My North Korean Holiday (North Korea Documentary) - Real Stories

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[Music] the group of French tourists has just arrived in North Korea at a hotel only for foreigners we've slipped in amongst them it's already 10:00 p.m. but we feel like taking a little walk outside [Music] the porter follows us looking worried he waves us back as it strictly forbidden to leave the hotel on your own without an official guide nevertheless we insist the tone is polite but firm and reluctantly we go back in inside to North Korean dictator's father and son dominate the lobby mr. John works for the state and is in charge of the French group I wanted to go for a walk in town but they said no because everyone knows you're a spy already arrested spies nearby in ivory BC here every foreigner is a potential spy North Korea is the world's most secretive state and an example of the worst kind of communist dictatorship since its creation in 1945 the country has been living on another planet acute paranoia and abject poverty are its distinguishing features there are no statistics available for its economy but what is known is that famine is a constant threat to the population in the late 90s at least 1 million North Koreans are believed to have died of starvation even today according to the United Nations 20% of the population has little or no food in particular those who live in rural areas it's the reason the World Food Programme distributes about 400,000 tons of food each year we managed to film these scenes in secret lacking machinery and even animals local agriculture is virtually non-existent people eat what they can find seaweed roots it's a starvation diet [Music] officially the country is still headed by kima's song the dictator who died in 1994 but it's designated the eternal president of North Korea he's represented everywhere in the form of monumental statues frescoes and posters his son Kim jong-il succeeded him and is officially known as the dear leader he continues to wield almost surreal autocratic powers thanks largely to the backing of an ever growing army believed to be over a million strong massively equipped including with nuclear weapons and technically still at war with South Korea Kim Jong Il continues the work of destruction begun by his father the result is people living in conditions comparable to those in the Soviet Union during the 1930s the same queues for the few buses that have gas the same empty stores where it is forbidden to film as the public never ventures inside not everything of course is so bleak there are highways that use only by cyclists and the clean-up squads clearing away the puddles there is even a casino in the capital Wagner fun with slot machines except there's never a jackpot and there's also golf that most capitalists of sports enjoyed only by the system's elite for the 23 million North Koreans times are tough but smiling is mandatory outbursts of joy are carefully choreographed in grandiose street parades it's into this nightmare world inhabited by people brainwashed since birth but a group of Western tourists has decided to come on vacation at eight and a half thousand euros for three weeks it's as expensive as the Seychelles only here there's no luxury no coconut palms only unfriendly minders to check every photo no mattresses in the bedrooms and no running water there even blankets in here look wow that's enough for me and naturally surveillance cameras to watch you welcome to North Korea the dictators paradise the organizer of this little trip of a lifetime is the man with blond hair Guillaume Devore dream arranges speciality tours at the worst places on earth in his group is claude for this young retiree it's the most significant trip of her life as for the first time she's able to follow in the footsteps of her father who was originally from North Korea Jacqueline had no qualms about accompanying her friend Claude the former librarian now also retired this will be her first experience of a real dictatorship this also unruly who prefers to remain anonymous it's not his first dictatorship having already visited and much enjoyed Iran North Korea was missing from his trophy cabinet until now [Music] our minders are to French speaking guides when the glasses is mr.ho and on the right is the job three weeks of propaganda lie ahead Pyongyang the DMZ the demarcation line between the two Koreas the extreme north and the coasts along the Sea of Japan the first Westerners to ever make such a remarkable journey our trip to the land of communist bliss begins with an invitation to share a joyful experience with the North Korean people what after all could be more appropriate than the gigantic Luna Park the only fun fair in the country here everyone smiles welcoming gestures make the foreign visitor feel at home the fair features attractions from another era archery games of skill with balls as old as the players themselves ancient swings and rides fitted with machine guns very popular with the adults and watched over by the supervisor the infrastructure is creakily old and it doesn't look very safe still never mind it'll take more than that to spoil the fun of the French group as it climbs onto the ferris wheel on board everyone is obviously having a good time [Laughter] yeah we're only halfway maybe we've broken down like the fun fairs back home so noisy a breeze seems captivated by the Carn good-natured atmosphere of the fair even mr. ho one of the guides is enjoying the moment and wants to immortalize it I'm filming the joy this fun fair crowds jostle offering money around the cotton candy booth kids with money and even young rappers is this really North Korea the world's most evil communist regime look there's even the riffraff it's unbelievable my god here there's a queue not for food but for the bumper cars soon though the harsh realities of life in North Korea return when a group of soldiers on leave appears watch out sir there are soldiers no filming now to find out why the soldiers are here we follow along until we get to a rather special booth mr. Jang down with the imperialists down with the American aggressors the Americans occupied our nation's they divided the country has never been sign just a ceasefire the American starts the war and our people really suffered because of them the grunts far away with toys at the lead soldiers but they are ready to fight for real it's a war North Korea has been preparing for since the state was founded 65 years ago and the sworn enemy is the United States by 1950 the world was beginning to painfully emerge from the Second World War two bloc's faced off the Communists and the pro Americans Korea finds itself at the center of this ideological conflict and is consumed by a war that will last for three years the south is supported by the United States the north by China in 1953 Korea is officially partitioned and to this day no official peace treaty has been signed only a ceasefire technically the two Koreas are still at war it's a situation the French tourists will soon get to know more about right now we're about to enter into a two kilometers of the Demilitarized Zone of North Korea which is used for farming and on the right the flag of North Korea on the other side just a few meters away as the enemy the traitors of South Korea the tourists have to form a single-file closely observed by the soldiers the atmosphere is tense and each photo is checked this is the world's most sensitive area surrounded by 1 million soldiers on both sides ready to do battle the small group finally arrives at the demarcation line the famous DMZ it's a solemn moment on both sides of the border highlighted in red our guards they don't look at each other but remain on the lookout the first one who puts a foot over the line will be immediately spotted by the slew of cameras and killed the soldiers uniforms are completely different the retro style of the North Koreans and the ray-bans and us equipment of the South the Americans are actually in charge over on the South Korean side a group of American generals arise they have their photos taken with North Korea as a backdrop it's as much as they'll ever likely see of the communist nation for the tourists it's time to leave but first claude wants to sign the visitors guestbook it's a very important moment for the french woman with a korean father and a French mother Claude has made this journey in memory of her father 29 years after my father had to leave the country was occupied by the Japanese I come to this demarcation line but divides Korea this division always caused great sorrow to my father who never saw his native land again claud's father fled career in 1920 long before the communist regime the photo was taken shortly before he found refuge in France he was never able to return to his country of birth it's an emotional moment but the tourists are soon reminded there are in a state where everything is controlled their guides and the soldiers demand to see the photographs taken at the border many will be erased to the tourists this unrelenting surveillance comes with a territory and so far none of them complained the tour continues following the program put together by the North Korean authorities and the next stop is the War Museum at the end of the courtyard an old woman is cleaning the stones suddenly one of the guides assistants forces her to leave she was spoiling the scenery by being poor and that is something Outsiders aren't meant to see here for the very image of the country is at stake an image of perfection that nothing is allowed to distort and an image that is constantly monitored welcome to our Museum behind her is a gigantic mural as one would expect to the glory of Kim il-sung the founder of North Korea he has a godlike status not least because he himself rewrote his country's entire recent history piss it down we have a film now about the Korean War and this will help explain the Korean problem visitors to the museum are served around a partisan version of the conflict with the United States it's a version in which the Americans are definitely the bad guys [Music] The Voice the style the video everything resembles a bad propaganda film in the 1950s who then started the war in Korea these scenes will help provide the answer listen to how North Korean authorities have rewritten history with the only Second World War earned the United States huge amounts of money through the sale and weapons the United States lost its weapons market and entered into a period of deep economic crisis we then deliberately started the war in Korea to help their economy and they actively prepared for war everything is false the United States has never been as prosperous as it was after the Second World War but it matters not and the documentary carriers determinedly on in the same term Truman the US president declared in a message to Congress in 1945 that there needed to be a war in Korea so the United States could dominate the world in fact it's the exact opposite historians agree North Korea triggered the war a reality the regime in Pyongyang categorically denies and being the perfect dictatorship is something it teaches all children in the country from an early age the tourists are stunned that decide is best to say nothing not one word obediently they continue the tour where more surprises are in store at the double they cross rooms filled with war photos and posters the rewriting of history continues the Americans staged air raids in the China Sea to bomb the towns and villages and Massacre the Chinese people re has never heard about Americans massacring the people of China he takes his carriage in both hands and Wade's in excuse me in which year more or less did this happen which year was this battle it was during the war nineteen fifty and fifty three okay so there's no precise day just during the conflict as a whole the answer is evasive and makes re draw up short but he dares go no further and is teased by our journalists he didn't follow up the question did you you're scared I just don't have the courage to North Korea is a totalitarian state which scares even foreigners the country has virtually no international friends and if you get into trouble here there will be no diplomats coming to demand your release the young woman is waiting for us in another room inside real ships and aircraft the propaganda lesson continues this is the weapons room where some of these original weapons are on show these will distinguish themselves during the war like this torpedo boat it was one of four on which sank the US Cruiser the Baltimore while the young soldier recites her lessons we dare ask a sensitive question where the same ones used recently to also sink the South Korean warship you know the South Korean boat that was sunk the first time I hear about that yes we've never heard of that only a few weeks earlier a South Korean naval vessel had been sunk off the coast of Pyongyang on board 46 sailors were killed tensions between the two countries was at its highest just when the French tourist group was visiting following our off-camera question we were summoned and spoken to for several hours by North Korean agents who warned us never to repeat such questions in the future under penalty of having to extend our stay here for several months but for now all proceeds as if nothing ever happened the museum guide continues her tour but the mood has changed she proudly presents one of the air force's old fighters this plane is a MIG it was visited by comrade kim il-song in 1952 the aircraft the mig-15 has been in continuous service in North Korea since 1952 as this video shot at the airport by our reporter seems to show it's an aging military but one which should not be taken as likely as shown in the last room now in this area we have captured enemy weapons our trophies all these weapons have been used in action like machine guns helmets flags tanks or helicopters an Aladdin's Cave of implements of death it's also yet another opportunity to portray the wickedness of the Americans they used chemical and biological weapons during the war and this plane was shot down while it was dropping bacteriological bombs true or false it's impossible to get beyond the blatant propaganda the highlight of the visit is saved for the end a huge mural depicting the Battle of Seoul the limelight focusing on the heroic soldiers who saved the Communists North Korean regime and protected to this very day the tourists are beginning to understand where they actually are tired they return to the hotel it's Russia but oncoming vehicles surprise people everyone is heading home from work and quietly gathers to wait for their bus ask people queuing to get into a stadium they're waiting for the bus [Music] Pyongyang never has traffic jams in the middle of the road woman is clearing broken glass there was an accident here and everything must be cleaned up as soon as possible on the left the large building is the People's Palace and this is the city's main thoroughfare what passes for rush-hour the few buses are packed and look as if they're about to fall apart on the roadside there's no advertising but huge propaganda posters for the communist regime we see men proud of building the future in this perfect country a country in which the women are there purely to raise the children but two towers on the writers there Hotel one of the most luxurious in the country inside are the restaurant and notably a TV set constantly tuned in to national television the programs consist of patriotic songs before a military audience generals making speeches a documentary on naturally Kim Jong Il and how best to use a Kalashnikov the French appear to pay no attention whatsoever back in their rooms the turrets discover they themselves are not allowed to send emails even to their families all here is dictated by the state and the laws make it obligatory to give the email addresses of the recipients to a local official Henry seems to find nothing wrong with a strict new rules I told my friends beforehand that no news you know the country is cut off from from the rest of the world [Music] the following morning Pyongyang is waking up the same background music is broadcast every day beginning at dawn it's not yet six o'clock in the morning the sky is darkened by the Europe a squirrel's from the blast furnace plants already small hands are busy scrubbing the still deserted streets the woman is directing non-existent traffic movements those of a puppet gone mad everything must be perfect in this the capital of the communist regime [Music] but the extreme poverty of the country is difficult to hide between two rows of buildings there's a curious sort of vehicle a septic tank on wheels which used to be a truck a few steps away a group of men heads shaved dressed identically practicing their morning exercises in rhythm that's North Korea a crazy contraption whose wheels somehow keeps turning 60 years on in a country where religion is banned there is however a God he's called kim il-song the local starlet he ruled the country from 1945 until his death in 1994 his image is everywhere in the country statues photographs murals more powerful than a mere life president he appointed himself president in eternity and like everyone else in the country the French tourists will have to pay him homage will you do with those flowers I'll lay them in front of the statue of Kim il-sung's next as the approach to the statue of the great leader at more than 15 metres high it's hard to miss it's solid bronze and surrounded by a mural in his honor the protocol is precise the ritual formal we stop here but first we'll put the flowers down and LED so go and place your bouquets the three of you who did wha yeah step back a bit I've new all together now kumusta learn in a line they're not lending you more all that cool thing then will count to three and a three everyone boughs only once right one two three paying tribute to one of the worst dictators of modern times doesn't seem too upset Jacqueline I love it looting a dictator oh wow that's amazing you know if the Asians liked about people when they just say hello to each other everyone does it major before President Sarkozy back in France how did you feel hi I wouldn't do it I don't like the castle personality no well maybe for Carla up to the French group the carousel continues another group of Koreans arrives for the obligatory pilgrimage [Music] the perfect salute and it's time for the cleaners to move in to tidy up for the next party and so it goes every hour every day of the week [Music] for now the tourists visitors passing off smoothly the North Korean guides are able to show off their country in the best light it's a far cry from the more usual image of a dictatorship teetering on the edge the tour the communist paradise continues next step the pizzeria the only bits area in the country dining there is a privilege reserved for the elites of the few foreign visitors this restaurant is essentially a whim created on the express orders of Kim Jong Il the North Korean dictator simply because he loves pizza and of course as in any hot spot filming is forbidden everything started because he liked Italian food so much and then he had an Italian chef from Naples come over for several years he said to himself why not train a Korean chef in Italy so the chef left for a little time to to get the training and then an Italian expert came to examine the kitchens here at the beginning the Italian chef said no it's not right and we need to carry on until we find the perfect recipe the only pizza man in all of North Korea will prepare the tourists dinner in the kitchens the staff heat up the oven despite to power cuts the pizza man is one of the dictators favorites one of the few North Koreans to have been allowed to leave the country I got the Italian mama for learning a cheese and ham pizza cost about 5 euros YUM comments that in this land of famine it's not every day that you can eat as well as this you know this is the only chance we'll get the cheese in this country so enjoy it payment is in dollars or Euros but not the local currency which foreigners aren't allowed to use North Korea might be opening up a little and not just because of the pizza business people are now allowed to amuse themselves boating on the river tidal or pets like this little dog rollerblading youngsters can be seen on people's square and mobile phones are no longer a rare sight although only local calls are allowed there are even places where people can have a good time bowling cool all aside of the regime relaxing a little and highlighting the growing influence of consumer products imported from their allied China the tourists pay scant attention to these changes what they want is tradition souvenir hunting takes them to the pyongyang embroidery Institute but when they arrive there's some bad news there's no sign of any embroiderers I want a refund and there never will be just one or two embroiderers just one just one are there any ancient examples of embroidery in the museum yes oh good the only evidence of the famous embroideries is two little kittens in the dark it's difficult to make anything out a lighter isn't bright enough and it's impossible to enjoy the works on the stairs an employee finally arrives with a flashlight but even that doesn't help so the only option is to take the embroidery towards the light it's very pretty if you could make it out of course at 150 euros mr. ho the guide is trying to make a sale sometimes painstaking work it's very pretty but it's not handmade and the tourists are disappointed and don't need to be asked twice about complaining it's very disappointing yes workers have apparently gone house and the Institute's as a whole is really disappointing we didn't see any old examples no clothes well maybe one or two nothing really they realize that here things really aren't the same as at home information is not freely available everything is filtered controlled by the totalitarian regime the internet is totally prohibited at the Central Library of Pyongyang there are plenty of computers but are they connected to the Internet a quick test on Google gives us an equally quick answer no response nothing there is no network because the authorities won't allow it they want to control the minds of their citizens and it starts at a very young age in the streets children much younger than six are already learning to march in step chanting patriotic songs to the glory of the great leader Kim a few blocks away a kindergarten these kids aren't singing but having fun on slides and other playground games all of which appear in perfect condition again the image of happiness and Nam Rhee who has just had a little chat with a guide is under their spell he told me about the youngsters in town and it's like in France you won't see young homeless people sleeping rough certainly no kids who take drugs here and the children respect their teachers and all I can say really is yeah it's true poverty is carefully hidden from the eyes of foreigners and almost impossible to film by contrast model schools are a perfect showcase to present to tourists inside the children are beautiful polite and always smiling [Music] the teaching tools are incredible in this room the kids learn to recognize the country's fruit trees a little further a collection of stuffed animals the collection of all the local wildlife what better way to teach children to recognize them there's a brief show for the benefit of the admiring tourists the headmistress calmly continues the visit the kids welcome the visitors warmly if not spontaneously in this class children under five are learning about the major episodes of the life of Kim Eun Seong which are then recited with gusto using a video the teacher adds a few details the eternal president can be proud of these are the kids through them the socialist future of the country is assured their brains already conditioned to obey Claude who was a teacher all her life is struck by these methods of teaching they learn it off by heart leader they start when they're just three years old to teach everything is repeated they repeat everything until it's fixed in their minds but I still remember the first thing I ever had to recite at school taught makes sure what she says can't be heard by the guide who hovers nearby this room is the dormitory where the children can take afternoon naps as well as sleeping at night I'm from the age of five they spend all week here never going home the state takes over the role of parents a little further other children play dance and sing among some fantastic toys the military influence is all-pervasive exact replicas of MIG fighters some kids dressed as army officers while others board a huge electric train it's better than any Western school so much happiness and good humor you almost have to pinch yourself to believe it it's tough to criticize when presented with so many happy little faces to conclude the quick tour of this model of education there's nothing like a little show it features a gifted young violinist the kids are all made up all repeat a choreography learned by heart and all behave like miniature adults guitarists twirling dancers virtuoso singers everything stage-managed to the tiniest detail even the smiles appear forced for these little puppets meant to embody the ideals of North Korea hundreds of hours of work must have gone into this to achieve these sort of results to finish on a high a piano solo by a five-year-old who reproduces every gesture of the professional concert pianist you the French tourists are enthusiastic did you like it oh yes it was magnificent is over we just like to thank the headmistress thank you I was reminded of my own childhood when we always did what the schoolmaster said and we would never have dared misbehave run about or make noise what it was like back in the 1960s 70s in the yard the sign catches our attention and slightly dampens the recent enthusiasm a guide translates the slogan on the poster I use the best in the world one team to the it's the kind of slogan that reminds everyone they are in a dictatorship the dictatorship in which the army plays a major role 25 percent of GDP is spent on the military on the highest rates in the world that's 10 to 15 times more in percentage terms than most European nations in all it's estimated there are 1 million troops ready to do battle at the slightest sign of aggression an old-style army from the Stalin era with hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers both men and women tanks and missile launchers [Music] [Applause] and completely obsolete fighter aircraft yet the North Korean army is not entirely outdated since 2006 pyongyang has the nuclear bomb this is precisely why North Korea's so scary and why even the United States refrains from attacking it's something that makes mr. John one of the guides very proud we feel very good about having such a strong national defense for example we have now managed to possess our own nuclear weapons a heavily armed and very secret country and now we're on our way to one of North Korea's most mysterious regions the north near the border with China [Music] an old twin-engine plane awaits us on the tarmac it's owned by Air Koryo which is on the black list of Airlines banned from flying in Europe it's a two-hour flight over mountains still covered with smoke making the journey to her father's homeland of the north is why Claude is here we're now close to Siberia and you feel it in the temperature foreigners are usually not allowed and in the special area we now receive special treatment three new guides join us the slightest movement or even the slightest word will be monitored and if necessary reprimanded we're on our way now to Mount Baker the highest point in the country 2,750 meters in altitude and after the winter we're the first visitors to come by car which is why there are no tire marks in the road actually the road is barely possible and it's not long before there's some bad news we can't go up to Mount Baek do it's dangerous you can see that for yourselves if we slide there are still 28 kilometers to go over ice and snow it's impossible gourd is hardly surprised though it's only to be expected seeing the amount of snow that's around and they have no machines here to clear it or any salt the vehicles aren't properly equipped there's no snow chains or special tires they just don't clear the snow can we just rent some snow rackets in the absence of a sacred mountain the tourists at least try to visit the village looks deserted like an abandoned village there's no smoke anything where are the people only a can of cooking oil proves that there were people here once we'll never find out more mr. John immediately intervenes and it's back on the bus well I guess we'll just go and have lunch at the hotel then what time is it by the way lunchtime rather than meeting with residents the tourists will be subjected to another onslaught about the life of the dictator it's cold and damp and some of the group are beginning to tire of being manipulated to begin with the photos taken during this latest trip are deleted a young woman dressed in military uniform is waiting to welcome them to the sacred site where Kim jong-il the regime's current strong man was born smoking here is strictly forbidden all the way back we'll go that way this house is where Kim jong-il was supposedly born a shrine that has to be respected please don't stain love man we're told the dictator was born here and there were guerrilla forces in the region Clawd who knows the history of the country refuses to swallow this crude propaganda on the other side of the yes he took refuge over there there were never any guerillas here in fact written somewhere Kim il-sung created the guerillas in 1920 1921 be 8 years old I mean we're idiots incredible I mean must have been at least 12 clawed regrets having dead openly criticized the regime especially as all around them are dozens of surveillance cameras they have what we said do you think their microphones have everywhere I'll translate it the friend Jaclyn whispering decides to make an unorthodox comparison to the local political system like we're in a fairy tale the story never ends the ogre is still alive still so long as we're not eaten up well I guess that's fine there's another house that looks the same our tree for his part has no such issues he loves everything and is keen to show it but even he's amazed when the guide in the pouring rain launches into a patriotic song about the great leader having to leave home and family I was good everyone sings well you know Kim il-sung's wrote that song as to the many statues of the dictator Inari salutes them without even being asked to the minders can't get over it do it with me now okay I'll do it again mr. ho is delighted with this Frenchman who behaves like a true supporter of the regime a few kilometers further on yet another bronze statue in the middle of nowhere again it's to the glory of the dictator again with giant warlike frescoes Claude has had enough of this cult of the personality this is just a little too much everywhere honoree of course disagrees but you need to remember that this really is an art form the way they sing the songs no but from the urban point of view all the perspectives are respected everything is ordered you know one area reminds me of what I wanted to do his plans with Speer well I just can't get to like that sort of style or architecture nor mean either comparing the Pyongyang regime to Hitler Claude is really letting loose when it's time to leave the bus will not start fortunately a group of soldiers pass by at least a dozen helping push the vehicle their assistance cheers up honoree we've been in North Korea for more than a week but have so far still been unable to talk directly with ordinary Koreans this will change though as we head to the country's coast along the Sea of Japan with a promise of sleeping at a locals house and being able to move about freely but the reality is quite different like all the country's Shores the area's classified as top security to prove it the road is lined by electrified barbed wire which is there to protect against a possible landing by the South Koreans or Americans it's forbidden for example to film this village it's impossible to see what's behind this white fence even beyond hoes organized trips err for the past ten years finds us too much lame in there they make me cross the cross they really go too far and I'm if it's gonna stay like this I'll never plan any more visits this region so they bother even you then I'm going to really complain when we get back to Pyongyang it's too much I understand they don't want pictures of military installations I kind of think this is just the countryside as usual mr. John has already explanation this time to justify all the security you know on the beaches and the closings not allowed to take pictures everywhere around here is a military zone too bad for the tourists who will however still be able to spend a night with the locals it's an extremely rare privilege in this paranoid country except that everything here is false the village was built purely to accommodate foreign visitors this village was built for people that come here too to see Mount Chiba all right so it's a very nice special village with nice houses the people here are lucky as for the residents they've obviously been carefully selected this woman for example as part of the regime's elite the evidence she had the incredible honor of meeting Kim jong-il the leader an honor that is no coincidence since this charming lady is considered one of the best mums in the country as mr. ho explains from time to time we organized mothers conferences we select the mothers who have raised their children very well socialist way than endure yet more propaganda the tourists plot their escape the beach is not far it's too good an opportunity to escape the minders for the first time we glimpse the true face of North Korea the grinding poverty that is destroying the country and that must remain hidden on the beach women are picking up seaweed caked in sand and stuffing it into old sacks the seaweed will be served up for eating we are soon tracked down by one of our guards fishing with you with you with you I've no permission have no ability to forward yeah and if you go with me and if you go along this road of lemonhead afterwards I the gesture has the merit of being clear at least the man will risk his life if the law isn't respected there he says there's another village and this time we are promised assured and guaranteed that photos will be allowed at the entrance is a slightly odd map the architecture is apparently typical Korean the tourists seemed to perk up a little no it's nice I've taken lots of photos this morning it's beautiful and clean there's even a small demonstration of traditional local cuisine but again everything is stage-managed and totally artificial nobody lives here the tourists never see any North Koreans apart from some employees who are not allowed to talk to them we find a small passageway that leads outside but it's useless someone is always there to block our path we walk outside over there first we need to drop off the bags okay well I'll take a walk outside in the street and come back a bit later okay we go together the door is locked now why I can go that way I've seen another way no no you can't it's not allowed we won't give permission for that mr. Jang mr. ho said I could go for a walk for a few minutes outside no I never said that okay I'll go to the library though it's not possible I know what you're up to well he's the tried mr. John our guide isn't fooled he knows the rules and the considerable risks no images of real life this fake village is a snapshot of the country a prison from which you cannot escape the solid wooden doors remain closed to all North Koreans a third generation of Kim's will almost certainly continue to rule indeed Kim jong-un the 27 year old son of the current dictator has been named his heir

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Length: 54min 43sec (3283 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 16 2018

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