Video Sneaking 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.

Hosted by Shane Smith | Originally released in 2008 at http://vice.com

Continue where this left off here: http://bit.ly/HLpgn2
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw46Ll-Zy4s
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HJj85K_7MQ

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