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Kim Jong-il Part 3: Nuclear Armed

2020/6/24
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Paul McGann: 本集讲述了金正日统治下的朝鲜，在极度饥荒和国际压力下，金正日如何通过发展核武器来维持政权，以及朝鲜人民在极端环境下的生存策略。 James Pearson: 朝鲜的饥荒导致了非官方的以物易物和市场交易的出现，这在一定程度上缓解了人民的困境，也反映了朝鲜社会经济的复杂性。 Jung Gwang-il: 我因与韩国人进行非法贸易而被捕，并遭受了残酷的酷刑和监禁，这段经历揭示了朝鲜政权的暴行和对人民的压迫。 Paul Fisher: 金正日利用‘苦难的行军’等宣传策略来掩盖饥荒的真相，同时过着奢侈的生活，这凸显了他对人民的漠视和专制统治。 Paul French: 金正日的生活极其奢侈，享用各种进口美食和娱乐，这与朝鲜人民的贫困形成鲜明对比，也反映了朝鲜社会严重的贫富差距。 Mike Breen: 金正日的统治是邪恶的，他漠视人民的苦难，只关心维持自己的权力和奢侈的生活。

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The mid-1990s saw North Korea facing a severe famine, leading to widespread death and suffering. People resorted to desperate measures, including illicit trade and bartering, to survive.

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Installed as dictator, Kim Jong-il builds an all-powerful state that dominates the lives and minds of its people. North Korea is wracked by famine. The people adapt to survive - we hear from one man who flouted the rules and paid a horrific price. Lurid rumours emerge about how the ‘Dear Leader’ spends his leisure time. And Kim Jong-il begins work on an arsenal of nuclear weapons that will spook the world and pave the way for his own son’s ascent to power.

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