the end of kim il sung's regime the famine under kim jong il and the partial disintegration of both state and party that followed not only shook the country but also its traditional social hierarchy. this helped loosen the stringent marriage rules. today the most desirable professions for a husband are scientist diplomat the military and of course business professionals . for years women traffic police were highly sought after on the marriage market but they're seen less often now with the installation of traffic lights. young couples are expected to have children and their education will be put in the hands of the state at an early age. the country boasts a reported literacy rate of 100 percent a success that is attributed to the revolution. the most important school subjects are math physics music and singing korean and the lives of the great leaders. from kindergarten on children are subjected to a rigorous selection process the best students spend their holidays taking part in sports at the young pioneer camps. there here are. by. the. 7 c time when we arrive at the stadium a competit

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the end of kim il sung's regime the famine under kim jong il and the partial disintegration of both state and party that followed not only shook the country but also its traditional social hierarchy. this helped loosen the stringent marriage rules. today the most desirable professions for a husband are scientist diplomat the military and of course business professionals . for years women traffic police were highly sought after on the marriage market. but they're seen less often now with the installation of traffic lights. young couples are expected to have children and their education will be put in the hands of the state at an early age. the country boasts a reported literacy rate of 100 percent a success the. is attributed to the revolution. the most important school subjects are math physics music and singing korean and the lives of the great leaders. from kindergarten on children are subjected to a rigorous selection process the best students spend their holidays taking part in sports at the young pioneer camps. they're here ron. ron was. my. son. 7 c when we arrive at the stadium a c

the end of kim il sung's regime the famine under kim jong il and the partial disintegration of both state and party that followed not only shook the country but also its traditional social hierarchy. this helped loosen the stringent marriage rules. today the my. desirable professions for a husband are scientist diplomat the military and of course business professionals . for years women traffic police were highly sought after on the marriage market but they're seen less often now with the installation of traffic lights. young couples are expected to have children and their education will be put in the hands of the state at an early age. the country boasts a reported literacy rate of 100 percent a success that is attributed to the revolution. the most important school subjects are math physics music and singing korean and the lives of the great leaders. from kindergarten on children are subjected to a rigorous selection process the best students spend their holidays taking part in sports at the young pioneer camps. here or. my. son 7 c. when we arrive at the stadium a competition is underw

the end of kim il sung's regime the famine under kim jong il and the partial disintegration of both state and party that followed not only shook the country but also its traditional social hierarchy. this helped loosen the stringent marriage rules. today the most desirable professions for a husband are scientist diplomat the military and of course business professionals . for years women traffic police were highly sought after on the marriage market but they're seen less often now with the installation of traffic lights. young couples are expected to have children and their education will be put in the hands of the state at an early age. the country boasts a reported literacy rate of 100 percent a success that is attributed to the revolution. the most important school subjects are math physics music and singing korean and the lives of the great leaders. from kindergarten on children are subjected to a rigorous selection process the best students spend their holidays taking part in sports at the young pioneer camps. there here are. by. the. 7 c time when we arrive at the stadium a competit

sung and his son kim jong il reportedly set it up in the late 1970 s. and equipped it with wide ranging powers its tasks using clan the stein hard currency transactions to secure an independent power base for the kims while also raising money for the nuclear bomb. personal luxury its name office 39. only 200 kilometers to the south east seoul south korea's hypermodern capital and one of the 10 most expensive cities in the world around 25000000 people live in the metro area about half the population of south korea. among them most of the 30000 people who managed to flee from north korea to start a new and hopefully anonymous life in the megacity. the young han used to be a north korean diplomat he escaped in 1901 he went on to become deputy director of south korea's institute for national security strategy which employs north korean defectors to gather valuable information few people know more about the kim dynasty s workings. q journey to legend has it that when kim jong il came to power he renamed the finance department of the workers' party central com

from north korea talk about a secret government department said to administer the regime secret fund kim il sung and his son kim jong il reportedly set it up in the late 1970 s. and equipped it with wide ranging power as its tasks using clan the stein hard currency transactions to secure an independent power base for the kim while also raise. money for the nuclear bomb the latest personal luxury its name office 39. only 200 kilometers to the southeast seoul south korea's hypermodern capital and one of the 10 most expensive cities in the world around 25000000 people live in the metro area about half the population of south korea. among them most of the 30000 people who managed to flee from north korea to start a new and hopefully anonymous life in the mega-city. her young son used to be a north korean diplomat he escaped in 1901 he went on to become deputy director of south korea's institute for national security strategy which employs north korean defectors to gather valuable information few people know more about the kim dynasty as workings. q journey to legend has it that when kim jong il

north korea talk about a secret government department that said to administer the regime secret funds kim il sung and his son kim jong il reportedly set it up in the late 1970 s. and equipped it with wide ranging power as its tasks using clan the stein hard currency transactions to secure an independent power base for the kim while also raising money for the nuclear bomb the leaders personal luxury it's name office 39. only 200 kilometers to the southeast seoul south korea's hypermodern capital and one of the 10 most expensive cities in the world around 25000000 people live in the metro area about half the population of south korea. among them most of the 30000 people who managed to flee from north korea to start a new and hopefully anonymous life in the mega city. oh young han used to be a north korean diplomat he escaped in 1901 he went on to become deputy director of south korea's institute for national security strategy which employs north korean defectors to gather valuable information few people know more about the kim dynasty s workings. to journey to legend has it that when kim jong

sung and his son kim jong il reportedly set it up in the late 1970 s. and equipped it with wide ranging power as its tasks using clandon stine hard currency transactions to secure an independent power base for the kims while also raising money for the nuclear bomb the leaders personal luxury its name office 39. only 200 kilometers to the south east seoul south korea's hypermodern capital and one of the 10 most expensive cities in the world around 25000000 people live in the metro area about half the population of south korea. among them most of the 30000 people who managed to flee from north korea to start a new and hopefully a non. life in the megacity. the young han used to be a north korean diplomat he escaped in 1901 he went on to become deputy director of south korea's institute for national security strategy which employs north korean defectors to gather valuable information. few people know more about the kim dynasty s workings. q journey to legend has it that when kim jong il came to power he renamed the finance department of the workers' party c

in 1994 the year kim jong il succeeded his late father a devastating famine descended on the country during the great famine in the mid ninety's when the north korean starved to death do public distribution system collapsed and witnesses describe seeing loved ones of dead bodies in the streets anywhere between $1.00 to $3000000.00 north koreans. so what's happened is the north koreans know knew that if there was a size they could no longer trust a lot of the state. and it was the rural population in particular who had to be self-sufficient black market started to emerge known as john madang today there are an unknown number of these markets throughout the country 400 of them are even officially licensed providing tax income for the regime. most of the buying selling and bartering here involves food and goods from china all manner of currencies are accepted especially u.s. dollars and chinese yuan. to china and north korea share a border that is more than a 1000 kilometers long but over 80 percent of that border is not even secured with barbed wire. people in the border region are sub

the father of the current syrian dictator had been on friendly terms with the north korean leader kim il song since the 1960 s. . supplied syria with military personnel as well as weapons and ammunition in its war against israel. an important source of income which exists to this day. using tactics resembling those of 18th century pirates office 39 operates cargo ships under false flags and fake names according to the un this is enabled north korea to send large quantities of weapons and military equipment to syria. between 201220178 says at least 40 shipments of prohibited cargo from north korea passed through the suez canal but then the u.n. managed to have one of the deliveries intercepted. so we found something called go on its way to syria these are super resistant tiles involves which could be used in chemical weapons development but also missile fuel is highly corrosive such tal's could be used for ballistic missile programs as well the bill of lading clearly gave as an address in syria to stop bush from company for serious scientific studies research some to the s.s. all see whic

shortly after kim jong il's death by young upper class woman trying to explain what the leaders meant to her. it's a bit like you with your jesus she said except for us jesus would also be a member of the family. in the heat of the summer we occasionally saw a fan cooling the portrait of the leaders. north korean art like this fresco near the entrance to a sports shoe factory is designed to protect the country as the party would like to see it that it's not pure fiction but more often more an aspiration rather than a reality. the real one factory or weeping willow paradise has 700 workers 70 percent are women they produce 1500000 sports shoes a year it's assembly line work. for years local products were conspicuous in their conformity. now the factory is seeking to draw inspiration from foreign trends. in marketing jargon this is what's called benchmarking. so how do you know. after he visited our factory a respected marshall sent us 142 pairs of foreign shoe models but one thing he said all this i think that. this missile can get it was. he told us to display them at the workplace ne

"a criminal syndicate with the flag", pointing the finger at three cyber bandits —jon chang hyok, kim ilgence agency, the rgb. it retains the ability to conduct disruptive cyber attacks, and several of those cases in the past are quite high—profile and prominent. i'm sorry we're sold out for the interview... it was the release of this comedy six years ago, about a fictional plot to assassinate the north korean leader that sparked cyber attacks, organised by one of the defendants, aimed at the film's maker, sony entertainment pictures, alongside threats of violence against us cinema—goers. with parts of britain's health service plunged into crisis years later, its computer system crippled alongside tens of thousands worldwide, with ransoms demanded in bitcoins to get them going again. now the troublesome trio are accused of attempting a staggering billion—dollar raid on banks and businesses in over 20 countries, which would pay for half of their country's annual merchandise imports, by trying to redirect other people's money and steal digital wallets of crypto currency. north korea has be

kim il, parkjin hyok, and jon chang hyok — the us as they are member of the north korean intelligence north korean intelligence auen . . , , agency. he retains the ability to conduct — agency. he retains the ability to conduct disrupting - agency. he retains the ability to conduct disrupting sub- i to conduct disrupting sub— attacks. some are high—profile and prominent. it attacks. some are high-profile and prominent.— and prominent. it was the release of _ and prominent. it was the release of this _ and prominent. it was the release of this comedy . and prominent. it was the j release of this comedy six years ago, about a fictional plot to assassinate the north korean leader that sparked cyber attacks organised by one of the defendants, aimed at sony entertainment pictures, along threats of violence against cinema—goers. with parts of britain's health service plunged into crisis years later, its computer system crippled alongside tens of thousands worldwide with ransoms demanded in bitcoin to get them going again. now a staggering billion—dollar rate on banks and businesses in over 2

attended ceremonies commemorating the birthday of her father in law the deceased former leader kim jong il the secretive couple was married in 20 in 2009 and are believed to have at least 2 children together. hong kong media tycoon jimmy lie has been arrested again while already in jail he's suspected of assisting a fugitive who fled china and was captured at sea lion is set for a bail hearing thursday after having been charged with violating china's new security law for involvement in hong kong's pro-democracy street protests. and nato defense ministers meeting virtually today will take up the question of whether or not to withdraw from the afghan war it's the 1st such gathering since the us election meaning a deadline set by the trump white house to withdraw all foreign troops by the end of may is now in doubt here's a look at what's at stake for the major players involved and crucially for the people of afghanistan. attacks on police and civilians roadside bombs targeting officials afghanistan continues to be hit by violence despite the ongoing talks between the government in kabul and

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attended ceremonies commemorating the birthday of her father in law the deceased former leader kim jong il the secretive couple was married in 2009 and are believed to have at least 2 children together. almost the u.k. and the u.n. are calling for evidence missing to buy princess is alive after she released a video saying she is being held hostage in solitary isolation chaika latif is the daughter of shaikh mohammad leader of the united arab emirates she said that she had no access to fresh air or to medical care nigerian president mohamed who bihari is calling for a rescue operation after gunmen kidnapped dozens of students and some teachers from a school staff say that one student was shot dead in the attack that school staff also say large numbers of men dressed in military uniforms hauled away students from the government science college in qatar in the share state a few of those kidnapped managed to escape a local government official says most of those taken were children the abduction follows other recent kidnappings with violent gangs to blame for those attacks. let's get a little b

attended ceremonies commemorating the birthday of her father in law of the deceased former leader kim jong il the secretive couple was married in 2009 and are believed to have at least 2 children together. australian news channel's. channel 7 and channel 9 have struck licensing deals with tech giant google to pay to display their original journalistic content in search results australia is set to introduce a law forcing internet companies to pay media companies for content the country's treasurer said the law was a world 1st. and mt etna the volcano on the italian and sicily has been spewing out smoke and fire in a suppression eruption authorities say currently poses no threat to the surrounding villages but they are monitoring the situation closely the has caused the closure of qatar airport. nigeria's biggest city lagos is slowly recovering from a 2nd pandemic wave authorities say the number of known infections is decreasing but our correspondent there flourish shook laura tells us there's no guarantees this will continue as the country is still far from securing any covert 19 facts in thos

attended ceremonies commemorating the birthday of her father in law the deceased former leader kim jong. il excuse me the secretive couple is was married in 2009 and are believed to have at least 2 children together. nigeria's biggest city lagos is slowly recovering from a 2nd pandemic wave authorities say that the number of known infections is decreasing but our correspondent there tells us there is no guarantee that this will continue as the country is far from securing any coded 1000 vaccine doses. welcome back from right. sharing how 1960 race on you tube she contracted the virus here in nigeria after returning from the u.k. ruggedness rescue and the doctor me to. you can see how these but every time a. home she do it. or you was became critical because of her underlying illness asthma she says she visited 4 hospitals in tool 2 before she started to get better. we are given access to one of the government run isolationists and illegals treatment in this hospital to is subsidized by the government it's run by a team of volunteer doctors and nurses only people in critical condition admitt

attended ceremonies commemorating the birthday of her father in law the deceased former leader kim jong il the secretive couple was married in 2009 and are believed to have at least 2 children together. defense ministers meeting virtually today will take up the question of whether or not to withdraw from the afghan war it is the 1st such gathering since the u.s. election meaning that a deadline set by the trump white house to withdraw all foreign troops by the end of may is now in doubt here's a look at what's at stake for the major players involved and crucially for the people of afghanistan. attacks on police and civilians roadside bombs targeting go fish oils afghanistan continues to be hit by violence despite the ongoing talks between the government in kabul and the taliban at this very particular juncture with such kind of the deterioration of the situation we are getting closer to a new situation of chaos and the need to ministers should really keep notes of this based on the other global universe so obligations of protecting civilians no one wants to troops to stay for ever or. says

america you looked a little askance and you know him from merkel merkel to to you know to kim to kim jong il you look a little funny here's the problem for the people that are talking about the establishment versus the report the base or public and it's trump republican party the people that are left like liz cheney and others that want to talk about the past they're the minority there's 20 percent 26 percent i say 74 percent is trump 26 on the other if they don't like it they have money and office but they can leave because they're never going to win a primary for president i'm sorry the idea that we're going to have you know that i went to moderates i'm going to win moderate users are conservative by the way right wing or it's going to be a populist blend for talk of for president and and frankly good riddance to the people that want to go back to a quick protists dominated republican party week that failed us and we need to move past that and we need to move past it emphatically ok well you're pretty good. you know the purpose and your description is perfect but ted well that happened i m

attended ceremonies commemorating the birthday of her father and all the country's late former leader kim jong il the secretive couple married in 2009 believed to have at least 2 children together this is d.w. news a life from balance still to come free speech or support for terror we'll look at the case of a spanish rapper was arrested strout a nationwide protest. person nigerian president mohammad who biharis calling for a rescue operation after a gunman kidnapped dozens of students and teachers from a school staff say one student was shot dead during the attack stuff also say the students from a government science college in god are in the gestate were dragged away by large numbers of men dressed in military uniforms there were few did manage to escape and local government officials says most of those taken were children the abduction follows other recent kidnappings blamed on violent gangs. d.w. corresponded to the way so interest joins us from the nigerian capital abuja welcome what else is known about this abduction. this 2 nation now is that the nigerian government has sent military person

attended ceremonies commemorating the birthday of her father in law the deceased former leader kim jong il the secretive couple was married in 2009 and are believed to have these 2 children together. the u.k. and the u.n. are calling for evidence that a missing dubai princess is alive after she released a video saying she's being held hostage in solitary isolation chica latif is he a daughter of shaikh muhammad leader of the united arab emirates she said that she had no access to fresh air or to medical care materials president mohammed who bihari has ordered a rescue operation after a gunman kidnapped dozens of students and some teachers from a school staff said that one student was shot dead in the attack school staff also said that large numbers of men dressed in military uniform hauled away students from the government science college in ca gar in the share state a few of those kidnapped managed to escape a local government official said that most of those taken were children the abduction follows other recent kidnappings with violent gangs blamed for these attacks. let's go to do corr

. >> marking the birthday of leader kim jong un's father kim jong il, carefully massed under covid-19bout coronavirus vaccines online from the pfizer pharmaceutical company. other firms making vaccines were also targeted by north korea, including johnson & johnson and astrazeneca. >> north korea has very capable cyber attack capabilities. >> it needs as much help as they can get when it comes to covid, he claims to have no cases, but experts dispute that appeared at the country has been shut tight to all foreigners and foreign goods like food and medicine for a year now. a low to a weekend state. pledging recently to take necessary steps to rebuild the economy. unconfirmed reports, it's testing its own vaccine based on already hacked data. what is known is the country will receive some 2 million injections in the coming month from an international vaccine sharing organization. the country of 26 million and a bad health system, the reports those will just go to the elite. north korea continues to flex its military muscle, its citizens could have to pay the price. >> north korea has bee