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The crowds in front of the camera grow and when they gather to say good-bye, many are seen openly weeping. and then as kim boards his boat to leave, soldiers run frantically down the beach to say good-bye to their leader, even plunging into the icy water in their uniforms to show how much they adore him. he waves benignly and gestures paternally for them to go back to dry land. as the boat pulls away, the announcer says their leader has confidence that he can win a war against american soldiers, and that's a theme that continues to play out on north korean television these days. as it has alwa...

Wrong thinkers. >> i never heard of anything like that. >> it's unique in the 20th or 21st century. mao didn't do it, stalin didn't do it. hitler of course tried to exterminate entire families but in the post world war ii world, it's only korea that had this practice. >> north korea denies it has any political prisons, but refuses to allow outside observers to inspect camp 14 and other sites. there's no way to verify all the details of shin's story. do you believe his story? >> oh, sure. his story is consistent with the testimony of other prisoners in every respect. >> there is also physical e...

Every respect. >> there is also physical evidence he carries around with him to this day. the tip of his finger is missing. he says it was chopped off as punishment when he accidentally broke a machine in a prison factory. he also has serious scars on his back, stomach and ankles which he was willing to show us, but embarrassed to show on camera. he says he received those wounds here in an underground torture center. he was tortured because his mother and older brother were accused of trying to escape. he was just 13 years old at the time. >> did they think that you were involved in the escape...

People. the young kim's leadership is constantly reinforced by a lavish state media. videos like this one show an army officer wiping his eyes, overcome with emotion as kim jong-un speaks personally to him. even the television announcer is emotional as she proclaims this to be a historic moment for these soldiers. and recently, the regime has racheted up the propaganda just as it's racheted up its threats. and this is how a cult of personality is born and nurtured. we see soldiers and their families at a military outpost running to greet kim jong-un. he hugs and kisses the little children, who...

Evidence he carries around with him to this day. the tip of his finger is missing. he says it was chopped off as punishment when he accidentally broke a machine in a prison factory. he also has serious scars on his back, stomach and ankles which he was willing to show us, but embarrassed to show on camera. he says he received those wounds here in an underground torture center. he was tortured because his mother and older brother were accused of trying to escape. he was just 13 years old at the time. >> did they think that you were involved in the escape? >> translator: i'm sure they did. >> ho...