We Tried Sneaking Journalists Into North Korea

Sneaking into North Korea was one of the hardest and weirdest processes VICE has ever dealt with. In North Korea, if you get caught being a journalist when you're supposed to be a tourist, you go to jail, or worse. Our rare footage is some of the craziest ever captured, providing an honest look inside the hermit nation.
00:00 Intro
03:00 One of the most dangerous places in the world
06:15 Bribing the Chinese consulate
09:14 The first sight of Pyongyang
Hosted by Shane Smith | Originally released in 2008 at vice.com
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[@VICE]

Watch more of VICE on North Korea: kzbin.info/aero/PLDbSvEZka6GGOrQuonllt75KmhyfZcRjj

[@jxshy7258]

You might wanna go to the doctor cause u got some massive balls

[@marileed8504]

Huh seven years ago pinned. Only 7 likes

[@archungus]

Rip

[@seanlim7940]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5_Ik393aK2khtE this is a more up to date, and deeper dive into North Korea, it has 2 parts

[@ssssSTopmotion]

You madlad

[@platinipirate710]

Respect to the cameraman who took the real risk and got no credit

[@twigtoyoulater]

Unfortunately, they never get credit.

[@twigtoyoulater]

@ValePC I think that it’s possible to ask if you can bring a camera. Either that or it was smuggled and their tour guide told them to take sanctioned pictures.

[@capvlogger9283]

Ccrt

[@yishi.4466]

@@twigtoyoulater I think it's better they got no credit for safety... but they are out of the country but still...

[@bobbyhernandez9756]

@@yishi.4466 you mean so they wouldn't be identified, and possibly killed.

[@PAPIPHOENIX]

vice in 2012: Sneaking Journalists into north korea and legitimately risking their lives vice now: Ive eaten only mac and cheese for the last 17 years

[@Cigaro_]

Is literally what I was about to see after this video

[@jmadmaxx7295]

They still do documentaries like this... also, sometimes you just wanna watch a dude eat Mac and cheese for more than a decade

[@haraldhimmel5687]

*taking the official propaganda tour for journalists.

[@jmadmaxx7295]

Florian Rabe *and pointing out how much this tour is propaganda, and breaking rules and going off the path multiple times but whatever*

[@haraldhimmel5687]

@@jmadmaxx7295 Breaking news. Their cheesy propaganda tour is propaganda. He still pretended to have "sneaken in" in some kind of undercover way, which is misleading on his part. And chances are he was briefed with what he could get away with and with what not. I wonder how many people there got in trouble because he filmed them for the lulz when he wasn't supposed to.

[@Coolchris91]

“Don’t point, don’t take pictures” *takes video of himself pointing*

[@henryhildebrand4236]

lmao

[@ayushthada9544]

Teacher: For your project survey you can go anywhere. Girls: Let's go to the nearest market. Boys: Sneaking into North Korea.

[@peaaanuts6970]

thug life hahahaha

[@claire_dabear]

@@kerronthedon9306 Teacher: go to timeout 😂

[@walterzamalis4846]

Technically, they said pictures, not videos, so he’s clean

[@dartanian7853]

Respect to everyone who did this, especially the cameraman, or woman, who risked their actual lives filming this for our sake, so we can get informed on what happens in that place

[@dontlookatmyaccou1114]

that is barely even putting a fingerprint on the surface

[@jj-fk9ez]

so cringe "or woman"

[@louiss138]

@@jj-fk9ez why?

[@Browniev2]

@@jj-fk9ez my brother in christ you have tiktok music taste

[@hyperman8690]

@@jj-fk9ez oh look a psycho worshipper

[@salt251]

The North Korean officers have so many medals that you could defeat them with a magnet

[@turbosoggy5412]

The demise of North Korea: Socks.

[@mariC061]

All those medals only from torturing and killing their own people 🤣

[@juliusnepos6013]

WrestleMari yeah

[@virajmalhotra4950]

This deserves more likes.

[@RealSaboTabby]

General I’m to prize you with the medal of getting more medals.

[@jackwhite4905]

“We had nothing to lose” ....... yeah besides your lives

[@vixx-kun7686]

That'a what I exactly thought!

[@clearshade3560]

Jackcraft5 that’d torture them for information before killing them, maybe labour camps

[@samuelthornton9179]

@Jeffrey Scott the fuck is that comment, democrats kinda like democracy.

[@kroneyt1493]

I was thinking their money, but yeah I guess that too.

[@fatnoot5428]

Jeffrey Scott Democratic socialism is different from socialist Democrats lmao

[@ConZeYT]

I feel like more than half those buildings in North Korea have absolutely no reason for being there other than visual appeal to outsiders.

[@Cattus_Maximus]

yep, they look way too dead to be inhabited.

[@Erik_The_Viking]

Yes - I worked with a colleague who was stationed in the DMZ during his Army days. He hated every damn minute of it. Every building was a facade, and a competition was on. They build a structure in the north, they build a bugger structure in the south, etc. He was go glad to get out of there and he said don't bother visiting it - as he called it "the most depressing place on earth".

[@Jay-nj1oz]

They are all fake.

[@Lark8976]

They are actually just giant hollow cardboard structures

[@lissamissa9]

Only thing is they're not visually appealing in any way

[@MakeAmericaGreatFasho]

It's crazy how far our camera technology has came in such a short amount of time.

[@JinnaiT]

Yeah you could totally fit an "advanced camera" in the case of a really junky camera from 20 years ago and sneak it in

[@garbagelifeoftheboringwife]

@@JinnaiT and they would never know

[@koiyujo1543]

@@garbagelifeoftheboringwife exactly because they don't know Bs because their blocked from the world

[@SexRealist301]

And you can guarantee that the twats at the top of the NK hierarchy still think 80's tech is the very height of sophistication.

[@brianpinion5844]

which brings me to reverse Enginering but I wont twist your mind with that rite now ! lol , just wish Bigfoot hunters would stop using the old Disposable cameras !!!!!!! I really did LOL on that one !

[@puh4532]

"Don't point". Immediately starts pointing after arriving at the DMZ

[@Jsa460]

I was thinking exactly that!

[@north6502]

Don’t worry he kept an open hand so he wasn’t pointing

[@akmazaary9197]

many time to be exact🤣 he really want to be shot at

[@g67785]

*no finger point*

[@KandiKlover]

@@akmazaary9197 I don’t think so. Cuz on the northern side while touring dprk he was allowed to point all he wanted,

[@d4nny8]

2012 Vice : "We Tried Sneaking Journalists Into North Korea" 2020 Vice : "I Make Dildos For a Living"

[@Morziq]

looool

[@EllipsisTriangletrap]

Every radical source of information gets infiltrated and internally compromised. This is common procedure for intelligence agencies dealing with troublesome groups, especially groups of uncensored, raw journalists. They can't stand info coming to light that doesn't fit in with their made up story.

[@helicocktor]

They switched the serious stuff to Vice News. The main Vice channel is hipster stuff, bur Vice News still has some interesting journalism. The stuff with Isobel Yeung is amazing.

[@jameswashburn1104]

lol

[@ccllark]

Lmfao

[@ok-ts4bt]

The whole bugged thing in the hotel room is so creepy to me. My uncle used to tell the story of when he was younger he and his college friends somehow ended up in Russia (having just stopped being the USSR), where they were sure the hotel room was bugged. He said that they would stay super quiet, start murmuring gibberish to make the listeners suspicious, then randomly all start screaming right next to the bug. Probably super dangerous but it all gave them a good laugh.

[@remi6913]

my civics teacher played on the USA lacrosse team and when she was in Russia w her team they met these guys that they snuck back into the hotel cause technically there not allowed to be in there and the dudes showed them where all the bugs and stuff were. it sounded crazy

[@katherinetutschek4757]

Yeah I read a news article once by a linguist who went to Russia. He was fluent in a very rare African dialect and just to test to see if there were bugs, started talking nonsense to himself in this dialect in his hotel room. He got taken to guards who grilled him asking what he was saying....

[@LucaPizzoplus]

@@katherinetutschek4757 A similar thing happened to my uncle in China not too long ago, when he went there for some business deals (a bit less than 20 years ago)

[@katherinetutschek4757]

@@LucaPizzoplus yikes - which city? I visit China occasionally.

[@LucaPizzoplus]

@@katherinetutschek4757 I don't remember, he told me about this years ago. Maybe Shenzhen? The name sounded like that but I don't really know

[@007lisle]

Crazy how 10 years after... this documentary is still interesting.

[@daksh5363]

because its the only one? 😂

[@Veginite]

The land of the unchanging.

[@MinusTwoPoints]

alternative title: "We tried to kill our staff"

[@shottyhottie]

The journalist in this video did this by his own will, the cameraman is just doing his/her job

[@spicybro]

vice back then was just a small group of journalists

[@shottyhottie]

@@spicybro if you consider 50 a small group then by all means

[@rigmaroul]

@@shottyhottie pretty small tbh

[@annita286]

this is the owner of vice, he didnt force someone else to do it

[@lopezjid3813]

That one kid in school who fools around but still gets good grades

[@shrekwazowski8199]

I’m that kid

[@grassmonkey_yt1809]

That’s me

[@shrekwazowski8199]

GrassMonkey_yt nice to see someone else like me around

[@cleanwiddit]

Ahh that’s me!

[@jjthejetplane6138]

Me too

[@mikecynic5167]

Getting drunk with North Korean generals is the single most badass thing I've heard in all of my life.

[@milkyway208O]

In a karaoke..

[@italiansoutherner]

It's irresponsible is what it is. No one should be "proud" of getting drunk.

[@obamama3121]

@@italiansoutherner cope seethe

[@PrivateBryan]

@@italiansoutherner yeah but getting drunk with north korean generals

[@cpsavage2005]

Badass or naive.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

I'm acquainted with a gentleman who escaped N Korea about 15 years ago and as crazy as you found N Korea, he found the U.S. even more so. He made his way to china and then from China through a few more countries before he made it to a U.S. consulate and told them he was from N Korea and wanted to defect. Seems he had a lot of knowledge about the military having once served in the N Korean army as an officer so they let him come to the US. He had spent so much time hiding and stealing food that he never actually saw the inside of a grocery store until he got to the U.S. The moment he stepped inside he dropped to his knees and burst into tears. He said there was more food in that grocery store that day than he had seen in his 52 years living in N Korea. He said that he thought there was probably enough food in that grocery store to feed the whole population back home. He could not believe how much food there was and all the other comforts either. He was shocked at all the things we throw away. Next he visited a Walmart then a shopping mall and he couldn't deal with it emotionally so he had to go back to his little cottage where he was staying. He couldn't believe that he was allowed to unplug the TV. In N Korea TV's and radios are on 24/7. You can't turn them off. If you get caught not watching the propaganda programming you can be sent to the concentration camps up north. And when you are sent there they send you and your children and their children and your siblings and their spouses and their children and all your aunts and uncles and first cousins. They all go to the concentration camp with you and there you are worked to death or starved to death and if any of the women happen to get pregnant and the guards never find out resulting in the baby being born in the camp they grow up in the camp and live out their lives in the camp. Your whole family is socially quarantined forever which tends not to be very long because it seems the average life expectancy in one of those camps is around five years. He says you don't ask about the Park family who suddenly disappeared last night from their 20 sq meter apartment. If someone you know all of a sudden isn't there any more you don't ask. People who ask questions also disappear. As for the food, it is very scarce. He informs me that it is not an exaggeration to say they eat grass. They eat grass, flowers when they can find them, leaves, tree bark, insects, worms and anything else. A fish or bird is a rare treat. The government tells you that you should be grateful for the bounty they pretend to give you and you pretend to be grateful for it.

[@genesmolko8113]

What an evil government, I can't believe it just doesn't collapse under it's own putrid weight.

[@specialstone9153]

Yup, rationing was goin on years ago! Uncalled for, sinister and involves control.

[@MGBlast666]

So what if we just "level" that place out?..... You know all it takes is 1 MK-10 Warhead and then N. Korea is no longer a threat or even a place that exists anymore! Easy peasy lemon squeezey problem solved... I would imagine if the "devil" exists; he resides in North Korea and or Afghanistan 😂😂😂 garbage countries

[@elkay6263]

this is crazy, makes you so grateful to be born on a better side of the world. thank you for sharing this story bc i for one will definitely reflect on this and be much more grateful that our tiny first world problems are problems that people in north korea would do anything to have instead

[@abayomi.]

absolutely true story.

[@stuff3977]

I thought you were supposed to sneak out of North Korea not sneak in

[@urealftp9123]

St uff oh yeah yeah

[@Magicman2h]

Oh yeah yeah

[@Darkfreed0m]

what a shame

[@shagabear2077]

I see you so many times

[@jaehyunz_bread6414]

St uff legit I just said that and EXACTLY

[@aricw8651]

"Oops, sorry Shane, the lens cap was on this whole time. Wanna go back?"

[@PJGirondo]

Lmaoooo

[@adelaideeverett9134]

😭😭

[@hatakekakashi3183]

I felt pain even though i had nothing to do with this vid

[@jacksonlingwall4513]

It could have happened. They wouldn't of included it tho.

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm2528]

😂

[@callmeJAF]

The "demilitarised" zone filled with military troops, mines and missiles.

[@lilblondeboy4142]

Lol

[@MyeongsooChoi]

Well, technically there is 4km width of no man's land but is sandwiched by hundreds and thousands of battalions on either side.

[@jamiengo2343]

@@MyeongsooChoi hundreds and thousands of battalions? That’s a lot of men lol

[@commandercody206]

@@jamiengo2343 I’d say a few thousand platoons at most

[@peacel861]

it took me like 10 minutes to understand☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@Xehemoth]

When a North Korean soldier runs across the DMZ to the enemy side, its the North Koreans that start shooting at their own soldiers trying to escape and the South tries to assist any way they can and provide emergency treatment. Think about that. What a strange dynamic that is.

[@Tanknuggets217]

Crazy honestly

[@judewhittaker1200]

Reminds me of the berlin wall, people trying to escape the communist side

[@zdvxr]

@@judewhittaker1200 similar reasons why both walls exist

[@darinsmith762]

I think a lot of Americans would do that to each other in that situation. Shouting “Traitor!” Soldiers gonna soldier

[@okaytyler2774]

I remember seeing that video of the dude trying to escape North Korea, being shot at, finally getting over to the south and them dragging him over to a medical center. Heartwarming and heartbreaking all at the same time.

[@AmateurHour_]

"We thought why not, we have nothing to lose" except quite literally everything 🤣

[@voidcastfam]

Their lives but whatever.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@voidcastfam This Channel is like a more reporter/news-channel-like version of 'Hbomberguy'! Hurray! Seriously: If you like this channel and its way of gathering Truth's, then check out 'Hbomberguy' and 'Genetically Modified Sceptic'.

[@ThaMuffinMan2047]

Spoken like a suicidal man with no family or friends. But then again, we know that's not fucking true. So in other words, these guys got the Darwin Award of the Century.

[@paunitka7]

I was looking for that comment. 🤣

[@elionio4694]

im your 200th like

[@youngpaperstacker3753]

Basically everything he did would have got him killed.

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Yes, pretty much. They are very down on any kind of bad press.

[@hacked2813]

this is nothing dude , he fucking went to libaria where there are a lot of cannibals

[@wearehoomans2288]

Yep

[@nicholas8428]

EXACTLY!!!! 😵💀

[@traditionalfascists3303]

SupraX good

[@christopherw.reactionvideo859]

that shot of the banquet area on that camera in north korea and him being alone and tables everywhere but no one expected just feels so weird, chilling, liminal, beautifully poetic and sad at the same time

[@TheBlueGrinchofSurgery]

even i got liminal vibes, especially due to the camera quality and the whole banquet hall overall.

[@Mistyf1]

“We got drunk doing karaoke with some generals” That is probably the best sentence you could ever hear, especially when telling your kids

[@xm258]

Time stamp ?

[@johnomacian5586]

@@xm258 it’s like 15 seconds in

[@xm258]

@Ethan S I just fast forwarded it And missed-

[@italiansoutherner]

It's irresponsible is what it is. No one should be "proud" of getting drunk.

[@xm258]

@@italiansoutherner I would be proud of getting drunk with a fucking high ranking North korean General

[@LiEBEE1337]

imagine what happened to the poor guys working at the airport control who were responsible for searching for cameras after this video came out

[@richardfeynman7332]

probably fired???

[@Jonathan-yu9ui]

@@richardfeynman7332 yes, they were fired

[@richardfeynman7332]

@@Jonathan-yu9ui hmm

[@8BitRetroTunes]

They were probably set on fire, not fired.

[@richardfeynman7332]

@@8BitRetroTunes lol

[@yume.mp4]

"No pointing please you could start a war" literally points everywhere atleast 10 times throughout this whole video.

[@daspyxer3247]

kawaii-pinkdoll right

[@tommyjenga5976]

kawaii-pinkdoll 420th like

[@Maya-nr4qx]

ARMYYY!

[@nickf3511]

Holypapihoseok No pointing please could start a war Flies in to fucking North Korea xd

[@whyareyouevenreadingmyname950]

Same thing happened to a sgt who was tasked in the DMZ Keeps telling the tourists to not point out but he himself was pointing.

[@wethr]

Crazy to think this is ten years old and almost nothing there has changed.

[@angelathomas6773]

"We had nothing to lose" Are you guys feeling ok???

[@51beak39]

😂

[@Bruh-cj7yw]

North > South

[@zoinkslol7128]

@@Bruh-cj7yw 😕

[@oom_0923]

Ануаp A ok edgelord

[@wellthen4128]

Depression got them **Suicide by North Korea**

[@fazyt1508]

2010-15 vice: getting chased by liberians and koreans and shooting heroin into our eyelids with teens in the slums of africa 2015-20 vice: can dogs smoke weed?

[@estrelladelmar6466]

Meow

[@slimluka2947]

if it wasint for Shane Smith vice would've been nothing i loved his orginal documentaries like in Africa Liberia and this one sad to see what it has become

[@imperator692]

They went back to North Korea just two months ago

[@GUINAEntertainment]

Uncle Snoop can

[@sophiemayjane]

Liam Fahey so accurate bring back old vice

[@joy397]

Holy crap, the hotel is bugged so the guy goes around the room laughing and saying 'hello' over and over???? I mean, that's hardcore as fuck, I would've just sat in the corner and not talked

[@AmRFuKYaH]

Dude said "come in Tokyo" haha.

[@ImpalaRaptor]

Time for tin foil hats

[@Treddian]

+DO NOT WANT They're in a nation where every single visitor has a personal minder. I don't think it's too paranoid to assume that there are bugs.

[@ComicVulture]

He means, bugged like a microphone so they can hear him in the video dumbo

[@Treddian]

DeathBan I assume that's directed at me? I know what "bugged" means. A bug is what you find in a bugged room.

[@Sheng01427]

The division happened many years ago so the generations who remember strolling freely around the entire Korean empire without boarders are already old by now, or were mostly kids during those days. I can't imagine how it must have felt like for those who used to live in the now other side of the boarder, worse, having your parents, siblings, relatives, childhood friends, teachers, etc. on the other side of the DMZ. It's really sad when you think about it.

[@bbvollmer]

technically no.. before the war Korea had been under Japanese occupation since 1905, so for the North this is all they are used to

[@Sonnyy21]

*next episode from Vice* Sneaking in to Area 51

[@nubiandoll7]

Sp1c3 lol 😂

[@hoodiewoody9802]

One does not simply *Sneak In* to Area 51 . . . But a planned attack with hundreds of thousands might be able to *rush*

[@crushingasmr3790]

Next episode from Vice maybe taking LSD and sneaking into North Korea.

[@ahhhhhhhh4753]

He's already snuck into Area 51 as a country where everybody is a mind-washed alien

[@williamhughjoneswill5981]

I'll pay

[@codabuxakthar9679]

Does airline companies charge him extra bagage fee for those balls he carries around?

[@bautistadelariestra]

nice one

[@veillettephil5344]

Lmaooo

[@alfredo12345neo]

Actually I was surprised when he had a flight to Lyberia and the airplane didn't fall down because of the heavy metal ball he carries.

[@alfredo12345neo]

@Qasim Rabbani Or Uranus!

[@hdadam203]

North Korea cut his balls off before he flies back out 😂

[@ferdousabedin4595]

Cameraman had invisibility potions

[@burnt968]

But what about the swirls that float off of your character?

[@gabandreialcantara4649]

@@burnt968 the developers added a feature so that if you sneak it goes away

[@burnt968]

@@gabandreialcantara4649 Oh, I didn't know that.

[@iwilleatyourentirefamily9694]

and they're just seeing a floating camera

[@sgtghost141]

no no , he was in spec mode .

[@allen.9]

i've seen this video like a hundred times and it's still so amazing and well produced. i really wish that vice still made videos this way: reporting about a very serious topic, but making it in a way that is super fun and enjoyable to watch.

[@alexdennery3375]

Surprised he's even able to walk with those giant balls he's carrying

[@heinrichmirgrautsvordir6613]

Ahh, his tiny brain makes up for that

[@zangard]

@@CeoOfYeet84 you do know that shane smith is one of the founders/owners of vice right?

[@squidkidjennykidkage7767]

@@CeoOfYeet84 you can't even spell, my guy..

[@AcidOnTheStreet]

@@squidkidjennykidkage7767 Don't disrespect batman!

[@htsandy3136]

@@squidkidjennykidkage7767 no, he just has incorrect grammar. He probably misclicked on "tood" and for "smol", that's a intentional misspell for the purpose of memes. I am not a native speaker of English so i might be wrong.

[@Armsby5134]

How to escape North Korea (if you're from there) -Be good at football -Go on international duty -run away

[@skr4207]

+AS Industries Nobody who is from North Korea is gonna see this, as they have thier own network, which nobody else can access and they are forbidden to acces the global network as we know it.

[@Armsby5134]

+Kaspars Matusevics did I say they could? It was a joke

[@skr4207]

AS Industries I did know it was a joke, but still felt like saying what i said.

[@weelio3539]

Sport equipment is limited in North Korea lol

[@ArchlordZer0]

+EmeraldCityFM Somebody born in a North Korean prison managed to escape. Look up "escape from camp 14."

[@smackpopcrackysmak8337]

American people: sneak into North Korea North Koreans who want to escape: am I a joke to you?

[@mabansagkennethr.870]

This is fcking depressing

[@deadeyes2803]

unfunny unoriginal comment

[@LSPD1909]

@@deadeyes2803 could say the same to you.

[@melonheaded]

the journalist is a canadian...

[@iniquity7]

You: Makes same joke heard 1 trillion times in comment section actual smart funny joke: am I joke to you?

[@dylboy2010]

Proof the camera man never dies

[@fannynoriega8772]

LMAO the “two north koreans from the embassy” when there is no embassy in the US had me weak.

[@CherieDeDieu]

He has clearly also laughed at that and said there is no North Korean embassy in America.

[@k.g.b.1150]

"When there is no embassy in the US" Or is there? *Vsauce music starts playing*

[@extrm161]

,My experience here kzbin.info/www/bejne/aniZlmeKlq-roas

[@f.wallace8969]

Probably should have called the feds there...

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon8752]

The fact that they were almost certainly there to make him disappear is what scares me

[@20ozdasanibottledwater65]

Sneaking into North Korea is the new extreme sport

[@wabisabi6374]

Tf lmao👀👌

[@dw9524]

I would watch that on TV tbf. It could be like that reality show "hunted"

[@fentanyl6969]

that would be dope as fuck like a tv show

[@Oyogitsune]

tHIS NEEDS MORE LIKES

[@rainbowhyena1354]

The winner get lead medal

[@cptemilie]

My dad was stationed in South Korea when he was an army ranger. The north and south took turns cleaning the room on the border that both countries met in. My dad was on the cleaning crew. When they entered, they had to form a human chain with their arms to reach the North Korean door and lock it, because they were known for grabbing South Korean/American soldiers

[@xEriklink]

Are you sure it was with their arms?

[@malikes4591]

Omg that’s so scary, imagine going to lock the door and someone drags u across the border and boom, ur under their rule and like ur life is ruined.

[@busterMcShamus]

Why was a ranger on cleaning duty!?!?

[@cptemilie]

Devin K who knows, it was in the 80’s

[@911axe]

Its gonna be 2 scrawny north Korean arms reaching out to grab you. Think I'd take my chances. I would be pulling the guy onto my side if they attempted something like that.

[@EquinoxElite]

Actually, you can take your cell phone into North Korea now, and actually, at 2 hotels, tourists can pay (large amounts of money) to access outside international (yet very slow) internet. and can even bring a computer. On;y thing is that sometimes they will want to check the pictures you took on your phone to make sure its not something that is a negative appearance of the country. Edit: didnt realise this was from 10 years ago

[@Aj-mz8on]

Hey, where would i find footage/people that have done this?

[@EquinoxElite]

@@Aj-mz8on I think Koryo Tours has some information on this. Idk if they have videos or not. But my trip there back in 2018 I was able to take my phone and take pics. Again, this was like 11 years ago that this viideo is from, Way different rules now. Cellphones were not mini camera's back then.

[@tobiasdonbosco2691]

so this footage is safe?

[@unloosedhades]

North Koreans: Tries to sneak out This guy: It’s Opposite Day

[@Scotty-vs4lf]

uno reverse card

[@TheFrejabeha]

My name is Shane Smith and this is Jackass! *Jumps over the North Korean border*

[@sxerosie]

lmao

[@SomberYeti]

You made me cough on my drink. xD

[@jaxonmattox9891]

Guga Nadirashvili That is funny as shit

[@gam3rpr0s65]

I would like but it's 666

[@ნიკოლოზოთარაშვილი]

Guga Nadirashvili 😂

[@imalittletoxicjustalittle]

back when vice had balls and was a unbiased alternative news source. i miss this vice

[@BoleDaPole]

As if you wouldn't sell out of given the opportunity.

[@Ryan-em1sv]

Yup. And then George Soros got in the mix

[@user-lq1dk6gr3p]

@@BoleDaPole no i wouldn't, its called pride and patriotism. Only scum can be bought

[@apollo1694]

@@user-lq1dk6gr3p sure you wouldn't lmfao

[@user-lq1dk6gr3p]

@@apollo1694 not everyone are sellouts, what makes you think you know me, stranger?

[@bagel1162]

This was terrifying, and I wasn't even there.

[@SDoGG420]

This dude is very lucky not getting arrested in N. Korea. He should be counting his blessings. Video tapes the country while getting drunk, whoo boi you lucky...

[@bocah_abad21]

SDoGG420 maybe you should see his 'trip' in Liberia. That's real blessing

[@NegativeAccelerate]

Yeah this guy is unbelievable, he befriended someone who killed 20,000 people and was called general butt naked

[@rockstarr_rambo]

@@NegativeAccelerate bin laden **

[@user-bn1go7tu6c]

ToC ShamarYT-_ No he also made friends with General Butt Naked

[@kimbaldun]

and he has balls the size of the whole country

[@yoshimitsu9923]

2012 Vice: Sneaking into North Korea 2019 Vice: WhAtS tHe MeAnInG oF tHiS mEmE

[@JohnDoe-kd5hq]

I mish when vice was actually news not this libtard bullshit

[@smoshbooz]

@Scott Kasaboski hell yeah brother I'm tough too wanna show eachother our guns and bang?

[@skizama]

Yoshimitsu hi i played you in Tekken 6

[@yoshimitsu9923]

meloncholykid • Hahaha best character in any tekken ever

[@mbalfour]

@@smoshbooz you dont sound big

[@tacticlerose9853]

8 years later, shows up in recommend. KZbin knows I'm bored. Who's watching on quarantine?

[@vexrich]

Heck yeah

[@zelo_sam8448]

Same

[@yeetyboigottem]

then kim died

[@stevendijorio2624]

Meeee

[@nikostergren]

same

[@oliviaoverboard]

i've rewatched vice's north korea documentaries a few times. they are so good

[@bob-oi9hz]

im coyote peterson and im going to attempt to cross the dmz *gets shot* cameraman: did that hurt?

[@videoking1832]

bob45734053 "are you ok"

[@marcomartinez856]

Why tf would Coyote do that?😂😂

[@genericusername4206]

@@marcomartinez856 r/woooosh

[@constantterror1515]

Coyote: -This is so much worse than a bulletant sting!!!

[@craigcampbell4062]

Marco Martinez he’s want to observe the wildlife there

[@Red-Magic]

**gets told room is bugged** **speaks to base of a bedside lamp**

[@Fabio-Galante]

Probably watched Sopranos too much

[@matteo_syd7271]

And says the word Tokyo

[@mt4lennox138]

Your your 1k like

[@Jacob-ce7nh]

Vice then: we risked our lives visiting the DPRK Vice now: how to smoke dogfood

[@FantacistI]

LOL yes

[@RadTradX]

I prefer intravenous dog food

[@parimabartender]

I shoot my dog food too

[@ppjskh]

LMAOOOO

[@alexkhaid]

I guess that’s what they mean when people say blowing your dog

[@polatyilmaz3547]

Little children are dying of hunger and these guys are serving food in a empty hotel for imaginary people

[@d4n273]

I feel bad for people who live in North Korea, it seems like such a dull place where each and every one of your steps is controlled. It's sad.

[@doublestufforeo3282]

People who have never knew freedom will not crave it

[@doppled]

@@tulayamalavenapi4028 well yeah, if you grow up in oppression and heavy censorship, you'll think that north korea is a safe haven

[@VinylUnboxings]

@@doublestufforeo3282 Did someone manage to sleep through Psych in 9th grade? Autonomy is one of the most innate human desires

[@leyren2606]

@@VinylUnboxings Yes, but what you call autonomy is only what we make up of it, due to our surroundings and experiences. A newborn has no sense of autonomy. And all that is normal for us is completely unthinkable for many NK citizens. Simply put, with your entire life being censored and controlled, you don't necessarily get the idea that anything is wrong, since that is just the way it is.

[@leyren2606]

@@tulayamalavenapi4028 Why do you have to bring religion into something completely unrelated to it?

[@charlesdrusillakeenan1121]

Hey bro..remember that time we snuck into North Korea lol

[@ryanleecain]

That's a story you can one-up anyone with. North Korea border jumping is for the boys.

[@goobloob2196]

Remeber vice actually posted good content

[@callumowens7266]

Yafh

[@TheZakanater]

+Zepefu lmao i laughed

[@Marchild1]

No you did not

[@fakkajohan]

"the demilitarized zone is the most militarized area in the world" something doens't add up here...

[@FREEDMFTR]

I too was like, "WTF he ju-seh?"

[@zechs5079]

They are at war, technically, there is merely a ceasefire that has lasted for years. It is a demilitarized zone at a time of war.

[@silvercloud1641]

"You can't fight in here! This is the war room!" - Dr. Strangelove

[@ShawnTufford]

@@zechs5079 it's called a "safe" spot from the toy guns

[@EdginLegend]

Real proof that the cameraman never dies.

[@carmengravolini899]

"be careful not to point" Americans literally seconds later : **Points***

[@happyhour4670]

Hell yeah brother

[@thecoolestdaniel4554]

Rules are made to be broken

[@lucasharvey8990]

God gave us the pointer finger for one reason and by God am I gonna use it.

[@brentdrift]

Turns out Shane is Canadian...

[@typicalmountainbiker]

Shane is Canadian you numbnut

[@therustler30]

I swear this Vice reporter is the coolest guy ever.

[@NageekNoohac]

Watch David Choe's stuff man

[@TheRealAlas]

Has to be! He's founder and CEO of Vice.

[@TheMusicGuard]

CEO of Vice, multi-millionaire and coolest guy on the planet.

[@T1C4]

I only hate 6 or 12 minutes docu's--vice please change that

[@jmaaacs]

James W. Roe

[@caramello7460]

It’s so sad that so many of those tour guides and security for the tour are probably in prison camps or executed for tiny mistakes

[@js2275]

if they make a mistake they will be so self traumatized that will be life long punishment lol.

[@marcomartins3563]

I don't think it's that bad lol

[@marcomartins3563]

@Ethan S 99.9% is propaganda

[@fynnuser]

@@marcomartins3563 it is

[@brbr6882]

@@Puertoito he's marco

[@CommanderNoob]

Credit to the Camera Man. The Camera Man is immune to the Thanos snap, the vacuum of space, the pull of a black hole, the disruption of particles, and every other possible way of death in the Universe, yet he chose to endure more than a minute in the hell hole that is *THE* North Korea.

[@edp5444]

"You can't bring a camera in" VICE: "Well take our chances"

[@MrBlipman]

Gigachad tbh

[@207522]

You're very lucky to be alive dude. Not joking.

[@NickTasy]

Yeah seriously. How were they even filming (and in front of people no less) if they weren't even allowed to bring anything with them other than the clothes on their backs?

[@werrkowalski2985]

Hidden camera, these north koreans have never even heard about such things so why would they suspect anything

[@most8181]

@Ludheim it's probably a small camera that is placed in someone's glasses or something discrete as such

[@most8181]

@Ludheim i posed a suggestion to your question. Please tell me which part of my comment portrays that i am a 'fool that will justify war against them' you're digressing majorly and sound ignorant pulling presumptions about people out of your ass. case closed.

[@kapitanstark1922]

@Ludheim triggered

[@laniie6278]

This man legit just finessed the whole regime and filmed in North Korea. They were so damn mad when they found this video 😅

[@yungkim5834]

@@paige4443 yes

[@yungkim5834]

@@paige4443 hahaha vice had big balls

[@gruselhaus]

They haven't found the video yet because they still have no internet hahaha

[@FuZe.]

@@gruselhaus The government only has it in NK.

[@xenfilexplores4040]

How to escape hermits - Become Solider - Become Stationed at the DMZ - Run across the side - Attempt to get the south to let you into South Korea - They take you to South Korea - South korean citizen - Get South Korean Passport - Now you can attempt to become a citizen in a lot of places :)

[@weeeeee831]

Thank you! I will use this advice and try. will update

[@daylight_310]

@@weeeeee831 lol

[@sawmill035]

Forgot a step -Dont care about any of your relatives, because they will be executed or put in political prisoner camps

[@xenfilexplores4040]

@@sawmill035 Yes! This too! Or grow a hatred for them because they raised you in that place without attempting escape with ignorance, get them executed, get stationed, then follow the steps

[@angrypotato-kw7fn]

Then know that the rest of your relatives got executed

[@jackl8349]

Random dude: “Yeah one time I snuck out of my house at 2 am” This guy “Really I snuck into North Korea.”

[@twistedvoid691]

what and the fuck is that profile pic like shit

[@sctncl]

twistedVoid your profile pic is a car you absolute salad.

[@eLiFILMSinc]

@@sctncl youre a salad

[@thatonezeldafan5275]

@@eLiFILMSinc youre a towel

[@thatonezeldafan5275]

@@eLiFILMSinc no hate okay if you dont get it, its a south park reference I thought you were trying to reference it

[@imkindahungry04364]

Shortly after this video was uploaded, he was recruited by the CIA

[@flammmez]

K

[@chrixotv1692]

xD

[@OhZjuchi]

gayhe

[@SubparExperts]

6:30 love how he says we have nothing to lose completely ignoring his life and family and job and freedom

[@luv4808]

Jack Goldmeyer lul

[@francomeriles6811]

Have you ignored the fact that he doesnt have a family to lose, a job he wants, and neither the will to live?

[@Joshuaxiong2]

Only losing him. Jobs don’t give a fuck about you.

[@edmund8954]

If he loses any of those then north korea gets a bad rep

[@annoymous7052]

@@edmund8954 they already have a bad rep

[@peestrem31]

The cameraman took no risk, because the cameraman never dies

[@dumbgenious1960]

All this is so scary when you realize what happened to Otto Warmbier. Like hearing him talk about sneaking in and filming illegal stuff, all of that would get him in a worse place than poor Otto who only took a poster

[@raphaelsanchez7386]

*supposedly took a poster

[@hairold5680]

Yeah, pretty sad

[@Smeowtime]

Otto was an idiot who caused a major international incident

[@unknownuser6757]

I think they framed him

[@borninthewoods4482]

He graffitied a wall or piece of art and he also stole something

[@temeweckis]

Sneaking into North Korea PRANK 2012 (In The Hood) (Gone Wrong) (Gone Sexual) (Almost Arrested) (Nearly Died)

[@felipelocks135]

The best

[@gangztalkerbeatz9149]

(MUST WATCH1!!XD)

[@keyboardwarrior3327]

+TKWeckroth *gets caught by north korean government* "its a prank bro lol"

[@hoped-t5333]

Nearly butt raped

[@myhunnidscrippin]

Almost got my dog eaten

[@noobplaysyt2067]

My only question is how the f did the cameraman record so clearly while simultaneously being hidden

[@Zeroneii3]

your allowed to bring a camera, it just can't be advanced/high tech

[@noobplaysyt2067]

@@Zeroneii3 oh didn’t know that thanks!

[@jgal7979]

@@noobplaysyt2067 did you even watch it?

[@erickmontalvo7029]

@@Zeroneii3 you’re*

[@Zeroneii3]

@@erickmontalvo7029 yro'ue*

[@fluffyunicorn57]

Now I understand how accurate the VICE paradies are.

[@iimmjjrr]

*kim jon un getting this in his recommendations 8yrs later* : ah, so you chose death.

[@rossaven01]

I'm gonna be a r/whoosed but I don't think they even allow KZbin in North Korea lmao

[@bongosmongo8560]

they dont allow youtube lol

[@anshumaanthakur1413]

@@bongosmongo8560 kim jong un probably has access to youtube

[@Galaxy-ml1bx]

VPN :let me introduce myself ~

[@_Crazyman109]

@@Galaxy-ml1bx they don’t have computers or internet at all. So no vpns..

[@Notilaam]

"I'm sure as hell not going back to North Korea" **Roll Credits**

[@luketheatheist470]

😂

[@oh.hey.3561]

Lmao right? 😂

[@venomkiler1]

my top priority would be sneaking out of north korea

[@kim-jongun2037]

venomkiler YOU WILL NO SNEAK OUT!!!!!!

[@venomkiler1]

Kim-jong un i already did huehuehue

[@JosephMadder]

***** fuckin got em

[@landscape85]

***** what the fuck?

[@shazeebmw]

venomkiler it would be almost impossible to leave North Korea because china or another nation would shoot at you because they don't want "WAR"

[@OutdoorsWithPaige]

Wish Vice was still like this. Great video by the way, very interesting as I am learning this in school.

[@foxtrot372]

see you all in another 8 years when this gets recommended again...

[@tylerdaniels9000]

There wouldn't be anyone left in 8years cuz we'd all be dead from coronavirus 2.0 zombie pandemic

[@isaacteo5355]

Dan Tyler I love your optimism.

[@fkeita67]

@@isaacteo5355 I hate your sarcastic compliment. We doomed

[@ihsanollasalamziy628]

ok man sure

[@Plunteretech]

So long partner

[@bidoof5232]

you can just throw an enderpearl in and hope it doesn't hit a land mine.

[@crazyhiphopp]

U need to get laid 😂

[@Bizzroa]

King revolution hey leave this Minecraft vet alone

[@living_brainrot]

@@crazyhiphopp you need to understand the joke

[@Recondite101]

*B I G B R A I N*

[@cumbriannationalist5475]

@Tommy445 Homosexual detected.

[@meganlone2998]

3:29 Those aren’t golf balls. Those are ping pong balls. I’m pretty sure it’s because of the legendary united table tennis match that occurred in 1991 (post Korean War). China for many years has claimed the championship in the World Table Tennis Championships, but to show attempt at peace, both koreas agreed to form a united table tennis team. This competition, as you would expect, was highly anticipated and had a great audience. Their championship over China (who was aiming for their 9th championship in a row) was very emotional and moving for both countries. Many citizens believed the koreas would united soon afterwards. During this competition, the one North Korean and one South Korean world-class players that had teamed up for the table tennis doubles match had created a strong bond which unfortunately ended in their ultimate parting of ways after the competition ended. The movie “As One” really paints a good setting of this period in time.

[@xxxchild_predatorxxx107]

Wow

[@valentina6715]

This here is REAL journalism. I knew there was something significant and deep about the "golf balls". That "journalist" (is he really a journalist, though?!) puts his category to shame. No research about the country beforehand, no culture, talking about life-saving UN advice on how to behave in NK as "brainwashing". The entitlement, arrogance and sheer ignorance of this guy is off the scale.

[@mikeking1948]

I still go back to Shane's docs and the Frontline doc on North Korea often. Fascinating

[@Nattfanatic]

They must have hidden the SIM card in their asses or something this is amazing

[@7cpm293]

@Blass thing is if i do that im gonna have to breath by my nose for some trash reason i can barely breath through my nose

[@boteiro1436]

@@7cpm293 yeah but you dont have to close your mouth so its ok you can still breathe through there

[@10f2c7]

@@boteiro1436 why you typing like this ?

[@LL-tr5et]

@@7cpm293 you should get that checked out, mr mouth breather

[@7cpm293]

@@10f2c7 shut up man 😭

[@celinehereee118]

still wondering how he sneaked cameras in

[@junepassingthrouthegate8810]

Me too.

[@DudeRandom]

its prob like a hidden small camera

[@gh0stykins]

*snuck 😂

[@davidb7107]

I’m pretty sure they allow people with cameras in but they check the SIM cards on the way in and out so people hide the sim.

[@JacobRy]

@Ben P what? he literally said "they only allow something like a point and shoot" before smartphones, point and shoots were prevalent. They are small handheld cams with limited capabilities

[@tooters1728]

“Demilitarized Zone” Most militarized zone on earth. Kinda ironic

[@craizymartis5356]

The part thats millitarized is not in the demiliterized zone

[@yamatowolfgang7960]

@@craizymartis5356 I had to agree. Technically the DMZ itself is not "miliatrized", but its perimeters are.

[@rutabfarooque26]

@mynamebestname 😂😂

[@impolitedirector3595]

Well, it's no more the most militarized zone in the world. Kashmir is.

[@KandiKlover]

@mynamebestname green peace is sham terrorist organization

[@oikstooru]

its funny because my grandmother was from north korea and she resides in a small village next to the north korea-china bridge. the number of north koreans in that village is actually a lot, they speak korean and they also have korean food and stuff. my mother has visited our relatives in north korea once when she visited the country and she has told me that they are living more miserably than any of my family members in china, but they are still scraping by. the funny part is that my maternal side is the one from n.k, but my paternal side is from shenyang LOL, both mentioned in this video

[@CaptainViral84]

In North Korea radio listen to you

[@bananajoe69420]

haha

[@martinmartinmartinnmartin1380]

lol good 1

[@benpierce2133]

Welcome to Soviet Russia my friends, where car drive YOU YES I AM FUCKED IN THE HEAD WHO CARES. PROBABLY A LOT OF YOU ACTUALLY.

[@CaptainViral84]

Ben Pierce "In a heavy Russian accent" In Soviet Russia cars are you friends

[@benpierce2133]

+CaptainViral84 Bah! Friends are too capitalist. Down with the capitalism!!!

[@Ethan-uq2ew]

"the south koreans that are grown on playstations than the north koreans that eat grass and sleep with their ak's" LMAO

[@js2275]

everytime north korea went into a famine it was because america sanctioned them, and banned all imports, i am not suprised they hate the U.S every chance they get they screw them over.

[@sloppyjoe9070]

@@js2275 94% of North Korea’s imports come from China. 2% from Russia. 2% from India. North Korea does not trade with the United States. Their famines are a result of their dysfunctional economic system. Not “American sanctions”

[@anirbag]

@@sloppyjoe9070 the US does have sanctions on them for real though, the UN security council passed a lot of sanctions on them. the point of it is to force them to denuclearize, but experts say its not doing that instead its negatively affecting the general population

[@sqbuilder1328]

@@sloppyjoe9070 Thank you joey another commie spy properly REKT

[@consumebees1404]

@@anirbag 94% chinese imports dont care about us sanctions lmao

[@bucket1442]

Nobody: Not even suicidal people: Vice: Wanna sneak into North Korea?

[@The_Touring_Jedi]

This was the old Vice where the founders (independent journalists) made this footage. Vice today in 2019 is a fucking garbage for a retarded masses.

[@ayushthada9544]

Teacher: For your project survey you can go anywhere. Girls: Let's go to the nearest market. Boys: Sneaking into North Korea.

[@maxel0609]

J

[@anotherbillieeilishfan1172]

😂

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@GayFrogsTho]

It's so sad to watch the old Vice stuff and be reminded how far they fell.

[@pahaihminen1]

"We had nothing to lose" yeah, except your life 😂

[@anotherbillieeilishfan1172]

😂

[@jameschauvet3140]

I was looking for this comment haha

[@gr3lific]

Haha exactly what I muttered to myself when he said that

[@captainswift5950]

Bruh same exact thing I said when he said that dumb shit lol

[@trinihaitijhit2113]

Glad to be your 1k like

[@jamesclifford5087]

They said not to point.. and it's the first thing you do.

[@tyyonnawoods91]

🤣🤣🤣exactly

[@Preposter]

Dang, you're right. Is that why countries see America as the dumb one?

[@astre09]

Jino Lim not dumb, just ignorant

[@strif3s]

@American Crusader yeah i can see that especially as your name is the american crusader

[@hudsoncaceres6820]

North Korean dining rooms are like runescape private servers

[@luketheatheist470]

Hudson Caceres hhhhhaaaahhhhaaaa

[@pkheretic1945]

Lmao

[@icaruskirota2711]

Or my friends list on xBox live...

[@ChenSaboriNyan]

buying gf 50mil

[@chrixotv1692]

xD

[@mirage3473]

The banquet experience felt like the back rooms💀

[@patrickz.aiontz]

To all the people perplexed: there’s such a thing as discreet hidden cameras & fiber optic lenses

[@1sornram]

Agreed. My professor went into North Korea a few years ago and he confirmed the tour guide made it clear what they can bring. He only took pictures of what they allow him. He did said during his train ride he looked outside his window and saw the majority of their citizens were badly tortured, skinny and some had no clothes.

[@patrickz.aiontz]

@@1sornram they don’t want that reality being broadcasted

[@garfieldandfriends1]

The black sunglasses with hidden spy camera in it are the best job for this (even though it's 1080p with 5 fps only)

[@Jakobaine]

Those poor natives in North Korea live in constant fear and are basically hostages of their own country, their entire lives, that's not something easily understood by most people coming there for a quick visit. So don't be too quick to judge their ways, because they are forced to endure that kind of life style by their own government, which itself is also being run by fear.

[@suckmyass7368]

+Jakobaine It's been that way for thousands of years in many countries so they really have no clue that an alternative kind of life style exists.

[@harveyhanson5480]

I heard it once said that fear and respect kind of loose its meaning after a long time of oppression. It becomes normal, you grow immune. It becomes a normal strain of thought and way of life. To many there it is normal.

[@KnolltopFarms]

+Harvey Hanson I've met someone that was repressed in what I would consider as close to this type of life having terrible trouble with her new found freedom. It took her months to keep her eyes from swiveling around like those glue on googly eyes they have on stuffed animal(you know the ones?) while in her own living room, and she sat like a mafia Don with her back to a corner, head on full swivel :( The poor woman had been kept inside of a cabin in the mountains of Northern California by her incredibly evil and controlling "husband"...whom it was actually unfortunate that she never did technically marry, because she wasn't entitled to half of his property when she escaped after 30 years of captivity. Sadly she never did truly free up her mind and committed suicide after almost 5 years of therapy and living(or existing) in constant fear that he would come to capture her again, even though he was in prison for...uh not kidnapping, dang...I think it was called unlawful imprisonment? He also had died after only a couple of years after she got loose, but she wouldn't believe it. It was the saddest thing I can think of at the moment...well, I guess there is tons of horrible sadness occurring all over the globe as we speak, but she was the most terrified and hopeless person I have ever met. Even telling her about traveling to Europe or Asia would set her off for some reason? I think maybe she was angry at herself for getting ensnared in that time thieving trap, it's was hard to understand and impolite to ask for us kids. She was my buddy's aunt Glennis, and I've never been able to find any stories about her online or even one afternoon of searching the microfiche room at the UC Davis law library. Poor thing is just an undocumented memory and I sadly can't even give her a last name due to my ignorance...RIP Aunt Glennis, thank you for teaching us to enjoy our freedoms to their fullest.

[@suckmyass7368]

Knolltop Farms Thank you for sharing.

[@brother-mesho941]

Yeah go give them democracy and freedom oh shit that will be a waste of time because they don't have oil

[@Ronifromearth]

This was vice at it best 😭😭😭 man miss this guy a lot

[@pillownotes3015]

someone told them: "the room is bugged and they are listening" this guy smith: *whispers to the radio* "hello tokyo"