Inside North Korea: The Next Leader

The leadership of North Korea has been in the hands of one family for over seventy years, claiming a divine right to rule over the isolated country. But when Kim Jong-un disappeared for three weeks, instability rocked the dictatorship with no succession plan in place. Who would be the next in line?...

44 min - World Affairs & Investigations - National Geographic

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