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E263 - North Korea’s Roots in Christianity w/ Jonathan Cheng

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes. Danny and Derek speak with Jonathan Cheng, China bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, about the Christian origins of North Korea’s founding ideology and the subsequent personality cult. The discussion explores missionary Samuel …

North Korea's Roots in Christianity w/ Jonathan Cheng / American Prestige

Danny and Derek speak with Jonathan Cheng, China bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, about the Christian origins of North Korea’s founding ideology and the subsequent personality cult. The discussion explores missionary Samuel Moffat’s work in Pyongyang, the conversion of Kim Il-sung’s family…

These Are The Generations, 11

Reading from "These Are The Generations" by Eric Foley, available at http://amzn.to/1svos8h Read by Bob Faulkner Today: Mrs. Bae tells her story. She begins a very successful life because of her parents (Christian) training, but she grows up in a world dominated by the NK god, Kim Il Sung. Fascinat…

Escalating Fear And Korean Conflict Nick Bunker, Part Two: Bunker details the dramatic escalation of Cold War tensions NICK-BUNKER-CONTINUED

1947Escalating Fear And Korean ConflictNick Bunker, Part Two: Bunker details the dramatic escalation of Cold War tensions leading up to the June 1950 Korean War outbreak. The discussion highlights the perjury sentencing of Alger Hiss, Joe McCarthy's aggressive anti-communist speech campaign, and St…

The Two Koreas & the DMZ: The Line Drawn in 30 Minutes | History for Sleep with Rain Sounds

How did one nation become two countries that can no longer imagine being one again? In August 1945, two tired American colonels were given thirty minutes and a National Geographic map to divide Korea, and the line they chose still splits the peninsula today. Drift off to the calm, detailed story of…

Episode 142: North Korea - the Kim Dynasty

After the Korean War, Kim Il Sung introduced juche or self-reliance and consolidated his power by introducing Songbun, which created a political caste system. The Songbun was used by his successor Kim Jong Il during the Korea Famine (1994-1999) to divert food aid to the elite layer to prevent an ov…

Episode 23: Family as Strategy: How the Kims of North Korea Are Challenging the World Since 1948

This episode of Strategy Matters supports the Korean War case study by examining the conflict and developments on the Korean Peninsula from an unusual angle: through the Kim family regime that has ruled North Korea since 1948. In modern times, no other political dynasty has matched the Kims' longev…

How North Korea Became the Most Religious Place on Earth with Jonathan Cheng

What if I told you that one of the most powerful evangelical revivals of the 20th century, and one of the greatest missionary success stories of all Christian history, gave way in one generation to the most enduring, notorious, oppressive, anti-Christian communist personality cult of all time?   No…

Kim Jong Un

Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 321,739 views on Tuesday, 20 October 2026 our article of the day is Kim Jong Un.Kim Jong Un (born 8 January c. 1982–1984) is a North Korean politician a…

From the Jerusalem of the East to the Kim Dynasty: An Interview with Jonathan Cheng

In this episode of Three Things, Wall Street Journal China bureau chief Jonathan Cheng discusses how Pyongyang's Christian past—and Kim Il Sung's own church upbringing—shaped the history and personality cult of North Korea. Hear the surprising stories behind Cheng's 12 years of research and his swe…