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Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling

But they still didn't knowif they would be able to see

But they still didn't know
if they would be able to see

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But they still didn't know if they would be able to see.
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00:29:29
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 was almost like a theater, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:22
It was almost like a theater,
We did a little more than 1,000 surgeries - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
We did a little more than 1,000 surgeries
The minder gave us one last warning - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
The minder gave us one last warning
The moment of truth came first for a 23-year-old woman. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
The moment of truth came first for a 23-year-old woman.
She came with her father - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
She came with her father
Thank you, Great General! - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
Thank you, Great General!
I want to show my gratitude to our Great General! - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
I want to show my gratitude to our Great General!
♪ Thank you very, very much ♪ - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:14
♪ Thank you very, very much ♪
We praise you! - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
We praise you!
Then we spotted the grandmother we had visited at home. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
Then we spotted the grandmother we had visited at home.
Thank you! - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
Thank you!
How kind you are to hold an old woman like me in your arms. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
How kind you are to hold an old woman like me in your arms.
And I couldn't tell if they truly believed it - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:13
And I couldn't tell if they truly believed it
With these eyes that I've received, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:15
With these eyes that I've received,
After I left North Korea, I certainly breathed - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:10
After I left North Korea, I certainly breathed
Then our family went into crisis when my sister Laura - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
Then our family went into crisis when my sister Laura
In March of 2009, I was working on a documentary - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:10
In March of 2009, I was working on a documentary
And during that time, we were filming along the Tumen River. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
And during that time, we were filming along the Tumen River.
This is the river that separates China and North Korea. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
This is the river that separates China and North Korea.
And so, we were literally standing on that frozen river - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
And so, we were literally standing on that frozen river