Kim Jong-un Once was a Normal Kid

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In this episode, we travel to Bern, Switzerland, in the late 1990s and discover that the future ruler of North Korea was hiding in plain sight as a shy student at Liebefeld. In a city where Einstein once scribbled his theory of relativity, young Kim Jong‑un studied algebra, learned German, and fell in love with basketball and Swiss cheese. His classmates knew him only as Pak Un. We uncover the double life of a secret prince balancing video games and school assignments with duty to a dictatorship. Subscribe, unless you are too busy perfecting your jump shot. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:17 Schoolboy Kim in Switzerland 11:27 The Summer Everything Changed 17:25 New School, New Friend 21:39 Bulls, Bond, and Basketball 28:13 Farewell to Innocence 32:01 A Friend of A Dictator 35:15 Final Thoughts