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Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling

And defecting anywhere elsealong the DMZ is nearly impossible

And defecting anywhere else
along the DMZ is nearly impossible

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And defecting anywhere else along the DMZ is nearly impossible.
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00:09:18
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Jul 06, 2025
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documentary
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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...
The DMZ, or de-militarized zone, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
The DMZ, or de-militarized zone,
With more than a million landmines, high voltage electric fences, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:09
With more than a million landmines, high voltage electric fe...
South Korea's capitol, Seoul, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:12
South Korea's capitol, Seoul,
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:19
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republi...
The American intelligence agencies don't take much heat for this - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
The American intelligence agencies don't take much heat...
But we know some basic facts: - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
But we know some basic facts:
It has 25 million people, a showcase capital, Pyongyang, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
It has 25 million people, a showcase capital, Pyongyang,
All three Kims were and are absolute dictators, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:13
All three Kims were and are absolute dictators,
Not only do you have a population - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:27
Not only do you have a population
I'd never experienced a kind of roboticism - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
I'd never experienced a kind of roboticism
Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Un. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Un.
And it was really difficult to tell whether people really felt, um, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:12
And it was really difficult to tell whether people really fe...
Everyone is trained from birth to love the leaders, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:09
Everyone is trained from birth to love the leaders,
Newspapers and television are controlled by the state. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
Newspapers and television are controlled by the state.
Many here don't even know a man has walked on the Moon. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
Many here don't even know a man has walked on the Moon.
While the elites at the very top of North Korean society may have access - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:12
While the elites at the very top of North Korean society may...
And those elites with cell phones can only speak within its borders. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
And those elites with cell phones can only speak within its ...
It is this isolation from the rest of the world - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
It is this isolation from the rest of the world
I had always been so curious about North Korea - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:09
I had always been so curious about North Korea
And so, when my renowned cataract surgeon friend Dr. Sanduk Ruit - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:14
And so, when my renowned cataract surgeon friend Dr. Sanduk ...