Ahn Young-joon/AP
North Korea is the world’s most secretive and insular nation. Its 160-mile border with South Korea is arguably the most dangerous place on earth, while the nation’s military has access to nuclear weaponry.
Despite these terrifying facts, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has a premier about who little-to-nothing is actually known. Kim Jong-un replaced his father, Kim Jong-il, as Supreme Leader in December 2011 and has ruled North Korea ever since.
In popular culture, Kim Jong-il was depicted as a bloody-thirsty tyrant with a speech impediment in Team America: World Police, while two Americans attempted to infiltrate North Korea and assassinate Kim Jong-un in the highly-controversial film The Interview. North Korea reacted with distain to both films, but is that because they hit too close to home and almost uncovered the truth of what the nation is actually like?
Now that begs another question:...
North Korea is the world’s most secretive and insular nation. Its 160-mile border with South Korea is arguably the most dangerous place on earth, while the nation’s military has access to nuclear weaponry.
Despite these terrifying facts, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has a premier about who little-to-nothing is actually known. Kim Jong-un replaced his father, Kim Jong-il, as Supreme Leader in December 2011 and has ruled North Korea ever since.
In popular culture, Kim Jong-il was depicted as a bloody-thirsty tyrant with a speech impediment in Team America: World Police, while two Americans attempted to infiltrate North Korea and assassinate Kim Jong-un in the highly-controversial film The Interview. North Korea reacted with distain to both films, but is that because they hit too close to home and almost uncovered the truth of what the nation is actually like?
Now that begs another question:...
- 2/18/2015
- by Chris Waugh
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