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The Religious Cult Behind North Korea’s Power (#303)
May 26 · 19 min · Season 1 · Episode 303 · 14.4 MB
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We think of North Korea as a communist dictatorship. But Jonathan Cheng, the Wall Street Journal’s China Bureau Chief and former Korea Bureau Chief, says that misses the real story.
He argues North Korea functions more like a religion - complete with rituals, worship, and a ruling family treated like immortals. Once you hear it, you can’t unsee it.
His new book is Korean Messiah.
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