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(1) Why I escaped from my brainwashed country | Hyeonseo Lee | TEDxKyoto – YouTube
Hyeonseo Lee was seventeen when she left North Korea, believing she would be gone for a few days. She crossed the frozen Yalu River…
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Life as a North Korean Elite | Former Ambassador Thae Yong-ho | China Uncensored – YouTube
What is life like at the top of North Korea's rigid hierarchy? This China Uncensored interview turns to Thae Yong-ho, a former North Korean…
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From North Korea, With Dread
What is it like to live in a country where a wrong word can cost you everything? This film, From North Korea, With Dread,…
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North Korean Labor Camps – VICE NEWS – Part 1 of 7
North Korea denies that its political prison camps exist. It has denied them for decades, in public statements, in replies to the United Nations,…
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W5: Inside the secret state of North Korea
North Korea is often called the most secretive state on earth, and this investigation from W5, Canada's long-running current affairs programme, tries to get…
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The Defectors – Escapees From North Korea’s Prison Camps
North Korea is the hardest country on earth to leave, and harder still to describe from the inside. For most of the world, the…
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North Korea defectors sold as cybersex slaves in China
For many North Koreans who escape their country, freedom does not arrive at the border. This report examines the fate of defectors, most of…
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DPRK: The Land Of Whispers (North Korea Travel Documentary)
North Korea is one of the most closed and least understood countries in the world, and this travel documentary offers a rare look inside…
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North Korea: The Death of Kim Jong-nam | 101 East
This episode of 101 East, Al Jazeera's documentary programme, investigates the death of Kim Jong-nam, the elder half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.…
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Thae Yong-ho: Interview with a North Korean defector l 101 East
When Thae Yong-ho walked out of North Korea's embassy in London in the summer of 2016, he became the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to…
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10 Brutal Realities of Life in Kim Jong-un’s North Korea
This video sets out ten brutal realities of life in North Korea under Kim Jong-un, the third member of the Kim family to rule…
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Top 10 Tragically Funny Facts About North Korea
This video counts down ten tragically funny facts about North Korea, looking at the strange and absurd side of one of the world's most…
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Top 10 TORRID LOVE LIVES of Hated DICTATORS
This video counts down the torrid love lives of ten hated dictators, turning from their public crimes to their private relationships. It looks at…
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Hidden state: Inside North Korea | Fault Lines
North Korea is one of the most closed countries in the world, and this Fault Lines documentary tries to look inside it. Through smuggled…
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North Korea – All the dictator’s men
This documentary looks inside North Korea through the men around its leader, Kim Jong-un, asking who really holds power in one of the world's…
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My North Korean Holiday (North Korea Documentary)
This travel documentary follows visitors on an organised holiday in North Korea, one of the most closed and controlled countries in the world. Accompanied…
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Is CAPITALISM coming to NORTH KOREA?
This video asks a provocative question: is capitalism coming to North Korea? For decades, North Korea was presented as a closed, centrally planned economy,…
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Why is CHINA cutting ties with NORTH KOREA?
This video asks why China, North Korea's closest ally and main economic lifeline, began cutting ties with Pyongyang. For decades, China had shielded North…
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Why does NORTH KOREA have NUCLEAR weapons?
This video asks why North Korea has nuclear weapons, and what the regime hopes they will achieve. It traces the programme from its origins…
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North Korea’s Latest Deception?
This video examines North Korea's latest deception, asking whether the regime's promises of denuclearisation and peace can be trusted. It looks at the cycle…
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North Korea: The Pirates of the 21st Century?
This documentary asks whether North Korea has become the pirates of the twenty-first century, turning to hacking, cybercrime and illicit finance to survive under…
