Listening Post - North Korea - Nov 14 - Part 2

Al Jazeera's Tony Cheng has a special report for The Listening Post from perhaps the most closed country in the world: North Korea. Despite the destabilising effects of rumours about the health of their Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il, international condemnation over their nuclear programme, and a dysfunctional economy that has brought mass starvation to its people, the DPRK maintains a status quo of near total media lockdown.

Although a trickle of outside media have been allowed in recently, as Tony's piece illustrates, what they see only offers a fleeting and superficial glimpse of life inside the so-called 'hermit kingdom'.

And finally, Barack Obama is the US president-elect. Our Video of the Week this week sees the boys from the iconic 'Wassup' beer commercial of 2000 reunited eight years later, on the cusp of a new era.

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[Vercetti777]

N.K suck

[ItalianoLatino82]

I can't wait till the DPRK is a land of Democratic state so that I can take a vacation there. When I am there I will take a piss on Kim jong II's grave. Then take a big nasty diarrhea shit on Kim ii Sung's grave. I will hold my bowels as long ass possible.

[cdoftx]

@Hec87x Ahh, silly Obama voters. Thought that he'd end the wars and give greater freedoms.

[Okatieboy]

@Lnce03 NO! NONE and very few white people as well.

[Lnce03]

ARE THEIR ANY BLACK PEOPLE IN NORTH KOREA!?!??

[technical010]

@dieselscience

Eritrea i guess.

[Hec87x]

Wasssssssup!!!!!

[Calgar88]

@ItalianoLatino82 Right on dude!

One thing that'd ve cool though, would to take a vacation in north korea after it has collapsed and go through all the secret bunkers, weapons depots, military bases, cities, etc.