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  "textContent": "History of North Korea's Origins, from 2333 BC to 1953. In this lecture, we explore how North Korea came to be under Kim Jong Un's grandfather, Kim Il-Sung, beginning with the Russo-Japanese War and ending with the Korean War. We also cover the Joseon Dynasty and give a biography of Kim Il-Sung.\n\n★**Support on Patreon** : https://www.patreon.com/williamcfox\n\n**Sourcing:**\n\nKorea: Where the American Century Began by Pembroke 2018\nThe Korea War, an International history by Haruki. 2018\nThe Forgotten Political Elites of North Korea. Tertitskiy 2024\nOrigins of the Korean War Cumings Parts 1 & 2. 1981, 1992.\nLankov. From Stalin to Kim Il Sung. 2002\nForever President Michael J. Seth. 2025\n2016 Routledge Handbook of Modern Korean History edited M. Seth\nA Concise History of Modern Korea MJ Seth 2010\nSoviet-North Korean relations during the Cold War : unruly offspring / Fyodor Tertitskiy.\nKim Il-sung in the Khrushchve era 2005\n\nArticle (Abstract) Eom: Collusive Oligopolistic Politics: Sedo...2012. UBC.\nUNESCO \"Archives of the Donghak Peasant Revolution\"\nNational Palace Museum of Korea. Su-hee Park. \"Recording the Brief History of the Korean Empire\"\nIntern, “Reflections of Joseon in DPRK’s Songbun Caste System.”\nKim, “Land Reform in South Korea under the U.S. Military Occupation, 1945–1948.”\nEom, “Collusive Oligopolistic Politics.”\nBrazinsky, _Nation Building in South Korea_\nKim, _The Development of Modern South Korea_.\n“Archives of the Donghak Peasant Revolution - Memory of the World.”\nGoogle Arts & Culture, “Recording the Brief History of the Korean Empire.”\n\nAccidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-Sung: Tertitskiy, Fyodor\nThe Man and His Era: William Taubman\nNorth Korea: What Everyone Needs to Know: McEachern\nTyranny of the Weak : North Korea and the World, 1950-1992.\nKim Il-Sung: The Controversial Life and Legacy of North Korea’s First Supreme Leader.\nLand Reform in South Korea, 1945–1948. Journal of Cold War Studies 18, no. 2 (2016)\n“North Korea in a Nutshell: A Contemporary Overview: Oh, Kongdan, Hassig, Ralph\n“Leader Symbols and Personality Cult in North Korea: The Leader State.” pg 51-77\nThe North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950 Charles K. Armstrong\n\n00:00-1:32 Intro\n1:33-41:37 Japan, Russia, Roosevelt\n41:38-02:38:26 Korea in Japan\n02:38:27-02:48:12 Stalin and Cat interrugnum\n02:48:13-03:31:31 1945-1946\n03:31:32-03:50:31 1947-48\n03:50:32-04:18:56 1949-Korean War\n\nStock video and imagery provided by Getty Images.",
  "title": "How North Korea Happened"
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