Korea to get me to fall asleep.
My Grandpa is in the crowd when Reagan is giving his speech at the DMZ.
Sounds like a wounded child without love from his father, his mother gone and a child with low self esteem that became an adult. He needs deep Therapy and healing. Wounded boys often become dangerous men
🦇
He’s dead
When part 3 dropping
one of the best documentation of north korea
Unlike the actual Son of God, this guy hasn't risen from the dead. Merry Christmas to one and to all!!!
No matter; but even though they're dead, they're ETERNALLY leaders
Not everyone is slim shady I guess. ( Jesus) × 2. Have a wonderful Christmas.
@ you're really late. I was expecting this days ago. If Jesus hadn't risen from the dead then why would the witnesses who saw Him willingly die for their witness. No one would do that.
@RefinerSimilitude I'm here
@@EmilyHaysisabutterfly 👋
I wrote my final dissertation in college on North Korea, what a strange and absolutely awful place. Just mind blowing.
I met a guy, Kenneth Bae, who was imprisoned in North Korea. I even took a selfie with him. (His autobiography of his experiences is called _Not Forgotton_ )
@ that’s awesome. I’ll look for it
Yah
@@betonblack3621Was it in English?
@@iu2 The book or OP’s dissertation? (The book is definitely in English, considering how Kenneth Bae is a Korean-American pastor who is fully fluent in English.)
Kim Jong-il and Ron L Hubbard would have made great friends. 😂
Love this series.
Why can’t I find this series on a playlist? Navigating NatGeos TH-cam is so clunky! They have links to other shows, but not a link to the series I’m trying to watch
@NatGeo When are the next episodes of this series coming ?
This was very interesting and well done.
Good video and content.. well done! cheers
Who knew a James Bond obsession could inspire real-life propaganda?
In fact Die Another Day in 2002 featured Nokor propagandist.
propaganda or popagander
the editing is so funny like chill
Where are the rest of the episodes??
0:27 Imagine missing one note 😵💀
What is the name of part 2 as they don't seem to be in any order?
Pardoning someone who wilfully killed nearly 200 ppl is nuts
I agree but she was forced to do it or was probably going to die if she said no the North Koreans brainwash there people so she knew no better
They should have deleted her.
An in-depth, up to date documentary and multiple expert assessment of Kim Yo Jong, please.
tuesday night.. watching nk docs again. lol there is no end to the madness
Kim Jong Il: the original filmmaker-turned-world leader no one asked for!
Pulgasari is a movie masterpiece.
@GravyDog 😂😂😂
@@GravyDog made by South Korean director
Why does it feel like there’s no trace of remorse in the eyes of that Korean bomber? She even smirked at times.
Seriously, I'm more than surprised that she's still alive.
Because she doesn’t feel remorse.
I love the fact that Nat Geo is putting out a fascinating documentary about Kim Il Sung's legacy and people are triggered by "the son of god" in the title.
I remember my family talking about the couple that escaped as a kid. Don't remember much (i was a young kid) except that it being a good thing we left S Korea. I mostly just remember my aunt saying it could have been my dad since he worked in the film industry in the 70s. The fact that the war between the 2 Koreas is still technically going on is what got to me then.
I'm so glad this was uploaded because I didn't understand the politics back then.
great documentary!
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Power needs checks and balances. If they're are none, even the most well-meaning person will gradually slide into a dictator's mindset.
I finally get to see the true story
Where is the next episode
It’ll come! I promise you it will!!!
I read that from an early age he was taught that, figuratively speaking, the ground he walks on turns to gold. This is also reflected in his current behavior, which is characterized by an exuberant self-confidence. He radiates unpredictability, slight madness and almost megalomania. His behavior is unpredictable, especially in war.
I see North Korea, I click
Why? 😂
@ it’s so interesting!
Hate that I'm like that too, like I just HAVE to know
@@blackout07blue trust me, anything about North Korea, people will want to see it.
North Korean documentarys are addictive, there is so much to see how they live
It really is just like the movie the dictator where he comes out to inspect the rocket and says “it needs to be pointier!” Him clicking the button and seeing the missle go up on the TV he looks like a giggling child playing with legos.
This is one of the first documentaries that mention Kim Il Sung's calcium deposit growth that developed in his later life.
Where/when is the next episode?
Is this Documentry Monetized ?
Wise words
Does they have a mountain with the face of kim il sung
Great documentary! I've been watching alot of N. Korean documentaries lately, and learning alot. And this one was eye opening but straight to the point, and very informative!
Is there a part 2?
Wheres the next ep ❤
North Korea 🇰🇵 documentary are always amazing
Please make longer videos. Short videos seem incomplete . Felt like we missed a lot of it😅
and no subtitles
Finally another one. In right time, right after Yoon declared Martial law haha
3:29 very majestic horse 😂😂
Indeed. Regal creature.
intriguing documentry. North Korea is such an enigma. I've always been fascinated by its history
That is what they call the balance of power
Truly amazing how one family has ruled a country for so long!!!!
Never enough North Korea footage to see 😬
It’s sooo intriguing and mysterious and depressing and dark. What a wild place, and in 2024.
No matter how many North Korean documentaries I watch, I always feel like the story is incomplete. I crave a more in-depth and comprehensive narrative.
If you want to understand more about Kim IL Sung and Kim Jong-il I suggest you read UNDER THE LOVING CARE OF THE FATHERLY LEADER by Bradley K Martin.
As a Nigerian I love to read and I'm currently reading a lot about North Korea and her defectors
waarom staat hier een link naar zelfmoordpreventie bij???
The body is simply a vessel for the mind!
So I'm wondering what they thought of Dennis Rodman?
When was this first released
Eva zu Beck was happy to promote tourism for Assad. She’s a natural fit to tell us all about North Korea.
Wonder how the brothers felt when they weren’t picked
We never heard of the brothers to the original Kim ever after ... Not surprised though.
@ wonder what happened to those brothers, since they were highly intelligent and beloved by NK military
@@sangimgeni354 yes we did, Kim Pyong Il was a diplomat for decades.
We might be witnessing his humiliating downfall, soon
he died in 2011
@@peka003 I think he was talking about kim jong un
This doc is about kim jong un’s dad
This is a captivating video that delves deeply into the life of Kim Jong Il and how he was constructed as a "god-like" figure in North Korean culture. It not only provides detailed insights into the personality cult but also sheds light on the complexities of the dictatorship. A must-watch to better understand the region's history and politics.
After I heard music,must be going insane
Son of Satin maybe
I love it ❤🇰🇪
That show at the end though lmao😂
Fact: Kim Jung Il killed his younger brother by drowning in pond. Later he killed his father Kim Il Sung by causing a heart attack by insulting words about him and he delays the medics to cure him. Reason why Kim Jung Il killed his father because his father recognize that he'd been lied him all the time that the economy of the country is goes well but in reality that he ruined the economy of his country. And when Kim Il Sung recognize this truth, he gets furious and argues with him and with the anger and betrayal of his own son, he gets a stroke and heart attack and died miserably.
Fake News folks 🚨🚨🚨🚨
한 마디로 미친 돼지라는 뜻
King Kim Jong Un did a good deed.
@@이동연-c6d Fake News folks 🚨 This comment above is fake western propaganda 🚨
@ He starve his own people and killed numerous advisors including his uncle who made him a leader and his half brother.
Oh new one
I Cant Believe One side of Korea Is Living So Lethal And Other side is Striving Without a doubt Wow
Great video. Arabic mistake: Frame 40:22 has backwards and not-connected Arabic letters.
wow, you're very detailed.
Well done documentary!
Anyone notice the Ibanez Joe Satriani guitar that the woman is playing at 0:15 mark?? Didn’t think that they could afford that kind of guitar… 🤷♂️
It could also a replicate, remember China is right next door the king of imitation
You can get anything on the black market and I can bet it's not "hers."
hahahaha i mean... it might be "hers." she could be that good of a player that she could own it. God forbid she doesn't play good... she wouldn't be on stage... or living...just sayin.
@ GREAT point. it could be a temu item... touche.
I think that this is not too dissimilar to "Extraordinary Rendition", except the targets are not suspected terrorists (although civilians are the majority of the targetted in both events).
any documentary National Geographic does about North Korea, I gotta watch it 🙌
OK I believe some of the propaganda is exaggerated, but there's still a lot of truth to it. I very much feel very sorry for the North Korean people. And are living in a huge jail...
Also little fun fact, 30:38 😂 During this time, the person who was in charge of the national security was playing golf💀💀
Kim wanted to make K-dramas before K-dramas were a thing
This was a great special, but the amount of advertising they threw in here was terrible. Jeez guys, why do we have to break in with ads every few minutes? Couldn't we do this a different way?
kim hyun hee missing the punishment makes south koreans have no tension with the north koreans
Kim Jong il makes kim jong un look sane in comparison
I've so this movie before
North Korea literally like Squid Game.
This documentary looks like a comedy documentary, like a scary movie that’s not scary.
No subscription necessary, propaganda comes free.
Sorry your worldview of a authoritarian communist bloc isn't going to happen
Especially the James Bond stuff 😅.
0:27 Love Marabong band!!!
Just as Adolf is remembered as a failure of an artist, Kim Jong Il should be remembered as a failure of a filmmaker.