I just so happened upon a documentary, made by a group of journalists with an organisation called VICE who had fought their way into NK for quite a while to cover what goes on in "The Hermit Country."
Here is an excerpt from a written summary by Shane Smith, a VICE founder who was commenting on the video they had posted, the snippet is to give you an idea of what they encountered in their journey...
"At the airport, the North Korean consulate took our passports and all of our money, then brought us to a restaurant. We were sitting there with our tour group, and suddenly all the other diners left, and these women came out and started singing North Korean nationalist songs. We were thinking,Look, we were just on a plane for 20 hours. We’re jet-lagged. Can we just go to bed? but this guy with our group, who was from the LA Times, told us, “Everyone in here besides us is secret police. If you don’t act excited, then you’re not going to get your visa. So we got drunk and jumped up onstage and sang songs with the girls. The next day we got our visas. A lot of people we had gone with didn’t get theirs. That was our first hint at just what a freaky, freaky trip we were embarking on…"
A small disclaimer: The following documentary was not censored for TV, so there is no guarantee the language will be appropriate.
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