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Part One: Kim Jong Un and His Family of Dictators

Behind the Bastards

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Kim Jong-Un, the Great Successor of Kim Il-Sung

Kim Jong-un has done a masterful job of preparing his nation for the idea that there will be no break in continuity between the generations. No other communist state successfully handed down power from father to son. Most experts suspect that after Kim Il-sung dies, things are going to sort of fall apart but they ain't been right yet.

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