Tuesday, February 24, 2015

National Geographic: Inside North Korea

How old is the city of Pyongyang? What are the architectural influences to the buildings of the capital city? Where are materials sourced from? Kim Il Sung?

Timeline:
1000yrs Korea Soverign Nation
1910-Japan Invades
WW2-Japan Loses Korea
South-America Backed
North-Russian Backed, Kim Il Sung (Rebel leader)
1950-Kim Il Sung invaded south Korea (unification attempt)
4 million deaths in Korean War
1953-Divided Korea (38th Parallel)
1990s 3 million die in famine, 10% of North Korea's population
40% children malnourished

What happens to the families after this documentary?

Juche philosophy (Kim Il Sung)

1994 Kim Il Sung Dies (50 years of rule)

Kim Jong Il Is handed power.

How did they get satellite photos of concentration camps?

Camp #22- UP to 50k people


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