How One Family Turned North Korea Into Their Kingdom

1 line on a map. 3 generations of one family. 80,000–120,000 people in political prison camps. 6 nuclear tests. $1.5 billion stolen in a single crypto hack. How does a country this poor and isolated keep going? We break down the 7 pieces of North Korea’s survival kit. Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:06 A Line on a Map 3:32 The Man Stalin Chose 7:07 Making Gods 9:29 Behind the Portraits 12:33 The Machine of Control 14:14 The Arduous March 15:49 The Wall Around Information 17:42 The Bomb 19:46 Money from the Shadows 22:17 Finale: The Survival Kit 💬 What would actually have to happen for this system to change - from the outside or from the inside? Tell us in the comments. 🔔 Subscribe - we keep explaining how the world works. #northkorea #kimjongun #history #geopolitics #documentary