1 00:00:01,472 --> 00:00:03,608 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:03,608 --> 00:00:05,309 (galloping) 4 00:00:05,610 --> 00:00:08,179 NARRATOR: This is Kim Jong‐un, 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 6 00:00:09,180 --> 00:00:11,215 ruler of North Korea. 7 00:00:12,483 --> 00:00:14,886 He's just 36 years old, 8 00:00:14,886 --> 00:00:17,922 but he commands the world's fourth largest military. 9 00:00:18,823 --> 00:00:21,159 He has nuclear weapons, 10 00:00:21,159 --> 00:00:24,262 and his family has ruled over their people using violence 11 00:00:24,262 --> 00:00:26,264 and terror for over 70 years. 12 00:00:30,668 --> 00:00:33,538 But Kim is a man torn between two worlds. 13 00:00:35,239 --> 00:00:38,576 The traditions of his brutal communist past, 14 00:00:38,843 --> 00:00:40,645 and the need to become a legitimate, 15 00:00:40,645 --> 00:00:42,613 modern leader. 16 00:00:43,314 --> 00:00:45,383 LEE: That is his dilemma. 17 00:00:45,383 --> 00:00:48,853 Am I going to come out and become a cleaner, 18 00:00:48,853 --> 00:00:51,155 softer dictator? 19 00:00:52,023 --> 00:00:55,560 Or am I going to continue to retain this criminal regime 20 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,696 that I inherited from my grandfather and my father? 21 00:01:00,031 --> 00:01:02,233 And that dilemma, you know what, 22 00:01:02,233 --> 00:01:05,670 it could be the end of the Kim dynasty. 23 00:01:24,622 --> 00:01:29,760 ♪ ♪ 24 00:01:33,564 --> 00:01:39,303 (applause) 25 00:01:40,638 --> 00:01:44,375 (cheering) 26 00:01:50,514 --> 00:01:53,050 NARRATOR: Kim Jong‐un is only the third man to 27 00:01:53,050 --> 00:01:55,152 rule North Korea. 28 00:02:00,491 --> 00:02:05,730 He is following his grandfather, and father, 29 00:02:08,099 --> 00:02:11,302 in the role of Supreme Leader. 30 00:02:12,970 --> 00:02:16,340 They rule over their people as gods. 31 00:02:21,545 --> 00:02:23,681 (applause and cheering stop) 32 00:02:34,725 --> 00:02:36,894 (explosion) 33 00:02:39,263 --> 00:02:41,332 In the 10th year of his rule, 34 00:02:41,332 --> 00:02:43,701 Kim Jong‐un is at a crossroads. 35 00:02:47,138 --> 00:02:50,308 He's a dictator with a decision to make. 36 00:02:52,910 --> 00:02:55,046 Should he try to drag North Korea into the 37 00:02:55,046 --> 00:02:58,282 modern world, and become a legitimate country, 38 00:02:58,282 --> 00:03:01,686 but risk losing his grip on power, 39 00:03:01,986 --> 00:03:04,822 or should he continue to run a rogue state, 40 00:03:04,822 --> 00:03:07,692 like his grandfather and father before him? 41 00:03:14,031 --> 00:03:15,533 LEE: If I compare it to a movie, 42 00:03:15,533 --> 00:03:17,535 I would say it's Godfather 3, 43 00:03:17,535 --> 00:03:19,370 and that's when Michael Corleone wants to become a 44 00:03:19,370 --> 00:03:21,872 legitimate businessman and head of a business 45 00:03:21,872 --> 00:03:25,976 conglomerate out from the shadows of the mafia regime 46 00:03:25,976 --> 00:03:27,378 that he inherited. 47 00:03:28,713 --> 00:03:30,214 But without the mafia state, 48 00:03:30,214 --> 00:03:32,483 the Kim regime would not function. 49 00:03:33,017 --> 00:03:34,418 Why? 50 00:03:34,418 --> 00:03:36,520 Because it's under heavy sanctions, 51 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:40,291 the only way that it can make hard currency is by illicit trade. 52 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:47,198 The North Korean regime is in many respects a huge criminal cartel. 53 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,171 NARRATOR: Guns, drugs, counterfeit cash, 54 00:03:55,906 --> 00:04:01,679 and cyber‐crime bring in an estimated $2 billion a year for Kim to spend. 55 00:04:03,848 --> 00:04:05,950 LEE: That's his personal piggy bank, 56 00:04:05,950 --> 00:04:09,487 and that is the way Kim Jong‐un's regime is sustained. 57 00:04:14,325 --> 00:04:17,395 NARRATOR: Recently Kim has shown signs of modernizing. 58 00:04:18,028 --> 00:04:21,232 He's been stepping out with his first lady. 59 00:04:22,333 --> 00:04:24,602 And meeting other world leaders. 60 00:04:27,304 --> 00:04:30,708 But in 2017 he was dragged back into his family business. 61 00:04:39,150 --> 00:04:41,952 This is his elder half‐brother, Kim Jong‐nam, 62 00:04:42,686 --> 00:04:44,388 who was overlooked for succession. 63 00:04:45,990 --> 00:04:48,159 He left North Korea for a quiet life in China. 64 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,595 Surfacing on camera from time to time to 65 00:04:51,595 --> 00:04:53,798 speak out against the regime. 66 00:04:55,166 --> 00:04:58,602 But then it seemed Kim Jong‐nam crossed a line. 67 00:05:00,671 --> 00:05:03,374 FIFIELD: During the course of my reporting I was told by a 68 00:05:03,374 --> 00:05:06,844 person with good connections to the intelligence community 69 00:05:06,844 --> 00:05:10,381 in the United States that Kim Jong‐nam had, in fact, 70 00:05:10,381 --> 00:05:14,351 been an informant to the CIA and was supplying information 71 00:05:14,351 --> 00:05:17,521 about Kim Jong‐un to them. 72 00:05:28,566 --> 00:05:31,635 NARRATOR: These CCTV images show him meeting 73 00:05:31,635 --> 00:05:33,537 his suspected handler. 74 00:05:38,075 --> 00:05:41,045 A fascinated news media shadowed his every move. 75 00:05:44,014 --> 00:05:47,818 FIFIELD: He still had very good connections to the regime, 76 00:05:47,818 --> 00:05:51,021 so for the CIA to be able to recruit Kim Jong‐nam 77 00:05:51,021 --> 00:05:54,191 as an informant and to get whatever information he had, 78 00:05:54,191 --> 00:05:56,026 that would have been a huge deal for them. 79 00:05:57,728 --> 00:06:00,531 This would also have been considered very treasonous by 80 00:06:00,531 --> 00:06:01,899 Kim Jong‐un. 81 00:06:07,705 --> 00:06:10,674 NARRATOR: It seems the time had come for Kim to deal with 82 00:06:10,674 --> 00:06:12,276 his older brother. 83 00:06:29,994 --> 00:06:33,197 February 13th 2017. 84 00:06:34,932 --> 00:06:37,635 Kuala Lumpur International Airport. 85 00:06:41,972 --> 00:06:45,009 Kim Jong‐un's brother enters the terminal, 86 00:06:45,009 --> 00:06:48,112 unaware that two female assassins are also at the airport. 87 00:07:03,994 --> 00:07:06,397 Now, for the first time on television, 88 00:07:06,397 --> 00:07:09,466 one of the assassins tells her full extraordinary story. 89 00:07:12,603 --> 00:07:14,405 MAN: Camera check. 90 00:07:21,745 --> 00:07:24,915 NARRATOR: It begins with her being recruited by a man 91 00:07:24,915 --> 00:07:27,384 who claimed to be a TV producer. 92 00:08:00,417 --> 00:08:03,020 NARRATOR: For months, Kim Jong‐un's agents groomed 93 00:08:03,020 --> 00:08:08,359 Siti and another young woman to ambush unsuspecting members of the public 94 00:08:08,359 --> 00:08:11,328 and smother their faces with cosmetic creams, 95 00:08:11,695 --> 00:08:14,198 in what they thought were hidden camera show stunts. 96 00:08:36,053 --> 00:08:39,189 NARRATOR: Siti's handler arranges a meeting a café in the airport. 97 00:08:42,059 --> 00:08:44,595 There she is to receive details of the target. 98 00:09:45,389 --> 00:09:47,925 NARRATOR: This time, it isn't baby oil, 99 00:09:47,925 --> 00:09:50,728 but a deadly nerve agent. 100 00:09:51,595 --> 00:09:54,631 As Kim Jong‐un's brother heads to his flight, 101 00:09:54,631 --> 00:09:56,667 the two women make their move. 102 00:10:13,117 --> 00:10:15,419 NARRATOR: Seeking help, Kim Jong‐nam heads for the 103 00:10:15,419 --> 00:10:17,988 airport's medical facility. 104 00:10:24,828 --> 00:10:26,697 MADDEN: So at this point Kim Jong‐nam is 105 00:10:26,697 --> 00:10:29,666 in the infirmary, and he is behind the door, 106 00:10:29,666 --> 00:10:31,235 and this is where this image gets very scary. 107 00:10:32,302 --> 00:10:34,671 There's a gentleman in all black, 108 00:10:34,671 --> 00:10:38,909 walking near this door, okay, and he's got a rolling suitcase. 109 00:10:43,947 --> 00:10:48,152 He's checking in to make sure that Kim Jong‐nam is receiving medical treatment. 110 00:10:49,419 --> 00:10:52,055 This is one of the operatives. 111 00:10:52,055 --> 00:10:53,690 It's a very elaborate operation, 112 00:10:53,690 --> 00:10:55,526 it's very old‐school. 113 00:10:57,561 --> 00:11:00,831 NARRATOR: The operation plays out like a Cold War spy caper. 114 00:11:02,566 --> 00:11:04,601 There are lookout men. 115 00:11:06,837 --> 00:11:09,506 A chemist, to handle the nerve agent. 116 00:11:10,707 --> 00:11:12,643 A getaway driver. 117 00:11:14,111 --> 00:11:17,281 And a team leader, codenamed Grandpa. 118 00:11:21,285 --> 00:11:24,021 The young women have no idea what they've done. 119 00:11:27,324 --> 00:11:30,093 (applause) 120 00:11:31,395 --> 00:11:33,630 (sirens) 121 00:11:35,465 --> 00:11:38,869 They are soon apprehended by the local Malaysian police. 122 00:12:06,330 --> 00:12:10,133 (speaking in native language) 123 00:12:13,437 --> 00:12:16,173 NARRATOR: The trial creates shock‐waves around the world. 124 00:12:20,677 --> 00:12:23,313 TEIK: She had been charged for the most serious crime in the country, 125 00:12:23,313 --> 00:12:24,848 the crime of murder. 126 00:12:24,848 --> 00:12:27,050 For the offense of murder, there's only one punishment, 127 00:12:27,050 --> 00:12:29,119 and that is death, by hanging. 128 00:12:36,627 --> 00:12:39,863 NARRATOR: Soon, the chemist of the gang is also apprehended. 129 00:12:44,701 --> 00:12:47,371 He is caught on camera getting his story straight 130 00:12:47,371 --> 00:12:49,072 with North Korean embassy officials. 131 00:13:13,196 --> 00:13:15,799 NARRATOR: This video evidence helped to build a picture 132 00:13:15,799 --> 00:13:18,402 of a ruthless political assassination. 133 00:13:20,337 --> 00:13:23,307 Both women were released after spending two years in prison. 134 00:13:46,530 --> 00:13:49,333 NARRATOR: Kim Jong‐un's troublesome older brother 135 00:13:49,333 --> 00:13:51,868 was no more. 136 00:13:52,302 --> 00:13:56,173 PAK: Kim Jong‐un's half‐brother died in such a terrible, 137 00:13:56,173 --> 00:13:59,209 humiliating way, on camera, 138 00:13:59,209 --> 00:14:01,945 and Kim probably was very pleased that he was able to 139 00:14:01,945 --> 00:14:03,547 watch all of this. 140 00:14:09,553 --> 00:14:11,655 NARRATOR: Amid sobering scenes broadcast 141 00:14:11,655 --> 00:14:13,256 around the world, 142 00:14:13,256 --> 00:14:16,393 Kim Jong‐nam's body is brought back to North Korea. 143 00:14:18,562 --> 00:14:22,032 It's accompanied by the same men spotted in the airport on 144 00:14:22,032 --> 00:14:23,900 the day he was murdered. 145 00:14:25,535 --> 00:14:27,571 PAK: It was absolutely to send a message, 146 00:14:27,571 --> 00:14:29,239 to do it in such a public way, 147 00:14:29,239 --> 00:14:31,641 to everybody in North Korea and elsewhere, 148 00:14:31,641 --> 00:14:34,277 that Kim will find you. 149 00:14:42,786 --> 00:14:46,356 (applause and cheering) 150 00:14:49,259 --> 00:14:51,461 NARRATOR: To understand Kim Jong‐un, 151 00:14:51,461 --> 00:14:54,664 it's helpful to know the world he grew up in. 152 00:15:00,804 --> 00:15:03,673 Deep beneath the surface of North Korea, 153 00:15:03,673 --> 00:15:06,777 his father created an elaborate hidden kingdom that 154 00:15:06,777 --> 00:15:08,879 his children inhabited. 155 00:15:10,313 --> 00:15:12,816 MADDEN: North Korea has a separate parallel geography 156 00:15:12,816 --> 00:15:16,453 that exists outside of anything North Korean citizens 157 00:15:16,453 --> 00:15:17,954 would know about. 158 00:15:18,422 --> 00:15:20,424 It's a secret network that includes roads, 159 00:15:20,424 --> 00:15:22,859 railways and tunnel systems. 160 00:15:24,961 --> 00:15:29,132 It's a way of concealing Kim's whereabouts from spy satellites. 161 00:15:38,675 --> 00:15:41,812 Currently we're looking at Kim Jong‐un's Kangdong VIP complex. 162 00:15:46,216 --> 00:15:49,152 Kangdong Complex is one of the favorite complexes of the Kim family. 163 00:15:50,687 --> 00:15:53,423 Kim Jong‐un spent a lot of time there as a child. 164 00:15:55,892 --> 00:16:00,130 So this is a portal tunnel, we can see the tunnel entrance. 165 00:16:01,498 --> 00:16:05,102 As a road that goes under the Taedong River. 166 00:16:05,635 --> 00:16:08,171 So what Kim Jong‐un could do is, 167 00:16:08,171 --> 00:16:10,640 instead of going across that bridge, 168 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,175 he would go through that tunnel, 169 00:16:12,175 --> 00:16:15,078 and that tunnel would take him under the Taedong River, 170 00:16:15,078 --> 00:16:18,115 into tunnels under mountains, to some unknown locale, 171 00:16:19,082 --> 00:16:21,118 and I call it the "Road to Nowhere". 172 00:16:21,751 --> 00:16:25,489 NARRATOR: It's believed there are some 8,000 tunnels in North Korea, 173 00:16:25,489 --> 00:16:28,225 reaching up to 1,000 feet below the surface. 174 00:16:30,193 --> 00:16:33,864 Some tunnels are thought to extend more than 30 miles, 175 00:16:33,864 --> 00:16:36,399 including an emergency escape route into China. 176 00:16:38,602 --> 00:16:41,004 MADDEN: So basically, Kim Jong‐un can work in his office, 177 00:16:41,872 --> 00:16:44,207 take an elevator to a sub‐basement level, 178 00:16:44,207 --> 00:16:47,077 get into a small motorcade, drive underground, 179 00:16:49,146 --> 00:16:52,315 and that explains a lot about Kim Jong‐un's personality. 180 00:16:53,016 --> 00:16:55,519 Kim Jong‐un grew up like that. 181 00:16:55,519 --> 00:16:57,754 This has been his entire life. 182 00:17:00,290 --> 00:17:02,792 NARRATOR: The early years of Kim Jong‐un's childhood 183 00:17:02,792 --> 00:17:05,428 indoctrinated him in the ways of the Kim dynasty. 184 00:17:07,097 --> 00:17:09,666 FIFIELD: Kim Jong‐un grew up in this extremely 185 00:17:09,666 --> 00:17:12,235 dysfunctional, paranoid, secretive family. 186 00:17:14,304 --> 00:17:16,907 It was impossible for Kim Jong‐un to be 187 00:17:16,907 --> 00:17:19,476 a normal child. 188 00:17:19,476 --> 00:17:22,145 He was named the Little General. 189 00:17:22,145 --> 00:17:25,849 He had a real Colt pistol. 190 00:17:26,082 --> 00:17:29,553 You know, he had real generals bowing to him. 191 00:17:32,088 --> 00:17:34,391 NARRATOR: His father was Kim Jong‐il, 192 00:17:35,058 --> 00:17:37,727 one of the most notorious dictators in history. 193 00:17:38,428 --> 00:17:40,764 A man with a passion for banquets, 194 00:17:40,764 --> 00:17:43,633 cognac and Bond movies. 195 00:17:45,669 --> 00:17:49,005 MADDEN: Kim Jong‐il was generally paranoid. 196 00:17:49,206 --> 00:17:52,309 Round this period of time for Kim Jong‐un, 197 00:17:52,309 --> 00:17:55,412 there's a lot of restrictions on his movements and activity, 198 00:17:55,645 --> 00:17:57,948 and they have to bring in playmates. 199 00:17:57,948 --> 00:18:00,917 Well, you'd think they'd bring in other seven or eight year old children, 200 00:18:00,917 --> 00:18:02,886 but you're starting to talk about 30 or 40 201 00:18:02,886 --> 00:18:04,187 year old bodyguards. 202 00:18:04,187 --> 00:18:07,090 And so Kim Jong‐un grows up very close to his bodyguards, 203 00:18:07,090 --> 00:18:08,925 because these are his playmates. 204 00:18:12,429 --> 00:18:14,698 NARRATOR: Of all Kim Jong‐il's bodyguards, 205 00:18:14,698 --> 00:18:17,534 only one is known to have escaped North Korea. 206 00:19:26,403 --> 00:19:28,505 NARRATOR: The bodyguard also remembers the current 207 00:19:28,505 --> 00:19:30,273 ruler of North Korea. 208 00:20:12,482 --> 00:20:15,318 NARRATOR: Today Kim Jong‐un still surrounds himself with 209 00:20:15,318 --> 00:20:17,954 these bodyguards. 210 00:20:19,155 --> 00:20:21,324 He has expanded the program, 211 00:20:21,324 --> 00:20:25,061 adding an elite unit to handle internal threats. 212 00:20:26,930 --> 00:20:28,331 MADDEN: The guys that protect him, 213 00:20:28,331 --> 00:20:29,766 despite the fact that they wear suits, 214 00:20:29,766 --> 00:20:33,503 these people are very similar to SAS or Navy SEALs in terms 215 00:20:33,503 --> 00:20:35,538 of their skills and training. 216 00:20:38,541 --> 00:20:40,276 They inspect his food. 217 00:20:40,276 --> 00:20:43,179 If you had a sack of rice, that sack of rice is 218 00:20:43,179 --> 00:20:46,816 scrutinized and inspected for any irregular grains, 219 00:20:47,584 --> 00:20:52,021 and so every bag of rice is a perfect bag of rice. 220 00:20:54,357 --> 00:20:58,061 They bring his toilet, there is a portable toilet, 221 00:20:58,061 --> 00:21:00,130 because they don't want a foreign intelligence agency 222 00:21:00,130 --> 00:21:03,032 getting a hold of his feces and then analyzing the blood 223 00:21:03,032 --> 00:21:05,468 contents for whatever diseases he might have. 224 00:21:08,471 --> 00:21:11,875 NARRATOR: So Kim Jong‐un's psychology is deeply rooted in 225 00:21:11,875 --> 00:21:14,577 his father's totalitarian regime. 226 00:21:16,212 --> 00:21:19,816 But there is another side to Kim's experience, 227 00:21:19,816 --> 00:21:22,385 his school days in the West. 228 00:21:28,024 --> 00:21:32,061 (bell ringing) 229 00:21:32,929 --> 00:21:35,865 Living in the care of his maternal aunt and uncle, 230 00:21:35,865 --> 00:21:40,136 Kim Jong‐un attended a regular public school in Bern. 231 00:21:44,374 --> 00:21:47,043 KOVACEVIC: My name is Nikola Kovacevic, and, well, 232 00:21:47,777 --> 00:21:52,315 I know Kim Jong‐un from my school in Switzerland. 233 00:21:57,454 --> 00:22:01,958 So this is pretty much Un as I remember him, 234 00:22:04,127 --> 00:22:08,565 wearing a typical sports outfit, very American. 235 00:22:10,433 --> 00:22:14,304 He was wearing Chicago Bulls shirts, shorts, 236 00:22:14,304 --> 00:22:17,006 and Michael Jordan shoes. 237 00:22:17,340 --> 00:22:20,109 We were quite impressed by that. 238 00:22:25,315 --> 00:22:28,718 We were playing basketball and Un was looking for 239 00:22:28,718 --> 00:22:30,320 people to play with. 240 00:22:31,421 --> 00:22:33,523 I'll never forget him with a, you know, 241 00:22:33,523 --> 00:22:35,525 cheeky smile on his face, 242 00:22:35,525 --> 00:22:37,961 you know, at the basketball court. 243 00:22:39,429 --> 00:22:42,098 We pretty much just played constantly. 244 00:22:43,132 --> 00:22:45,568 He was very, very passionate. 245 00:22:45,969 --> 00:22:48,972 You could clearly see that he wants to win. 246 00:22:48,972 --> 00:22:51,407 He was very good, very quick. 247 00:22:52,075 --> 00:22:56,513 He was on a completely different level than you might think, 248 00:22:56,513 --> 00:22:59,449 by looking at the pictures from today. 249 00:22:59,449 --> 00:23:02,018 We all liked having him on our team. 250 00:23:06,289 --> 00:23:10,426 We did have interesting chats about North Korea. 251 00:23:11,794 --> 00:23:15,732 There was one occasion where I was just asking something 252 00:23:15,732 --> 00:23:18,101 like, how is it there? 253 00:23:18,101 --> 00:23:21,070 And I remember him saying that North Korea 254 00:23:21,070 --> 00:23:23,673 is very, very advanced. 255 00:23:24,140 --> 00:23:27,477 It's going to be a big player in the future. 256 00:23:28,711 --> 00:23:32,348 You can definitely say that he was proud of his country. 257 00:23:34,517 --> 00:23:39,622 ♪ ♪ 258 00:23:40,356 --> 00:23:43,526 FIFIELD: He really enjoyed kind of the life of being a 259 00:23:43,526 --> 00:23:45,161 rich kid in Europe. 260 00:23:49,098 --> 00:23:51,234 He saw NBA games in Paris, 261 00:23:51,234 --> 00:23:54,103 he went off skiing in the Swiss Alps. 262 00:24:03,112 --> 00:24:07,216 NARRATOR: But back in North Korea there are changes inside the family. 263 00:24:09,986 --> 00:24:13,089 Kim Jong‐un's mother is dying of cancer, 264 00:24:13,823 --> 00:24:16,359 which means Kim's aunt and uncle are about to lose their 265 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,028 connection to the dynasty. 266 00:24:20,964 --> 00:24:24,701 Fearing they may be cast aside, they decide to act. 267 00:24:33,443 --> 00:24:37,146 Slipping out of the house under cover of darkness, 268 00:24:37,780 --> 00:24:41,150 his aunt and uncle take refuge in the US Embassy. 269 00:24:44,087 --> 00:24:47,924 Claiming political asylum, they are spirited away to a 270 00:24:47,924 --> 00:24:50,093 military base in Germany. 271 00:24:53,663 --> 00:24:55,798 FIFIELD: Kim Jong‐un was at home. 272 00:24:55,798 --> 00:24:58,234 They did not say goodbye. 273 00:24:58,234 --> 00:25:01,304 They left him in the middle of the night. 274 00:25:02,305 --> 00:25:05,475 It must have been an extremely traumatic experience for 275 00:25:05,475 --> 00:25:08,444 Kim Jong‐un, to be abandoned like that. 276 00:25:14,250 --> 00:25:16,653 NARRATOR: After debriefing by the CIA, 277 00:25:16,653 --> 00:25:19,656 Kim's aunt and uncle are given new identities, 278 00:25:19,656 --> 00:25:22,825 flown to the US, and vanish from sight. 279 00:25:32,935 --> 00:25:35,471 FIFIELD: For the past 20 years they have been living 280 00:25:35,471 --> 00:25:38,041 this completely anonymous life in middle America, 281 00:25:38,808 --> 00:25:40,910 running a dry‐cleaners. 282 00:25:41,944 --> 00:25:45,048 So nobody knows their true identities. 283 00:25:46,949 --> 00:25:50,186 NARRATOR: But journalist Anna Fifield tracked them down 284 00:25:50,186 --> 00:25:52,221 and arranged a meeting. 285 00:25:53,790 --> 00:25:55,525 FIFIELD: I did not expect them to show up, 286 00:25:55,525 --> 00:25:58,461 and even like that morning when they called to say they 287 00:25:58,461 --> 00:26:00,563 were on their way to where we had agreed to meet, 288 00:26:00,563 --> 00:26:03,299 you know, I was surprised when they showed up. 289 00:26:06,369 --> 00:26:09,005 Kim Jong‐un's aunt walked into the café, 290 00:26:09,005 --> 00:26:11,841 like I caught my breath because she looked exactly 291 00:26:11,841 --> 00:26:13,743 like her sister, Kim Jong‐un's mother. 292 00:26:16,579 --> 00:26:18,748 And I spent the entire weekend with them, 293 00:26:18,748 --> 00:26:21,217 talking about Kim Jong‐un, about, 294 00:26:21,217 --> 00:26:24,721 you know, what he was like as a child. 295 00:26:24,921 --> 00:26:26,789 And they described him as a normal kid who was a 296 00:26:26,789 --> 00:26:29,358 little bit misunderstood. 297 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,395 Quite strange. 298 00:26:32,695 --> 00:26:35,598 I distinctly remember sitting on the couch there with them. 299 00:26:35,598 --> 00:26:38,334 At the time Kim Jong‐un was launching missiles. 300 00:26:39,669 --> 00:26:41,170 REPORTER (over TV): The projectile was fired from 301 00:26:41,170 --> 00:26:42,705 a 2,000‐ton submarine, 302 00:26:42,705 --> 00:26:44,407 and South Korean military officials 303 00:26:44,407 --> 00:26:46,809 believe the missile's rocket booster did ignite. 304 00:26:49,312 --> 00:26:50,980 FIFIELD: There's Kim Jong‐un in a submarine, 305 00:26:50,980 --> 00:26:52,448 looking at missiles. 306 00:26:52,448 --> 00:26:54,016 And the uncle said, 307 00:26:54,016 --> 00:26:56,319 they never say anything good about him. 308 00:26:58,955 --> 00:27:02,291 NARRATOR: Kim Jong‐un never completes his studies in Europe. 309 00:27:03,693 --> 00:27:06,329 Aged 17, he is recalled to North Korea. 310 00:27:14,303 --> 00:27:18,141 Within a decade, Kim will find himself the supreme leader 311 00:27:18,141 --> 00:27:21,844 of the most repressive dictatorship on earth. 312 00:27:22,345 --> 00:27:24,213 FIFIELD: He had lived in the West, 313 00:27:24,213 --> 00:27:27,917 he had seen freedom up close, so when he took over, 314 00:27:27,917 --> 00:27:30,953 a lot of people thought that he would be a reformer. 315 00:27:31,788 --> 00:27:35,658 (speaking in native language). 316 00:27:36,058 --> 00:27:38,561 FIFIELD: And in fact, early on in his tenure he stood up and 317 00:27:38,561 --> 00:27:41,197 he said that North Koreans would never have to tighten 318 00:27:41,197 --> 00:27:42,799 their belts again. 319 00:27:43,166 --> 00:27:48,704 (speaking in native language). 320 00:27:49,972 --> 00:27:53,442 FIFIELD: So if he wants to remain in power for decades, 321 00:27:53,442 --> 00:27:56,012 he can't just hold on like his father did. 322 00:27:56,012 --> 00:27:59,115 He really has to show an improvement in the standard of 323 00:27:59,115 --> 00:28:01,384 living inside North Korea. 324 00:28:01,384 --> 00:28:03,920 (speaking in native language). 325 00:28:11,260 --> 00:28:16,165 ♪ ♪ 326 00:28:17,934 --> 00:28:21,370 NARRATOR: Kim Jong‐un is the only ruler of North Korea to 327 00:28:21,370 --> 00:28:25,074 have lived in the West, and his time in Switzerland 328 00:28:26,442 --> 00:28:28,578 left its mark on the supreme leader. 329 00:28:33,115 --> 00:28:36,352 JEAN LEE: Kim Jong‐un, in the early years of his rule, 330 00:28:37,220 --> 00:28:41,557 I saw this desire for his country to be more worldly, 331 00:28:42,358 --> 00:28:44,660 for his people to be more worldly. 332 00:28:47,930 --> 00:28:51,133 NARRATOR: In 2012, Kim ordered the construction of a 333 00:28:51,133 --> 00:28:53,936 ski resort near his capital, Pyongyang. 334 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,643 More alpine centers followed, complete with all the 335 00:29:00,643 --> 00:29:02,745 apres‐ski perks. 336 00:29:06,048 --> 00:29:10,419 JEAN LEE: I was one of the first foreigners to visit. 337 00:29:10,419 --> 00:29:13,456 A little piece of Switzerland in North Korea. 338 00:29:18,561 --> 00:29:22,398 I could see the wheels turning in Kim Jong‐un's head. 339 00:29:23,666 --> 00:29:28,437 Around that time there was a lot of hope and speculation 340 00:29:28,437 --> 00:29:31,407 that this would be a moment for a very different 341 00:29:31,407 --> 00:29:33,309 type of North Korea. 342 00:29:34,977 --> 00:29:38,147 (excited screaming) 343 00:29:39,615 --> 00:29:43,152 NARRATOR: Kim builds his citizens theme parks and shopping malls, 344 00:29:43,986 --> 00:29:45,821 all in the name of North Korea's 345 00:29:45,821 --> 00:29:47,957 bright economic future. 346 00:29:51,727 --> 00:29:55,731 PAK: So we see the development of things like amusement parks, 347 00:29:55,731 --> 00:29:58,334 high end restaurants, department stores, 348 00:29:59,468 --> 00:30:02,772 all of these things are also part of the Kim brand. 349 00:30:03,806 --> 00:30:07,910 It's designed to show his people that Kim is going to 350 00:30:07,910 --> 00:30:10,079 move the country forward. 351 00:30:13,849 --> 00:30:16,218 NARRATOR: In the drive to re‐brand his kingdom, 352 00:30:16,218 --> 00:30:18,955 Kim has an ally, his celebrity wife. 353 00:30:20,289 --> 00:30:23,292 FIFIELD: Ri Sol‐ju was a famous singer in North Korea. 354 00:30:25,861 --> 00:30:28,831 She would be instantly recognizable to any 355 00:30:28,831 --> 00:30:31,200 North Korean who's ever watched TV. 356 00:30:32,501 --> 00:30:38,174 (singing in native language). 357 00:30:41,077 --> 00:30:45,214 NARRATOR: In 2018 Kim changes his wife's official title from 358 00:30:45,214 --> 00:30:47,583 Comrade to First Lady. 359 00:30:48,985 --> 00:30:52,121 FIFIELD: She has a very distinct role. 360 00:30:52,121 --> 00:30:55,324 She's very much like the Kate Middleton of North Korea. 361 00:30:55,725 --> 00:30:58,627 She is there to humanize her husband, 362 00:30:59,628 --> 00:31:03,265 but also the two of them together are supposed to be a 363 00:31:03,265 --> 00:31:06,035 kind of modern, aspirational couple. 364 00:31:06,602 --> 00:31:09,972 They're showing the future of North Korea. 365 00:31:12,675 --> 00:31:15,644 NARRATOR: Leading North Korea into the future presents Kim 366 00:31:15,644 --> 00:31:18,047 with another challenge. 367 00:31:20,750 --> 00:31:23,886 In a digital age, shaped by the internet and social media, 368 00:31:24,820 --> 00:31:27,423 Kim is under pressure to ensure his people 369 00:31:27,423 --> 00:31:29,358 aren't left behind. 370 00:31:29,358 --> 00:31:31,460 JEAN LEE: If he's going to rule for decades to come, 371 00:31:31,460 --> 00:31:34,296 he has to build his loyalty base. 372 00:31:34,296 --> 00:31:37,633 He wants to woo his generation. 373 00:31:38,634 --> 00:31:41,971 So he started experimenting with internet access, 374 00:31:41,971 --> 00:31:44,040 expanding cell phone access. 375 00:31:45,007 --> 00:31:47,343 Those were all monumental changes for a country 376 00:31:47,343 --> 00:31:49,145 like North Korea. 377 00:31:52,515 --> 00:31:54,417 NARRATOR: Recently Kim has gone further, 378 00:31:54,417 --> 00:31:57,787 authorizing North Korea's very own social media stars. 379 00:32:10,766 --> 00:32:13,135 JEAN LEE: They even have their own influencers now. 380 00:32:24,380 --> 00:32:27,750 JEAN LEE: What they are portraying is a socialist fairyland. 381 00:32:30,086 --> 00:32:33,289 It's just absolutely amazing. 382 00:32:33,589 --> 00:32:35,825 And it's so carefully cultivated. 383 00:32:41,697 --> 00:32:45,634 JEAN LEE: Their role is to seduce people to fall in love 384 00:32:45,634 --> 00:32:47,069 with the country. 385 00:32:49,205 --> 00:32:51,373 It's a smart strategy. 386 00:32:51,774 --> 00:32:55,211 But on the other hand, access to information is one of the 387 00:32:55,211 --> 00:32:57,780 most dangerous things for a leader like Kim Jong‐un, 388 00:32:58,614 --> 00:33:01,217 because if people see what life is like outside North Korea, 389 00:33:01,217 --> 00:33:04,253 the illusion could be broken. 390 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:06,889 And that of course, for Kim Jong‐un, 391 00:33:06,889 --> 00:33:09,191 is terrifying. 392 00:33:18,634 --> 00:33:22,171 (cheering) 393 00:33:22,705 --> 00:33:25,708 NARRATOR: For 75 years the Kim family has relied on 394 00:33:25,708 --> 00:33:28,344 strength and terror for their survival. 395 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,750 As Kim Jong‐un attempts to transform himself from 396 00:33:34,750 --> 00:33:37,853 god‐like tyrant to an approachable human leader, 397 00:33:39,155 --> 00:33:41,757 he needs back‐up within the family to maintain the 398 00:33:41,757 --> 00:33:43,025 dynasty's grip on power. 399 00:33:47,029 --> 00:33:48,964 But who can he rely on? 400 00:33:56,572 --> 00:34:00,276 MADDEN: Around 2001, Kim Jong‐un's father takes 401 00:34:00,276 --> 00:34:02,678 a train across Russia. 402 00:34:04,813 --> 00:34:07,016 The Russian ambassador's having conversations with him 403 00:34:07,016 --> 00:34:08,817 and he asks him about succession, 404 00:34:08,817 --> 00:34:10,286 and he asked Kim Jong‐il, 405 00:34:10,286 --> 00:34:12,321 who are your favorites as successor? 406 00:34:12,321 --> 00:34:13,622 And Kim Jong‐il said, 407 00:34:13,622 --> 00:34:16,592 "Well my sons are all idle blockheads." 408 00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:22,164 Okay, "It's my daughters that have the heart and intellect and 409 00:34:22,164 --> 00:34:24,400 mindset to be in politics." 410 00:34:31,307 --> 00:34:34,310 NARRATOR: Born four years after Kim Jong‐un, in 1988 411 00:34:36,178 --> 00:34:39,848 Kim Yo‐jong is nicknamed "The Sweet Princess". 412 00:34:43,118 --> 00:34:46,055 Until the death of her father in 2011, 413 00:34:46,055 --> 00:34:49,291 Kim Yo‐jong's existence was a closely guarded secret, 414 00:34:50,192 --> 00:34:52,294 even inside North Korea. 415 00:35:07,409 --> 00:35:09,545 MADDEN: After Kim Jong‐il died, 416 00:35:09,545 --> 00:35:11,780 with the succession of her brother, 417 00:35:11,780 --> 00:35:14,717 there was probably a conversation, 418 00:35:14,950 --> 00:35:16,085 do you want to do this? 419 00:35:16,085 --> 00:35:19,355 Do you want to be involved in the nitty‐gritty 420 00:35:19,355 --> 00:35:22,091 of North Korean politics? 421 00:35:22,791 --> 00:35:25,561 Some people don't have the ice in their veins to do it. 422 00:35:25,561 --> 00:35:27,129 Some people do. 423 00:35:27,129 --> 00:35:30,266 She said yes, and that's where we find ourselves today. 424 00:35:32,901 --> 00:35:35,337 NARRATOR: Quietly, Kim Yo‐jong rose through the 425 00:35:35,337 --> 00:35:38,173 ranks to become her brother's propaganda chief. 426 00:35:42,611 --> 00:35:44,313 In 2018, 427 00:35:44,313 --> 00:35:47,816 he deployed his sister on her first foreign assignment, 428 00:35:49,885 --> 00:35:52,788 a mission inside enemy territory. 429 00:35:53,756 --> 00:35:56,792 FIFIELD: It was a really huge occasion when Kim Yo‐jong 430 00:35:56,792 --> 00:36:01,297 arrived into South Korea, because she was the only 431 00:36:01,297 --> 00:36:04,933 member of the Kim family who had arrived in the south since 432 00:36:04,933 --> 00:36:07,102 the Korean War ended in 1953. 433 00:36:08,404 --> 00:36:10,706 So, it was a really big deal. 434 00:36:14,376 --> 00:36:17,146 NARRATOR: The occasion was the Winter Olympics, 435 00:36:17,146 --> 00:36:19,348 dubbed the "Peace Olympics", 436 00:36:19,348 --> 00:36:23,419 as athletes from North and South Korea competed together for the first time. 437 00:36:30,326 --> 00:36:32,094 FIFIELD: There was an ice hockey game where the two 438 00:36:32,094 --> 00:36:34,630 Korean teams joined together as one, 439 00:36:35,030 --> 00:36:37,499 and she was in the stands, in the VIP section. 440 00:36:37,499 --> 00:36:41,537 I was able to walk down to see her in the flesh. 441 00:36:43,972 --> 00:36:46,909 She was very kind of enigmatic. 442 00:36:48,243 --> 00:36:51,280 She always had this kind of sphinx‐like smile on her face. 443 00:36:55,017 --> 00:36:59,588 She said very little, so she became a real object of 444 00:36:59,588 --> 00:37:03,058 fascination at that time amongst South Koreans. 445 00:37:09,732 --> 00:37:11,767 NARRATOR: But Kim's sister hasn't just come south of the 446 00:37:11,767 --> 00:37:14,403 border to show face. 447 00:37:16,338 --> 00:37:19,108 With the eyes of the world on her, 448 00:37:19,108 --> 00:37:22,578 she opens peace talks with the South Korean leadership. 449 00:37:27,549 --> 00:37:31,987 Kim Yo‐jong is becoming indispensable to the family firm. 450 00:37:32,388 --> 00:37:35,090 MADDEN: She is the one that approves all the media, 451 00:37:35,090 --> 00:37:37,626 in press and writing that comes out in English 452 00:37:37,626 --> 00:37:38,927 in North Korea. 453 00:37:38,927 --> 00:37:42,498 Any piece of paper and any email that gets directed to 454 00:37:42,498 --> 00:37:47,569 Kim Jong‐un, is most likely viewed by her. 455 00:37:47,870 --> 00:37:51,874 And that's a critical thing to have. 456 00:37:53,609 --> 00:37:56,445 NARRATOR: The Sweet Princess isn't only Kim Jong‐un's 457 00:37:56,445 --> 00:37:57,880 right‐hand woman. 458 00:37:58,747 --> 00:38:02,851 Recently she's become a deadly player in her own right. 459 00:38:03,619 --> 00:38:05,687 MADDEN: I believe there are people that have been shot on 460 00:38:05,687 --> 00:38:08,657 the orders of Kim Yo‐jong. 461 00:38:08,657 --> 00:38:10,959 That's Kim Yo‐jong's psychology. 462 00:38:10,959 --> 00:38:12,961 She's a shark. 463 00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:23,338 ♪ ♪ 464 00:38:25,407 --> 00:38:28,444 NARRATOR: In a sign of her growing power, 465 00:38:28,444 --> 00:38:33,048 in 2020 Kim Jong‐un promotes his sister over his own generals, 466 00:38:34,183 --> 00:38:37,019 to the highest level of the Politburo. 467 00:38:47,396 --> 00:38:49,765 GARLAUSKAS: Kim Yo‐jong's prominence has dramatically 468 00:38:49,765 --> 00:38:54,002 increased in 2020. 469 00:38:54,336 --> 00:38:56,805 The thing that's most striking is she's gone from a 470 00:38:56,805 --> 00:38:58,307 role of being in the background, 471 00:38:58,307 --> 00:39:00,943 to actually being a voice of the regime. 472 00:39:04,713 --> 00:39:07,783 NARRATOR: Kim's sister goes on the attack, 473 00:39:08,016 --> 00:39:10,385 threatening South Korean activists who continue to drop 474 00:39:10,385 --> 00:39:12,721 propaganda leaflets over the border. 475 00:39:30,839 --> 00:39:34,009 GARLAUSKAS: She is the only individual who has been able 476 00:39:34,009 --> 00:39:38,580 to put out a personal opinion in North Korean state media. 477 00:39:39,848 --> 00:39:43,352 Even the leader himself very rarely is going to express any 478 00:39:43,352 --> 00:39:45,420 sort of personal opinion. 479 00:39:45,420 --> 00:39:47,990 This means that she has a unique, 480 00:39:47,990 --> 00:39:51,159 special and privileged role in the North Korean regime. 481 00:39:54,796 --> 00:39:58,267 NARRATOR: Amid rising tensions between North and South Korea, 482 00:39:58,267 --> 00:40:02,838 in June 2020, Kim Yo‐jong sends South Korea a message. 483 00:40:05,207 --> 00:40:07,175 (explosion) 484 00:40:09,811 --> 00:40:12,948 Blowing up the government complex used for talks between 485 00:40:12,948 --> 00:40:15,083 the two sides. 486 00:40:21,957 --> 00:40:24,026 REPORTER (over TV): Korean experts say the explosion was 487 00:40:24,026 --> 00:40:26,728 designed to cement the growing power of Pyongyang's leader 488 00:40:26,728 --> 00:40:29,264 Kim Jong‐un's younger sister, Kim Yo‐jong. 489 00:40:29,898 --> 00:40:32,634 In recent years state media has referred to her as a 490 00:40:32,634 --> 00:40:35,537 central party cadre, indicating her tightening 491 00:40:35,537 --> 00:40:37,139 grip on power. 492 00:40:37,139 --> 00:40:39,541 This year she took over some of her brother's roles 493 00:40:39,541 --> 00:40:41,710 in party affairs and foreign relations. 494 00:40:41,710 --> 00:40:44,146 Sources suggest she is now the real power‐holder 495 00:40:44,146 --> 00:40:46,949 in Pyongyang. 496 00:40:49,952 --> 00:40:51,954 GARLAUSKAS: Now she is continually, 497 00:40:51,954 --> 00:40:55,223 even outside of her actual rank and position, 498 00:40:55,223 --> 00:40:58,260 bashing South Korea and the United States. 499 00:41:01,129 --> 00:41:04,099 This is a role that normally is reserved only 500 00:41:04,099 --> 00:41:05,500 for the supreme leader. 501 00:41:07,869 --> 00:41:10,272 It's classic North Korean provocation. 502 00:41:14,576 --> 00:41:20,148 ♪ ♪ 503 00:41:24,019 --> 00:41:28,090 NARRATOR: It seems Kim is on his way to resolving his dilemma, 504 00:41:28,323 --> 00:41:31,893 how to modernize the country without losing control. 505 00:41:34,196 --> 00:41:35,797 The answer? 506 00:41:35,797 --> 00:41:38,200 A dual dictatorship. 507 00:41:40,435 --> 00:41:44,506 His sister keeps order with the traditional tools, fear, 508 00:41:45,107 --> 00:41:47,442 aggression and discipline. 509 00:41:48,443 --> 00:41:52,247 While Kim reinvents himself as a modern politician 510 00:41:52,247 --> 00:41:54,683 with a kinder, gentler image. 511 00:41:56,184 --> 00:41:57,686 MADDEN: We have to remember, 512 00:41:57,686 --> 00:41:59,721 when we're talking about Kim Jong‐un, 513 00:41:59,721 --> 00:42:03,058 his main aspiration and his main focus as a leader 514 00:42:03,058 --> 00:42:05,894 right now, is resetting the North Korean political system 515 00:42:05,894 --> 00:42:08,897 so that he becomes more above the fray, 516 00:42:09,331 --> 00:42:12,300 and doesn't necessarily have to sign off on any 517 00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:14,870 individual public execution. 518 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:21,410 YOUNG‐GUK: Kim Jong‐un does not want to be seen as a 519 00:42:21,410 --> 00:42:24,746 person who criticizes and bad‐mouths other leaders. 520 00:42:25,847 --> 00:42:28,617 So he leaves the dirty work in some respects 521 00:42:28,617 --> 00:42:31,586 for Kim Yo‐jong to do. 522 00:42:32,054 --> 00:42:33,955 MADDEN: Kim Yo‐jong is the bad cop. 523 00:42:33,955 --> 00:42:37,292 Kim Jong‐un gets to look like a cool‐headed leader. 524 00:42:39,795 --> 00:42:43,565 NARRATOR: But in his bid to secure the dynasty and hang onto power, 525 00:42:43,865 --> 00:42:46,868 Kim is only halfway to the summit. 526 00:42:47,536 --> 00:42:51,440 To transform North Korea into a truly modern society, 527 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,743 he must step onto the global stage and bring an 528 00:42:54,743 --> 00:42:59,214 end to seven decades of isolation from the outside world. 529 00:43:19,101 --> 00:43:24,673 (speaking in native language). 530 00:43:31,546 --> 00:43:33,014 NARRATOR: Early in his rule, 531 00:43:33,014 --> 00:43:36,251 Kim Jong‐un wiped out his enemies, 532 00:43:36,918 --> 00:43:39,588 then supercharged his nuclear arsenal. 533 00:43:42,724 --> 00:43:45,427 But Kim's greatest challenge lies ahead. 534 00:43:47,195 --> 00:43:49,097 The world is changing. 535 00:43:49,097 --> 00:43:51,700 To survive, Kim must change with it, 536 00:43:51,700 --> 00:43:54,503 and bring his country into the modern age. 537 00:43:56,238 --> 00:43:57,873 REPORTER (over TV): More provocations from the 538 00:43:57,873 --> 00:43:59,307 rogue nation of North Korea, 539 00:43:59,307 --> 00:44:01,076 as new reports surface that Pyongyang 540 00:44:01,076 --> 00:44:03,645 is preparing for its next nuclear test. 541 00:44:04,112 --> 00:44:05,647 REPORTER 2 (over TV): North Korea is showing the 542 00:44:05,647 --> 00:44:08,416 world its new intercontinental ballistic missile. 543 00:44:09,217 --> 00:44:10,986 REPORTER 3 (over TV): This comes after President Trump 544 00:44:10,986 --> 00:44:13,155 said a major conflict with North Korea is possible. 545 00:44:14,523 --> 00:44:17,425 TRUMP (over PA): Little Rocket Man. 546 00:44:17,692 --> 00:44:22,464 We can't have madmen out there shooting rockets all over the place. 547 00:44:26,968 --> 00:44:29,104 (countdown) 548 00:44:31,273 --> 00:44:32,374 (explosion) 549 00:44:40,282 --> 00:44:43,552 NARRATOR: In 2017, Kim Jong‐un achieved his 550 00:44:43,552 --> 00:44:46,655 family's longstanding ambition. 551 00:44:47,055 --> 00:44:49,391 Developing a nuclear missile capable of striking 552 00:44:49,391 --> 00:44:52,093 North Korea's mortal enemy, 553 00:44:52,327 --> 00:44:54,596 the United States. 554 00:45:03,872 --> 00:45:05,440 PAK: My name is Jung Pak, 555 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:08,443 I used to work at the CIA on Korea issues. 556 00:45:09,344 --> 00:45:11,613 The premier product that we would produce, 557 00:45:11,613 --> 00:45:14,149 is the President's daily brief, which I wrote often. 558 00:45:16,518 --> 00:45:20,188 The toughest part is leadership intentions. 559 00:45:23,358 --> 00:45:25,493 When it comes to what's in somebody's mind, 560 00:45:25,493 --> 00:45:28,029 that is the most difficult part. 561 00:45:28,263 --> 00:45:32,834 I spent my entire career trying to crawl inside Kim Jong‐un's head. 562 00:45:33,835 --> 00:45:37,873 What we learned is that, not only was he an apt student 563 00:45:37,873 --> 00:45:40,508 of the legacy of his grandfather and father, 564 00:45:40,508 --> 00:45:43,845 but that he was also bigger, badder and bolder in terms of 565 00:45:43,845 --> 00:45:46,281 how aggressive he was. 566 00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:55,156 The missiles and his weapons are now more powerful, 567 00:45:55,156 --> 00:45:57,626 more dangerous, more reliable, and more mobile, 568 00:45:58,460 --> 00:46:00,795 and that's what makes North Korea under Kim Jong‐un 569 00:46:00,795 --> 00:46:04,366 a much scarier place and a much scarier adversary. 570 00:46:11,039 --> 00:46:13,608 NARRATOR: But Kim has a problem. 571 00:46:14,309 --> 00:46:16,444 Cut off from the outside world, 572 00:46:16,444 --> 00:46:18,647 his country's economy is on its knees. 573 00:46:20,582 --> 00:46:23,351 JEAN LEE: North Korea has been facing US sanctions since the Korean War, 574 00:46:24,185 --> 00:46:25,987 and they've just gotten progressively 575 00:46:25,987 --> 00:46:27,889 tougher and tougher. 576 00:46:28,823 --> 00:46:31,493 So it's a real struggle, I think, 577 00:46:31,493 --> 00:46:34,863 for Kim Jong‐un to push his country forward. 578 00:46:36,298 --> 00:46:39,401 This is a country that has chronic food shortage, 579 00:46:39,401 --> 00:46:41,670 is isolated from the outside world. 580 00:46:41,670 --> 00:46:45,006 Kim Jong‐un knows that in the long run it's untenable 581 00:46:45,607 --> 00:46:48,109 for him to provide for his people. 582 00:46:49,344 --> 00:46:51,980 NARRATOR: To bring his country into the modern age and 583 00:46:51,980 --> 00:46:54,049 maintain his grip on power, 584 00:46:55,150 --> 00:46:56,885 Kim must lift the US‐led 585 00:46:56,885 --> 00:46:59,321 sanctions banning international trade 586 00:46:59,321 --> 00:47:01,456 with North Korea. 587 00:47:05,593 --> 00:47:08,330 In 2018, he makes his opening move. 588 00:47:09,864 --> 00:47:13,201 PRESIDENT TRUMP (over PA): On June 12th in Singapore, 589 00:47:13,735 --> 00:47:17,939 I'll be meeting with Kim Jong‐un to pursue a 590 00:47:17,939 --> 00:47:21,309 future of peace and security for the world, 591 00:47:22,010 --> 00:47:23,979 for the whole world. 592 00:47:32,854 --> 00:47:34,556 NARRATOR: In 2018, 593 00:47:34,556 --> 00:47:38,026 Kim leaves Korea for only the third time as leader, 594 00:47:38,326 --> 00:47:42,230 for an historic meeting with President Trump in Singapore. 595 00:47:51,206 --> 00:47:54,709 (cheering and overlapping chatter) 596 00:48:02,384 --> 00:48:03,852 JEAN LEE: The Singapore summit, 597 00:48:03,852 --> 00:48:06,688 it really was his big debut internationally. 598 00:48:08,089 --> 00:48:10,458 Kim Jong‐un's coming out. 599 00:48:11,159 --> 00:48:13,395 Those were incredible scenes. 600 00:48:22,704 --> 00:48:26,007 I think that's a very telling example of the image 601 00:48:26,007 --> 00:48:28,676 that he wants to portray to his people. 602 00:48:29,911 --> 00:48:34,382 He's saying, actually I'm very charming, I'm funny, 603 00:48:35,083 --> 00:48:37,886 I'm flexible and spontaneous and it's completely the 604 00:48:37,886 --> 00:48:40,722 reverse of what we may have thought of the 605 00:48:40,722 --> 00:48:43,091 North Korean leader. 606 00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:55,270 NARRATOR: In Singapore, North Korea's reclusive 607 00:48:55,270 --> 00:48:59,107 dictator takes his first steps on the world stage. 608 00:49:12,220 --> 00:49:15,190 BOLTON: I'm John Bolton, I was a National Security Advisor 609 00:49:15,190 --> 00:49:16,658 for President Trump. 610 00:49:17,058 --> 00:49:20,095 For me, it was almost surreal to think that this 611 00:49:20,095 --> 00:49:22,163 was actually happening. 612 00:49:22,897 --> 00:49:26,267 A mistake in my view, but it was a historic first. 613 00:49:36,744 --> 00:49:40,615 (camera shutters clicking) 614 00:49:58,867 --> 00:50:01,569 BOLTON: It was very clear in the meeting that Kim was 615 00:50:01,569 --> 00:50:04,072 very much in control. 616 00:50:04,072 --> 00:50:06,374 He was observing Trump very carefully. 617 00:50:06,975 --> 00:50:11,746 (speaking in native language). 618 00:50:12,514 --> 00:50:14,616 BOLTON: Early in the meeting Kim asked Trump, 619 00:50:14,616 --> 00:50:16,551 What do you think of me?' 620 00:50:18,086 --> 00:50:19,821 Just testing people like that, 621 00:50:19,821 --> 00:50:22,357 that shows a level of confidence. 622 00:50:23,558 --> 00:50:24,893 I mean, what do you think of me, 623 00:50:24,893 --> 00:50:26,528 is an invitation to say, 624 00:50:26,528 --> 00:50:29,931 you're a tyrannical dictator oppressing 25 million people, 625 00:50:29,931 --> 00:50:31,966 and I don't a trust a word you say. 626 00:50:32,300 --> 00:50:33,735 That would've been an accurate answer, 627 00:50:33,735 --> 00:50:35,870 but it could've been a meeting stopper. 628 00:50:36,171 --> 00:50:37,472 PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much everybody. 629 00:50:37,472 --> 00:50:39,474 Thank you. 630 00:50:42,777 --> 00:50:44,479 REPORTER: How's the meeting going so far, sir? 631 00:50:45,914 --> 00:50:47,248 BOLTON: But of course, 632 00:50:47,248 --> 00:50:49,450 Trump gave him a very glowing review, 633 00:50:49,450 --> 00:50:51,686 he was smart and so on and so forth. 634 00:50:52,287 --> 00:50:54,022 REPORTER: Any progress Mr. President? 635 00:50:54,022 --> 00:50:56,090 PRESIDENT TRUMP: Excellent relationship, thank you. 636 00:50:56,925 --> 00:50:58,726 Thank you very much. 637 00:51:04,899 --> 00:51:07,702 NARRATOR: Kim comes prepared with a strategy for dealing 638 00:51:07,702 --> 00:51:09,537 with the American President. 639 00:51:17,178 --> 00:51:19,514 JEAN LEE: There's a kind of magic that can happen when 640 00:51:19,514 --> 00:51:21,683 these two leaders get together. 641 00:51:22,550 --> 00:51:26,554 And I have to say, what I saw, it looked like a bromance. 642 00:51:34,495 --> 00:51:38,132 The North Koreans studied whatever they could to try to 643 00:51:38,132 --> 00:51:40,268 understand how President Trumps thinks. 644 00:51:44,672 --> 00:51:47,375 His psychology, how to flatter him. 645 00:51:48,209 --> 00:51:49,844 And actually, the North Koreans know how to do 646 00:51:49,844 --> 00:51:52,513 that very‐very well. 647 00:51:55,783 --> 00:51:58,987 Kim Jong‐un sent an envoy with a massive handwritten letter. 648 00:52:00,355 --> 00:52:02,590 North Korea is very old school in a sense. 649 00:52:03,625 --> 00:52:06,027 They're not gonna send email attachments, 650 00:52:06,027 --> 00:52:07,495 they're very formal. 651 00:52:07,495 --> 00:52:09,998 It was something that charmed President Trump that 652 00:52:09,998 --> 00:52:12,200 he got this massive, handwritten letter. 653 00:52:22,243 --> 00:52:26,080 BOLTON: It was kind of a rambling conversation. 654 00:52:26,714 --> 00:52:30,251 I was mostly worried that Trump not give away too much. 655 00:52:30,251 --> 00:52:35,123 But there was discussion about joint South Korean‐US war games, 656 00:52:36,090 --> 00:52:38,960 as Trump called them, which he agreed to give up. 657 00:52:39,861 --> 00:52:42,697 It was a concession to Kim that none of us on the 658 00:52:42,697 --> 00:52:44,699 US side knew was coming. 659 00:52:44,966 --> 00:52:46,701 PRESIDENT TRUMP: Okay. 660 00:52:49,170 --> 00:52:51,406 BOLTON: It obviously made Kim very happy. 661 00:52:51,406 --> 00:52:53,775 PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much, that's fantastic. 662 00:52:54,909 --> 00:52:57,478 PRESIDENT TRUMP (over PA): I was really being tough and so was he. 663 00:52:57,478 --> 00:52:59,280 And we would go back and forth, 664 00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:01,516 and then we fell in love okay? 665 00:53:02,350 --> 00:53:03,618 No really. 666 00:53:03,618 --> 00:53:07,355 He wrote me beautiful letters, and they're great letters. 667 00:53:07,355 --> 00:53:08,656 We fell in love. 668 00:53:25,139 --> 00:53:27,942 (cheering) 669 00:53:27,942 --> 00:53:30,178 NARRATOR: Kim had begun to reinvent himself as a 670 00:53:30,178 --> 00:53:32,513 legitimate world leader. 671 00:53:32,747 --> 00:53:35,917 He returns to his people a conquering hero. 672 00:53:37,118 --> 00:53:40,054 JEAN LEE: The United States is North Korea's chief adversary. 673 00:53:40,054 --> 00:53:42,990 It is the central enemy. 674 00:53:46,561 --> 00:53:52,367 So if Kim can stand shoulder to shoulder with the US President, 675 00:53:52,367 --> 00:53:55,136 that is, of itself, a kind of victory. 676 00:54:08,282 --> 00:54:10,385 JEAN LEE: Kim Jong‐un can tell his people, 677 00:54:10,385 --> 00:54:13,988 we are taken seriously by the most powerful leader 678 00:54:13,988 --> 00:54:16,457 in the world. 679 00:54:20,628 --> 00:54:25,700 (cheering) 680 00:54:33,508 --> 00:54:37,044 (sirens) 681 00:54:37,545 --> 00:54:39,480 FIFIELD: During the course of 2018, 682 00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:44,218 Kim Jong‐un has proven himself to be very savvy and 683 00:54:44,218 --> 00:54:47,288 calculating in the way he has dealt with the outside world. 684 00:54:48,089 --> 00:54:50,558 Luring Donald Trump out. 685 00:54:51,926 --> 00:54:55,196 Kim Jong‐un kind of set off a race to meet him. 686 00:54:55,463 --> 00:54:57,999 Xi Jinping in China. 687 00:54:57,999 --> 00:55:00,468 Nobody wanted to be left out. 688 00:55:02,069 --> 00:55:05,540 We suddenly saw this huge flurry of summits taking place 689 00:55:05,540 --> 00:55:08,443 and it seemed like all of the leaders wanted to 690 00:55:08,443 --> 00:55:10,411 meet with Kim Jong‐un. 691 00:55:13,915 --> 00:55:16,851 LEE: North Korea is a very impoverished country, 692 00:55:16,851 --> 00:55:18,820 but it has nuclear weapons. 693 00:55:18,820 --> 00:55:21,689 Kim Jong‐un can blow up half the planet if he chooses to, 694 00:55:22,457 --> 00:55:24,091 in a major war. 695 00:55:24,091 --> 00:55:28,196 And that's what gives him a huge leverage that otherwise 696 00:55:28,196 --> 00:55:29,964 he would never have. 697 00:55:32,300 --> 00:55:35,970 When he met Putin in Russia, Putin is very famous for 698 00:55:35,970 --> 00:55:39,106 meeting leaders across the world, very‐very late. 699 00:55:41,776 --> 00:55:44,312 Well, in Vladivostok, it was Putin who waited 700 00:55:44,312 --> 00:55:46,781 for Kim Jong‐un. 701 00:55:47,215 --> 00:55:49,717 He wants to show the world that you know what, 702 00:55:49,717 --> 00:55:53,154 even between friends, we have the upper hand. 703 00:55:59,126 --> 00:56:02,997 NARRATOR: But opening his secretive Hermit Kingdom to the outside world, 704 00:56:03,264 --> 00:56:05,967 carries dangers for Kim Jong‐un. 705 00:56:08,536 --> 00:56:11,439 At the start of his rule, he encouraged foreigners to 706 00:56:11,439 --> 00:56:14,375 set up businesses in special trading zones near 707 00:56:14,375 --> 00:56:16,911 the Chinese border. 708 00:56:18,279 --> 00:56:20,681 One of the first outsiders to arrive, 709 00:56:20,681 --> 00:56:24,886 was South Korean‐born US citizen, Kim Dong‐chul. 710 00:58:00,748 --> 00:58:03,184 NARRATOR: It's believed Kim Dong‐chul passed secrets 711 00:58:03,184 --> 00:58:05,720 to the CIA for four years. 712 00:58:06,988 --> 00:58:10,157 Before he was betrayed by an informant and arrested. 713 00:58:20,935 --> 00:58:24,505 Kim Jong‐un makes a very public example of his captive. 714 00:59:21,962 --> 00:59:26,133 NARRATOR: The agent was sentenced to ten years hard labor. 715 00:59:26,467 --> 00:59:29,336 He had become a pawn in an international chess game 716 00:59:29,336 --> 00:59:31,539 between Kim and the West. 717 00:59:34,275 --> 00:59:35,776 Two years later, 718 00:59:35,776 --> 00:59:38,446 Kim meets with US hostage negotiators to 719 00:59:38,446 --> 00:59:41,115 build on his warming relationship with President Trump. 720 00:59:44,852 --> 00:59:45,953 REPORTER (over TV): And we do have breaking news right now. 721 00:59:46,454 --> 00:59:49,657 President Trump Tweeting moments ago that three detained Americans 722 00:59:49,657 --> 00:59:52,793 have been released from North Korea. 723 01:00:47,481 --> 01:00:49,416 NARRATOR: In releasing his hostages, 724 01:00:49,416 --> 01:00:53,854 Kim Jong‐un bolsters his image as a modern civilized leader, 725 01:00:54,388 --> 01:00:57,057 and buys credit with President Trump. 726 01:00:57,792 --> 01:01:02,563 PRESIDENT TRUMP: I want to thank Kim Jong‐un who really 727 01:01:02,563 --> 01:01:06,100 was excellent to these three incredible people. 728 01:01:07,568 --> 01:01:11,071 I really think he wants to do something and bring that 729 01:01:11,071 --> 01:01:13,574 country into the real world. 730 01:01:18,012 --> 01:01:20,748 NARRATOR: February 2019. 731 01:01:20,748 --> 01:01:26,120 Kim Jong‐un sets out on a 2,500 mile journey. 732 01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:28,756 The destination, Vietnam, 733 01:01:28,756 --> 01:01:31,826 and a second crucial meeting with President Trump. 734 01:01:32,927 --> 01:01:34,295 The prize... 735 01:01:34,295 --> 01:01:36,897 Winning a deal to lift the economic sanctions 736 01:01:36,897 --> 01:01:38,933 crippling his country. 737 01:01:39,466 --> 01:01:41,235 FIFIELD: When he went to Hanoi, 738 01:01:41,235 --> 01:01:44,471 I think he felt very confident. 739 01:01:44,772 --> 01:01:48,943 He very unusually announced through the state media in North Korea, 740 01:01:48,943 --> 01:01:50,544 that this summit was going to happen, 741 01:01:51,478 --> 01:01:55,182 that he thought this was all going to go very well for him. 742 01:02:01,655 --> 01:02:04,124 LEE: You know the stakes were very, very high. 743 01:02:04,124 --> 01:02:05,759 From Kim Jong‐un's side, 744 01:02:05,759 --> 01:02:07,328 he wanted to show his people that 745 01:02:07,328 --> 01:02:08,729 you know what? 746 01:02:08,729 --> 01:02:10,998 I will make peace with Donald Trump. 747 01:02:11,765 --> 01:02:15,169 I will be the one North Korean leader who shakes hands 748 01:02:15,169 --> 01:02:17,271 and signs a deal with the US President. 749 01:02:19,573 --> 01:02:23,043 That was the promise Kim Jong‐un made as he left 750 01:02:23,043 --> 01:02:25,212 the train station in Pyongyang. 751 01:02:35,923 --> 01:02:37,925 NARRATOR: On the first night of the summit, 752 01:02:37,925 --> 01:02:41,195 the two leaders meet for a dinner of North Korean steak, 753 01:02:41,528 --> 01:02:43,464 served well done for Trump, 754 01:02:43,464 --> 01:02:45,032 and rare for Kim. 755 01:02:51,472 --> 01:02:54,975 JEAN LEE: So this was the dinner before the summit, 756 01:02:54,975 --> 01:02:56,844 the night before. 757 01:02:57,544 --> 01:03:00,981 Kim Jong‐un looks very comfortable and confident 758 01:03:00,981 --> 01:03:03,984 and he must have put on a bit of a show. 759 01:03:08,188 --> 01:03:12,760 President Trump relayed a story that Kim Jong‐un told about how, yeah, 760 01:03:12,760 --> 01:03:15,029 he executed his uncle and then displayed 761 01:03:15,029 --> 01:03:17,598 his head for the rest to see. 762 01:03:18,632 --> 01:03:20,167 In this day and age, 763 01:03:20,167 --> 01:03:22,202 to see that kind of brutality, 764 01:03:22,202 --> 01:03:25,472 very much like the heads of those beheaded 765 01:03:25,472 --> 01:03:27,441 by Henry VIII, 766 01:03:27,441 --> 01:03:30,177 were stuck outside the Tower of London. 767 01:03:31,111 --> 01:03:32,813 REPORTER: Have you exchanged very interesting dialogue 768 01:03:32,813 --> 01:03:35,883 Mr. President in the last 30 minutes? 769 01:03:36,350 --> 01:03:37,952 PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well if you could've heard that dialogue, 770 01:03:37,952 --> 01:03:39,887 well you would pay for that dialogue wouldn't you. 771 01:03:41,522 --> 01:03:45,693 LEE: I think it goes to show that Kim Jong‐un, deep inside, 772 01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:49,697 wanted to reach out to Donald Trump in a way that 773 01:03:49,697 --> 01:03:52,299 no other leader had reached out to Donald Trump. 774 01:03:52,299 --> 01:03:54,234 Which is, you know what Mr. President, 775 01:03:54,234 --> 01:03:56,503 let's talk about raw power. 776 01:03:56,503 --> 01:03:58,906 I will tell you what raw power is. 777 01:03:58,906 --> 01:04:01,842 I will give you an example of what I did to my uncle. 778 01:04:01,842 --> 01:04:05,279 Donald Trump respects raw power, 779 01:04:05,279 --> 01:04:07,381 and that's what Kim Jong‐un wanted to emphasize. 780 01:04:08,449 --> 01:04:10,718 PRESIDENT TRUMP: There were a lot of great ideas being thrown about. 781 01:04:10,718 --> 01:04:13,220 I think very importantly, the relationship is you know, 782 01:04:13,220 --> 01:04:15,389 just very strong. 783 01:04:15,389 --> 01:04:17,758 NARRATOR: With the dinner table talk out of the way, 784 01:04:17,758 --> 01:04:20,094 the two leaders get down to business. 785 01:04:20,794 --> 01:04:22,363 REPORTER (over TV): Analysts say there is considerable 786 01:04:22,363 --> 01:04:24,798 pressure on both Trump and Kim Jong‐un, 787 01:04:24,798 --> 01:04:27,034 to come up with a more substantive deal than the one 788 01:04:27,034 --> 01:04:28,669 they struck in Singapore. 789 01:04:28,936 --> 01:04:30,904 Kim desperately needs sanctions to be lifted. 790 01:04:30,904 --> 01:04:33,073 Trump has gotta come back with something more substantive 791 01:04:33,073 --> 01:04:34,641 than they got in June. 792 01:04:41,682 --> 01:04:42,883 TRANSLATOR: If I'm not willing to do that, 793 01:04:42,883 --> 01:04:44,251 I won't be here right now. 794 01:04:44,685 --> 01:04:46,220 PRESIDENT TRUMP: Good answer. 795 01:04:46,220 --> 01:04:49,490 JEAN LEE: The North Koreans estimated that President Trump 796 01:04:49,490 --> 01:04:51,258 needed a foreign policy victory, 797 01:04:51,258 --> 01:04:54,428 and that they would sign a deal. 798 01:04:54,428 --> 01:04:57,364 Kim Jong‐un thought it was a sure thing. 799 01:04:57,364 --> 01:05:00,300 So, they got down to the nitty gritty of this nuclear deal. 800 01:05:01,168 --> 01:05:03,971 But it can quickly go sour. 801 01:05:04,171 --> 01:05:05,739 NARRATOR: In his opening gambit, 802 01:05:05,739 --> 01:05:08,042 Kim offers a limited deal. 803 01:05:08,042 --> 01:05:11,779 To shut down North Korea's largest nuclear testing site, 804 01:05:11,779 --> 01:05:14,648 in return for the complete lifting of all sanctions. 805 01:05:16,617 --> 01:05:19,353 BOLTON: Trump was not prepared to make a partial deal. 806 01:05:19,353 --> 01:05:22,256 He was prepared to make only the big deal, 807 01:05:22,256 --> 01:05:25,993 which is the complete elimination of North Korea's 808 01:05:25,993 --> 01:05:27,628 nuclear weapons program. 809 01:05:28,962 --> 01:05:32,800 But Kim kept pressing for his more limited deal. 810 01:05:35,869 --> 01:05:37,905 Like many communist negotiators, 811 01:05:37,905 --> 01:05:40,107 he's very good at saying the same thing over and over again. 812 01:05:42,843 --> 01:05:44,511 The Germans have a word for it, 813 01:05:44,511 --> 01:05:48,415 they call it Sizfleisch' and it means exactly what it sounds like, 814 01:05:48,982 --> 01:05:50,617 that he'd just be prepared to sit there 815 01:05:50,617 --> 01:05:52,853 for as long as it took. 816 01:05:55,355 --> 01:05:58,625 So Trump and Kim went around and around. 817 01:06:03,764 --> 01:06:07,334 We could see the frustration that Kim felt that he wasn't 818 01:06:07,334 --> 01:06:09,036 getting through. 819 01:06:11,438 --> 01:06:14,875 So there came a point where kind of a silence descended on 820 01:06:14,875 --> 01:06:17,044 the room and lasted. 821 01:06:17,044 --> 01:06:18,278 And it was at that point, 822 01:06:18,278 --> 01:06:19,713 I think everybody realized, 823 01:06:19,713 --> 01:06:22,716 this meeting is really over. 824 01:06:24,718 --> 01:06:25,953 REPORTER (over TV): Astonishing! 825 01:06:25,953 --> 01:06:29,089 The second summit between the US and North Korea is over. 826 01:06:29,323 --> 01:06:31,525 REPORTER 2 (over TV): The headline here, no deal! 827 01:06:31,525 --> 01:06:33,494 REPORTER 3 (over TV): The two leaders' motorcades roared 828 01:06:33,494 --> 01:06:35,896 away from the summit site within minutes of each other. 829 01:06:36,530 --> 01:06:38,265 TRUMP (over TV): Sometimes you have to walk. 830 01:06:38,265 --> 01:06:40,167 FIFIELD: They literally left their lunch on the table in 831 01:06:40,167 --> 01:06:43,036 Hanoi, and went off back to their respective capitals. 832 01:06:43,670 --> 01:06:47,207 So, I think it was a miscalculation. 833 01:06:53,881 --> 01:06:55,582 LEE: Kim Jong‐un was very, 834 01:06:55,582 --> 01:06:57,918 very sure he could reach a deal in Hanoi. 835 01:06:57,918 --> 01:07:00,988 So, on the long train ride back to North Korea, 836 01:07:01,755 --> 01:07:03,790 Kim Jong‐un must have asked himself, 837 01:07:03,790 --> 01:07:06,994 who am I going to blame for this failure? 838 01:07:08,695 --> 01:07:11,532 Who will be the person who will fall by the sword? 839 01:07:20,040 --> 01:07:21,942 FIFIELD: Kim Jong‐un was very angry. 840 01:07:21,942 --> 01:07:24,978 He lost face in that he didn't have a deal. 841 01:07:25,546 --> 01:07:28,849 He left empty‐handed, and that has increased the 842 01:07:28,849 --> 01:07:31,585 pressure on Kim Jong‐un since. 843 01:07:37,558 --> 01:07:39,826 NARRATOR: Failure to reach a deal with Trump, 844 01:07:39,826 --> 01:07:42,729 is a major setback in Kim's bid to normalize his regime. 845 01:07:45,465 --> 01:07:47,234 At least three of his officials are thought 846 01:07:47,234 --> 01:07:50,204 to have been executed or purged as punishment. 847 01:07:52,806 --> 01:07:55,509 Kim was returning to the system of terror that has 848 01:07:55,509 --> 01:07:59,546 sustained his dynasty for three generations. 849 01:08:06,186 --> 01:08:09,456 (birds squawking) 850 01:08:17,864 --> 01:08:21,401 ♪ ♪ 851 01:08:21,635 --> 01:08:25,872 LEE: In North Korea, the border is not just solid. 852 01:08:28,642 --> 01:08:30,811 It is highly impenetrable. 853 01:08:38,185 --> 01:08:43,724 Except for the joint security area where there is no fence. 854 01:08:56,503 --> 01:08:58,939 LEE: A North Korean soldier called Oh Chong‐song, 855 01:08:59,873 --> 01:09:02,943 a top soldier in the Korean People's Army, 856 01:09:02,943 --> 01:09:05,846 stationed right along the 38th parallel. 857 01:09:08,015 --> 01:09:11,151 Only the crème de la crème are posted along the border. 858 01:09:12,052 --> 01:09:15,289 But he dashed across the line running for his life. 859 01:09:18,392 --> 01:09:21,194 He was shot at by North Korean guards. 860 01:09:34,641 --> 01:09:40,514 ♪ ♪ 861 01:09:44,484 --> 01:09:46,286 NARRATOR: As the North Korean soldier lies 862 01:09:46,286 --> 01:09:48,789 wounded in the demilitarized zone, 863 01:09:48,789 --> 01:09:50,891 which separates North and South Korea, 864 01:09:51,458 --> 01:09:53,493 troops stage a rescue attempt. 865 01:10:11,578 --> 01:10:17,117 ♪ ♪ 866 01:10:27,160 --> 01:10:29,996 LEE: He was miraculously saved. 867 01:10:29,996 --> 01:10:32,899 He was then taken by helicopter to a Korean hospital. 868 01:10:34,534 --> 01:10:37,771 It was discovered that there were many worms in his body. 869 01:10:37,771 --> 01:10:41,074 He was healthy soldier who got the best treatment in North Korea, 870 01:10:41,975 --> 01:10:44,444 but he was still suffering from malnutrition. 871 01:10:45,312 --> 01:10:47,214 And this was a shock to many people who were 872 01:10:47,214 --> 01:10:49,616 watching what's happening in North Korea. 873 01:10:52,018 --> 01:10:54,287 This particular video must have shown Kim Jong‐un, 874 01:10:54,287 --> 01:10:57,190 that security along the border was paramount, 875 01:10:57,190 --> 01:11:00,427 because even the most trusted lieutenants were ready 876 01:11:00,427 --> 01:11:02,162 to jump ship. 877 01:11:03,964 --> 01:11:06,833 I think Kim Jong‐un would've been very angry at the 878 01:11:06,833 --> 01:11:09,169 Generals who allowed this to happen under their watch. 879 01:11:10,570 --> 01:11:13,206 And I'm sure they were reprimanded and imprisoned, 880 01:11:13,206 --> 01:11:15,976 or even you know, even worse punishment for this. 881 01:11:20,480 --> 01:11:23,650 NARRATOR: To clamp down on a rising tide of defectors, 882 01:11:23,650 --> 01:11:26,286 Kim has increased border security and threatened 883 01:11:26,286 --> 01:11:28,755 would‐be traitors with severe punishments. 884 01:11:31,258 --> 01:11:33,894 But the dictator remains torn between his allegiance 885 01:11:34,461 --> 01:11:38,064 to the family dynasty and the pull of his teenage years 886 01:11:38,064 --> 01:11:40,100 in the democratic West. 887 01:11:41,768 --> 01:11:43,904 Shortly after he took power, 888 01:11:43,904 --> 01:11:46,440 he tracked down an old friend in Europe. 889 01:13:16,229 --> 01:13:21,167 LEE: When you've spent your most formative years in a very westernized country, 890 01:13:22,102 --> 01:13:24,771 studying in Switzerland as a teenager, 891 01:13:24,771 --> 01:13:28,008 that will stick with you, it's this nostalgia. 892 01:13:46,092 --> 01:13:49,162 LEE: He will never be able to have the life back again, 893 01:13:49,162 --> 01:13:52,265 but if he invites his childhood friend to come back to North Korea, 894 01:13:52,265 --> 01:13:56,202 it's like satisfying a part of his life, 895 01:13:56,202 --> 01:14:00,006 that he yearns for, but he can never replay. 896 01:14:52,759 --> 01:14:54,194 ♪ ♪ 897 01:14:54,194 --> 01:14:56,763 NARRATOR: Kim's two meetings with the US President, 898 01:14:56,763 --> 01:14:58,598 had failed to deliver a deal on 899 01:14:58,598 --> 01:15:01,101 North Korea's nuclear arsenal. 900 01:15:01,568 --> 01:15:03,570 In June 2019, 901 01:15:03,570 --> 01:15:05,872 Trump rekindles the bromance. 902 01:15:06,840 --> 01:15:08,041 REPORTER (over TV): President Trump touching down 903 01:15:08,041 --> 01:15:10,510 in South Korea just a short while ago, 904 01:15:10,510 --> 01:15:13,680 after having extended an apparently impromptu 905 01:15:13,680 --> 01:15:16,483 invitation to the leader of North Korea. 906 01:15:17,017 --> 01:15:18,885 PRESIDENT TRUMP: I just put out a feeler, 907 01:15:18,885 --> 01:15:20,620 'cause I don't know where he is right now, 908 01:15:20,620 --> 01:15:22,022 he may not be in North Korea. 909 01:15:22,022 --> 01:15:24,324 But I said if Chairman Kim would wanna meet, 910 01:15:24,324 --> 01:15:26,259 I'll be at the border at Sidley. 911 01:15:26,259 --> 01:15:28,662 We seem to get along very well. 912 01:15:33,667 --> 01:15:36,269 KARL: The meeting at the DMZ was entirely impromptu. 913 01:15:39,205 --> 01:15:43,643 He tweets an invitation to the North Korean dictator to meet. 914 01:15:45,378 --> 01:15:48,615 And North Koreans finally do respond and Donald Trump 915 01:15:48,615 --> 01:15:52,185 marveled that apparently Kim Jong‐un follows me on Twitter. 916 01:16:08,334 --> 01:16:14,340 ♪ ♪ 917 01:16:15,008 --> 01:16:17,277 JEAN LEE: After the breakdown of the talks in Hanoi, 918 01:16:17,277 --> 01:16:21,314 Kim Jong‐un desperately wants and needs the opportunity 919 01:16:21,314 --> 01:16:24,584 to meet again with President Trump. 920 01:16:27,020 --> 01:16:31,157 Kim Jong‐un needed some imagery to tell his people 921 01:16:31,157 --> 01:16:33,293 things are fine, we're still friends, 922 01:16:33,293 --> 01:16:35,795 I've got it under control. 923 01:16:37,330 --> 01:16:42,736 The North Koreans would have loved imagery of Kim Jong‐un 924 01:16:42,736 --> 01:16:45,572 slowly making his way to the demarcation line. 925 01:16:47,340 --> 01:16:49,743 President Trump was there more quickly, 926 01:16:49,743 --> 01:16:52,312 clearly more anxious to cross over to the North Korean side, 927 01:16:52,312 --> 01:16:54,214 they would've loved that. 928 01:16:54,781 --> 01:16:56,850 TRANSLATOR: Good to see you again. 929 01:16:57,617 --> 01:16:59,853 JEAN LEE: The idea that an American President wants to step 930 01:16:59,853 --> 01:17:02,956 into North Korean territory, propaganda gold. 931 01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:17,670 KARL: Suddenly Donald Trump is walking with Kim Jong‐un 932 01:17:18,138 --> 01:17:19,706 in North Korea! 933 01:17:19,706 --> 01:17:20,974 (laughs). 934 01:17:20,974 --> 01:17:23,543 You know, the first American leader to set foot in North Korea. 935 01:17:24,277 --> 01:17:25,912 (overlapping chatter) 936 01:17:26,412 --> 01:17:29,249 WOMAN: Come one, uh‐uh guys, come one guys. 937 01:17:30,416 --> 01:17:34,020 KARL: And then they walk back over to the South Korean side. 938 01:17:35,054 --> 01:17:37,023 WOMAN: Come on, come on. 939 01:17:37,257 --> 01:17:39,859 (overlapping chatter) 940 01:17:39,859 --> 01:17:41,694 WOMAN: Go, go, go, move. 941 01:17:42,328 --> 01:17:45,131 KARL: And we did not know that it was truly going to happen. 942 01:17:45,131 --> 01:17:47,700 And it was a scene of total chaos. 943 01:17:47,700 --> 01:17:49,602 WOMAN: Straight, they're going straight. 944 01:17:49,869 --> 01:17:52,639 KARL: Suddenly it appears that they're gonna be going inside this building, 945 01:17:53,640 --> 01:17:57,343 and the North Koreans actually try to block 946 01:17:57,343 --> 01:17:59,212 the American press from going over. 947 01:18:08,154 --> 01:18:10,456 WOMAN: Hold it, no. MAN: Press, press. 948 01:18:10,890 --> 01:18:13,259 MAN 2: Stop it, stop it. Press, press. 949 01:18:14,794 --> 01:18:16,429 REPORTER: US Pool! 950 01:18:16,429 --> 01:18:19,499 (overlapping chatter) 951 01:18:19,499 --> 01:18:22,135 (speaking in native language) 952 01:18:24,971 --> 01:18:26,706 MAN: US Pool? REPORTER: Yes. 953 01:18:31,077 --> 01:18:32,612 KARL: And so, Stephanie Grisham, 954 01:18:32,612 --> 01:18:35,381 Donald Trump's Press Secretary, 955 01:18:35,648 --> 01:18:38,551 essentially decked a North Korean Security Guard, 956 01:18:38,985 --> 01:18:42,021 who was trying to block the American press from following 957 01:18:42,021 --> 01:18:43,957 the two leaders into this room. 958 01:18:46,092 --> 01:18:47,861 CROWD: US Pool! 959 01:18:48,294 --> 01:18:53,066 (overlapping chatter) 960 01:18:57,136 --> 01:19:03,009 REPORTER: Excuse me. Some help. US Pool. Please, please. 961 01:19:05,245 --> 01:19:07,780 (speaking in native language) 962 01:19:07,780 --> 01:19:10,950 KARL: You know, this was an extraordinary photo op. 963 01:19:10,950 --> 01:19:14,954 But it accomplished absolutely nothing beyond the photo op. 964 01:19:16,055 --> 01:19:19,092 There's no question today's meeting was an historic first. 965 01:19:19,092 --> 01:19:22,328 But after two summits and one impromptu meeting, 966 01:19:22,862 --> 01:19:26,099 North Korea's nuclear program remains fully in place. 967 01:19:28,401 --> 01:19:30,603 NARRATOR: With no breakthrough in sight, 968 01:19:30,603 --> 01:19:34,040 in the fall of 2019, the dictator changes course. 969 01:19:36,576 --> 01:19:39,178 In a symbolic statement to his people, 970 01:19:39,178 --> 01:19:42,248 he makes a pilgrimage to the sacred Mount Paektu, 971 01:19:42,815 --> 01:19:45,919 mythical birthplace of the Kim Dynasty. 972 01:19:53,493 --> 01:19:58,798 ♪ ♪ 973 01:19:59,098 --> 01:20:01,501 JEAN LEE: It's not just that Kim Jong‐un likes riding horses, 974 01:20:01,501 --> 01:20:03,202 there's another purpose here. 975 01:20:03,202 --> 01:20:06,239 It is part of the propaganda. 976 01:20:07,040 --> 01:20:09,275 He's really focused on a particular King, 977 01:20:09,275 --> 01:20:14,447 King Tongmyong, and King Tongmyong is a warrior 978 01:20:14,814 --> 01:20:17,150 who's often shown fighting off foreign influence, 979 01:20:17,583 --> 01:20:20,286 and bringing the country together on a white horse. 980 01:20:23,022 --> 01:20:26,259 And so, it's a way to remind his people that I am the 981 01:20:26,259 --> 01:20:30,096 successor of that heritage, and I have a right to rule. 982 01:20:32,966 --> 01:20:35,301 NARRATOR: Turning his back on President Trump, 983 01:20:35,301 --> 01:20:38,705 Kim threatens to deliver a so‐called Christmas Gift 984 01:20:38,705 --> 01:20:40,673 to the United States. 985 01:20:41,574 --> 01:20:43,376 LEE: Kim Jong‐un was disappointed he could not 986 01:20:43,376 --> 01:20:45,211 convince Mr. Trump. 987 01:20:45,211 --> 01:20:47,046 I think he realized, okay, 988 01:20:47,046 --> 01:20:50,416 if Trump will not negotiate with me, 989 01:20:50,416 --> 01:20:52,318 I will make a bigger hammer. 990 01:20:55,588 --> 01:20:57,357 So that's a message that I think he wanted to 991 01:20:57,357 --> 01:20:59,492 send the world. 992 01:20:59,759 --> 01:21:02,929 I will show you how powerful I am. 993 01:21:03,863 --> 01:21:07,400 I will show you who's really boss in this neighborhood. 994 01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:09,802 And it's me, Kim Jong‐un. 995 01:21:15,441 --> 01:21:21,147 (chanting in native language). 996 01:21:25,651 --> 01:21:27,587 NARRATOR: October 2020. 997 01:21:27,587 --> 01:21:31,024 Kim celebrates three generations of his family's rule. 998 01:21:34,961 --> 01:21:37,697 But his talks with Trump have failed to remove the sanctions 999 01:21:37,697 --> 01:21:39,599 holding back his economy. 1000 01:21:41,367 --> 01:21:44,437 How long can he maintain the loyalty of his people? 1001 01:22:09,462 --> 01:22:13,666 JEAN LEE: In allowing the people to see him cry, 1002 01:22:13,666 --> 01:22:16,135 Kim Jong‐un, on October 10th, 1003 01:22:16,135 --> 01:22:18,704 wanted to show that he's human too. 1004 01:22:18,704 --> 01:22:21,741 He wanted to show that vulnerability. 1005 01:22:22,742 --> 01:22:27,680 "Yes, I am almost like a God and I was born to lead this country, 1006 01:22:28,681 --> 01:22:30,450 but I'm a father like you, 1007 01:22:30,450 --> 01:22:32,285 I care about my children like you, 1008 01:22:32,285 --> 01:22:33,753 I care about our future like you." 1009 01:22:33,753 --> 01:22:37,924 So, it was designed to be a particular show of humility 1010 01:22:37,924 --> 01:22:41,260 and to show his personality. 1011 01:22:41,260 --> 01:22:45,398 But I can't help but think it's also theatre. 1012 01:22:47,667 --> 01:22:52,505 And so, we are moving into a phase where we have less 1013 01:22:52,505 --> 01:22:54,841 access and less information, 1014 01:22:54,841 --> 01:22:56,742 because it's so carefully cultivated. 1015 01:22:58,177 --> 01:23:01,948 And he wants to seem like somebody who actually is in 1016 01:23:01,948 --> 01:23:04,050 touch with his people. 1017 01:23:04,050 --> 01:23:06,819 But it's very hard for us to tell whether we can trust it. 1018 01:23:14,227 --> 01:23:17,563 LEE: Economically, they're in very, very deep trouble. 1019 01:23:17,563 --> 01:23:20,666 Sanctions, pandemic and floods, 1020 01:23:22,435 --> 01:23:26,239 all those problems have combined to make North Korea's economy, 1021 01:23:26,239 --> 01:23:28,975 which was already on its knees, 1022 01:23:28,975 --> 01:23:32,111 nearly on its deathbed. 1023 01:23:32,411 --> 01:23:36,582 And yet, Kim Jong‐un continues to develop nuclear weapons. 1024 01:23:38,217 --> 01:23:41,087 I think it's very dangerous because if you are cornered 1025 01:23:41,087 --> 01:23:44,390 into a position where there really is no exit, 1026 01:23:45,658 --> 01:23:48,828 then you might look for extreme solutions. 1027 01:24:07,046 --> 01:24:10,316 NARRATOR: In 2020, Kim unveils the world's largest 1028 01:24:10,316 --> 01:24:14,120 mobile Inter‐Continental Ballistic Missile nicknamed 1029 01:24:14,120 --> 01:24:17,023 "The Monster" 1030 01:24:24,931 --> 01:24:27,934 Despite his attempts to modernize North Korea and 1031 01:24:27,934 --> 01:24:32,405 remake his image, Kim Jong‐un remains the dictator of a 1032 01:24:32,405 --> 01:24:37,009 rogue state that is now more dangerous than ever. 1033 01:24:37,543 --> 01:24:40,046 BOLTON: You can't prevent irrational regimes, 1034 01:24:40,046 --> 01:24:42,548 but you can certainly do everything possible to keep 1035 01:24:42,548 --> 01:24:45,218 the world's most dangerous weapons out of their hands. 1036 01:24:47,286 --> 01:24:50,856 I think obviously you have to consider the use of force. 1037 01:24:52,625 --> 01:24:55,294 I don't think the end of North Korea is likely to 1038 01:24:55,294 --> 01:24:57,630 be pleasant in any circumstances. 1039 01:24:59,031 --> 01:25:00,933 (fireworks explode) 1040 01:25:01,667 --> 01:25:05,204 NARRATOR: It's thought Kim now has at least 40 nuclear missiles, 1041 01:25:05,805 --> 01:25:08,541 and is close to completing a new secret weapon 1042 01:25:08,541 --> 01:25:11,444 that would pose a greater threat to the West than ever before. 1043 01:25:28,761 --> 01:25:32,565 LEE: They're building a new 3,000‐ton submarine 1044 01:25:32,565 --> 01:25:35,935 with the ability to fire ballistic missiles. 1045 01:25:36,769 --> 01:25:39,472 MADDEN: Once they reach certain technical metrics, 1046 01:25:39,472 --> 01:25:42,241 North Korea can then put one of these ballistic missiles 1047 01:25:42,241 --> 01:25:44,243 on a submarine. 1048 01:25:47,446 --> 01:25:50,383 Submarines are very difficult to track. 1049 01:25:52,451 --> 01:25:55,554 It's basically a roving threat and a moving target. 1050 01:25:58,724 --> 01:26:00,993 North Korea can then float that submarine out 1051 01:26:00,993 --> 01:26:03,429 to the Pacific Ocean and scare the crap out of people 1052 01:26:03,429 --> 01:26:05,431 in Los Angeles. 1053 01:26:08,634 --> 01:26:12,138 A whole other mess of stuff to keep people up at night.