Jun 14

The Vice Guide To Travel: North Korea

Videos :: Posted on: June 14th, 2009 - 6:24 am EDT Add Comment (7)

These guys managed to get into North Korea, their videos are pretty amazing.
It’s broken into 3 parts, with part 1 at the top

The site hosting these, vbs.tv, has lots of other interesting videos about all sorts of stuff


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7 comments so far...

  • GaryB Said on June 15th, 2009 at 01:54:

    Um. Sad.

  • John Said on June 15th, 2009 at 08:08:

    Why destroy such a great documentary with so many stupid ads?

  • LobsterMan Said on June 15th, 2009 at 11:47:

    @John: I think that’s how they’re able to provide such a cool documentary for free

  • adjustable reading table Said on June 15th, 2009 at 18:39:

    great documentary. I wonder what the real NK looks like, the one that isn’t presented on the tour.

  • Ian Said on June 16th, 2009 at 06:49:

    LOL

    I will not be buying anything NOOKA just to spite the awful frequency of the same lame ad with the disheveled clown and his robot.

    Liked the documentary.

  • Lee Said on June 18th, 2009 at 00:59:

    I agree that the ad is annoying because it interrupts the flow of the documentary, BUT I’m willing to sit through it because the documentary is so important–informative and scary, too. It reminds me of East Germany in the early 1980′s. Tours in Berlin were controlled in exactly the same way, but when one saw the countryside farmers were working fields by hand (!) and with 1950′s broken down John Deere tractors. I had the same experience of being in restaurants which were reserved only for the tourists. It is sad that even Cambodia, after 20 years of Pol Pot, is more connected with the wider world today. Thanks for posting this!

  • neski Said on June 19th, 2009 at 03:38:

    Can’t say I noticed the ad. Played one per 20 minute clip. Fantastic. As for the N. Korea beyond the tour, I’m not sure you’ll find too much more than those few electricity-less shells of towns. People living, almost literally, in the dark ages. It is truly bot tragic and terrifying.

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