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The Inquiry

What does Kim Jong Un want?

The Inquiry

BBC

News Commentary, News

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2015

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

After the recent high-profile spat with the US over The Interview – a Hollywood film that mocks North Korea’s enigmatic leader – what do we know about his ambitions? Our expert witnesses include the first Western journalist to open an office in Pyongyang, a businessman who trains North Koreans and an admirer of Kim Jong Un who says he will succeed where his father and grandfather failed.

(Photo: Kim Jong Un. Credit: Associated Press)

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We're a weekly program. Our job is to add in-depth analysis to one question from the news.

0:40.0

We hope you like it. BBC World Service, this is Helena Merriman with the inquiry.

0:48.0

In November, hackers broke into Sony's computers.

0:52.0

It was the most damaging corporate cyber attack in American history.

0:56.0

A few weeks later, the hackers threatened to target any cinemas that screened the interview,

1:02.0

a film about an American plot to assassinate

1:05.3

Kim Jong-un. An FBI investigation, which some have questioned, concluded that North Korea

1:12.4

was to blame for the cyber attack, and President

1:15.3

Obama announced new sanctions against the country and its leaders.

1:20.2

This is the first time our government has taken a move like this in response to a direct cyber attack on a U.S. company.

1:26.0

And the White House says there is more to come.

1:29.0

North Korea responded angrily, calling Mr. Obama reckless and a monkey.

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