Just when you thought North Korea could not be any crazier than it is already, a man by the name of Shane Smith changes everything when he and his friend travels to Kim’s paradise. When I first saw the link posted to these videos, I figured this would be like any other documentary, but it is not. Shane Smith takes his tour one step further and at serious risk.
Welcome to the Vice Guide to North Korea. As we all know, getting into North Korea is not easy, and this guy describes how he got into the secret state via Shenyang. He tried other ways to get in by legitimate means, but goes the “back way” when talking to defectors. Then the madness starts from the first moment the money is slapped on the table and visas are granted. It is interesting to note he does not go into details on how he bribed the consulate to get in, but somehow he was granted. I would be kind of interested to know how he did it, but for all intents and purposes, I would understand if he did not want to tell others how he did it because as the videos get posted, he does not make many friends on his trip because he tends to break the rules. What kind of rules does he break? Quite a few, well, according to North Korea. Amazingly, he takes a lot of it with a grain of salt which pisses off his guards even more as the series progresses.
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