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Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling

And at a certain point, I realized that I wasin Kim Jong Il's North Korea

And at a certain point, I realized that I was
in Kim Jong Il's North Korea

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And at a certain point,
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I realized that I was in Kim Jong Il's North Korea.
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:16:55
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
National Geographic

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In 2006 NG correspondent Lisa Ling traveled to North Korea under the guise of a humanitarian program that performed eye surgeries. With unprecedented access she exposed us to this closed, authoritarian society. Since then the coun...
When we reached the hospital, hundreds of blind people - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
When we reached the hospital, hundreds of blind people
This hospital was probably as fancy as it got in North Korea. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
This hospital was probably as fancy as it got in North Korea...
Most of the cutting-edge equipment had been donated by other countries, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
Most of the cutting-edge equipment had been donated by other...
The government let Dr. Ruit and his team come - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
The government let Dr. Ruit and his team come
Our team had to bring most of our equipment - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
Our team had to bring most of our equipment
And because blackouts were common, even here in the capital, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
And because blackouts were common, even here in the capital,
I hoped we could see what life was really like here, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
I hoped we could see what life was really like here,
And the rare times that it had granted foreigners access, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:12
And the rare times that it had granted foreigners access,
In this scene, a mother sings nursery rhymes - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
In this scene, a mother sings nursery rhymes
♪ The pathetic Americans kneel on the ground ♪ - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:11
♪ The pathetic Americans kneel on the ground ♪
Back at the hospital, Dr. Ruit continued his mission. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
Back at the hospital, Dr. Ruit continued his mission.
In the developed world, cataracts rarely get so bad, especially in young people, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
In the developed world, cataracts rarely get so bad, especia...
But here, because of poor care and likely poor nutrition, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:11
But here, because of poor care and likely poor nutrition,
But in North Korea, cataracts are only a small part - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
But in North Korea, cataracts are only a small part
German physician and human rights activist Norbert Vollertsen - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
German physician and human rights activist Norbert Vollertse...
He shot pictures of the horrible medical conditions. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
He shot pictures of the horrible medical conditions.
No antibiotics or anesthesia. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
No antibiotics or anesthesia.
Of course, the North Korean government will tell you - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
Of course, the North Korean government will tell you
But it was the lack of food, and its effect on children, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
But it was the lack of food, and its effect on children,
When I was a medical doctor in North Korea, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
When I was a medical doctor in North Korea,