National Geographic HD

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.

Elevated highways fall, a bridge collapses, and houses plunge into the ocean.

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.