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Jun 2019
31m 25s

Who Is the Real Kim Jong-un?

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On The Gist, Joe Biden had no good answers at Thursday's Democratic debate. In the interview, the Washington Post's Anna Fifield is out with a new book on Kim Jong-un. She interviewed as many people who have had even a fleeting interaction with the man as possible, in an effort to get the clearest picture yet of what the head of the Kim dynasty is really lik ... Show More
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