View of North Korea like I've never seen it

Sunday, November 23, 2008

View of North Korea like I've never seen it.

This is a travel show that I've seen a couple of times here in Taiwan called 世界第一等. If you don't speak Mandarin, you're not going to understand really anything that's being said, but, still, the access he got in North Korea is like I've never seen before. It's worth watching just for the video. In fact, I'm wondering if he was allowed to roam so "freely" (he's still got a minder and is very restricted in where he can go) because he's from Taiwan, as I'm assuming North Korea considers Taiwan a part of China. Or is it just because he's not American?

Has anyone seen a documentary of North Korea that shows so much of the country. I think the most I've ever seen was on the National Geographic documentary Inside North Korea.

This is part 1, but it doesn't actually go until the end of part 2. There are five parts. There were also two episodes. I don't know if this is just the first episode.