Bohemian Journalists Welcomed in North Korea
Here’s a North Korea exclusive that managed to escape the censors, covered by alternative journalists who during their day jobs usually mix tongue-in-cheek fashion commentary with interviews with pornstars or brain surgeons. From the guys who brought you Vice Magazine, funded by MTV, and art directed by Spike Jonze, we found this fourteen part report on North Korea to be a kitchy* look at how weird it can be to travel to North Korea. *by saying kitchy, we mean, entirely accurate.
After the magazine’s co-founder and uber-correspondent Shane Smith became frustrated with the capricious visa process, he and his crew managed to gain privileged access to North Korea’s Mass Games by getting drunk with consulate officials in China. While in the North they managed to document a colorful journey that blends Leaving Las Vegas surreality with totalitarian droll in a way that can only be succinctly summarized by Kim Jong-Il’s khaki blouse and Gucci glasses. Oh, and there’s the mass games too. (Clips below)
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Watch the rest at [VBS.tv]
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puahaha! if you dressed my mom in a communist russian colonel’s uniform (circa 1955) you’d be looking straight in the face of that Peublo tour guide. why do i find that so funny?
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