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Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling

"I don't know what it is that you want, but whatever it is, I can try to conveyto her what...

"I don't know what it is that you want, but whatever it is, I can try to convey
to her what you may want
and maybe she can help out here." The consensus from the State Department, from Vice President Gore, from every official-type person
that we'd spoken to was, keep it quiet

Full Transcript

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"I don't know what it is that you want,
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but whatever it is, I can try to convey to her
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what you may want and maybe she can help out here."
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The consensus from the State Department,
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from Vice President Gore,
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from every official-type person that we'd spoken to was, keep it quiet.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:19
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
National Geographic

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Movie Summary

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...
We don't want to antagonize the North Koreans, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
We don't want to antagonize the North Koreans,
And one of the first things I said to my sister was, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:21
And one of the first things I said to my sister was,
And so, in a phone call to my sister, I asked, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:12
And so, in a phone call to my sister, I asked,
I mean, there was a period of just silence, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:14
I mean, there was a period of just silence,
After that first phone call, I sort of launched - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:09
After that first phone call, I sort of launched
Knowing how sensitive the North Korean government is, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:10
Knowing how sensitive the North Korean government is,
I knew that we had to communicate to the North Korean government - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:21
I knew that we had to communicate to the North Korean govern...
I devoured each and every word, memorized every letter that I received. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
I devoured each and every word, memorized every letter that ...
"I so desperately wanted to reach right through the phone when you called - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
"I so desperately wanted to reach right through the pho...
Lisa always expressed messages of deference and respect - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:10
Lisa always expressed messages of deference and respect
After Vice President Gore - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
After Vice President Gore
It was a secret mission to North Korea, and it all happened very, very quickly. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
It was a secret mission to North Korea, and it all happened ...
Images of President Clinton landing in North Korea - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
Images of President Clinton landing in North Korea
And there to greet him was a-a jubilant-looking Kim Jong Il. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
And there to greet him was a-a jubilant-looking Kim Jong Il.
It became pretty apparent to me - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
It became pretty apparent to me
And I heard the North Korean newscaster, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:11
And I heard the North Korean newscaster,
And I looked at the TV, and I could see the report - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:11
And I looked at the TV, and I could see the report
And Euna and I were together at that time, and I said, "What is she saying, Euna?" - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:13
And Euna and I were together at that time, and I said, "...
And I looked at her, and I said, you know, "We're going home." - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:14
And I looked at her, and I said, you know, "We're ...
When he met with Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Il had told Clinton - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:17
When he met with Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Il had told Clinton