THE VIDEO SHELF · north korea
From the DMZ Into the Hermit Kingdom - Inside North Korea (Part 1/3)
Vice founder Shane Smith travels to North Korea, speaking with refugees in South Korea before crossing the DMZ. It is part one of a three-part documentary with rare on-the-ground footage.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it as a rare, eye-opening look inside North Korea, though one notes such tours are staged.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- VICE
- Topic
- north korea
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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IIRC, I was introduced to Vice with their fascinating coverage of North Korea: [VIDEO] (first trip - Shane Smith was banned from the country as a result) [LINK] (second trip years later, where they got in under the guise of a Basketball game) Unfortunately it's …
Reedx on Hacker News · 2019-02
In Vice Media to Reorganize, Lay Off 10 Percent of StaffI ran across their North Korea report when it was posted 11 years ago and was an instant fan. Shane was compelling and of course the topic was fascinating. Very few people had gotten in there and brought film out like that before, that I …
MobileVet on Hacker News · 2023-05
In Vice, Decayed Digital Colossus, Files for BankruptcyVice has a three-part 1-hour-total documentary on North Korea with footage from the country. Part one: [VIDEO]
gkya on Hacker News · 2018-01
In What’s North Korea like?
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.