The Vice Guide, part of North Korea 13 of 14

14 Part 14 Part 14 here www.youtube.com The Vice Guide to North Korea, Part 13 of 14 VICE GUIDE TO NORTH KOREA VBS.TV www.vbs.tv Entry into North Korea was one of the most difficult and weirdest processes VBS has ever faced. After we back and forth with their representatives went on for months, they finally said it would allow 16 journalists into the country to cover the Arirang Mass Games in Pyongyang. Then, ten days before they had to do, they said, no, no one can come. Thenthey said, OK, OK, you can come. But only as tourists. We had no idea what that meant. We already knew that we journalists, and there if you get caught, a journalist, if you are a tourist should go to jail. We do not like prison. And were ready to marry hate jail in North Korea to gamble. But we went for it. The first leg of the trip was a flight into northern China. At the airport the North Korean consulate took our passports and all our money, then took usin a restaurant. We sat down with our tour group, and suddenly all the other guests left and these women came out and started singing North Korean nationalist songs. We thought, 'Well, we were on a plane for 20 hours. Have been the jet lag. We can go to bed? but this guy with our group, which emerged from the Los Angeles Times told us that they are all here, but we of the secret police. If youre not seem excited about getting a visa. So we drank and jumped on stage and sangTraces of ...