This is a 70-minute documentary praising Kim Il-sung, which was aired by Korean Central Television on the 8th, the 32nd anniversary of Kim Il-sung's death.
In this scene, Kim Il-sung is seen examining a globe with foreign dignitaries.
If you look closely, the colors of the North and South on the map of the Korean Peninsula are different.
We checked the same video with the same title that North Korea aired back in 2017.
In that version, the Korean Peninsula was a single color, a shade of red.
While other elements of the film remained the same, only the colors of the North and South on the map were changed.
Last March, North Korea amended its constitution to include new territorial clauses and completely removed expressions related to unification.
It appears they have even resorted to manipulating past footage by overwriting it.
Editing techniques were also employed to remove content.
This scene, where Kim Il-sung receives a flag with the word "unification" written on it from a foreign dignitary, and this scene, where Kim Jong-il looks at a wall map that includes the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, were completely deleted from this broadcast.
Experts suggest that by discarding records related to the "unification" efforts of his predecessors, Kim Jong-un intends to retroactively apply his "hostile two-state" theory to the eras of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.
[Interview] Cho Seong-ryul / Visiting Professor, Kyungnam University: Rather than the concept that they were one and then divided into two, I believe they will redefine history, the history of the anti-Japanese movement, and the history of the nation's founding by portraying them as separate states from the very beginning.
The analysis is that North Korea is not even exempting videos praising Kim Il-sung from its historical manipulation, driven by a determination to prevent the younger generation from even forming the concept that the North and South are the same people.
Reported by Kim A-young | Written by Kim Da-yeon | Video Editing by Choi Jin-hwa | Produced by SBS Digital News
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