The Vice Guide to North Korea Part 12 of 14

The Vice Guide to North Korea Part 12 of 14
Vice Guide to North Korea VBS.TV

http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3#

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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[JDankens]

@BADCOMPANYTILLIDIE He definitely has an 'American' perspective. But North Korea is fucked up, this guy saw the best parts of it.

[marcuelcajon]

The worst part is how much talent, ideas and inventions will never be seen by the rest of the world.

[tebonete]

was kim jong the only fat man to ever live in north korea?

[samaz2u]

@marcuelcajon North Korea has inventions?

[MikeyHickey]

@portyhead actually, apparently Obama signed an act on new years to detain without trial anyone who speaks out against the American Government on the internet.

[WorldMafiaHipHop]

Anyone notice that its a picture of their leader on every wall of every room in North Korea...

[MentisInDeum]

@portyhead work? Change? But...there are funny images of cats to see on the internets too

[Reencarned]

but the music is kinda good....

[ismajosh]

What

[portyhead]

It's funny how people wanna denigrate Americans horrible imperialists and biased against North Korea, yet here we are on youtube able to talk openly about the shortcomings of a country including our own. The USA is not perfect, but at least I can speak out against my government and work to change it.

[alphaomegakya]

Hail our great leader



[LemonNation]

Fuck me, if anyone had told me you have to learn to play the accordion I would have offed myself.