The Vice Guide to North Korea Part 9 of 14

The Vice Guide to North Korea Part 9 of 14
Vice Guide to North Korea VBS.TV

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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 youre supposed to be a tourist you go to jail. We dont like jail. And were willing to bet wed hate jail in North Korea. But we went for it. The first leg of the trip was a flight into northern China. At the airport, the North Korean consulate took our passports and all of our money, then brought us to a restaurant. We were sitting there with our tour group, and suddenly all the other diners left and these women came out and started singing North Korean nationalist songs. We were thinking, Look, we were just on a plane for 20 hours. Were jet-lagged. Can we just go to bed? but this guy with our group who was from the LA Times told us, Everyone in here besides us is secret police. If you dont act excited then youre not going to get your visa. So we got drunk and jumped up onstage and sang songs with the girls. The next day we got our visas. A lot of people we had gone with didnt get theirs. That was our first hint at just what a freaky, freaky trip we were embarking on
— VBS Founder Shane Smith

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[scotrcarr]

Good God almighty! What a timewarp to the dark times of Stalinism. The whole damn country is a living museum.

[killtheswitch]

:25 how big his penis is.

[illuminatiperspectiv]

@MentisInDeum what ever an american does is wrong isnt it? only asshole is you...

[godfrey216]

all those north korean who said hi to him are now dead lol

[ChimpFromSpace]

Gotta love the Dr. Evil suits.

[Andorage]

still, those canibal junkie kids in liberia seem worse off...

[wonderfulbliss97]

"hey why is there an american here in our country?? jeez... i dont understand why our country allow american to come here step foot on us, damn im just wondering..."

[ndgh209]

The trains don't even have power wtf is this 1921?

[MentisInDeum]

kind of being an American asshole to wave to all those people on the escalator...

[skrivbok]

@ShitWrangler Well.. there are taxis, busses and, in some major cities, subways... Northern Sweden is way worse - trust me, I live there.

[ShitWrangler]

atleast they have public transportation, north america sure as fuck doesnt, or barely

[lloveComedy]

I wonder if they know what's internet..