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Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling

Normally, Americans were notwelcome there, and I was told I would be the only onein the...

Normally, Americans were not
welcome there, and I was told I would be the only one
in the entire country

Full Transcript

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Normally, Americans were not welcome there,
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and I was told I would be the only one in the entire country.
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8 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:15:45
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...
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
And because blackouts were common, even here in the capital, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
And because blackouts were common, even here in the capital,
I hoped we could see what life was really like here, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
I hoped we could see what life was really like here,
And the rare times that it had granted foreigners access, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:12
And the rare times that it had granted foreigners access,
In this scene, a mother sings nursery rhymes - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
In this scene, a mother sings nursery rhymes
♪ The pathetic Americans kneel on the ground ♪ - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:11
♪ The pathetic Americans kneel on the ground ♪