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We praise you!

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We praise you!
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:31:34
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...
Then we spotted the grandmother we had visited at home. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
Then we spotted the grandmother we had visited at home.
Thank you! - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
Thank you!
How kind you are to hold an old woman like me in your arms. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
How kind you are to hold an old woman like me in your arms.
And I couldn't tell if they truly believed it - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:13
And I couldn't tell if they truly believed it
With these eyes that I've received, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:15
With these eyes that I've received,
After I left North Korea, I certainly breathed - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:10
After I left North Korea, I certainly breathed
Then our family went into crisis when my sister Laura - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:07
Then our family went into crisis when my sister Laura
In March of 2009, I was working on a documentary - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:10
In March of 2009, I was working on a documentary
And during that time, we were filming along the Tumen River. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
And during that time, we were filming along the Tumen River.
This is the river that separates China and North Korea. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:05
This is the river that separates China and North Korea.
And so, we were literally standing on that frozen river - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:08
And so, we were literally standing on that frozen river
They chased us into China - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:12
They chased us into China
In the middle of the night, while my husband and I were sleeping, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:14
In the middle of the night, while my husband and I were slee...
And I was pretty bruised up, and bloodied. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
And I was pretty bruised up, and bloodied.
And I just tried to keep my wits about me, - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:09
And I just tried to keep my wits about me,
We were eventfully transferred to Pyongyang. - Inside North Korea: Then and Now with Lisa Ling 00:04
We were eventfully transferred to Pyongyang.
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 ...