FOLLOW THE TRIP - 14 Parts www.vbs.tv Getting into North Korea was one of the hardest and weirdest processes VBS has ever dealt with. After we went back and forth with their representatives for months, they finally said they were going to allow 16 journalists into the country to cover the Arirang Mass Games in Pyongyang. Then, ten days before we were supposed to go, they said, "No, nobody can come." Then they said, "OK, OK, you can come. But only as tourists." We had no idea what that was supposed to mean. They already knew we were journalists, and over there if you get caught being a journalist when you're supposed to be a tourist you go to jail. We don't like jail. And we're willing to bet we'd hate jail in North Korea.
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First part of thirteen. Our trip to North Korea was a visit to a fucking communist themepark except that instead of communism it was mind-blowing mentally retarded religious experience involving some dude's massive ego and millions of people told to celebrate it. The country is a mental asylum, we had all the freedom to move of the "guests" at Guantanamo and have seen enough creepy propaganda crap to last 5 lifetimes. Alas. The first part is an intro to the country and the history/politics without which the rest wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. Grab a sandwich and sit through it. Or not. Thats what it is and thats what you get. Enjoy. Also - feel free to comment, but keep in mind dumbassed comments will get similar replies. Or cookie recipes. Or both. Meow!
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Hillarious North Korea Tourism Video.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter is expected to travel to North Korea within days to win the release of an American held prisoner there. In 1994 Carter was able to sooth North Korea's then leader to join talks with the US on its nuclear ambitions. Former US president Jimmy Carter will be traveling to North Korea sometime in the next couple of days to negotiate the release of an American held prisoner there. Carter will make the trip as a private citizen on behalf of Aijalon Mahli Gomes. Gomes is serving a sentence of eight years hard labor after being convicted of illegal entry in April. The visit will take place amid heightened tensions on the peninsula after the sinking of a South Korean warship -- which Seoul blames on the North. North Korea says it's willing to return to nuclear disarmament talks, but both Washington and Seoul have said Pyongyang must first admit responsibility for the sinking of the warship. Carter's visit could help improve the atmosphere. Reports say that Carter may take his wife and daughter on the trip. Carter has personal experience dealing with North Korea. On a 1994 trip, he crossed the border into Pyongyang to meet with the then North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and persuaded him to join talks about its nuclear weapons ambitions.
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This video clips goes very fast through some of the sites and locations that can be visited while on a tour in the DPRK (North Korea) - There are a lot more to discover as well! Contact koryo tours for more information! This clip was done as being part of a group tour. The majority of people who go have never been on a tour group before, thus making the experience even more unique; seeing DPRK with a great bunch of people. A trip to the DPRK (North Korea) is an unforgettable experience and an experience of a lifetime - Koryo Tours www.koryotours.com
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RT's Aleksey Yaroshevsky travels to North Korea, the world's most secretive state.
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David Pluth travels to North Korea and shows us this amazing country www.fotografx.biz
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TV Broadcast of the entire "Ever-victorious Workers' Party of Korea" held at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea on September 4, 2001. Certainly the TV broadcast wouldn't do justice to actually being there and witnessing over 100000 performers. This was pretty hard to find on the internet and very few people will ever see this outside of the DPRK, let alone travel to north korea to see their mass games.
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In this brief video clip the Departures crew and Koryo Tours director Nicholas Bonner visit a secondary school in the DPRK (North Korea) and learn a little bit of Korean. There is also a little learning exchange. See what they encountered and what happens in detention! Filmed in 2009 and broadcast first in 2010 this program was part of the third series of the Departures television program in which two Canadians embark on a globe-trotting journey to some of the most interesting places in the world. Their trip to North Korea, accompanied by Koryo Tours' Director Nicholas Bonner was filled with so much broadcastable material that two programs rather than the usual one were produced from the adventure
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Inside North Korea 1 of 2 - BBC Our World Investigative Documentary, recorded 27.05.2010 Sue Lloyd Roberts gets a rare glimpse into one of the last remaining communist states.
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Video of 'Nuclear North-Korea' article on IN2TRAVEL. Intro: North-Korea is an odd man out. A very closed dictatorship, aiming for the least possible contact with the outside world. Parades with hundred thousand people and around a dozen spectators, a dictator who portraits himself as a superhero and a controversial nuclear program characterize the country. That makes IN2TRAVEL curious, especially now Kim Jong-il suddenly has been replaced. Read the whole article on: www.in2-travel.com --- IN2TRAVEL: Best travel website, period. www.IN2-TRAVEL.com Blog your journey, meet other travellers, get inspired, contribute and explore with IN2TRAVEL!
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[42 x 1 hour Travel Adventure Series] Departures is an action-packed and personal journey. Scott Wilson and Justin Lukach leave their lives behind in search of unique experiences through some of the most beautiful and remote places on earth. From epic landscapes and unforgettable culture, to the often trying times that come with international travel, the series chronicles the unforgettable friendships, personal successes and sometimes crushing disappointments that befall them on their journey. Departures showcases the revelations of two travelers who strive to find themselves and new perspectives while trekking across the globe. Produced and Distributed Worldwide by a division of the ShootingStar Film Company, The series broadcasts to over 50 countries Worldwide including Halogen TV (USA), RTL Living (Germany), TVB (Hong Kong) DR TV (Denmark), AirCanada, Canal Evasion, and select National Geographic Channels. Departures founding broadcast partners are OLN/Citytv/Rogers in Canada. www.departuresentertainment.com
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[42 x 1 hour Travel Adventure Series] Departures is an action-packed and personal journey. Scott Wilson and Justin Lukach leave their lives behind in search of unique experiences through some of the most beautiful and remote places on earth. From epic landscapes and unforgettable culture, to the often trying times that come with international travel, the series chronicles the unforgettable friendships, personal successes and sometimes crushing disappointments that befall them on their journey. Departures showcases the revelations of two travelers who strive to find themselves and new perspectives while trekking across the globe. Produced and Distributed Worldwide by a division of the ShootingStar Film Company, The series broadcasts to over 50 countries Worldwide including Halogen TV (USA), RTL Living (Germany), TVB (Hong Kong) DR TV (Denmark), AirCanada, Canal Evasion, and select National Geographic Channels. Departures founding broadcast partners are OLN/Citytv/Rogers in Canada. www.departuresentertainment.com
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Coming Soon, the premiere of North Korean Labor Camps, an original documentary investigating Kim Jong-Il's community of indentured loggers — not in Pyonyang — but deep in Siberia.
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A promotional video I found on a public North Korean web site
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Train travel from China to North Korea (DPRK): Beijing - Tianjin - Dandong - Pyongyang.
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[42 x 1 hour Travel Adventure Series] Departures is an action-packed and personal journey. Scott Wilson and Justin Lukach leave their lives behind in search of unique experiences through some of the most beautiful and remote places on earth. From epic landscapes and unforgettable culture, to the often trying times that come with international travel, the series chronicles the unforgettable friendships, personal successes and sometimes crushing disappointments that befall them on their journey. Departures showcases the revelations of two travelers who strive to find themselves and new perspectives while trekking across the globe. Produced and Distributed Worldwide by Departures Distribution, a division of The ShootingStar Film Company, The series broadcasts to over 50 countries Worldwide including Halogen TV (USA), RTL Living (Germany), TVB (Hong Kong) DR TV (Denmark), AirCanada, Canal Evasion, and select National Geographic Channels. Departures founding broadcast partners are OLN/Citytv/Rogers in Canada. www.departuresentertainment.com
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Oct 1997 Mark Davis reports on the devastating famine in North Korea of 1997, confirming the extent of the food crisis, and that international aid did not get through to the people who need it most. He captures a rare insight into the negotiations between CARE and the government Relief Committee, who complain CARE is not helping enough. The obsessively secretive government wants to direct all aid to the fertile rice bowl areas around the capital, because productivity here is highest. Then they will then be able to feed the starving in the country's north. Williamson disagrees and is granted a rare permit to travel north to judge for himself. The team break the schedule and visit a nursery of their choosing. Here the hungry children are lacklustre and silent. Officially banned from filming in hospitals, desperate doctors allow the camera in. Hungry mothers are supposed to supply food for their children. A family with no men starve more than their more productive neighbours. If you don't work, it seems, you don't eat. This is no socialist famine. The government says the north is not a farming area and shouldn't get aid first. CARE says aid should go to the starving. Produced by Lighthouse Pacific (Mark Davis) Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
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5 Nights in Seoul, Korea - from Fish Pedicures to land mines on the North Korean border...always fun to be had.
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Morgan ventures through South Korea to be amazed at every turn. When you leave the mega city of Seoul, the last thing you expect to find is mountains and forest. This country is still one of Morgans favourite dicoveries, there was just so much to find.
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