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Kim Jong-Il's Reign as North Korea's Dear Leader Has Barely Started
This decade will see around a million people starve to death in one of the worst famines of the 20th century. Despite the famine, Kim Jong-il manages to turn his country into an international pariah. No other country on earth has more political prisoners than North Korea. Some estimate there are 200,000 people locked up for their views. Anyone who disobeys the ruling workers' party is crushed mercilessly.