Nice video of Pyongyang

[bfdd]

thanks for posting this, i'm always interested in footage and stories from north korea. it's such an awkward place it intrigues the shit out of me.

 

[zinfamous]

It looks surprisingly nice, honestly. Nothing like the third-world hellhole I was expecting.

a lot of this video is in the subway. Much like Moscow, the ultra commie states put a lot of effort and pride in their subway system. It's a hilarious, ironic facade of what is really going on.

seriously, just watch anything about NK, and especially outside of Pyongyang, and it's a separate universe. there are quite a few docs available for streaming on Netflix, and some good reading out there.

this is my favorite:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=10757

also good:
national geographic doc with lisa ling (yes--of course her sister was there on accident...lol)
anyway, I think this is parts of it
http://nkhra.net/specials/moviesdocumentaries/inside-undercover-in-north-korea-doc-film/


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

These are all on streaming Netflix. check them out




anyway, OP--awesome. I dig anything about NK, for whatever reason, I don't know why. probably some of the coolest video I've seen so far. This guy knows what he's doing.

 

[bfdd]

zinfamous, hell yeah they got some NK stuff on Netflix. I've watched like all of it lol.

 

[Arkaign]

Hah cool, this is gonna make things hell on the next group of people visiting NK though 😛

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Remember, Pyongyang is their capital so anything that is nice in North Korea will likely be there. The NK elite (aka Dear Leader loyalists) are rewarded by having the opportunity to live in Pyongyang as well and even at that, electricity is in such short supply that even the elite only get 1 to 3 hours of it PER DAY. If you want to see the true story, take a look at this:

 

[zinfamous]

zinfamous, hell yeah they got some NK stuff on Netflix. I've watched like all of it lol.

yeah, we've watched through all of it that we can find, heh. I wish Netflix had a better search--subject, for example. :\


Ohhh, and there is one doc about the three American defectors (US soldiers) from the Korean War that crossed the line and have been living in Pyongyang all these years, as quasi-celebrity outsiders, in a way.

Forget what it's called, but that one is really good. You get a good sense of how serious the cult is when the attitude and speech changes drastically from what is spoken inside NK, to what is said once someone gets out.

There is also one that follows the real stories of people who have actually escaped the prison work/education camps and made it into China.