North Korea's "Juche"

The story of modern North Korea begins with Japan. In the early 20th century, the Japanese empire saw Korea as a stepping-stone to an invasion of China. So Japan annexed Korea in 1910, and the world turned a deaf ear to Korea's calls for help.

The Japanese dealt harshly with their new subjects, and many Koreans fled to Manchuria. Among these were the parents of a boy called Kim Song Ju, who would later join the Korean resistance movement and become a legendary guerrilla fighter under the name Kim Il Sung.

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