chimx
24th March 2008, 00:24
Children of the Secret State
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1875007335054132657&hl=en-GB
This is a famous documentary on the poverty in North Korea, focusing on the DPRK's children. Unlike most obnoxious DPRK documentaries that are shot by western tourists in Pyongyang, this one was primarily shot by North Koreans who had snuck video cameras into the country, and accompanied by a British journalist's interviews with Korean refugees in the ROK and China.
There are some grizzly accounts of family penal colonies, as well as some interesting footage of international food aid being diverted onto the black market. The latter is partly the reason that many international aid organizations have pulled out of North Korea, feeling that food aid isn't going to impoverished people, but to feed the military.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1875007335054132657&hl=en-GB
This is a famous documentary on the poverty in North Korea, focusing on the DPRK's children. Unlike most obnoxious DPRK documentaries that are shot by western tourists in Pyongyang, this one was primarily shot by North Koreans who had snuck video cameras into the country, and accompanied by a British journalist's interviews with Korean refugees in the ROK and China.
There are some grizzly accounts of family penal colonies, as well as some interesting footage of international food aid being diverted onto the black market. The latter is partly the reason that many international aid organizations have pulled out of North Korea, feeling that food aid isn't going to impoverished people, but to feed the military.