00:00 A doctor in North Korea crosses into China and realizes that dogs in China eat better than doctors in North Korea, leading her to question everything she had been taught.

04:10 The story of how Korea became two countries begins at the end of World War II, with the US and the Soviet Union dividing the country along the 38th parallel and installing leaders backed by their respective governments in North and South Korea.

09:19 The US imported a puppet leader, Sigmund Ri, to control South Korea, but he turned out to be a strong-willed nationalist who wanted to control the entire Korean Peninsula, leading to conflict with his own population and the need for support from the US, which came through Sergeant Donald Nichols, a US Air Force spy with a seventh-grade education and a background of petty theft, who formed a close relationship with Ri and served alongside him for 11 years.

13:32 In the early days of the Korean War, Sergeant Donald Nichols, an American spy, was present during torture and killings in South Korea, suggesting that the US may have turned a blind eye to his actions in order to fight off the threat of communism.

18:03 The Korean War ended in a draw with an armistice, but the devastation caused by the war, particularly in North Korea, was immense, with up to 20% of the population killed by American bombs.

21:45 The Korean War fueled North Korea's quest to become a nuclear power and set North and South Korea on completely opposite paths, with South Korea experiencing rapid economic growth while North Korea remained closed off and focused on military and nuclear development, leading to Kim Il-sung's death in 1994 and the rise of his son, Kim Jong-il.

25:58 The North Korean government keeps the country sealed off from the outside world to prevent its citizens from realizing the truth about their living conditions and to maintain control through propaganda and fear.

30:48 The protagonist, Hunso Lee, successfully crossed the border into China and lived in fear of being caught by authorities while trying to blend in, until she was finally reunited with her family in South Korea 14 years later, all while North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, continued his father's and grandfather's legacy of nuclear expansion, internal propaganda, and political repression.