
The Mole: Undercover in North Korea(2020)
A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.


True crime meets global spy thriller in this gripping account of the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader. The film follows the trial of the two female assassins, probing the question: were the women trained killers or innocent pawns of North Korea?
Siti Aisyah
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Doan Thi Huong
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Hadi Azmi
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Anna Fifield
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Kim Jong-nam
Self (archive footage)

Kim Jong-un
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Donald Trump
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Ri Sol-ju
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Moon Jae-in
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Kim Yo-jong
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Assassins is a documentary, crime film released in 2021 exploring themes of assassination, north korea. Directed by Ryan White, it stars Siti Aisyah, Doan Thi Huong, Hadi Azmi. True crime meets global spy thriller in this gripping account of the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader. The film follows the trial of the two female assassins, probing the question: were the women trained killers or innocent pawns of North Korea?
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