National Geographic HD (Pacific)

Experts take an in-depth look into Kim Jong-un's mind as he tries to forge a future for his dysfunctional kingdom while maintaining tight control of his people.

Kim Jong-un tries his hand at diplomacy seeking legitimacy for his totalitarian regime.

The story of how guerrilla fighter Kim Il Sung rises to power, takes complete control of his country and makes himself a god in the eyes of his people; a chronicle of Sung's early days in power, including how he starts the Korean War.

The decline of Kim Il Sung and the rise of his son, Kim Jong Il; how Jong uses filmmaking and propaganda to gain power; the story of how Jong kidnaps South Korean filmmakers and wages a terror campaign in the buildup to the Seoul Olympics.

At the close of the Cold War, North Korea loses Soviet patronage; Kim Jong Il starts a nuclear weapons program; his government makes counterfeit money and sets up factories making crystal meth; he parties while the country struggles economically.

Kim Jong-un takes power at the age of 28 and consolidates power by killing his uncle and half brother; the story of Jong-un's friendship with basketball player Dennis Rodman and a breakdown of Jong-un's historic 2018 summit with U.S. President Trump.

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The story of the largest wildfire in Portugal's history and how it devastated a rural community; as firefighters tried to control the blaze, fierce winds combined with the fire to make it unstoppable; fleeing locals are caught in the inferno.

Nepal is hit by a 6.7 mega-earthquake that kills thousands; across the country, survivors are hit by terrifying avalanches that destroy everything in their path; presenting stories of survival, from the Kathmandu Valley to Mount Everest.

On Oct. 1, 2015, the cargo ship El Faro is on a regular run to Puerto Rico when it disappears in a Category 4 storm called Hurricane Joaquin; it is determined that the El Faro sank off the coast of the Bahamas with 33 crew members.

Montecito is hit by a natural disaster that leaves its residents fighting for their lives; overnight, the Californian beach town is swamped by a series of 30-feet high, boulder-filled debris flows that destroy homes and leave streets swimming in mud.

In April 2011, 360 tornadoes ravage the southern United States in four days, killing 348 people.

A mine collapses in Chile, trapping 33 miners almost half a mile underground.

Fails include a supermarket collapse, amusement parks ablaze and a tunnel rescue in India.

Lightning causes construction mayhem, cities are sinking, and bridges are falling down.

Fails include a disastrous shuttle mission, and an unwanted and very expensive airport.

Fails include an overpass fire, a downed radio telescope and a sinking airport.

Earthquake-proof buildings fall down; a battery factory blows up; and a bridge collapses.

Fails include a broken Baltimore bridge, a Manhattan crane fire and a "poonami" in China.

When buildings fail, they fall, burn, sink into holes, or even lean.