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KIM JONG UN

The theatrical dictator who inherited nuclear weapons and turned North Korea's hermit kingdom into his personal stage.

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CHAPTER ONE The Ghost of the Father HE WASN’T SUPPOSED to be the one. For most of his childhood, Kim Jong Un was invisible. The middle son of a dictator who barely acknowledged him, raised in palaces but kept in shadow. He was born in secret, studied abroad under fake names, and watched the world from a distance. His older brother was too soft. His younger brother was too shy. And Un? No one paid much attention. Until everything changed. When Kim Jong Il’s health began to fail, the regime scrambled. The dynasty had to continue. The illusion had to hold. And from the fog of silence, a name emerged: Kim Jong Un. Young. Unproven. Practically unknown. But he looked like his grandfather, the...

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