Kim Jong-il V.S. the Starving Masses of North Korea

Download the free Ground News app at https://ground.news/SimpleHistory to compare more than 50,000 news sources. Ground News frees people from algorithmic restraints, illuminates blindspots and makes media bias explicit. Holiday sale: purchase the Ground News Vantage subscription today and receive 60% off the first year. Offer ends December 31st. Kim Jong-il was born in 1941 in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye. He would follow his father Kim Il-sung as the second leader of North Korea, living an extravagant and eccentric lifestyle, while oppressing and starving the ordinary people. Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London) Narrator: Chris Kane https://vocalforge.com/ Fischer, Paul (2015). A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator s Rise to Power. Flatiron Books Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950–1992. Ithaca: Cornell University Press Lim Jae-Cheon (2009), Kim Jong Il s Leadership of North Korea (1 ed.), London: Routledge Kim Jong Il: Brief History 1998