Tag: Kim Jong Il
North Korean Labor Camps
Founder of VICE Shane Smith spends an eternity on a train and hops out at the end of the line in Siberia to investigate...
North Korean Super Spy
As the Korean peninsula teeters on the brink of war, North Korea’s former top female spy reveals details behind the rogue state’s most deadly...
Dispatches: Undercover in the Secret State
Dispatches: Undercover In The Secret State is an award-winning documentary by filmmaker Kim Jung Eun that exposes the cruel realities of daily life in...
Welcome to North Korea
Welcome to North Korea is a 2001 Dutch documentary directed by Peter Tetteroo and Raymond Feddema for KRO Television. The film won an International...
The Vice Guide to Travel: North Korea
Getting into North Korea was one of the hardest and weirdest processes VBS has ever dealt with. “After we went back and forth with...
The People’s Crisis
The real crisis in North Korea is not about its reclusive leaders or its nuclear weapons. It is about 24 million people living under...
Danny From North Korea
Every year, thousands of North Koreans make the dangerous journey across the border to escape oppression and enforced poverty. In March of 2005, Danny...
The Real Dr. Evil
In April, 1992, something extraordinary was about to happen in one dark and uncommunicative state. It was the 80th birthday of the absolute ruler...
Inside North Korea
In the world of international politics and human rights, North Korea remains one of the most secretive and enigmatic nations on Earth. "Inside North...
Escaping North Korea
For those seeking freedom and a better life, escaping North Korea requires a daring and treacherous journey of over 10,000 km through China and...