As North Korea readied itself for the centenary birthday celebrations of its Founding President and a controversial satellite rocket launch, it invited a record number of foreign journalists to watch the spectacle. Through the surreality of the pomp and pageantry, Pyongyang’s isolation becomes clear. Journalist Ken Teh takes us on a rare 10-day tour of the hermit kingdom, where he looks behind its image of perfection to see a nation lost in time, and a people whose voices are drowned out by an iron will to conform.
10 Days in Pyongyang
Thursday, 31 May 2012, 8:30 pm (Sin/ HK/ Mnl)
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