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We were eventfully transferred to Pyongyang
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Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling

We were eventfully transferredto Pyongyang

We were eventfully transferred
to Pyongyang

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We were eventfully transferred to Pyongyang.
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00:34:20
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...
Euna and I were separated for the remainder of our captivity. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
Euna and I were separated for the remainder of our captivity...
And that's when the real formal interrogation began. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
And that's when the real formal interrogation began.
And I was grilled every day, for hours on end, day after day. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
And I was grilled every day, for hours on end, day after day...
One of the most difficult parts was trying to convince them that I was not a spy. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
One of the most difficult parts was trying to convince them ...
It didn't help that the co-founder and chairman of the company - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:15
It didn't help that the co-founder and chairman of the ...
One day, my interrogator came in, and he was carrying a file. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
One day, my interrogator came in, and he was carrying a file...
And it was all about my sister, and the projects she had worked on. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
And it was all about my sister, and the projects she had wor...
Very upset, very suspicious, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:09
Very upset, very suspicious,
Euna and I became the first Americans - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
Euna and I became the first Americans
And on the day of our sentencing, the judge and his two associates - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
And on the day of our sentencing, the judge and his two asso...
They left for five minutes, and they returned with their judgment, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
They left for five minutes, and they returned with their jud...
Back in 2006, we interviewed a North Korean defector - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:22
Back in 2006, we interviewed a North Korean defector
And I was terrified, I was absolutely terrified. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
And I was terrified, I was absolutely terrified.
The judge shouted, "No forgiveness, no appeal." - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:10
The judge shouted, "No forgiveness, no appeal."
I was standing at a podium, and I just clutched onto it - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
I was standing at a podium, and I just clutched onto it
"I don't know what it is that you want, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:18
"I don't know what it is that you want,
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,