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From the DMZ Into the Hermit Kingdom - Inside North Korea (Part 1/3)

VICE · 10.7M views · 2011-12-19 · 20:52

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Overview

Vice founder Shane Smith travels to North Korea, speaking with refugees in South Korea before crossing the DMZ. It is part one of a three-part documentary with rare on-the-ground footage.

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HN commenters recommend it as a rare, eye-opening look inside North Korea, though one notes such tours are staged.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2013–2023

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What people said

MobileVet · 2023-05 · Strong recommendation

I ran across their North Korea report when it was posted 11 years ago and was an instant fan. Shane was compelling and of course the topic was fascinating. Very few people had gotten in there and brought film out like that before, that I had seen at least. Very eye opening [VIDEO]

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Reedx · 2019-02 · Strong recommendation

IIRC, I was introduced to Vice with their fascinating coverage of North Korea: [VIDEO] (first trip - Shane Smith was banned from the country as a result) [LINK] (second trip years later, where they got in under the guise of a Basketball game) Unfortunately it's been increasingly hit or miss ever since and now their process seems to be along these lines: [LINK] Also, how is it that so many of these media companies are having layoffs at almost exactly the same time? You'd think it'd be more scattered...

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gkya · 2018-01 · Recommendation

Vice has a three-part 1-hour-total documentary on North Korea with footage from the country. Part one: [VIDEO]

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