The Vice Guide to North Korea Part 7 of 14

The Vice Guide to North Korea Part 7 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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[SiQstyx]

Would be absolutely baller if he had song the American national anthem..

[pkeraoe]

@kAmi9teen8y5

"America spreading peace, freedom and democracy across the globe"

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO­LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[GothPlace]

It seemed like the people liked the American, but were scared to show it. So sad to have to live like that. Thats the life that the Republicans want to lead us to.

[imhellag]

@ winterbadger it's assumed that the lucky people speaking English at all are the cream of the crop the DPRK produces, the ones afforded chances to excel and learn. So yeah, the best and brightest North Koreans might speak better English than the general Japanese population.

[imhellag]

The karaoke bar girl is way cuter than the tea girl, it's weird there are no comments about her.

Anyway at 2:38 she yawns when being sung to. LOL

[ChimpFromSpace]

Koreerr

[7barbs7]

@SiQstyx Hes Canadian 

[BlackMaria61]

I've had sung the Internationale

[WorldMafiaHipHop]

@wonderfulbliss97 the dont celebrate christmas, this sanction is for foreigners... Its to make tourist feel more at home when they are in North Korea...

[Winterbadger]

At least they speak better English than the Japanese! lol