Kim Jong-il V.S. the Starving Masses of North Korea

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Kim Jong-il was born in 1941 in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye. He would follow his father Kim Il-sung as the second leader of North Korea, living an extravagant and eccentric lifestyle, while oppressing and starving the ordinary people.

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Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)

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