North Korea in the Juche Era
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~Pyongyang, North Korea~
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For over 50 years
Koreans have been separated.
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They live in two states
and the conflict between them
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has not ended until this day.
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North Korea feels threatened and part
of the world feels threatened by it.
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Today Pyongyang is rehabilitating
its nuclear program.
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It's ready for a new war,it publicly
displays power
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as if it's no longer
afraid of its old foes.
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~38th parallel. Demarcation line. ~
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This is the front line, which
divides the Korean Peninsula -
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4 km wide and 240 km long.
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The greatest concentration of military
force on the planet
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has been situated on both sides
of the demilitarized zone.
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2 million well-armed men
are ready to face one another
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at the slightest incident.
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The only thing stopping them
is this thin line - the 38th parallel.
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Lots of mines were placed here
during the war.
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No one can determine
where the mines are,
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or where exactly the borderline is.
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Through loudspeakers the South
calls on the North to change.
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There are posters
with big signs on them:
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"The North and South
are Brothers!"
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They say they live much better off,
that we can't live like them.
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That we should reform.
Those are lies.
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South Korea found several tunnels
dug through the border zone.
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Through them
military equipment can pass
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from the North to the South.
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It is supposed that
many other such tunnels exist,
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which have still
not been discovered.
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We have enough weapons,
enough military equipment
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to withstand the strike and to win.
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The North and South still live
with the memory of the Korean War,
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which took the life of 1.5 million
Koreans on both sides.
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In June 1950 the North Korean
army with Stalin's support
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established support over nearly
the entire Korean Peninsula.
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The United States together
with 15 other countries
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were on the side of South Korea.
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The armed forces
of the North were pushed
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almost to the border with China.
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At that moment Chinese forces joined
the war on the side of Pyongyang.
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North Korea
was showered with bombs.
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There was an enormous amount
of casualties in the war -
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soldiers and civilians.
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Seoul and Pyongyang
were destroyed.
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On July 27, 1953 in Panmunjom on
the 38th parallel a truce was signed.
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After 3 years of war both sides
went back to the demarcation line
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set by the Great Powers
after World War II.
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We travel
towards the most extreme point
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on the Korean Peninsula -
towards Panmunjom.
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Our crew is escorted, watched,
advised - what and how to shoot.
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We see part
of the dividing stonewall -
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something between
the Berlin and the Great China wall.
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In the demilitarized zone
there are no tanks and heavy weapons.
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Around 500 soldiers are deployed
on each side.
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In the South a joint security zone
has been created,
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where American and South Korean
soldiers patrol together.
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You constantly have the feeling
you are being watched.
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And you are watched.
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Cameras from the South,
cameras from the North,
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they follow and record every move.
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We are here at the most strongly
protected border in the world.
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On the 38th parallel, which
divides North from South Korea.
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This concrete part which we see
is actually the 38th parallel.
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On one side is
the North Korean army,
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on the other side -
the army of South Korea.
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If you walk down south
after 44 km you'll reach Seoul,
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but you will have to pass through
a 4 km wide zone, studded with mines.
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These bungalows are the only place
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where Koreans
from the North and South meet.
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The table serves as a dividing line.
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The room is protected
by the Korean National Army.
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The North Korean patrols
are on one side.
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They watch each other:
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just in case one of them
decides to run away.
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The South Koreans
must stand in such a way
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that only part of their body is
vulnerable, exposed to the North.
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This is a psychological war, a war
of nerves, a demonstration of force.
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Those are the rules
of this dangerous game.
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At the end of World War II Japan
surrendered.
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This put an end to Japanese
occupation of the Korean Peninsula.
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The Soviet Union and the United
States divided the Korean Peninsula
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in zones of influence.
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North of the 38th parallel
is the zone under Soviet influence,
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the South - under American.
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Today North Korea as if continues
living in those years of war.
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The border territory near the 38th
parallel is strongly militarized.
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Speakers in the field call
the population to be ready for war.
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Taking pictures
is forbidden in this zone.
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Koreans need
special permission to travel south.
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From Pyongyang to Panmunjom
I count 7 check-points.
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On the road I see
only a group of workers.
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But such scenes
from real life cannot be filmed.
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~Pyongyang~
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In Pyongyang Koreans prepare
for the next great parade.
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They listen to orders and practice.
They do this for months.
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Our people are highly disciplined.
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Following the directions
of the Great Leader Kim Il-Sung,
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we are united
and ready for everything.
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Regardless of the rain
they learn to march correctly,
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loudly salute, powerfully show
their faithfulness to the idea Juche.
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Created by Kim Il-Sung,
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Juche means to rely
on your own strength.
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Today North Korea lives
in its own isolated world.
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Not in the year 2003.
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Koreans live
in the year 92 of the Juche era.
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This way everyone knows
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when their Great Leader Kim Il-Sung
was born - 92 years ago.
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The day of his birth
was proclaimed Day of the Sun.
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In 1948 Kim Il-Sung headed
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the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea.
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He was perceived as a follower
of Stalin's policy
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and strived to follow his example.
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He was replaced
by his son Kim Jong-Il.
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North Korea is one of the most
isolated countries in the world.
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We are allowed to stroll along
the central street in Pyongyang,
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which seems quite lively.
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With the local currency - the Won,
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you can even buy ice-cream -
crushed ice sprinkled with syrup.
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And yet Korea is changing,
or is at least trying to change.
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Until quite recently, when buying
food and household-goods,
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coupons were the only real means
of acquiring those goods.
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But away from the central street you
can see another kind of life.
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Everything here is organized,
everything is under control
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the worker brigades,
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the queues for the bus,
which goes to the outskirts of town.
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Marching soldiers through town,
glorifying their leader with a song.
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In Pyongyang they readily show
us one of the neighborhood stores.
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A government car has stopped
in front of it,
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what makes it different from
the few private ones is the star.
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But besides our driver,
there is no one inside the store.
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This is a special foreign currency
store, where the state's elite shops.
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Or those who get foreign currency
from their relatives in Japan.
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There is a large Korean
community there.
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Foreign diplomats
and representatives of different
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humanitarian organizations
also shop here.
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Goods are mainly Chinese,
but you can find Korean brandy too.
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Prices are in Euro but
you can pay in Won too.
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A bottle of brandy costs
between 500 and 1000 Won,
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the average salary
being around 1400 Won.
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It turns out though, that foreigners
cannot enter regular stores.
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Why do you want to film
in that store?
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You can look,
but why do you have to shoot?
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I'm asking you: what's the purpose?
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What's the point? Tell me!
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Why can't we take pictures
in that store? I don't understand.
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They don't want to.
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Who?
- The shop assistants.
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Why don't we ask them?
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Why can we shoot in the other store,
while in this one we can't?
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I don't know.
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We are at least allowed
to lookinside.
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People can shop here with coupons,
but on the shelves
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we see only brandy,
with no price tag on it.
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Our two translators and driver
are always ready to help us
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and watch over
the cameraman's camera.
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I manage to stroll along the biggest
shopping center in Pyongyang.
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In North Korea the basic goods
are still distributed with coupons.
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Each inhabitant is enlisted
to a certain store,
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where with coupons
he can buy shoes, a suit, a lamp -
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the number and variety of goods
is strictly fixed.
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Here we see Chinese running shoes,
kitchen utensils, biscuits.
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It turns out that the only queue
is for rice brandy,
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arranged directly on the floor.
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"We support our Dear Leader,
producing soy-bean milk"
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- that's the sign on one of
the posters in this plant.
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Today North Korea is fed mainly
by foreign humanitarian aid
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and receives over 1 million tons
of food annually.
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This plant was built with UN support.
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It produces soy-bean milk
and cheese.
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From the newspapers
working women learn
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that their country
achieves great success.
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But love towards the most beloved
leader remains boundless.
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In the yard there is
a new 200 ton granite monument.
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The sign on it will say:
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"Long Live Kim Jong-Il -
the sunshine of the 21st century!"
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This monument
will remind us of him.
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Our Dear Leader takes good care
of our lives, of us and our families.
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Regardless of his workload
our Dear Leader visited the plant
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and met with the workers.
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That's an important moment
for us and for our plant.
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The visit of our Leader
brightly lighted the road along
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which the plant should develop.
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We shall pass from generation to
generation the merits of our Leader.
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Fishing is the most common
sport in Pyongyang.
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If your catch is good,
you can seriously increase
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your daily allowance of food.
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While fishing in Taedong River,
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the reflection of the Juche monument
is always next to you.
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This monument built in honor
of the 70th anniversary
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of the birth of Kim Il-Sung,
is truly unique.
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You are totally convinced
of that when you hear
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that the monument
was made of 70 horizontal blocks
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and of 25Gr 550 stones - the number
of days the Leader had lived
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until his 70th birthday.
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It is not commonly accepted
for foreigners to visit Korean homes.
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You can live in this country for years
and never enter a Korean home.
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Following persistent requests we got
permission.
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The family of course is not the
typical Korean family, but it's real.
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Mr. Pak Ung Yang is a translator
to Spanish speaking journalists,
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who visit North Korea.
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Sometimes Mr. Pak travels to Europe.
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The family is very hospitable
and is prepared for our visit.
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In the building there is electricity
and enough water for the household.
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On the balcony Mr. Pak has stored
garlic, potatoes, peppers, green-peas
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and grows
his favorite chilly peppers.
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These are my favorite peppers.
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I really enjoy eating them a lot.
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Because of the alternating current
the household has a stabilizer.
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The refrigerator is stocked with fish.
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Every morning Mr. Pak goes fishing
on the river,
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that's his favorite entertainment.
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His daughter Pak Ok Yon is
27 years old.
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I ask what her dream is,
her greatest wish.
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@NUMBER 203
I graduated from Tasso school
and I work in the local library.
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@NUMBER 204
I have prepared for a long time
for my future work
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@NUMBER 205
and I think I'm doing very well.
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@NUMBER 206
Today I'm trying very hard
to work well,
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@NUMBER 207
in order to live up to the great
care of our Dearest Leader
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@NUMBER 208
and
I wouldn't want to disappoint him,
because I owe my education to him.
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@NUMBER 210
You ask what my greatest dream is -
I want our revolution to win,
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@NUMBER 211
the Juche ideas to win
on a worldwide scale.
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@NUMBER 213
The volumes from Kim Il-Sung and Kim
Jong-Il are arranged in the library.
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@NUMBER 214
Pak Ok Yon looks for
her dearest book.
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@NUMBER 215
This is my favorite book about
the life of our Great Leader.
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@NUMBER 216
The family has two sons,
who serve in the army.
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@NUMBER 217
Conscript military service is not
just an obligation, but an honor.
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@NUMBER 218
For girls the service is voluntary,
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@NUMBER 218
but a 3rd of them
also go to the army.
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@NUMBER 220
50 years ago "The Army First"
principle became a leading slogan.
@SHOW 01:19:50:23 01:19:55:09
@NUMBER 221
Personal relations, the family are
subordinated to military objectives.
@SHOW 01:19:55:13 01:19:59:04
@NUMBER 222
Today even the children
of the local elite dream of the army.
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@NUMBER 223
Children are brought up from
an early age
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@NUMBER 224
with the official doctrine Songun -
military oriented policy.
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@NUMBER 225
Most of them attend
a 10-day kindergarten.
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@NUMBER 226
Their parents
take them home for a day.
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@NUMBER 227
In the hall of this kindergarten
there are signs:
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@NUMBER 228
"We are the happiest" and
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@NUMBER 229
"Our Leader is the greatest."
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@NUMBER 230
In specially furnished rooms
there are models,
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@NUMBER 231
which teach children
of the life of their leaders.
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@NUMBER 232
We made this room in order to study
the life of our Leader Kim Il-Sung.
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@NUMBER 233
Children gather here and study.
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@NUMBER 234
In these classes they learn
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@NUMBER 234
what will be most useful
for them in the future.
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@NUMBER 235
Most songs the children
learn tell of the life
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@NUMBER 236
and activities of their leaders.
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@NUMBER 237
Of the fight against Japanese
occupation, the Korean War.
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@NUMBER 238
On one of the posters it says:
"the children can sleep peacefully,
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@NUMBER 239
because their father Kim Jong-Il
watches over them."
@SHOW 01:21:50:20 01:21:54:07
@NUMBER 240
~Man Gjun De Military School~
@SHOW 01:22:24:06 01:22:26:16
@NUMBER 241
The most elite military school
is in Pyongyang.
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@NUMBER 242
At Man Gjun De education
continues for 10 years.
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@NUMBER 243
Once orphans graduated from the
school, for them military education
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@NUMBER 244
meant a roof over their head,
warm food and a future.
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@NUMBER 245
They remained loyal and eternally
grateful to their leaders.
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@NUMBER 246
Under the gaze of Kim Jong-Il's
mother who watches from this canvas,
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@NUMBER 247
the officers of one of the largest
armies in the world are trained.
@SHOW 01:22:53:14 01:22:59:01
@NUMBER 249
Thanks to the cares
of the Great Leader Kim Il-Sung
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@NUMBER 249
our students live and study well.
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@NUMBER 250
We try very hard regardless
of the difficulties we are facing.
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@NUMBER 251
Each year around 100 students
graduate from the school,
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@NUMBER 252
they'll take the military leadership
of the country into their own hands.
@SHOW 01:23:41:09 01:23:46:06
@NUMBER 253
These are the first computers
I've seen in North Korea.
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@NUMBER 254
But Internet is an unknown word
to these children.
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@NUMBER 255
To learn more we carry out
the instructions of our teachers.
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@NUMBER 256
We study hard in order
to live up to their cares.
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@NUMBER 257
I am ready to give my life
for my Leader.
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@NUMBER 258
The Leader here is
an example in everything -
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@NUMBER 258
even when he gallops
on his favorite horse.
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@NUMBER 259
Under the leadership of our Dear
Leader we are ready to strike back
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@NUMBER 260
at anyone who attacks our country.
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@NUMBER 261
That's our main
objective and responsibility.
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@NUMBER 262
Our army, our people are united
around the ideas of our Leader
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@NUMBER 263
and are ready to strike back anytime.
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@NUMBER 264
And we make great efforts to answer
the demands of our Dear Leader.
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@NUMBER 265
He instructs us to work
for the unification of the country,
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@NUMBER 266
for the unification of Koreans
on both sides of the Peninsula.
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@NUMBER 267
We are one nation
walking on the same road.
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@NUMBER 268
We have common traditions,
one language and history.
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@NUMBER 269
That's why our leader says that
we must walk along the same road.
@SHOW 01:24:59:21 01:25:05:13
@NUMBER 270
The art of war in North Korea
has been elevated into a cult.
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@NUMBER 271
Today the country demonstrates
with pride its military might.
@SHOW 01:25:47:22 01:25:51:23
@NUMBER 272
Half of North Korea's budget
goes for military purposes.
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@NUMBER 273
According to international experts
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@NUMBER 273
that's a bit more
than 5 billion dollars annually.
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@NUMBER 274
North Korea produces military
equipment for the foreign market.
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@NUMBER 275
It's thought that half a billion
dollars is the annual profit
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@NUMBER 276
from the sale of missiles
and other military equipment
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@NUMBER 277
for some countries
in the Middle East.
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@NUMBER 278
The Korean conscript army numbers
around 1 100 000 people.
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@NUMBER 278
A mobilization though,
could gather army of 6 million.
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@NUMBER 278
There are female detachments in it.
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@NUMBER 279
The living standard in Pyongyang
is the highest in the country.
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@NUMBER 280
There is public transportation, more
stores and goods, larger rations.
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@NUMBER 281
The military are the most
privileged part of society.
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@NUMBER 282
Conscripts serve for 10 years
and during that time they get coupons
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@NUMBER 283
with which they can ensure
more food for their families.
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@NUMBER 284
Just one third of the girls
who graduate join the army.
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@NUMBER 285
For them it's a chance
for a better life.
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@NUMBER 286
The army besides regular food
gives other privileges as well -
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@NUMBER 287
the possibility to find a better job,
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@NUMBER 288
to go to university,
to get an apartment.
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@NUMBER 289
We try to film at Pyongyang
Central Train Station.
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@NUMBER 291
We can see Koreans from different
part of the country here.
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@NUMBER 292
The daily ration
of the ordinary Korean remains
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@NUMBER 293
between 300 and 800 grams
of rice or maize.
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@NUMBER 294
It depends whether you are a worker,
or retired or a child.
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@NUMBER 295
Enterprises, which produce
military equipment,
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@NUMBER 295
are the ones still working.
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@NUMBER 296
The rest have been closed,
due to the lack of electricity
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@NUMBER 297
or work with 20 percent
of their full capacity.
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@NUMBER 298
But why do you want to shoot?
@SHOW 01:29:00:10 01:29:03:06
@NUMBER 299
Why would you want
to film these people?
@SHOW 01:29:03:09 01:29:06:17
@NUMBER 300
It's not nice, it's not pleasant.
@SHOW 01:29:06:20 01:29:09:11
@NUMBER 301
Fine you can film the train,
just the train without the people.
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@NUMBER 302
As everything else which differs
from the ceremonial atmosphere
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@NUMBER 303
we face lack of understanding
from our translators.
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@NUMBER 304
Regardless of whether you travel
by train or bicycle
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@NUMBER 305
moving around the country is achieved
only through special permits.
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@NUMBER 306
In the countryside it's difficult
to find a variety of goods
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@NUMBER 307
outside the system of coupons
and many of these people find ways
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@NUMBER 308
to ensure those goods from Pyongyang.
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@NUMBER 309
The subway
in Pyongyang greets us
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@NUMBER 309
with the sounds
of the recently held parade.
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@NUMBER 310
Loudspeakers are placed everywhere
in order to keep the public on alert.
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@NUMBER 311
The subway built in the 60s is
one of the strategic places in town.
@SHOW 01:31:22:16 01:31:28:18
@NUMBER 312
Its construction was kept
a complete secret.
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@NUMBER 313
Over 160 meters deep this space
can be sealed hermetically.
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@NUMBER 314
Hundreds of thousands
can survive for months.
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@NUMBER 315
Kim Il-Sung's mausoleum - one
of the spots not just foreigners
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@NUMBER 316
but the inhabitants of the country
are obliged to see.
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@NUMBER 317
Several times a year
men and women arrive here on busses.
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@NUMBER 318
Wearing their nicest clothes,
in military formation,
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@NUMBER 319
they begin their honorary
sightseeing tour.
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@NUMBER 320
A ground tunnel, about a kilometer
long leads to the mausoleum -
@SHOW 01:32:31:08 01:32:36:03
@NUMBER 321
the former residence of Kim Il-Sung.
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@NUMBER 322
Equipment has been placed all over
the tunnel, which prevents people
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@NUMBER 323
from entering with metal objects,
a video or photographic camera.
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@NUMBER 324
This corridor has one purpose -
to create a thrill of expectation
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@NUMBER 325
of the biggest,
most important event.
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@NUMBER 326
~The road to Nampo~
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@NUMBER 327
The highway to Nampo with
4 lanes on each side is deserted.
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@NUMBER 328
We see only trucks
with people from a brigade.
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@NUMBER 329
Koreans are proud
of their hydro center
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@NUMBER 329
created at the beginning of the 80s.
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@NUMBER 330
The purpose is to stop
the influx of salty water
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@NUMBER 331
to the Taedong River during high tide
@SHOW 01:33:18:14 01:33:21:04
@NUMBER 332
and thus to ensure more
fields for the rice plantations.
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@NUMBER 333
Regardless of this during the 90s
there was a great lack of food.
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@NUMBER 334
In '96 according to the evaluation,
@SHOW 01:33:30:24 01:33:33:04
@NUMBER 335
there is mass hunger
around the country.
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@NUMBER 336
Nampo is one of the biggest
ports northwest of Pyongyang.
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@NUMBER 337
Even today ships
with international aid,
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@NUMBER 338
tons of food, arrive here
from around the world.
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@NUMBER 339
They ensure half of
the population's living.
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@NUMBER 340
~Village Sam Dji Gan~
~and village Un Ha~
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@NUMBER 341
In villages there is a slogan
which says:
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@NUMBER 342
"Let's create more goods in
the name of Songun."
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@NUMBER 343
Everything has to serve the army.
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@NUMBER 344
Koreans have the right
to private property,
@SHOW 01:34:30:05 01:34:33:02
@NUMBER 345
although it's very limited.
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@NUMBER 346
In the garden of every house,
about 30 sq.m large,
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@NUMBER 347
everyone can grow maize
and vegetables for his needs.
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@NUMBER 348
And sell them
on the local village market.
@SHOW 01:34:43:06 01:34:46:14
@NUMBER 349
These markets exist unofficially.
@SHOW 01:34:46:17 01:34:48:06
@NUMBER 350
They are just part of an experiment.
@SHOW 01:34:48:10 01:34:51:08
@NUMBER 351
An attempt to avoid the hunger
from the middle of the 90s.
@SHOW 01:34:51:12 01:34:56:18
@NUMBER 352
The markets cannot be filmed,
it is thought that
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@NUMBER 353
they don't correspond to
the principles of the ideas Juche.
@SHOW 01:35:00:20 01:35:05:08
@NUMBER 354
According to the UN today people
in Korea are not dying of hunger.
@SHOW 01:35:14:17 01:35:20:01
@NUMBER 355
They get at least 380 grams
of food per day
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@NUMBER 356
and in addition are able
to grow their own products.
@SHOW 01:35:24:12 01:35:28:14
@NUMBER 357
The humanitarian
organizations besides food
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@NUMBER 357
distribute
drinking water and medicine.
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@NUMBER 358
They conduct immunizations
of a certain part of the population.
@SHOW 01:35:32:24 01:35:37:08
@NUMBER 360
But they don't have access
to every point of North Korea.
@SHOW 01:35:37:11 01:35:41:24
@NUMBER 361
About 30 % of the country's territory
remains closed to foreigners.
@SHOW 01:35:42:03 01:35:46:22
@NUMBER 363
According to international
experts children suffer
@SHOW 01:35:55:02 01:35:57:14
@NUMBER 364
of malnutrition and lack of vitamins.
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@NUMBER 365
The situation in summer and autumn
is much better than during the winter,
@SHOW 01:36:00:08 01:36:05:22
@NUMBER 366
when food supplies decrease.
@SHOW 01:36:06:00 01:36:07:17
@NUMBER 367
In these village houses there
is water, but electricity is rare.
@SHOW 01:36:25:03 01:36:29:23
@NUMBER 368
A large part of the households have
their own electricity stabilizer.
@SHOW 01:36:32:20 01:36:37:12
@NUMBER 369
The portraits are an indispensable
part of house decorations.
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@NUMBER 370
The average salary of a family
is around 5 dollars,
@SHOW 01:36:49:03 01:36:53:08
@NUMBER 371
which is around 10 times
more than a year ago.
@SHOW 01:36:53:11 01:36:57:17
@NUMBER 372
With 1000 Won each family can afford
@SHOW 01:36:57:20 01:37:00:11
@NUMBER 373
around 700 grams
of rice and maize a day.
@SHOW 01:37:00:14 01:37:04:11
@NUMBER 374
Every family's duty is to prepare
their children for the army.
@SHOW 01:37:21:04 01:37:25:16
@NUMBER 375
The wooden rifles, which look quite
real, are part of the education.
@SHOW 01:37:25:20 01:37:30:24
@NUMBER 377
This is the weapon with which
my children are preparing
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@NUMBER 378
before going to the army.
@SHOW 01:37:36:21 01:37:38:22
@NUMBER 379
This is not a real gun,
but it's very nice.
@SHOW 01:37:39:03 01:37:43:12
@NUMBER 380
My children
also learn military songs
@SHOW 01:37:44:16 01:37:47:05
@NUMBER 380
so that they can sing them later.
@SHOW 01:37:47:08 01:37:50:07
@NUMBER 381
This family has 500 grams
of rice per day
@SHOW 01:38:02:03 01:38:05:23
@NUMBER 382
and enough supplies
to last through next month.
@SHOW 01:38:06:01 01:38:09:12
@NUMBER 383
In many villages the sewerage
system runs into the street.
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@NUMBER 384
Behind the street fence the
re are small stores,
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@NUMBER 385
where with coupons you can even
buy a pack of cigarettes.
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@NUMBER 386
~Pyongyang parade~
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@NUMBER 387
The big parade in honor of
the anniversary
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@NUMBER 388
of the country's establishment.
@SHOW 01:39:00:06 01:39:02:01
@NUMBER 389
Nearly 1 million people
following intense training,
@SHOW 01:39:02:05 01:39:05:06
@NUMBER 390
march through this square.
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@NUMBER 391
On the platform there is
a space set aside for diplomats,
@SHOW 01:39:14:13 01:39:19:07
@NUMBER 392
military attaches
and foreign journalists.
@SHOW 01:39:19:10 01:39:21:12
@NUMBER 393
Security forces also envelop
us with attention.
@SHOW 01:39:21:16 01:39:24:15
@NUMBER 394
We have no right to point
our cameras at the grand stand,
@SHOW 01:39:24:19 01:39:29:24
@NUMBER 395
where the Dear Leader
Kim Jong-Il stands.
@SHOW 01:39:30:02 01:39:33:02
@NUMBER 396
Because as we have seen from
James Bond movies,
@SHOW 01:39:33:11 01:39:37:08
@NUMBER 397
no one knows what
might jump out of the camera.
@SHOW 01:39:37:12 01:39:41:21
@NUMBER 398
The Korean people enjoy themselves
and dance in an organized manner.
@SHOW 01:40:16:24 01:40:21:13
@NUMBER 399
Under the eyes and care
of Kim Il-Sung and the officers
@SHOW 01:40:21:17 01:40:26:02
@NUMBER 400
of the Korean National Army.
@SHOW 01:40:26:06 01:40:28:09
@NUMBER 401
During official holidays the state
gives out additional food coupons.
@SHOW 01:40:35:14 01:40:39:21
@NUMBER 402
In Pyongyang one of the accessible
places for relaxation are parks.
@SHOW 01:40:40:00 01:40:44:13
@NUMBER 403
Today in honor of the 55th anniversary
of the establishment
@SHOW 01:40:44:17 01:40:48:16
@NUMBER 404
of the People's Democratic Republic
of Korea the family has gathered
@SHOW 01:40:48:20 01:40:53:03
@NUMBER 404
to celebrate this anniversary.
@SHOW 01:40:53:07 01:40:54:16
@NUMBER 405
We can sit down to such a table
thanks to our Dear Leader
@SHOW 01:40:54:19 01:40:59:24
@NUMBER 406
whose greatest concern
is the happiness of our nation.
@SHOW 01:41:00:03 01:41:03:14
@NUMBER 407
Many families gather for a picnic
on the shores of the Taedong River.
@SHOW 01:41:03:18 01:41:09:02
@NUMBER 408
They cannot afford restaurants,
@SHOW 01:41:09:05 01:41:10:14
@NUMBER 409
that's why everyone
brings his own goodies.
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@NUMBER 410
A piece of chicken,
cabbage, rice, brandy.
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@NUMBER 411
Koreans love to sing.
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@NUMBER 411
A little rice brandy
and a musical instrument -
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@NUMBER 412
that's the most common
form of entertainment.
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@NUMBER 413
And the only spontaneous,
unorganized dancing we saw.
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@NUMBER 414
But there is another form
of entertainment.
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@NUMBER 415
At the National Theater Mansudae
there will be a ballet.
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@NUMBER 416
Security. Men in black suits are
standing at a meter one from another.
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@NUMBER 418
The ballet is expected to be watched
by high military officials.
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@NUMBER 419
Buddhist temple Sanvon
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@NUMBER 420
The Buddhist temple of Sanvon
is situated at the foot of
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@NUMBER 421
the Mehjan Mountain.
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@NUMBER 422
Built in the 11th century, today it is
guarded by the Korean National Army.
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@NUMBER 423
We are told that Sanvon is proof that
in Korea religion is freely professed.
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@NUMBER 424
And indeed we meet two priests.
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@NUMBER 425
One of them agrees to pray.
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@NUMBER 426
And prays for the wellbeing
of the Dear Leader Kim Jong-Il.
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@NUMBER 427
My question -
what do the Korean people believe in,
@SHOW 01:44:04:14 01:44:08:17
@NUMBER 428
which is the religion of North Korea
seems strange for this Buddhist monk.
@SHOW 01:44:08:21 01:44:14:11
@NUMBER 429
We, the Korean people, under
the leadership of the Great Leader
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@NUMBER 430
believe in his ideas Juche.
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@NUMBER 431
We Buddhists
freely profess our ideas.
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@NUMBER 432
We owe this to the care of our
Great Leader Kim Il-Sung
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@NUMBER 433
and the Dear Leader Kim Jong-Il.
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@NUMBER 434
The Great Leader gave us
valuable instructions
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@NUMBER 434
about how we hold our service.
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@NUMBER 435
That's how, we Buddhists,
accepted the ideas Juche.
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@NUMBER 436
I must say that Buddhism
has its positive sides.
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@NUMBER 437
A while ago there was
negative talk of Buddhism,
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@NUMBER 438
but today as a result
of the cares of our Leader
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@NUMBER 439
the attitude towards
Buddhism has changed.
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@NUMBER 440
The basic philosophy of both
Juche and Buddhism coincide.
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@NUMBER 441
The idea of Juche makes people
rely on themselves.
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@NUMBER 442
Buddhism professes
the striving for better life,
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@NUMBER 442
a wish to make people happier.
@SHOW 01:45:20:10 01:45:23:03
@NUMBER 443
North Korea has its religion.
It is obligatory.
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@NUMBER 444
What people here believe
is what they must,
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@NUMBER 444
what they are allowed to believe.
@SHOW 01:45:39:24 01:45:42:11
@NUMBER 445
They believe in Kim Il-Sung,
in the Juche idea.
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@NUMBER 446
They believe they are living
in the year 92.
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@NUMBER 447
And with this torchlight procession
they are obliged to prove their belief.
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@NUMBER 448
North Korea in the Juche Era
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@NUMBER 449
Elena Yoncheva
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@NUMBER 450
Plamen Gerasimov
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@NUMBER 451
Rosita Zheleva
Malin Arnautski
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@NUMBER 467
This film was produced at BNT
2003
@SHOW 01:47:39:11 01:47:43:08
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@NUMBER 2
~Pyongyang, North Korea~
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@NUMBER 3
For over 50 years
Koreans have been separated.
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@NUMBER 4
They live in two states
and the conflict between them
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@NUMBER 4
has not ended until this day.
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@NUMBER 5
North Korea feels threatened and part
of the world feels threatened by it.
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@NUMBER 6
Today Pyongyang is rehabilitating
its nuclear program.
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@NUMBER 7
It's ready for a new war,it publicly
displays power
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@NUMBER 8
as if it's no longer
afraid of its old foes.
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@NUMBER 8
~38th parallel. Demarcation line. ~
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@NUMBER 9
This is the front line, which
divides the Korean Peninsula -
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@NUMBER 9
4 km wide and 240 km long.
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@NUMBER 9
The greatest concentration of military
force on the planet
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@NUMBER 10
has been situated on both sides
of the demilitarized zone.
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@NUMBER 11
2 million well-armed men
are ready to face one another
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@NUMBER 12
at the slightest incident.
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@NUMBER 13
The only thing stopping them
is this thin line - the 38th parallel.
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@NUMBER 14
Lots of mines were placed here
during the war.
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@NUMBER 16
No one can determine
where the mines are,
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@NUMBER 17
or where exactly the borderline is.
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@NUMBER 18
Through loudspeakers the South
calls on the North to change.
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@NUMBER 19
There are posters
with big signs on them:
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@NUMBER 20
"The North and South
are Brothers!"
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@NUMBER 21
They say they live much better off,
that we can't live like them.
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@NUMBER 22
That we should reform.
Those are lies.
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@NUMBER 23
South Korea found several tunnels
dug through the border zone.
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@NUMBER 24
Through them
military equipment can pass
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@NUMBER 24
from the North to the South.
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@NUMBER 25
It is supposed that
many other such tunnels exist,
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@NUMBER 26
which have still
not been discovered.
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@NUMBER 27
We have enough weapons,
enough military equipment
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@NUMBER 28
to withstand the strike and to win.
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@NUMBER 29
The North and South still live
with the memory of the Korean War,
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@NUMBER 30
which took the life of 1.5 million
Koreans on both sides.
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@NUMBER 32
In June 1950 the North Korean
army with Stalin's support
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@NUMBER 33
established support over nearly
the entire Korean Peninsula.
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@NUMBER 34
The United States together
with 15 other countries
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@NUMBER 35
were on the side of South Korea.
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@NUMBER 36
The armed forces
of the North were pushed
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@NUMBER 36
almost to the border with China.
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@NUMBER 37
At that moment Chinese forces joined
the war on the side of Pyongyang.
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@NUMBER 38
North Korea
was showered with bombs.
@SHOW 01:04:00:08 01:04:02:21
@NUMBER 39
There was an enormous amount
of casualties in the war -
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@NUMBER 39
soldiers and civilians.
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@NUMBER 40
Seoul and Pyongyang
were destroyed.
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@NUMBER 41
On July 27, 1953 in Panmunjom on
the 38th parallel a truce was signed.
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@NUMBER 42
After 3 years of war both sides
went back to the demarcation line
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@NUMBER 43
set by the Great Powers
after World War II.
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@NUMBER 44
We travel
towards the most extreme point
@SHOW 01:04:35:07 01:04:38:03
@NUMBER 44
on the Korean Peninsula -
towards Panmunjom.
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@NUMBER 45
Our crew is escorted, watched,
advised - what and how to shoot.
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@NUMBER 46
We see part
of the dividing stonewall -
@SHOW 01:04:50:21 01:04:54:02
@NUMBER 47
something between
the Berlin and the Great China wall.
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@NUMBER 48
In the demilitarized zone
there are no tanks and heavy weapons.
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@NUMBER 49
Around 500 soldiers are deployed
on each side.
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@NUMBER 50
In the South a joint security zone
has been created,
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@NUMBER 51
where American and South Korean
soldiers patrol together.
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@NUMBER 52
You constantly have the feeling
you are being watched.
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@NUMBER 53
And you are watched.
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@NUMBER 54
Cameras from the South,
cameras from the North,
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@NUMBER 55
they follow and record every move.
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@NUMBER 56
We are here at the most strongly
protected border in the world.
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@NUMBER 57
On the 38th parallel, which
divides North from South Korea.
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@NUMBER 58
This concrete part which we see
is actually the 38th parallel.
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@NUMBER 59
On one side is
the North Korean army,
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@NUMBER 60
on the other side -
the army of South Korea.
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@NUMBER 61
If you walk down south
after 44 km you'll reach Seoul,
@SHOW 01:05:53:23 01:05:58:11
@NUMBER 62
but you will have to pass through
a 4 km wide zone, studded with mines.
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@NUMBER 63
These bungalows are the only place
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@NUMBER 63
~~
where Koreans
from the North and South meet.
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@NUMBER 63
The table serves as a dividing line.
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@NUMBER 64
The room is protected
by the Korean National Army.
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@NUMBER 65
The North Korean patrols
are on one side.
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@NUMBER 66
They watch each other:
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@NUMBER 67
just in case one of them
decides to run away.
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@NUMBER 68
The South Koreans
must stand in such a way
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@NUMBER 69
that only part of their body is
vulnerable, exposed to the North.
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@NUMBER 70
This is a psychological war, a war
of nerves, a demonstration of force.
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@NUMBER 72
Those are the rules
of this dangerous game.
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@NUMBER 72
At the end of World War II Japan
surrendered.
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@NUMBER 73
This put an end to Japanese
occupation of the Korean Peninsula.
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@NUMBER 74
The Soviet Union and the United
States divided the Korean Peninsula
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@NUMBER 75
in zones of influence.
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@NUMBER 76
North of the 38th parallel
is the zone under Soviet influence,
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@NUMBER 77
the South - under American.
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@NUMBER 78
Today North Korea as if continues
living in those years of war.
@SHOW 01:07:03:21 01:07:08:20
@NUMBER 79
The border territory near the 38th
parallel is strongly militarized.
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@NUMBER 80
Speakers in the field call
the population to be ready for war.
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@NUMBER 81
Taking pictures
is forbidden in this zone.
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@NUMBER 82
Koreans need
special permission to travel south.
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@NUMBER 83
From Pyongyang to Panmunjom
I count 7 check-points.
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@NUMBER 84
On the road I see
only a group of workers.
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@NUMBER 85
But such scenes
from real life cannot be filmed.
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@NUMBER 86
~Pyongyang~
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@NUMBER 87
In Pyongyang Koreans prepare
for the next great parade.
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@NUMBER 88
They listen to orders and practice.
They do this for months.
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@NUMBER 89
Our people are highly disciplined.
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@NUMBER 90
Following the directions
of the Great Leader Kim Il-Sung,
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@NUMBER 91
we are united
and ready for everything.
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@NUMBER 92
Regardless of the rain
they learn to march correctly,
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@NUMBER 93
loudly salute, powerfully show
their faithfulness to the idea Juche.
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@NUMBER 94
Created by Kim Il-Sung,
@SHOW 01:08:46:07 01:08:48:00
@NUMBER 95
Juche means to rely
on your own strength.
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@NUMBER 96
Today North Korea lives
in its own isolated world.
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@NUMBER 97
Not in the year 2003.
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@NUMBER 98
Koreans live
in the year 92 of the Juche era.
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@NUMBER 99
This way everyone knows
@SHOW 01:09:18:10 01:09:19:16
@NUMBER 99
when their Great Leader Kim Il-Sung
was born - 92 years ago.
@SHOW 01:09:19:24 01:09:24:21
@NUMBER 100
The day of his birth
was proclaimed Day of the Sun.
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@NUMBER 101
In 1948 Kim Il-Sung headed
@SHOW 01:09:30:06 01:09:32:11
@NUMBER 101
the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea.
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@NUMBER 102
He was perceived as a follower
of Stalin's policy
@SHOW 01:09:35:11 01:09:39:10
@NUMBER 103
and strived to follow his example.
@SHOW 01:09:39:13 01:09:42:06
@NUMBER 104
He was replaced
by his son Kim Jong-Il.
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@NUMBER 105
North Korea is one of the most
isolated countries in the world.
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@NUMBER 107
We are allowed to stroll along
the central street in Pyongyang,
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@NUMBER 108
which seems quite lively.
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@NUMBER 109
With the local currency - the Won,
@SHOW 01:10:01:10 01:10:04:09
@NUMBER 110
you can even buy ice-cream -
crushed ice sprinkled with syrup.
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@NUMBER 111
And yet Korea is changing,
or is at least trying to change.
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@NUMBER 112
Until quite recently, when buying
food and household-goods,
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@NUMBER 113
coupons were the only real means
of acquiring those goods.
@SHOW 01:10:21:19 01:10:25:20
@NUMBER 114
But away from the central street you
can see another kind of life.
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@NUMBER 115
Everything here is organized,
everything is under control
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@NUMBER 116
the worker brigades,
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@NUMBER 116
the queues for the bus,
which goes to the outskirts of town.
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@NUMBER 118
Marching soldiers through town,
glorifying their leader with a song.
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@NUMBER 119
In Pyongyang they readily show
us one of the neighborhood stores.
@SHOW 01:11:42:00 01:11:46:14
@NUMBER 120
A government car has stopped
in front of it,
@SHOW 01:11:46:18 01:11:50:07
@NUMBER 121
what makes it different from
the few private ones is the star.
@SHOW 01:11:50:10 01:11:55:09
@NUMBER 122
But besides our driver,
there is no one inside the store.
@SHOW 01:11:55:13 01:11:59:23
@NUMBER 123
This is a special foreign currency
store, where the state's elite shops.
@SHOW 01:12:00:02 01:12:04:23
@NUMBER 124
Or those who get foreign currency
from their relatives in Japan.
@SHOW 01:12:05:02 01:12:09:12
@NUMBER 125
There is a large Korean
community there.
@SHOW 01:12:09:15 01:12:12:07
@NUMBER 126
Foreign diplomats
and representatives of different
@SHOW 01:12:12:10 01:12:14:18
@NUMBER 127
humanitarian organizations
also shop here.
@SHOW 01:12:14:21 01:12:16:22
@NUMBER 128
Goods are mainly Chinese,
but you can find Korean brandy too.
@SHOW 01:12:17:11 01:12:21:24
@NUMBER 129
Prices are in Euro but
you can pay in Won too.
@SHOW 01:12:22:03 01:12:26:16
@NUMBER 130
A bottle of brandy costs
between 500 and 1000 Won,
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@NUMBER 131
the average salary
being around 1400 Won.
@SHOW 01:12:31:00 01:12:33:19
@NUMBER 132
It turns out though, that foreigners
cannot enter regular stores.
@SHOW 01:12:36:11 01:12:41:00
@NUMBER 133
Why do you want to film
in that store?
@SHOW 01:12:44:16 01:12:48:17
@NUMBER 135
You can look,
but why do you have to shoot?
@SHOW 01:12:48:20 01:12:53:03
@NUMBER 136
I'm asking you: what's the purpose?
@SHOW 01:12:53:07 01:12:56:02
@NUMBER 137
What's the point? Tell me!
@SHOW 01:12:58:14 01:13:00:22
@NUMBER 138
Why can't we take pictures
in that store? I don't understand.
@SHOW 01:13:01:20 01:13:06:10
@NUMBER 139
They don't want to.
@SHOW 01:13:08:14 01:13:10:04
@NUMBER 141
Who?
- The shop assistants.
@SHOW 01:13:10:07 01:13:12:07
@NUMBER 142
Why don't we ask them?
@SHOW 01:13:12:10 01:13:14:10
@NUMBER 143
Why can we shoot in the other store,
while in this one we can't?
@SHOW 01:13:14:14 01:13:20:15
@NUMBER 145
I don't know.
@SHOW 01:13:20:18 01:13:22:09
@NUMBER 146
We are at least allowed
to lookinside.
@SHOW 01:13:27:14 01:13:30:11
@NUMBER 147
People can shop here with coupons,
but on the shelves
@SHOW 01:13:30:14 01:13:34:20
@NUMBER 148
we see only brandy,
with no price tag on it.
@SHOW 01:13:34:23 01:13:39:06
@NUMBER 149
Our two translators and driver
are always ready to help us
@SHOW 01:13:46:04 01:13:50:21
@NUMBER 150
and watch over
the cameraman's camera.
@SHOW 01:13:50:24 01:13:53:15
@NUMBER 151
I manage to stroll along the biggest
shopping center in Pyongyang.
@SHOW 01:13:59:06 01:14:04:00
@NUMBER 152
In North Korea the basic goods
are still distributed with coupons.
@SHOW 01:14:04:09 01:14:09:03
@NUMBER 153
Each inhabitant is enlisted
to a certain store,
@SHOW 01:14:09:07 01:14:12:10
@NUMBER 154
where with coupons
he can buy shoes, a suit, a lamp -
@SHOW 01:14:12:14 01:14:17:11
@NUMBER 155
the number and variety of goods
is strictly fixed.
@SHOW 01:14:17:15 01:14:21:02
@NUMBER 156
Here we see Chinese running shoes,
kitchen utensils, biscuits.
@SHOW 01:14:21:06 01:14:24:22
@NUMBER 157
It turns out that the only queue
is for rice brandy,
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@NUMBER 158
arranged directly on the floor.
@SHOW 01:14:29:17 01:14:31:24
@NUMBER 159
"We support our Dear Leader,
producing soy-bean milk"
@SHOW 01:14:41:00 01:14:44:05
@NUMBER 160
- that's the sign on one of
the posters in this plant.
@SHOW 01:14:44:08 01:14:49:07
@NUMBER 161
Today North Korea is fed mainly
by foreign humanitarian aid
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@NUMBER 162
and receives over 1 million tons
of food annually.
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@NUMBER 163
This plant was built with UN support.
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@NUMBER 164
It produces soy-bean milk
and cheese.
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@NUMBER 165
From the newspapers
working women learn
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@NUMBER 165
that their country
achieves great success.
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@NUMBER 166
But love towards the most beloved
leader remains boundless.
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@NUMBER 167
In the yard there is
a new 200 ton granite monument.
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@NUMBER 168
The sign on it will say:
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@NUMBER 169
"Long Live Kim Jong-Il -
the sunshine of the 21st century!"
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@NUMBER 169
This monument
will remind us of him.
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@NUMBER 170
Our Dear Leader takes good care
of our lives, of us and our families.
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@NUMBER 171
Regardless of his workload
our Dear Leader visited the plant
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@NUMBER 171
and met with the workers.
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@NUMBER 172
That's an important moment
for us and for our plant.
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@NUMBER 173
The visit of our Leader
brightly lighted the road along
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@NUMBER 174
which the plant should develop.
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@NUMBER 175
We shall pass from generation to
generation the merits of our Leader.
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@NUMBER 176
Fishing is the most common
sport in Pyongyang.
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@NUMBER 177
If your catch is good,
you can seriously increase
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@NUMBER 178
your daily allowance of food.
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@NUMBER 179
While fishing in Taedong River,
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@NUMBER 180
the reflection of the Juche monument
is always next to you.
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@NUMBER 181
This monument built in honor
of the 70th anniversary
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@NUMBER 182
of the birth of Kim Il-Sung,
is truly unique.
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@NUMBER 183
You are totally convinced
of that when you hear
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@NUMBER 183
that the monument
was made of 70 horizontal blocks
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@NUMBER 184
and of 25Gr 550 stones - the number
of days the Leader had lived
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@NUMBER 184
until his 70th birthday.
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@NUMBER 185
It is not commonly accepted
for foreigners to visit Korean homes.
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@NUMBER 186
You can live in this country for years
and never enter a Korean home.
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@NUMBER 187
Following persistent requests we got
permission.
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@NUMBER 188
The family of course is not the
typical Korean family, but it's real.
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@NUMBER 189
Mr. Pak Ung Yang is a translator
to Spanish speaking journalists,
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@NUMBER 190
who visit North Korea.
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@NUMBER 191
Sometimes Mr. Pak travels to Europe.
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@NUMBER 192
The family is very hospitable
and is prepared for our visit.
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@NUMBER 193
In the building there is electricity
and enough water for the household.
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@NUMBER 194
On the balcony Mr. Pak has stored
garlic, potatoes, peppers, green-peas
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@NUMBER 195
and grows
his favorite chilly peppers.
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@NUMBER 196
These are my favorite peppers.
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@NUMBER 197
I really enjoy eating them a lot.
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@NUMBER 198
Because of the alternating current
the household has a stabilizer.
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@NUMBER 199
The refrigerator is stocked with fish.
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@NUMBER 200
Every morning Mr. Pak goes fishing
on the river,
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@NUMBER 201
that's his favorite entertainment.
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@NUMBER 201
His daughter Pak Ok Yon is
27 years old.
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@NUMBER 202
I ask what her dream is,
her greatest wish.
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@NUMBER 203
I graduated from Tasso school
and I work in the local library.
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@NUMBER 204
I have prepared for a long time
for my future work
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@NUMBER 205
and I think I'm doing very well.
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@NUMBER 206
Today I'm trying very hard
to work well,
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@NUMBER 207
in order to live up to the great
care of our Dearest Leader
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@NUMBER 208
and
I wouldn't want to disappoint him,
because I owe my education to him.
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@NUMBER 210
You ask what my greatest dream is -
I want our revolution to win,
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@NUMBER 211
the Juche ideas to win
on a worldwide scale.
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@NUMBER 213
The volumes from Kim Il-Sung and Kim
Jong-Il are arranged in the library.
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@NUMBER 214
Pak Ok Yon looks for
her dearest book.
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@NUMBER 215
This is my favorite book about
the life of our Great Leader.
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@NUMBER 216
The family has two sons,
who serve in the army.
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@NUMBER 217
Conscript military service is not
just an obligation, but an honor.
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@NUMBER 218
For girls the service is voluntary,
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@NUMBER 218
but a 3rd of them
also go to the army.
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@NUMBER 220
50 years ago "The Army First"
principle became a leading slogan.
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@NUMBER 221
Personal relations, the family are
subordinated to military objectives.
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@NUMBER 222
Today even the children
of the local elite dream of the army.
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@NUMBER 223
Children are brought up from
an early age
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@NUMBER 224
with the official doctrine Songun -
military oriented policy.
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@NUMBER 225
Most of them attend
a 10-day kindergarten.
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@NUMBER 226
Their parents
take them home for a day.
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@NUMBER 227
In the hall of this kindergarten
there are signs:
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@NUMBER 228
"We are the happiest" and
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@NUMBER 229
"Our Leader is the greatest."
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@NUMBER 230
In specially furnished rooms
there are models,
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@NUMBER 231
which teach children
of the life of their leaders.
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@NUMBER 232
We made this room in order to study
the life of our Leader Kim Il-Sung.
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@NUMBER 233
Children gather here and study.
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@NUMBER 234
In these classes they learn
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@NUMBER 234
what will be most useful
for them in the future.
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@NUMBER 235
Most songs the children
learn tell of the life
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@NUMBER 236
and activities of their leaders.
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@NUMBER 237
Of the fight against Japanese
occupation, the Korean War.
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@NUMBER 238
On one of the posters it says:
"the children can sleep peacefully,
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@NUMBER 239
because their father Kim Jong-Il
watches over them."
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@NUMBER 240
~Man Gjun De Military School~
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@NUMBER 241
The most elite military school
is in Pyongyang.
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@NUMBER 242
At Man Gjun De education
continues for 10 years.
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@NUMBER 243
Once orphans graduated from the
school, for them military education
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@NUMBER 244
meant a roof over their head,
warm food and a future.
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@NUMBER 245
They remained loyal and eternally
grateful to their leaders.
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@NUMBER 246
Under the gaze of Kim Jong-Il's
mother who watches from this canvas,
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@NUMBER 247
the officers of one of the largest
armies in the world are trained.
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@NUMBER 249
Thanks to the cares
of the Great Leader Kim Il-Sung
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@NUMBER 249
our students live and study well.
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@NUMBER 250
We try very hard regardless
of the difficulties we are facing.
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@NUMBER 251
Each year around 100 students
graduate from the school,
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@NUMBER 252
they'll take the military leadership
of the country into their own hands.
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@NUMBER 253
These are the first computers
I've seen in North Korea.
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@NUMBER 254
But Internet is an unknown word
to these children.
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@NUMBER 255
To learn more we carry out
the instructions of our teachers.
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@NUMBER 256
We study hard in order
to live up to their cares.
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@NUMBER 257
I am ready to give my life
for my Leader.
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@NUMBER 258
The Leader here is
an example in everything -
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@NUMBER 258
even when he gallops
on his favorite horse.
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@NUMBER 259
Under the leadership of our Dear
Leader we are ready to strike back
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@NUMBER 260
at anyone who attacks our country.
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@NUMBER 261
That's our main
objective and responsibility.
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@NUMBER 262
Our army, our people are united
around the ideas of our Leader
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@NUMBER 263
and are ready to strike back anytime.
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@NUMBER 264
And we make great efforts to answer
the demands of our Dear Leader.
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@NUMBER 265
He instructs us to work
for the unification of the country,
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@NUMBER 266
for the unification of Koreans
on both sides of the Peninsula.
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@NUMBER 267
We are one nation
walking on the same road.
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@NUMBER 268
We have common traditions,
one language and history.
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@NUMBER 269
That's why our leader says that
we must walk along the same road.
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@NUMBER 270
The art of war in North Korea
has been elevated into a cult.
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@NUMBER 271
Today the country demonstrates
with pride its military might.
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@NUMBER 272
Half of North Korea's budget
goes for military purposes.
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@NUMBER 273
According to international experts
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@NUMBER 273
that's a bit more
than 5 billion dollars annually.
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@NUMBER 274
North Korea produces military
equipment for the foreign market.
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@NUMBER 275
It's thought that half a billion
dollars is the annual profit
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@NUMBER 276
from the sale of missiles
and other military equipment
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@NUMBER 277
for some countries
in the Middle East.
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@NUMBER 278
The Korean conscript army numbers
around 1 100 000 people.
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@NUMBER 278
A mobilization though,
could gather army of 6 million.
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@NUMBER 278
There are female detachments in it.
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@NUMBER 279
The living standard in Pyongyang
is the highest in the country.
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@NUMBER 280
There is public transportation, more
stores and goods, larger rations.
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@NUMBER 281
The military are the most
privileged part of society.
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@NUMBER 282
Conscripts serve for 10 years
and during that time they get coupons
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@NUMBER 283
with which they can ensure
more food for their families.
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@NUMBER 284
Just one third of the girls
who graduate join the army.
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@NUMBER 285
For them it's a chance
for a better life.
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@NUMBER 286
The army besides regular food
gives other privileges as well -
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@NUMBER 287
the possibility to find a better job,
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@NUMBER 288
to go to university,
to get an apartment.
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@NUMBER 289
We try to film at Pyongyang
Central Train Station.
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@NUMBER 291
We can see Koreans from different
part of the country here.
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@NUMBER 292
The daily ration
of the ordinary Korean remains
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@NUMBER 293
between 300 and 800 grams
of rice or maize.
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@NUMBER 294
It depends whether you are a worker,
or retired or a child.
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@NUMBER 295
Enterprises, which produce
military equipment,
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@NUMBER 295
are the ones still working.
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@NUMBER 296
The rest have been closed,
due to the lack of electricity
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@NUMBER 297
or work with 20 percent
of their full capacity.
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@NUMBER 298
But why do you want to shoot?
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@NUMBER 299
Why would you want
to film these people?
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@NUMBER 300
It's not nice, it's not pleasant.
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@NUMBER 301
Fine you can film the train,
just the train without the people.
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@NUMBER 302
As everything else which differs
from the ceremonial atmosphere
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@NUMBER 303
we face lack of understanding
from our translators.
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@NUMBER 304
Regardless of whether you travel
by train or bicycle
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@NUMBER 305
moving around the country is achieved
only through special permits.
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@NUMBER 306
In the countryside it's difficult
to find a variety of goods
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@NUMBER 307
outside the system of coupons
and many of these people find ways
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@NUMBER 308
to ensure those goods from Pyongyang.
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@NUMBER 309
The subway
in Pyongyang greets us
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@NUMBER 309
with the sounds
of the recently held parade.
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@NUMBER 310
Loudspeakers are placed everywhere
in order to keep the public on alert.
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@NUMBER 311
The subway built in the 60s is
one of the strategic places in town.
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@NUMBER 312
Its construction was kept
a complete secret.
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@NUMBER 313
Over 160 meters deep this space
can be sealed hermetically.
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@NUMBER 314
Hundreds of thousands
can survive for months.
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@NUMBER 315
Kim Il-Sung's mausoleum - one
of the spots not just foreigners
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@NUMBER 316
but the inhabitants of the country
are obliged to see.
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@NUMBER 317
Several times a year
men and women arrive here on busses.
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@NUMBER 318
Wearing their nicest clothes,
in military formation,
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@NUMBER 319
they begin their honorary
sightseeing tour.
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@NUMBER 320
A ground tunnel, about a kilometer
long leads to the mausoleum -
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@NUMBER 321
the former residence of Kim Il-Sung.
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@NUMBER 322
Equipment has been placed all over
the tunnel, which prevents people
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@NUMBER 323
from entering with metal objects,
a video or photographic camera.
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@NUMBER 324
This corridor has one purpose -
to create a thrill of expectation
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@NUMBER 325
of the biggest,
most important event.
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@NUMBER 326
~The road to Nampo~
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@NUMBER 327
The highway to Nampo with
4 lanes on each side is deserted.
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@NUMBER 328
We see only trucks
with people from a brigade.
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@NUMBER 329
Koreans are proud
of their hydro center
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@NUMBER 329
created at the beginning of the 80s.
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@NUMBER 330
The purpose is to stop
the influx of salty water
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@NUMBER 331
to the Taedong River during high tide
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@NUMBER 332
and thus to ensure more
fields for the rice plantations.
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@NUMBER 333
Regardless of this during the 90s
there was a great lack of food.
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@NUMBER 334
In '96 according to the evaluation,
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@NUMBER 335
there is mass hunger
around the country.
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@NUMBER 336
Nampo is one of the biggest
ports northwest of Pyongyang.
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@NUMBER 337
Even today ships
with international aid,
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@NUMBER 338
tons of food, arrive here
from around the world.
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@NUMBER 339
They ensure half of
the population's living.
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@NUMBER 340
~Village Sam Dji Gan~
~and village Un Ha~
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@NUMBER 341
In villages there is a slogan
which says:
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@NUMBER 342
"Let's create more goods in
the name of Songun."
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@NUMBER 343
Everything has to serve the army.
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@NUMBER 344
Koreans have the right
to private property,
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@NUMBER 345
although it's very limited.
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@NUMBER 346
In the garden of every house,
about 30 sq.m large,
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@NUMBER 347
everyone can grow maize
and vegetables for his needs.
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@NUMBER 348
And sell them
on the local village market.
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@NUMBER 349
These markets exist unofficially.
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@NUMBER 350
They are just part of an experiment.
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@NUMBER 351
An attempt to avoid the hunger
from the middle of the 90s.
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@NUMBER 352
The markets cannot be filmed,
it is thought that
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@NUMBER 353
they don't correspond to
the principles of the ideas Juche.
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@NUMBER 354
According to the UN today people
in Korea are not dying of hunger.
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@NUMBER 355
They get at least 380 grams
of food per day
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@NUMBER 356
and in addition are able
to grow their own products.
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@NUMBER 357
The humanitarian
organizations besides food
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@NUMBER 357
distribute
drinking water and medicine.
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@NUMBER 358
They conduct immunizations
of a certain part of the population.
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@NUMBER 360
But they don't have access
to every point of North Korea.
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@NUMBER 361
About 30 % of the country's territory
remains closed to foreigners.
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@NUMBER 363
According to international
experts children suffer
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of malnutrition and lack of vitamins.
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The situation in summer and autumn
is much better than during the winter,
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when food supplies decrease.
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In these village houses there
is water, but electricity is rare.
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A large part of the households have
their own electricity stabilizer.
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The portraits are an indispensable
part of house decorations.
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The average salary of a family
is around 5 dollars,
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which is around 10 times
more than a year ago.
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With 1000 Won each family can afford
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around 700 grams
of rice and maize a day.
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Every family's duty is to prepare
their children for the army.
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The wooden rifles, which look quite
real, are part of the education.
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This is the weapon with which
my children are preparing
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before going to the army.
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This is not a real gun,
but it's very nice.
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My children
also learn military songs
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so that they can sing them later.
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This family has 500 grams
of rice per day
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and enough supplies
to last through next month.
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In many villages the sewerage
system runs into the street.
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Behind the street fence the
re are small stores,
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where with coupons you can even
buy a pack of cigarettes.
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~Pyongyang parade~
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The big parade in honor of
the anniversary
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of the country's establishment.
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Nearly 1 million people
following intense training,
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march through this square.
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On the platform there is
a space set aside for diplomats,
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military attaches
and foreign journalists.
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Security forces also envelop
us with attention.
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We have no right to point
our cameras at the grand stand,
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where the Dear Leader
Kim Jong-Il stands.
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Because as we have seen from
James Bond movies,
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no one knows what
might jump out of the camera.
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The Korean people enjoy themselves
and dance in an organized manner.
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Under the eyes and care
of Kim Il-Sung and the officers
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of the Korean National Army.
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During official holidays the state
gives out additional food coupons.
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In Pyongyang one of the accessible
places for relaxation are parks.
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Today in honor of the 55th anniversary
of the establishment
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of the People's Democratic Republic
of Korea the family has gathered
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to celebrate this anniversary.
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We can sit down to such a table
thanks to our Dear Leader
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whose greatest concern
is the happiness of our nation.
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Many families gather for a picnic
on the shores of the Taedong River.
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They cannot afford restaurants,
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that's why everyone
brings his own goodies.
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A piece of chicken,
cabbage, rice, brandy.
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Koreans love to sing.
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A little rice brandy
and a musical instrument -
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that's the most common
form of entertainment.
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And the only spontaneous,
unorganized dancing we saw.
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But there is another form
of entertainment.
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At the National Theater Mansudae
there will be a ballet.
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Security. Men in black suits are
standing at a meter one from another.
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The ballet is expected to be watched
by high military officials.
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Buddhist temple Sanvon
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The Buddhist temple of Sanvon
is situated at the foot of
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the Mehjan Mountain.
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Built in the 11th century, today it is
guarded by the Korean National Army.
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We are told that Sanvon is proof that
in Korea religion is freely professed.
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And indeed we meet two priests.
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One of them agrees to pray.
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And prays for the wellbeing
of the Dear Leader Kim Jong-Il.
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My question -
what do the Korean people believe in,
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which is the religion of North Korea
seems strange for this Buddhist monk.
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We, the Korean people, under
the leadership of the Great Leader
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believe in his ideas Juche.
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We Buddhists
freely profess our ideas.
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We owe this to the care of our
Great Leader Kim Il-Sung
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and the Dear Leader Kim Jong-Il.
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The Great Leader gave us
valuable instructions
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about how we hold our service.
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That's how, we Buddhists,
accepted the ideas Juche.
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I must say that Buddhism
has its positive sides.
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A while ago there was
negative talk of Buddhism,
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but today as a result
of the cares of our Leader
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the attitude towards
Buddhism has changed.
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The basic philosophy of both
Juche and Buddhism coincide.
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The idea of Juche makes people
rely on themselves.
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Buddhism professes
the striving for better life,
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a wish to make people happier.
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North Korea has its religion.
It is obligatory.
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What people here believe
is what they must,
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what they are allowed to believe.
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They believe in Kim Il-Sung,
in the Juche idea.
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They believe they are living
in the year 92.
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And with this torchlight procession
they are obliged to prove their belief.
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North Korea in the Juche Era
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Elena Yoncheva
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Plamen Gerasimov
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Rosita Zheleva
Malin Arnautski
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This film was produced at BNT
2003
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