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Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling

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00:19:15
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...
Of course, the North Korean government will tell you - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
Of course, the North Korean government will tell you
But it was the lack of food, and its effect on children, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
But it was the lack of food, and its effect on children,
When I was a medical doctor in North Korea, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
When I was a medical doctor in North Korea,
I saw children dying under my hands - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:11
I saw children dying under my hands
In the mid-1990s, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:11
In the mid-1990s,
Taking place in the heart of prosperous east Asia, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
Taking place in the heart of prosperous east Asia,
Surveys done in the early 2000s - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
Surveys done in the early 2000s
The average 7-year-old boy in North Korea was nearly 8 inches shorter - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:09
The average 7-year-old boy in North Korea was nearly 8 inche...
They were called "the stunted generation." - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:14
They were called "the stunted generation."
Over time, the Kims isolated the country - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:10
Over time, the Kims isolated the country
So the way we were able to convince our North Korean minders - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:15
So the way we were able to convince our North Korean minders
I thought that I would get a very skewed perspective of what life - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
I thought that I would get a very skewed perspective of what...
I thought that I would just be resigned to just surgical facilities, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:13
I thought that I would just be resigned to just surgical fac...
And to my complete shock, they agreed to take me to visit a family. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
And to my complete shock, they agreed to take me to visit a ...
The blind woman lived in a sixth-floor apartment - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
The blind woman lived in a sixth-floor apartment
Since I was told I was the only American in the country, I felt lucky, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
Since I was told I was the only American in the country, I f...
There were six government officials watching our every move. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
There were six government officials watching our every move.
But it was still a rare chance to see inside a real North Korean home. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
But it was still a rare chance to see inside a real North Ko...
The woman lived there with four of her family members, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
The woman lived there with four of her family members,
The first thing I noticed was that there weren't any family pictures... - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
The first thing I noticed was that there weren't any fa...