What I survived

Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

May 12, 2026·32 min·5-min readnarrativedocumentary
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This episode profiles Jim Latrache, a Danish man whose life reads like a thriller: from a troubled youth and time in the French Foreign Legion, to cocaine trafficking and prison, culminating in an undercover mission to North Korea as a fake arms dealer. The story lands not just for its au

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Jim Latrache

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Jim LatracheKim Jong-unKim Jong-nam

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Shacklaff and Dammes

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French Foreign Legion

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Criminal JusticeLong Form JournalismMental HealthPersonal FinanceTrue Crime

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