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[Roadside Attractions introductory theme]

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[gushing water]

[Hyeonseo Lee speaking]

[uneasy music playing]

[indistinct chattering]

- [Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks] - [Mr. Hwang over phone]

[elevator door clanks, creaks]

[elevator bell dings]

[mouse clicks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[mouse clicking]

[mouse clicks]

[Madeleine Gavin in English]

[in Korean]

[police siren wailing in distance]

[tense music playing]

[dog barking in distance]

- [Soyeon Lee speaks] - [Pastor Seungeun Kim chuckles]

[Soyeon Lee speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[phone ringing]

[conversation continues indistinctly]

[Hyeonseo Lee in English]

There is no freedom of religion.

There is no freedom of thought, there is no freedom of press.

There is only one paper, one radio station,

there is one TV station.

North Korea may be the only country in the world

that completely bans outside broadcasts.

[Jean Lee] And spying on one another

is very much a part of life in North Korea.

You cannot move from a place to place without getting a permit.

I would call the entire country of North Korea really a prison.

And it's strangest country in the world.

It is the only communist, Confucian,

hereditary dynasty in the world.

And Kim Jong-Un has been very busy

getting rid of any potential threat.

Within one year, he got rid

of his number-two man in North Korea,

his uncle who helped him garner power.

He dragged him out and publicly killed him.

Then he assassinated his half-brother

in a major international airport using banned WMD.

Then he got rid of about 400 top officials.

We're now onto maybe 90th Defense Minister, I lost count.

[Sokeel Park] Senior officials have been executed

by the use of anti-aircraft guns.

If you shoot a human using artillery

which is designed to take down planes,

you can imagine the effect on the body.

The only reason to do that is for the fear

that that will put into the people

that are gathered and made to watch.

[Soyeon Lee in Korean]

[breathes deeply]

[switch clicking]

[sighs]

[officer over PA]

[Choi Hyeok speaks]

[Hyeonseo Lee in English]

[officer in Korean, over PA]

[in English] Do you remember how old you were

when you first saw a public execution?

[officer in Korean, over PA]

[gunshot]

[Ivan Simonovi in English] Victims saw intimidation,

murder, enslavement, and torture,

people whose loved ones disappeared

without trace.

People who have been deliberately starved.

Forced abortions, sterilization, rape,

I mean, torture of the defectors who get caught and returned.

[police officer speaking]

The Chinese government has a hard-line policy of,

if they find North Korean refugees,

arresting them and, uh, detaining them

and then forcibly sending them back to North Korea

where they will face investigation, torture,

and a range of harsh punishments.

Sometimes people will die through torture

and there's no recourse for North Korean citizens,

for their families to complain about that.

[indistinct shouting]

[Sue Mi Terry] United Nations came out

with a 400-page report couple of years ago that says

"North Korea's Human Rights violations

is unparalleled in contemporary history."

The only parallel they could come up with is Nazi Germany.

- [brakes hissing] - [car horn honking]

- [Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks] - [Mr. Hwang over phone]

Ah...

[cell phone beeps]

[Mr. Roh over video]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[rustling]

[farmer speaking]

[Mrs. Roh speaking]

[Jinpyeong speaking]

[indistinct]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Esther Park speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

- [groans] - [chuckles]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

- [sizzling] - [indistinct chatter]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[indistinct chatter]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Esther Park speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Esther Park speaking]

[chuckles]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Hyukchang Wu speaking]

[sobs]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[laughs]

[Hyukchang Wu speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[car horns honking]

[phone ringing]

[Mrs. Roh over video]

[Hyukchang Wu speaking]

- [Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks] - [Hyukchang Wu speaks]

[Yeonghee Woo speaks]

[Mrs. Roh over video]

[Yeonghee Woo speaks]

[sobs]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Jinhae crying]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[all crying]

- [Soyeon Lee's son over phone] - [Soyeon speaks]

[signal feedback]

[indistinct]

[sighs deeply]

[beeps]

[ringing]

[speaks Korean]

[clicks, beeps]

[mumbles]

[call ends]

[cell phone beeps]

[uneasy music playing]

- [birds chirping, squawking, - [owl hooting]

[Hyukchang Wu speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[in English]

[in Korean]

[insects trilling]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[grandma speaking]

[Mrs. Roh speaking]

[Mr. Roh speaking]

[grandma speaking]

[Mrs. Roh speaking]

[Hyukchang Wu speaking]

[leaves rustling]

[indistinct chatter]

[crowd applauding in distance]

[in English]

[Madeleine Gavin] In 1910, the expanding Japanese empire

colonized what was then a unified Korea.

It was a very brutal colonization.

Over the next 35 years,

the Korean culture and the Korean language

were nearly eradicated.

At the end of World War II, when Japan surrendered,

they lost the empire that they had been building.

Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world.

[Madeleine Gavin] Part of the settlement deal was that Korea was split.

[announcer] The 38th parallel

divided the United States Army's area

from that of the Soviet forces.

[Madeleine Gavin] The idea was that Korea

would shortly come back together

and then have control over their own country.

In the meanwhile, the South held a public election,

and U.S.-educated Syngman Rhee became the first president

of what would become South Korea.

But in the North, Stalin decided to look

for a Soviet sympathizer

as a temporary leader

in what would become North Korea.

And this is where Kim Il-Sung comes in.

Kim Il-Sung had been born in Korea in 1912,

two years after the Japanese occupied the country.

His parents were very involved in anti-Japanese activities,

and when he was just eight years old,

his family moved to Manchuria.

Kim Il-Sung joined the Communist Party in China,

and he eventually actually fought with the Soviet Union

throughout World War II.

Stalin heard about Kim Il-Sung because of his reputation

as a leader of several anti-Japanese guerrilla groups.

When Stalin brought him to Pyongyang,

Kim Il-Sung didn't even speak good Korean.

In fact, his speeches had to be translated into Korean

and then rehearsed by him

because he had basically spoken Chinese

since he was eight years old.

Kim Il-Sung had the dream

of re-unifying the Koreas under Communism.

[in Korean]

[Madeleine Gavin in English] Expanding upon his guerilla contacts,

he put together an army and eventually got the support

of both Stalin and Mao.

[Harry Truman] On Sunday, June 25th,

Communist forces attacked

the Republic of Korea.

[Madeleine Gavin] The attack was so sudden and forceful

that, very quickly, almost all of South Korea was taken.

In fact, there was only a tiny pocket

at the bottom of the country

that had not been claimed by the North.

An act of aggression such as this

must be met with a worldwide defense.

[Madeleine Gavin] And a UN force containing soldiers

from 21 different countries entered the war.

What ensued was a brutal three-year war.

Nearly five million people died,

half of whom were civilians.

South Korea lost a million civilians

just on their own.

The United States dropped a third

as many bombs on North Korea

as it did in all of World War II.

And in the end, nothing was achieved.

In July of 1953, an armistice was signed

and a ceasefire was put in place.

But technically speaking, the war never ended,

and the ramifications of that are still with us today.

[song in Korean]

[Hyeonseo Lee in English]

[in Korean]

[Hyeonseo Lee in English]

[teacher in Korean]

- [whooshing] - [typing]

[sobbing]

[crying]

[sobbing]

[sniffling]

[Mrs. Roh speaking]

[birds chirping]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[indistinct chatter]

- [cell phone chiming] - [Mrs. Roh speaks]

[Mrs. Roh speaking]

[Jinhae speaking]

[Mrs. Roh speaking]

[Mr. Roh speaks]

[Gwang Il Jung speaking]

For a while, the North Korean economy

was more successful than China's,

maybe even better than South Korea.

And people pointed, saying, "Oh, look,

Communism really works."

But everything was artificially propped up

by the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc,

and when that collapsed,

North Korea went into a free fall.

In 1994, after Kim Il-Sung died,

Kim Jong-Il made weapons of mass destruction his priority.

This policy prioritized nuclear weapons over everything else,

including the people of North Korea.

[massive explosion]

[in Korean]

[Kim Jong-Un speaking]

[in English] Kim Jong-Un needs something to protect himself

from being overthrown.

You know, they saw Iraq, they saw Libya,

they saw that Gaddafi gave up his weapons

and was very ignominiously murdered by his own people

with the support of the West.

Those scenes have to be terrifying

to the North Koreans.

[in Korean]

[Sokeel Park in English] I see these nuclear weapons and missiles

as a symptom of how isolated and threatening

and threatened the North Korean government feels.

[in Korean]

[explosion]

[Jean Lee in English] The North Korean people are really the pawns

in this political game that their regime is playing.

[in Korean]

- [Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks] - [chuckles]

[Yeonghee Woo speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Yeonghee Woo speaks]

[melancholic music playing]

[tense music playing]

[whirring]

[indistinct chatter]

[Hyukchang Wu speaking]

[siren wailing]

[Hyukchang Wu speaking]

[whirring]

[phone dial tone]

[Soyeon Lee speaking]

[call ends]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Gwang Il Jung speaking]

[morose music playing]

[cuckoos]

[indistinct chatter]

- [indistinct chatter] - [horns honking]

[indistinct chatter]

[Mr. Roh speaks]

[police siren wailing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

[cell phone ringtone]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

[indistinct chatter]

[Yeonghee Woo speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Hyukchang Wu speaks]

[indistinct chatter]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Madeleine Gavin in English]

[in Korean]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

- [Soyeon Lee speaking] - [cell phone beeps]

- Mm. - [call ends]

[sniffles, sobs]

[breathes shakily, sobs]

[Madeleine Gavin in English]

[Hyeonseo Lee speaking]

[singing in Korean]

[in English]

[singing in Korean]

[song in Korean]

[Hyeonseo Lee in English]

[reporter in Korean]

[Hyeonseo Lee in English]

[reporter in Korean]

[Hyeonseo Lee in English]

[tense music playing]

[car horns honking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim in Korean]

[sighs deeply]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[broker answers indistinctly]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[indistinct]

[vehicles revving]

[horns honking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[soft music playing]

[crickets trilling]

[police siren wailing in distance]

[phone rings]

Ah...

[beeps]

[exhales]

[Soyeon Lee speaking]

- [ATM whirring] - [automated voice]

- [phone rings] - [Soyeon Lee speaks]

[Bonghee over phone]

[uneasy music playing]

[trunk honks, revs]

[soft music playing]

[birds chirping]

[indistinct chatter]

[shower running]

Mm.

[indistinct chatter]

[man speaks]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[men chattering indistinctly]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[man speaks]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[man indistinct]

[Mr. and Mrs. Roh talking]

[Jinpyeong speaking]

[Mrs. Roh and Jinhae talking]

[Mrs. Roh speaking]

[grandma and Mrs. Roh talking]

[door creaks]

[Mr. Roh speaks]

[crunching]

[birds chirping]

[Mr. Roh and Hyukchang Wu talking]

[melancholic music playing]

[sobs]

[Hyukchang Wu speaking]

[Hyukchang Wu speaking]

[Hyeonseo Lee in English]

In a way, the scariest parts of North Korea

are some of what they wanna show you at these mass games.

And there's 100,000 people

wearing the same kind of clothes and marching in unison.

And you see these children who are five, six years old

with their mass games, cards spelling out

propaganda messages in perfect unison.

You've gotta think, you know, "How do you get your five-year-old to do that?"

You see how much repression there is.

[Hyeonseo Lee speaking]

[in Korean]

[Jinhae speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[tense music playing]

[man speaking]

[man speaks]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[man speaks]

[Jinhae speaks]

[Mr. Roh speaks]

[Hyeonseo Lee in English]

- [Madeleine Gavin speaks] - Oh...

[Gwang Il Jung in Korean]

[Barbara Demick in English] North Korea has basically plagiarized

the Christian Bible and you can see

a lot of parallels to the Old Testament.

[Hyeonseo Lee speaking]

[Barbara Demick] Kim Il-Sung is God,

and Kim Jong-Il is the Son of God.

They claim that he was born not in a manger

but in a log cabin on Mount Paektu,

which is at the Chinese-North Korean border.

[Barbara Demick] It's said his birth was heralded

by a beautiful star, and a double rainbow.

They wanted to keep this powerful imagery for themselves,

so the Bible is banned.

[Mrs. Roh speaking]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[Jinhae speaks]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[Jinhae groans]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

[man speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[panting]

[zipper unzips]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[broker 2 answers]

[over phone]

[Soyeon Lee speaking]

Mm.

[tense music playing

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[sobbing]

[crying]

[uneasy music playing]

[grandma speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Mrs. Roh speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[Jinhae speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim groans]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[Jinpyeong speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

[dogs barking in distance]

[Jinhae whispers]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

- [man asks] - [dogs barking in distance]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[broker speaking]

[car revs]

[birds chirping]

[indistinct chatter]

[Mrs. Roh speaking]

[singing]

[sniffles]

- [motorcycle revs] - [car door closes]

[indistinct chatter]

[driver speaking]

[Mr. Roh speaks]

[driver speaks]

[uneasy music playing]

[driver speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim and Jinpyeong talking]

- [crunches] - [indistinct chatter]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[Jinhae speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Mr. Roh speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

- [Mrs. Roh speaks] - [grandma indistinct]

[Hyeonseo Lee in English]

[Madeleine Gavin speaking]

[Hyeonseo Lee speaking]

[Madeleine Gavin speaks]

- [Madeleine Gavin] Yeah. - [Hyeonseo Lee continues]

[phone ringing]

[Soyeon Lee speaks]

[broker speaking]

[Soyeon Lee crying]

[Soyeon Lee crying]

[Soyeon Lee sobbing]

[insects trilling]

[soft music playing]

[Mrs. Roh speaks, exhales]

[Mr. Roh speaking]

[in English]

[in Korean]

[chuckles]

[mumbling]

[sniffs]

[sniffles]

[Jinpyeong singing]

[cheering, whooping]

[Madeleine Gavin in English]

[mumbling]

[both muttering]

- [chuckles] - Mm...

[chuckles]

[uneasy music playing]

- [squeaking] - [indistinct chatter]

[man answers]

[Mrs. Roh and man talking]

[man speaks]

- [Mrs. Roh speaks] - [Jinpyeong speaks]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

[uneasy music playing]

- [indistinct chatter] - [horn honks]

- [GPS voice] - [Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

[GPS voice]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

[broker speaks]

[tense music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[broker speaks]

[man speaks]

[motor rattling]

[broker speaks]

[motor rattling, rumbling]

[motor stops]

[thuds]

[broker speaking]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaking]

- [Mrs. Roh] - [Pastor Seungeun Kim]

[indistinct chatter]

[Mrs. Roh speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

[man speaking]

[sobbing]

- [crying] - [indistinct]

[indistinct chatter]

[siren wailing in distance]

[broker exhales]

[Soyeon Lee sighs]

[broker speaks]

[Soyeon Lee sniffles]

- [broker speaks] - [Soyeon Lee sniffles]

- [Soyeon Lee] Mm. - [broker speaks]

[Soyeon Lee answers, sniffles]

[broker speaks]

[Soyeon Lee agrees]

- [broker speaks] - [call ends]

[Soyeon Lee speaking]

[sniffles]

[sobbing]

[sighs in pain]

- [sniffles] - [tense music playing]

[indistinct shouting]

[indistinct chatter, laughter]

[laughter]

[elevator bell dings]

[Hyukchang Wu speaks]

[indistinct chatter]

- [Yeonghee Woo speaks] - [lock unlatches]

- [laughter] - [granddaughter exclaims]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct chatter]

[laughter]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks]

[Pastor Seungeun Kim and Hyukchang Wu speaking]

- [Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks] - [Hyukchang Wu speaks]

[indistinct chatter continues]

♪

[light clicks]

[Esther Park speaking]

[cell phone ringtone]

- [Pastor Seungeun Kim speaks] - [woman over phone]

- [KakaoTalk message tone] - [beeps]

[woman over phone]

[grandma] Ooh!

[in English]

[in Korean]

[grandma speaks]

[in English]

[in Korean]

[indistinct chatter]

[giggling]

- [truck revs, brakes] - [brakes hiss]

[Gwang Il Jung speaking]

[Soyeon Lee speaking]

[sobbing]

[in English]

[Mrs. Roh in Korean]

[Mr. Roh speaks]

[grandma speaking]

[melancholic music playing]

[soft music playing]

[music fades out]