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Life inside the North Korean bubble
- jackfoxy 16y agoHow did "(cool video)" get appended to the title? Affixing the adjective "cool" to anything about North Korea is beyond my comprehension.
- fgf 16y agoI find the glimpse into such a surreally horrible society fascinating (and cool) too. You should read this: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/28/101-being-offended/ http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/28/101-being-offende... Those who enjoyed this should google "viceland north korea" for a very cool documentary.
- wazoox 16y agoAt least their way of life must be sustainable (this is a cynical, bitter joke).
- vinutheraj 16y ago"Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man."
- Bjoern 16y agoI think there is nothing cool about this. Also "National Geographic: Inside North Korea" [1] gives a good insight of what is going on inside north korea. (Especially the end of the video). [1] http://www.megavideo.com/?v=KBMBL7GJ http://www.megavideo.com/?v=KBMBL7GJ (video)
- warfangle 16y agoThe last five minutes of that are extremely disturbing.
- jpcx01 16y agoThat megavideo link is shit. Here's a better one: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3684218/National.Geographic.Inside.Undercover.In.North.Korea.DSR.XviD-Bi http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3684218/National.Geographic....
- georgieporgie 16y agoThat reporter was too annoying to watch. I recoiled in horror every time she asked an aggressively offensive question, and I can't tell if that's a particularly forced accent or a speech impediment. I liked the Vice Magazine video myself: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3 http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-...
- IsaacL 16y agoIt's not an unusual British accent, though it's not very common in people of my generation. It sounded like a pretty standard southern/upper-middle class/older generation accent. I also thought she was a bit aggressive in her questioning, but on the other hand politeness isn't the most important trait for reporters.
- georgieporgie 16y ago> on the other hand politeness isn't the most important trait for reporters True, which is probably why I prefer to read about them rather than watch or interact with them. Even so, it seems to me she could have broached these subjects much more subtly. I have a hard time believing she could build rapport and get reliable information out of people with her approach. I should also add one other thing about her questions that bothers me: she's walking around a society where people likely get 'disappeared' quite often for not walking the proper line. She's loudly asking obnoxious questions about potentially sensitive things, endangering others with a sort indignant, lax attitude that bothers me.
- samd 16y agoWait, so it's bad that reporters ask hard questions?
- mkelly 16y agoAll comments about English dialects aside, I also found the reporter unbearable. (Full disclosure: I stopped watching after "A good day to invade?") It wasn't that she asked difficult questions -- that's wonderful. It's that she asked vapid questions, which incidentally turned out also to be difficult. She led people into the answers she wanted. E.g., it didn't look like a young lady she questioned actually thought the NK grand poobah dude was actually a god, but the reporter got her to say it. More than anything, it disgusts me because it makes life harder for people who ask good difficult questions.
- Bjoern 16y agoNote the search results from the video at 13:21 featuring two IBM hits for the local "intranet". Interesting.