3. Superdollars
The Lazarus Heist
BBC
4.8 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I had a flat screen TV installed in my office in Pyongyang and it was set to one channel, |
| 0:14.6 | KCTV, Korean Central Television. |
| 0:18.0 | Most days there was nothing on state TV during work hours, but every once in a while we |
| 0:22.7 | would get a heads up about a special news announcement. |
| 0:26.4 | And if North Korea's most famous anchor appeared, we knew to get ready to file news alerts. |
| 0:38.0 | We call her the pink lady, and that's because she often wears a hot pink traditional |
| 0:42.6 | Korean dress from major news announcements. |
| 0:46.0 | Like the one she dramatically delivers in April 2009, announcing that North Korea has successfully |
| 0:58.3 | launched a long range rocket to send a satellite into space. |
| 1:03.9 | Which leads to another launch. |
| 1:05.9 | And another. |
| 1:06.9 | And another. |
| 1:08.9 | And another. |
| 1:10.9 | And another. |
| 1:11.9 | And another. |
| 1:12.9 | And again. |
| 1:13.9 | And again. |
| 1:14.9 | And again. |
| 1:15.9 | North Korea insists these launches are peaceful that they're just scientific explorations. |
| 1:22.7 | But each time the missile's range gets closer to reaching its sworn enemy, the United |
| 1:27.3 | States. |
| 1:28.6 | And they get more lethal in their potential effect if North Korea should go on the offensive. |
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