The Vice Guide to North Korea Part 8 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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[DucDigital]

very brave, well done...

[PrepSurvivor]

3:57

Shtraturr

LOL

[Dentzer81]

The North koreans always say everything bad about America, but the funny thing is i would say that 90% or more Americans don't give a fuck about north korea.

[Turigamot]

koreaer

[DarkwingDuck1818]

@Seanox21 or if you are saying Kim Il Sung.....Jesus has been dead for like 2000 years and everyone still worships him....either way...don't get you...

[DarkwingDuck1818]

@Seanox21 This was in 2009 homie....

[Seanox21]

Yoooo did anyone catch that the homie is dead... But he's still the president BBABAAAAHAHAAFAFAAAAAAA what a bunch of bafoons LMAO it don't get no better than that I laughed for like 5mins off that shit

[wonderfulbliss97]

HAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHA­HHAHAHHAHAHAHA

[WisdomIncarnated]

at this point i dont think these fuckers dont have shit, no nukes no electricity they are just fucked and want to create a bad reputation for the rest of the world to fear them.

[BeerGrillzz]

@wydog286 Having people wait for visitors for like 6 months seems like total control to me. Weird. The NK GOV can actually do whatever they want with people there they can`t oppose it a shit.

[wydog286]

@BeerGrillzz

You forget that these tours are extremely extravegent by NK standards. These people take pride in their work.

[pzcody]

@frzferdinand72 HAHAHA!