WELCOME TO NORTH KOREA

Living in Seoul, South Korea, means living in a country affected by the fact that every male has to do two years of military service. Living in Seoul, means living close to North Korea.

In my class, Contemporary society and philosphy, we are at the moment discussing the topic knowledge. (which is great since it gives me a little bit more substance when leadership workshop professor keeps go on and on about "the 21th century leader, is a KNOWLEDGE leader. fuck it.)

Todays class we watched this documentary about North Korea which i havent seen, alltough i shouldve had. Its a great one. And scary. Watch it. I also like that the professor showed it under the topic knowledge. Think about it.

I found the documentary on topdocumentaryfilms.com, where you can watch documentaries for free:

The winner of the 2001 International Emmy award for Best Documentary, Welcome to North Korea is a grotesquely surreal look at the all-too-real conditions in modern-day North Korea.

As the filmmakers reveal, the North Koreans have no opportunity to compare their existence with that of the outside world, due to the near-total cutoff of news and free transportation. The one predominant feature of this oppressed nation is manifested in the scores of statues, sculptures, and iconic paintings of North Korea’s Communist dictator Kim Jong II, who has gone to great and sometimes ruthless lengths to convince his subjects that he has inherited godlike powers from his equally “divine” father, the late Kim II Sung (whose mummified body still lies in state, à la Lenin).