“They’re God,” she says, referring to North Korea’s trinity, Kim Jong Un, his father Kim Jong Il, and grandfather Kim Il Sung.

The tears are now running down Chae’s perfectly made up face and she chokes back a sob. “This is how you are brought up since birth. Even I can feel the pull in my heart. I thought I forgot about this feeling since it has been so long.

“But seeing this now, I feel I’m back in North Korea. I don’t know how to express myself. He is really great and I feel we will all die without him.”…

“I know their sincerity,” she says, as she watches a group of soldiers sing and sway before Kim, their faces red with emotion and streaked with tears. “This is not a lie. It is not an act. It is real. If anything happens, they will give up their lives. They will even jump into fire.”