Tourist Facade – North Korea
February 232010
January 2003
North Korea may have expelled the UN nuclear observers but it remains keen to welcome tourists. We go undercover in Pyongyang, where the shoddy tourist façade fails to conceal a much darker reality.
Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
Duration : 0:7:3
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February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
But yeah, North …
But yeah, North Korea has 1984 written all over it….
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
@fairyheli2 I …
@fairyheli2 I believe the UK has a socialized healthcare system.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
This scares the …
This scares the out of me.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
There IS a …
There IS a guidebook to North korea….several, in fact
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
@Cppinne Not every …
@Cppinne Not every conversation on youtube needs to be an argument. Let’s agree to agree. Cheers.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
perfect government …
perfect government is capitilism, with free healthcare ect, like they have here in europe, thank god i live here and not a 3rd world shithole like NK, here, you break your arm, you get it fixed for free, but its not socialism, you can buy and sell anything, it’s great. why does NK call itself a democratic country? there is no voting, like here in the uk or in the us, just one family getting unlimited power, we have monarchy, but it doesn’t do anything, our government is elected in a parliment.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
lol, there not …
lol, there not fooling anyone, everone knows what a shithole of a country this is.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
Why not? It isnt as …
Why not? It isnt as bad but im only pointing out that they arent alone in being misled. Hmm, this discussion really isnt leading anywhere, I say since we both agree that north korea is scary and strange – and that the west isnt perfect either would you like to leave it at that?;)
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
no, drop photos on …
no, drop photos on plastic, paper ect, because a laptop wouldn”t make it down,
drop pictures of canda, usa, uk, amsterdam, new york, london, seol, brussels ect.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
Well they would …
Well they would shoot it down, but the US would take it as a threat to “world peace” and start the war, IMO.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
@destructicon500 UN …
@destructicon500 UN should drop a million or so laptops with satellite internet access, PSPs, and iPhones over pyongyang. Load up the laptops with pictures of Tokyo, new york, dubai etc. That oughta make them think a little bit about their “dear leader”.
…but they would shoot it down and start a third world war.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
Good point.
Don’t …
Good point.
Don’t get me wrong… I’m not huge fan of the DPRK, but I’m just tired of all the mindless “LOL COMMIES R GAY KOREA SUX DICK LOL” comments. Hopefully the people will come to their senses and wage a revolution to make it a TRUE People’s Republic
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
@destructicon500 …
@destructicon500 That is a good point but I don’t think I’d consider it xenophobic on western media’s behalf. I’m sure they are happy because ignorance is bliss. North Koreans don’t have a clue what’s going on outside of North Korea. I would consider Kim Jung-Il xenophobic on the grounds that he doesn’t allow foreigners into the country out of fear that we will taint the “rich culture” that he has created as the Dear Leader. Give the North Koreans access to youtube and they’ll be enraged.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
I know it’s not …
I know it’s not socialism (very far from it), but it’s pretty xenophobic to suggest that the people CANNOT BE HAPPY because they don’t live like the West does.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
@Cppinne The …
@Cppinne The western media has always been a joke. At least they gave us the internet and the right to look it up ourselves. Our misinformation can’t be compared to North Korea.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
Yeah well not to …
Yeah well not to the extent the cubans are and not a word reaches our ears in western media. The north koreans arent the only ones suffering from a lack of information is what im saying.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
@Cppinne So? Many …
@Cppinne So? Many countries are helping haiti right now. I doubt the north korean people even know an earthquake hit haiti.
I’ve had a cuban doctor…and a cuban as an american history teacher.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
They have zero …
They have zero contact with other cultures. They don’t have any music, movies, or any other emotional stimuli aside from what their leader gives them. They are pretty much ghosts. This is not socialism….This is psychotic behavior from a psychotic dictator.
I’m drunk I provided something somewhat prolific…Im proud.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
I wish you were …
I wish you were living there, then!!!!
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
“The children are …
“The children are really happy…. or at least they think they are.”
What the fuck? Just because their standards of living and ideology aren’t just like the capitalist West, this reporter is basically insulting the whole country?
As for the “facade of happiness,” you can say the same about any cappie society that relies on consumerism to keep its people happy
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
Haha, i love that …
Haha, i love that last comment, that North Koreans are indoctrinated into believing that they are happy and live in the best of worlds and then believe it since they dont get any news from the outside world.
While i guess thats true il just have to point out that no western media what so ever have thought it important to inform us about the 400 or so cuban doctors operating on haiti_BEFORE_AND_AFTER_THE_CATASTROPHE_. And thats not even counting the haitians who’ve studied in cuba and returned.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
hooray for the kim …
hooray for the kim il sung religion!
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
@princeKaitou1412 …
@princeKaitou1412
So true
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
thats treu,but my …
thats treu,but my point is that i believe in treu communism/marxism…
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
Communism is also …
Communism is also suppose to be classless is it not?