their breath. even today top leaders often wear overcoats indoors. why the hardships? because so much of their limited money goes to the military. according to the cia, north korea industry is crippled and there are chronic food shortages. basically it s a starving country. always they are looking for better food. where is something to eat, to fill my stomach? starvation reportedly killed up to two million people in the 1990s. this 24-year-old defected from north korea six years ago. translator: you can see dead people everywhere on the street. in this satellite photo, south korea is blazing with lights at night. north korea is pitch black, except for the capitol. that capitol, pyongyang, is the home of top government officials with good salaries and impressive offices. we re on top of the world s tallest stone tower here overlooking pyongyang.
even as we feared there could be a war, we were taken to a sub threat factory where 2,000 women worked diligently. they also took us sightseeing. they re bigger than the ones in paris. we went to a source of north korean pride. we re on top of the world s tallest stone tower here overlooking pyongyang. it s majestic to see what s going on. you can see the river, you can see the bitter cold, freezing snow. but the the buildings are really impressive to see what s going on here in the north korean capital. and they built this tower to really highlight what they ve accomplished over the years. it s very impressive, i must say, to be on top and someone who lives in washington, d.c., they make the point of pointing out this is taller than the washington monument. and they they constantly point out it s the tallest in the world. huge pictures of the late great leader and his son, the