North Korea: The Secret History of the World's Most Isolated State — Fexingo History
FexingoNorth Korea remains the world's most opaque and enigmatic state, a hermit kingdom forged in the crucible of Japanese colonialism, the Korean War, and the Cold War. This show, hosted by Lucas and Luna, peels back the layers of secrecy to explore the full sweep of North Korean history from the ancient kingdom of Gojoseon to the Kim dynasty's nuclear brinkmanship. We delve into the rise of the Kim Il... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 15 | Founded | 5 days ago |
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In 1978, South Korea's most famous film director, Shin Sang-ok, and his actress ex-wife Choi Eun-hee were separately kidnapped by North Korean agents and brought to Pyongyang, where Kim Jong-il personally ordered them to build a North Korean film ind... more
This episode traces North Korea's nuclear program from its Cold War origins to the brink of the 21st century. We explore how Kim Il-sung, after witnessing US nuclear threats during the Korean War, secretly pursued atomic weapons with Soviet aid. Desp... more
In January 1968, North Korean patrol boats seized the USS Pueblo, a US Navy intelligence vessel, in international waters off Wonsan. The crew of 83 was captured and held for 11 months, enduring torture and forced confessions. The incident triggered a... more
Lucas and Luna descend into the shadow world of North Korea's political prison camps, focusing on the notorious Kaechon Prison Camp (Kwan-li-so No. 8). They trace its origins from the 1960s purge of the Workers' Party's Yan'an and Soviet factions, th... more
In this episode of North Korea: The Secret History of the World’s Most Isolated State, we step across the 38th parallel to explore a pivotal moment in South Korean history that shaped the North’s propaganda and the South’s democracy: the Kwangju Upri... more
In the brutal winter of 1950, the Battle of Chosin Reservoir—known in Korean as Jangjin-ho—became one of the Korean War's most harrowing engagements. This episode follows the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's surprise assault on UN forces, focusing o... more
In this episode of North Korea: The Secret History of the World's Most Isolated State, Lucas and Luna explore the Chollima Movement — North Korea's crash industrialization campaign launched in 1956. Named after a mythical winged horse from Korean leg... more
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna revisit the Korean War with a focus on the brutal 43-day siege of Wonsan. While the Inchon landing is celebrated as a masterstroke, Wonsan reveals a different story — a city bombed to rubble, a harbo... more
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