North Korea's economy: slavery, drug trafficking, weapons for terrorists and dictators
Nowadays, North Korea and its tiny economy are juxtaposed with the prosperous South Korea, which has an economy 70 times larger. But in the past, things were different - it was the North that had economic, technological, and military superiority over the South. From a "model socialist state" to one of the poorest countries in the world.
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00:00 Introduction
02:10 The division of Korea into two states
02:54 Movement towards communism
03:59 Juche ideology
05:42 Development of heavy industry
06:37 Lack of statistics and shortages
07:03 Cholimma
07:53 Militarization and debt
08:57 Repression and stagnation
10:16 Collapse of the USSR, China turns away
11:55 Search for help
12:43 The biggest famine
13:49 Illegal economy
16:02 Selling weapons to dictators
17:04 Export of slaves
19:06 GDP OF THE DPRK
20:45 Statistics in the DPRK
22:24 Real yield of the DPRK
23:27 Manipulations in industry
24:17 Socialism and the economy
25:02 Corruption
25:52 Freedom of speech
27:14 Democracy and economic freedom
27:48 A militarized country
30:12 DPRK supports Russia in the war against Ukraine
31:27 Communism does not allow to reform the country
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