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Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling

North Korea is roughlythe size of Mississippi

But we know some basic facts: North Korea is roughly
the size of Mississippi

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But we know some basic facts:
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North Korea is roughly the size of Mississippi.
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:10:31
Uploaded
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...
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 ...
I had to go under the auspices of being part of his medical team. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
I had to go under the auspices of being part of his medical ...
Thousands of people in North Korea go blind - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
Thousands of people in North Korea go blind
The annual number of surgeries performed - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
The annual number of surgeries performed
And the blindness magnitude is one of the highest in the world. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
And the blindness magnitude is one of the highest in the wor...
Dr. Sanduk Ruit planned to travel from Nepal to North Korea - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:09
Dr. Sanduk Ruit planned to travel from Nepal to North Korea
Our entire crew posed as members of Dr. Ruit's medical team. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
Our entire crew posed as members of Dr. Ruit's medical ...