Secret State of North Korea [video]

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Post by bane » Thu, Jan 16, 2014, 1:10 AM UTC

Secret State of North Korea [video]
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Re: Secret State of North Korea [video]

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Post by tptacek » Thu, Jan 16, 2014, 1:49 AM UTC

There's some amazing footage in this; at one point, someone with a hidden camera visits a Potemkin department store in Pyongyang and tries to buy a dress, and then some beer, only to be told that all the merchandise on display is for display only.

Re: Secret State of North Korea [video]

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 16, 2014, 1:56 AM UTC

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Re: Secret State of North Korea [video]

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Post by tokenadult » Thu, Jan 16, 2014, 2:02 AM UTC

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The varying availability of this program has to do with licensing agreements for broadcasting it in various places.

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Post by wahnfrieden » Thu, Jan 16, 2014, 2:02 AM UTC

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Bandwidth costs money, as does licensing.

Re: Secret State of North Korea [video]

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Post by tptacek » Thu, Jan 16, 2014, 2:05 AM UTC

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It's PBS Frontline. I don't think there are any ads. There weren't when I watched it.

Re: Secret State of North Korea [video]

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Post by ekianjo » Thu, Jan 16, 2014, 2:10 AM UTC

tokenadult wrote: post #4

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The varying availability of this program has to do with licensing agreements for broadcasting it in various places.

It's a good thing we are on the good side of the fence then. Ah, Freedom.

Re: Secret State of North Korea [video]

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Post by bane » Thu, Jan 16, 2014, 2:19 AM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #2

There's some amazing footage in this; at one point, someone with a hidden camera visits a Potemkin department store in Pyongyang and tries to buy a dress, and then some beer, only to be told that all the merchandise on display is for display only.

I noticed also that almost everything they showed was non-perishable goods.

The smuggled footage in this is fantastic and remarkable. The interviews with the North Koreans in the South were also quite interesting.

Re: Secret State of North Korea [video]

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Post by cclogg » Thu, Jan 16, 2014, 2:22 AM UTC

bane wrote: post #8

tptacek wrote: post #2

There's some amazing footage in this; at one point, someone with a hidden camera visits a Potemkin department store in Pyongyang and tries to buy a dress, and then some beer, only to be told that all the merchandise on display is for display only.

I noticed also that almost everything they showed was non-perishable goods. The smuggled footage in this is fantastic and remarkable. The interviews with the North Koreans in the South were also quite interesting.

Darn, now I really want to watch it lol! However, it's blocked in Canada :(

It's kind of silly considering we actually contribute to PBS (according to PBS Seattle, we make up a 3rd of their contributions).

Re: Secret State of North Korea [video]

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Post by bane » Thu, Jan 16, 2014, 2:24 AM UTC

cclogg wrote: post #9

bane wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I noticed also that almost everything they showed was non-perishable goods. The smuggled footage in this is fantastic and remarkable. The interviews with the North Koreans in the South were also quite interesting.

Darn, now I really want to watch it lol! However, it's blocked in Canada :( It's kind of silly considering we actually contribute to PBS (according to PBS Seattle, we make up a 3rd of their contributions).

The stream is pretty saturated right now.

TBH, if you've watched 2 or 3 other North Korean documentaries, this is kind of more of the same, except maybe a full third of it was filmed by North Koreans in North Korea using smuggled cameras. The information is more up-to-date also, but it the basic gist isn't really anything too new.