The Vice Guide to North Korea (must see!)

[MeleeMe?]

This documentary is so weird!

Its basically an independent journalist "touring" North Korea. The whole experience is so friggin bizzare. What makes it even more strange is that the guy is just like an average American that you would sit next to in a bar and have a beer with. I dont know how they managed to pull this off but its worth watching.


http://www.vbs.tv/shows/north-korea/

[RichyCunningham]

I'm personally really digging this because I myself am South Korean and I love to see this kind of stuff. It's actually really entertaining for me to see what it's like on the other side.

Their accents are actually quite fun to listen to.

[MeleeMe?]

Yea their accents are a bit comical. I felt bad for the tea girl. I hope they bought something from her.

Its crazy how the government makes sure that they only let them see what they want them to see and nothing else.

The main guy doing the documentary is pretty funny too. I hope he does more like this. I almost shit myself laughing when he got on the karaoke machine and started singing "I AM THE ANTI-CHRIST!"

hahah!

[RichyCunningham]

I laughed when they purposely mocked the guy telling him to not obstruct the view of the "great leader" on the painting.

[divium]

Hahaha this actually makes me want to go to North Korea.

[Brew_Ha_Ha]

everyone in these forums should watch this series

[Burris]

This is so weird, but fascinating... The poor girl at the tea place.

[MeleeMe?]

This is so weird, but fascinating... The poor girl at the tea place.

Thats the kind of shit that the main stream media can never cover. I genuinely felt sad for the girl.

Does anyone know of any other online documentaries similar to this?

[Faceman]

Vice does some good stuff.

Also I would have tried to bang that tea girl. Seems like she needed it. Then we'd both be publicly executed, but oh so worth it. Forbidden communist sex.

[Stephenson]

Maxey sent me it, an I've been watching a it for awhile. It's so unreal that place.

http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=1438428757

[Penguin]

Every time I see stuff from North Korea I get overwhelmed by the surreal way those people live. I can't really imagine what it must be like to be there.


Also I would have tried to bang that tea girl. Seems like she needed it. Then we'd both be publicly executed, but oh so worth it. Forbidden communist sex.
+1 :ninja:

[Jibba-Jabba]

Watched episode 1, have to go to work now. Will watch more later, I love Vice. Thanks for the link.

[RichyCunningham]

Hey faggot, there's already a thread with relatively the same title.

[PrivateParts]

North Korea, you so crazeh.

[PrivateParts]

Interesting clips.

Sad how having fun seems to be more of a luxury for the tea girl than it is a normal daily life activity.

[Jibba-Jabba]

Hey faggot, there's already a thread with relatively the same title.

Wow. Bigot much?

[Stephenson]

Hey faggot, there's already a thread with relatively the same title.
he7n quiier boii.
suck it

forveroyne else
i wuv u guys!

[WHEATLEY007]

This is so weird, but fascinating... The poor girl at the tea place.

Thats the kind of shit that the main stream media can never cover. I genuinely felt sad for the girl.

Does anyone know of any other online documentaries similar to this?

I got a great link to a website on my work pc. Guy took a photo inside their dead leaders tomb. Will post it monday morning for ya'll.

I'm planniong on going to N-Korea & -Korea next year for my hols.

[WHEATLEY007]

Here it is peeps: http://1stopkorea.com/index.htm?nk-trip3.htm~mainframe facinating

edit: here is another: http://www.enlight.ru/camera/dprk/phen_pion_e.html

[Burris]

Deer leader

http://www.cuhwc.org.uk/pictures/stag.jpg

[Welshy]

Holy crap @ episode 13!

It's like the N Koreans just spend their lives putting on a show for the foreigners. It left me wondering where everyone was going on the tube line.. since nobody ever moved anywhere outside and on the roads.

Bizarre.

[2ltben]

Since it was Pyongyang, I'm assuming they were almost exclusively civil servants and the well-to-do. Its just so surreal, the footage of those kids jumping up and down holding their 'presents' was just so depressing, almost all of them looked sad or angry and were just doing it for the camera and to make the leader proud. And the Barrage is just fucking appaling. Its just so sad that these people arn't even given a chance, it almost me want to sneak some Immanuel Kant in there. Or better yet, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. But still, introducing just one Western element into a society as alien as NK's would create some sort of crazy Canticle for Leibowitz situation where they move from one blind adolation to another.

And also, Kim Jong Il is starting to remind me more and more of Benjamin Linus.

*edit*
Vice Guide has some awesome stuff in the places generally considered third world shitholes.

[WHEATLEY007]

I always wonder why some one, say a soldier who'd got close enough, just pull out a gun and shoot the fucker.
I know that the people are either too mind-fucked, or too scared, but history is full of people who made that one stand. Guess we'll just have to wait for him to die, for their to be a power struggle at the top and for it to crumble natrually.
Those people are in for one hell of a fucking shock when the boarder is one day removed and they see the south.
People cant be physicaly or mentaly caged up like that forever. History proves this with so many examples.

edit: damn my spelling seems to regress alot when I post on this porum. >:(

[Burris]

I read one year the famine in NK was so much worse than it normally is Kim Jong Il made every citizen get on buses and go out to the fields to harvest.

[2ltben]

The same guy who did this went to Bulgaria and tracked down the guy who sold a French journalist a plutonium detonator on the black market. Tracked down as in paid the guy some cash, drove him to their hotel room, and interviewed him about the entire process. He even talked about meeting bin Laden and negotiations with his people to supply nuclear waste for a dirty bomb. The only thing he refused to do was to drive the interviewers was to drive to his mother's house and dig up the detonator, which he had buried in the vegetable garden there.

Holy shit.

And Shane's also the guy who fucked a doll in a Japanese brothel and accidentally broke its head off.

[WHEATLEY007]

Finaly got the time to sit down and watch this . Fucking facinating.
Only gripe is his claims thats its so dificult to get in. Dunno if thats cos they're less likely to giv American passport holders visas, being the Evil Agressor - lol. But you can get trips from China and South Korea these days.

+Reps for the link :D

[Burris]

I'm pretty sure that guy int he video is Canadian.. from his accent.

[Penguin]

I always wonder why some one, say a soldier who'd got close enough, just pull out a gun and shoot the fucker.

This is because, save for the most senior members of the military (who have a good thing going and no reason to change the status quo), that would be the same as trying to kill God, or God's chosen one, anyway.

[2ltben]

I'm pretty sure that guy int he video is Canadian.. from his accent.
He is, he's one of the founders of Vice magazine. I kinda want to find out how one gets a start doing shit like this.

[HS the Whap]

VBS does amazing stuff... they did an interview with Gaahl, who is one of the most famous Black Metal musicians. Was a great interview.

[WHEATLEY007]

I always wonder why some one, say a soldier who'd got close enough, just pull out a gun and shoot the fucker.

This is because, save for the most senior members of the military (who have a good thing going and no reason to change the status quo), that would be the same as trying to kill God, or God's chosen one, anyway.

Yeah, I know. Its just a shame.


I'm pretty sure that guy int he video is Canadian.. from his accent. Oops


He is, he's one of the founders of Vice magazine. I kinda want to find out how one gets a start doing shit like this.
Doubt its too hard. Camera, website, spark of an idea.......You just need to gumption to do it.

[Burris]

Haha you English always talk about how we can't differentiate YOUR accents.

(I actually can to a slight degree... but I'm not that great)

[WHEATLEY007]

No, American and Canadian sound alike. Sorry, it hurts to hear, but you do. Fact. (cant find the source but its true).
We are fine with differentiating between all other English speaking nations, and different dialects in each nation.
Its true cos’ I said so. :D

[HS the Whap]

rofl at the last episode in which he is going apeshit while singing "Anarchy in the UK" .

[Burris]

No, American and Canadian sound alike. Sorry, it hurts to hear, but you do. Fact. (cant find the source but its true).
We are fine with differentiating between all other English speaking nations, and different dialects in each nation.
Its true cos’ I said so. :D

No I can tell when someone is Canadian just by hearing them talk.

[Penguin]

No, American and Canadian sound alike. Sorry, it hurts to hear, but you do. Fact. (cant find the source but its true).

That does it. I'm not going to let it go when people from North America get shit for confusing British and Aussie accents.

[PrivateParts]

Depends on from which part of canada really.
French canadians and newfies have accents typically.

Newfies have sort of an irish like accent.. though its rather unique.

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French canadians usually sound like a stero-typical fargo/french mix to me when they speak english.

Anything west of quebec and you would have a difficult time telling the difference between a 'canadian' and 'american' accent.

[Burris]

I'm from Michigan and I can tell when someone is from Ontario.

[PrivateParts]

Yet another baseless claim by burris.

[Burris]

Yet another baseless claim by burris.

What the fuck is your problem? I was simply stating that I could tell the difference, fuck off.

[PrivateParts]

Yet another baseless claim by burris.

What the fuck is your problem? I was simply stating that I could tell the difference, fuck off.


Ok, i made an audio clip from a few different american and canadian news channels.

http://media.putfile.com/CdnvsUSaccent

Tell me which one's are american and which are candian. You will need to turn up the volume for some. windows movie maker doesnt give much audio options. There are 8 different voices in total.

[MeleeMe?]

1. Canada
2. Canada
3. USA
4. Could be either
5. USA
6. USA
7. USA
8. USA

Yes?

[PrivateParts]

Im not going to say which yet though you did get three right.

[Rob]

My guesses:

1. USA
2. Canada
3. USA
4. Canada
5. Canada (lol at this one)
6. USA
7. Canada
8. USA

[PrivateParts]

Fouuuuuur actually.

[Rob]

Damn.

[divium]

1-USA
2-CAN
3-CAN
4-CAN
5-USA
6-USA
7-CAN
8-CAN

This is fun :D

[PrivateParts]

fiiiive

[Burris]

1-Canada
2-USA
3-Canada
4-USA
5-Canada
6-USA
7-USA
8-USA

Keep in mind broadcasters are not an accurate representation of accents as many are trained to speak a certain accent to be clear for television.

[WHEATLEY007]

^^ dont worry mate. My missus is bitching cos Im up on the forum, and she wants to go to sleep. Fucking women.

[PrivateParts]

1) World support : CTV Newsnet: Ban Ki-Moon tours damaged area
http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/world-s ... #clip54941 (http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/world-support/#clip54941)

Look for the news titles given with these ones no direct links.
2) Myanmar allows aid
http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/ ... ect=706188 (http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/canwest-globalnational-pub01-live/current/launch.html?maven_playerId=globalnationalmedium&maven_referralObject=706188)

3) Aid trickles in
http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/ ... ect=706188 (http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/canwest-globalnational-pub01-live/current/launch.html?maven_playerId=globalnationalmedium&maven_referralObject=706188)

go to the abc news section and look for the title
4) Suspected pedophile captured
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/ ... ch=2165253 (http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?rn=222561&cl=7960920&ch=2165253)

Look for the title
5) keen sniffer
http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/ ... ect=706188 (http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/canwest-globalnational-pub01-live/current/launch.html?maven_playerId=globalnationalmedium&maven_referralObject=706188)

Abc news section, look for title
6) Austrian man confesses to incest
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/ ... ch=2165253 (http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?rn=222561&cl=7960920&ch=2165253)

look for the title in the side bar again
7) Myanmar allows aid
http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/ ... ect=706188 (http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/canwest-globalnational-pub01-live/current/launch.html?maven_playerId=globalnationalmedium&maven_referralObject=706188)

look for the title in the side bar again
8) obama vs clinton
http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/ ... ect=706188 (http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/canwest-globalnational-pub01-live/current/launch.html?maven_playerId=globalnationalmedium&maven_referralObject=706188)


Only 2 were american.

Canadians featured were
Jas Johal Canadian journalist
Dave Toycen President and CEO of World Vision Canada
Paul Johnson Global national reporter
Carolyn Jarvis Global Edmonton (did the dog story)
Jacques Bourbeau Global National
Couldnt determine the name of the woman in the first clip.

Only american i could determine
Gloria Riviera ABC news



So did the canadians take lessons to talk like americans or viceversa

[Burris]

I can spot a Canadian over mic in X-Box Live, when they're at malls in my area, etc.

Theres many words Canadians annunciate far different than Americans, aka Ontrario becomes "Untario" or something similar sounding.

[WHEATLEY007]

Anyway, a little more media on N Korea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7423994.stm