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✔ Subscribe to the "UNION EVECHA" channel: https://goo.su/J55rLh Why did North Korea abandon the idea of ​​unification with South Korea? What really drives the Kim dynasty? Why is the DPRK's priority not the standard of living, but the survival of the state? In the new episode of the program "On the Line," historian, orientalist, and Korean scholar Andrei Lankov explains in detail how North Korea's logic works, why Pyongyang lives by the principle "candy is fine, but bullets are a must," what to expect from North Korea amid the crisis in the Middle East, and what role the country can play in Russia's pivot to the East. 00:00 – Beginning. Guest introduction. Book "North of the 38th Parallel. How People Live in the DPRK." 01:11 – The Korean Peninsula: Geography is Destiny. 04:33 – The Chinese characters for "Salvation" and "Happiness." 06:11 – Where did Korean characters come from? 06:33 – Late interpretation of Chinese characters. 06:57 – What has been the result of strict legislative policies: demography in China. 09:28 – What has been the result of strict legislative policies: demography in the DPRK and South Korea. 12:22 – Where did the tradition of erecting monuments come from in East Asia? 14:03 – Urban development problems in the DPRK and South Korea. 14:50 – The ideology of Pyongyang's architecture. 17:48 – The ideology of European city architecture. 18:35 – Kim Jin-un's decisive ideological turn: the modern dream of the North Korean people. 21:53 – North Korea and South Korea adopted the experience of West Germany and East Germany. 25:17 – Why do North Koreans and South Koreans hate each other, while Germans in West Germany and East Germany do not? 27:35 – What is the current state of Christian parishes in modern North Korea, and why do they not recognize the authority of the Vatican? 31:52 – Why is the North Korean leadership afraid of the Church? 33:38 – Why, unlike Cuba, has North Korea forgiven Russia for the 1990s? 37:20 – What does the North Korean press actually say about North Korean military participation in the North Korean War? 38:28 – Russia and North Korea: Just business, nothing personal? 38:48 – Peculiarities of the Kim ruling family. 42:22 – War in the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula: Will Kim Jin-un send nuclear missiles to Iran? 44:51 - War in the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula: Will North Korea Enter the War on Iran's Side? 45:49 - Will There Be a War Between North Korea and South Korea Anytime Soon? 46:46 - When Could China Attack Taiwan? 47:10 - Does North Korea Always Rely on Its Own Strength? 48:15 - The Russian-Belarusian and Russian-Korean Strategic Partnership Agreements: What's the Difference? 49:38 - War in the Middle East and the Global Energy Crisis. 50:22 - The North Korean Economy: Hyperinflation, Cryptocurrency, and a State-Owned Central Bank. 52:51 - How Will the Global Economic Crisis Affect North Korea? 56:03 - Why Did the US Cause Massacre in the Middle East? 56:37 - To Whom Does Kim Jin-un Plan to Hand Over Power? 57:38 – Russia is pivoting to the East, A.G. Lukashenko to the DPRK. 58:28 – The role of the DPRK in the Siberianization of Russia. 59:56 – Which Southeast Asian countries will participate in Russia's turn to the East? 01:01:23 – North Korea as an important source of labor for Russia. 01:02:35 – How do North Koreans view Joseph Stalin now? 01:05:40 – Why was Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov actually arrested and deported in Latvia. 01:06:46 – What is the real attitude toward the DPRK in South Korea? 01:08:38 – Three favorite books by Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov. 01:09:56 – What is the Korean attitude toward the End of the World, and what do they believe? 01:12:58 – Ending: what the next conversation will be about and when. ➤ Our website: https://www.souzveche.ru/ ➤ MAX: https://max.ru/ru_by ➤ ZEN: https://dzen.ru/ru_by ➤ VK: https://vk.com/souzveche ➤ OK: https://ok.ru/souzveche ➤ TG: https://t.me/souz_veche ➤ RUTUBE: https://rutube.ru/channel/71228095/