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Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling

We were going to document his workand show the world what life was like inside North Korea

We were going to document his work
and show the world what life was like inside North Korea

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We were going to document his work and show the world what life
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was like inside North Korea.
Duration
6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:13:43
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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...
This meeting in a Kathmandu hotel room - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
This meeting in a Kathmandu hotel room
So there will be a North Korean man - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
So there will be a North Korean man
From here to Pyongyang and back to Kathmandu. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
From here to Pyongyang and back to Kathmandu.
North Korean minders met us in Nepal - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
North Korean minders met us in Nepal
Dr. Ruit knew our South African cameraman, Brian, and I - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
Dr. Ruit knew our South African cameraman, Brian, and I
And he was concerned that the cameras - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:06
And he was concerned that the cameras
And wanted to pack them more carefully, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
And wanted to pack them more carefully,
A North Korean official checks our luggage - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
A North Korean official checks our luggage
Two North Korean minders - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
Two North Korean minders
I think you should shut the camera down now. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
I think you should shut the camera down now.
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,