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Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling

I think you shouldshut the camera down now

I think you should
shut the camera down now

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I think you should shut the camera down now.
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00:15:06
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Jul 06, 2025
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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...
In retrospect, I think I was a little naive. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
In retrospect, I think I was a little naive.
I was surprised that no one Googled who I was, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
I was surprised that no one Googled who I was,
But I thought that if it was ever discovered - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:17
But I thought that if it was ever discovered
After hours in the air, we stole these shots - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
After hours in the air, we stole these shots
Normally, Americans were not welcome there, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
Normally, Americans were not welcome there,
On the ground, we got our first glimpses of Pyongyang - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:10
On the ground, we got our first glimpses of Pyongyang
We passed 12-lane highways with hardly any cars - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:11
We passed 12-lane highways with hardly any cars
Pyongyang was and still is a city of the relatively privileged. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
Pyongyang was and still is a city of the relatively privileg...
The government rewards strong supporters by letting them live there. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
The government rewards strong supporters by letting them liv...
And unless you're a high-ranking official, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
And unless you're a high-ranking official,
So from the moment we landed in Pyongyang, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
So from the moment we landed in Pyongyang,
All of our technological devices were removed from our possession. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
All of our technological devices were removed from our posse...
And we were assigned eight government minders, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
And we were assigned eight government minders,
They even stayed in the guest houses where we were housed. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
They even stayed in the guest houses where we were housed.
And at a certain point, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
And at a certain point,
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