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 Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:00 pm Post subject: North Korea in Videos: Inside the World's Most Secretive St |
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In late November, I had the opportunity to visit North Korea for a rare peek inside the most secretive country on Earth. All foreigner-oriented tours display a carefully managed, intentionally curated side of the country; with no opportunity for cross-examination, such visits don't facilitate a journalistic treatment of life in North Korea. But the trip was fascinating nonetheless, full of revelations both sobering (kindergartens adorned with graphically anti-American murals) and mundane (people smile when smiled at). In this gallery, brief iPhone videos from Pyongyang offer windows into North Korea. No attempt is made to read the tea leaves or separate truth from stagecraft; the interpretation is up to you.
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