“Chapter 1: Intro 0:088 secondsthis week on Vice we go to North 0:1313 seconds[Applause] 0:2626 seconds[Music] 0:2828 secondsKorea the world is changing now no one knows where it's going but we'll be there on covering the 0:3737 secondsnews culture and politics that expose the absurdity of the modern condition so we about to play a quick pickup game 0:4646 secondssuper casual relaxed this is the world our this is the world of 0:5454 seconds[Applause] Chapter 2: Documentary 0:5858 secondsus we hear advice have' been fascinated by 1:061 minute, 6 secondsNorth Korea for a long time in fact we've done three documentaries about the hermit Kingdom all of which have been harshly critical of the 1:141 minute, 14 secondsregime you have to go to the house of the people the library of the people you have to see the soccer team of the people but the one thing that we didn't 1:231 minute, 23 secondsdo was meet any of the actual people of North Korea it's not very busy here for that reason I'm personally never allowed 1:301 minute, 30 secondsto go back to the dprk but we wanted to get inside the country again to see firsthand how it's fairing under its new 1:381 minute, 38 secondsvery young and very mysterious leader Kim Jun one of the biggest challenges in dealing with North Korea on any level is that we have virtually no diplomatic 1:471 minute, 47 secondsrelations with them in fact over the past 65 plus years only a handful of Americans have ever met the country's 1:541 minute, 54 secondsleaders the most prominent of which was Secretary of State meline Albright during a visit to the country when she brought Kim Jong-il a basketball signed 2:022 minutes, 2 secondsby Michael Jordan now she did this because despite his public disdain for America Kim Jong-il privately loved the 2:102 minutes, 10 secondsChicago Bulls his passion for the 90 Bulls was passed on to his son Kim Jong-un and banking on the Dynasty's inherent love for basketball we work 2:192 minutes, 19 secondsthrough official and back channels to propose a Goodwill game of basketball with North Korea's national team if they accepted we would bring three members of 2:282 minutes, 28 secondsthe Harlem Globe Trotters who are the most natural ambassadors of Goodwill in the game and a real live Chicago Bull 2:342 minutes, 34 secondsmuch to our surprise it worked the dprk actually invited our delegates to come to North Korea and participate in a very 2:422 minutes, 42 secondsvery rare quote unquote foreign Sports Exchange program the timing however turned out to be very tricky because in 2:502 minutes, 50 secondsDecember of 2012 North Korea launched the Quang msung three satellite into the Earth's orbit stirring fears that the 2:572 minutes, 57 secondscountry's missile program could soon be advanced enough to carry a nuclear weapon as far as the United States and just so we didn't forget exactly what 3:053 minutes, 5 secondsthese missiles would be carrying they conducted a third nuclear test to make sure we got the message this of course set the 3:133 minutes, 13 secondsInternational Community on edge so in the midst of heightened tensions and heated rhetoric we headed to pyang to see if we could actually engage with the 3:213 minutes, 21 secondsNorth Koreans through the cultural vehicle of basketball Chapter 3: Restrictions 3:303 minutes, 30 seconds[Music] 3:353 minutes, 35 secondsthe second you land in North Korea you realize you're no longer in control of anything isting so we have 3:443 minutes, 44 secondsto the motor government minders direct your every step you're told where to go what 3:513 minutes, 51 secondsto do and most importantly what to film and as other westerners have found out the hard way if you flaunt these restrictions you could wind up in North 4:004 minutesKorean jail one of the worst places on Earth since our instincts are usually to shoot the exact opposite of what people 4:094 minutes, 9 secondswant us to I was more than a bit freaked 4:124 minutes, 12 seconds[Music] Chapter 4: Hotel Lobby 4:254 minutes, 25 secondsout having the Harlem Globe Trotters along with us on this trip was extremely comforting because they were some of the most 4:314 minutes, 31 secondspositive guys we'd ever met hey buddy and I needed that Comfort pretty much right away because as soon as we entered 4:384 minutes, 38 secondsthe hotel lobby we were welcomed by a banner celebrating the recent nuclear task oh God at first we thought the 4:464 minutes, 46 secondsbanner might have been put there for us but when I opened up the curtains for my first look at pongyang I saw a long line of buses leaving the hotel and then I 4:554 minutes, 55 secondsturned on the TV 5:015 minutes, 1 second[Music] 5:095 minutes, 9 seconds[Music] 5:165 minutes, 16 seconds[Music] 5:245 minutes, 24 secondsa bunch of the nuclear scientists from the February 12th test are staying at this hotel right now they were brought here by way of kind of reward some sort 5:335 minutes, 33 secondsof Celebration uh by the leader so they're staying here at the same hotel with us unsettling so we weren't even there for 5:415 minutes, 41 secondsa few hours and this International nuclear controversy with huge geopolitical ramifications was playing 5:485 minutes, 48 secondsout in our hotel lobby recording no he just always has to hold that out for 5:575 minutes, 57 secondspractice from the start we were under very close supervision they were watching us and what we were shooting at all times every 6:066 minutes, 6 secondsday has a schedule and we have a lot of minders um whose full-time jobs it is to make sure that one of to make sure that we stay on the 6:156 minutes, 15 secondsschedule so Army of people there waiting for you us you on to the bus we were always surrounded by guides translators and 6:236 minutes, 23 secondsofficials many of whom we'd been warned were actually secret police we'd agreed that along with the Chapter 5: Basketball Camp 6:326 minutes, 32 secondsexhibition game we'd host a basketball camp with what we thought would be a bunch of kids in a high school gym somewhere instead we were ushered into a 6:406 minutes, 40 secondsmassive 10,000 seat Stadium oh this is nice we'd also be working with the best under 18 players 6:486 minutes, 48 secondsin the country my name is Anthony Blakes also known as buckets I'm Number 15 with the world famous Harlem Globe CHS uh 6:566 minutes, 56 secondswe're going to show you guys some great things today and I hope hopefully give you an opportunity to learn something new as well as uh make some new friends 7:047 minutes, 4 secondswith us on my whistle first guy goes hands up hands up go so they have 7:137 minutes, 13 secondsto compete for the rebound all right ready go there you go there you go this 7:217 minutes, 21 secondsis what rebound all about you have to fight for go go go go go oh friendship on you know language 7:307 minutes, 30 secondstingle is it okay tingle one 2 3 good 7:397 minutes, 39 secondsjob as we were leaving we spotted North Korea's most famous basketball player Rey hun who had come out to watch the Chapter 6: Lee Myung Han 7:467 minutes, 46 secondsdrills R was at one time the tallest man in basketball he was super excited about our visit and he gathered us together for a chat just 7:547 minutes, 54 secondsme just me and him country that's known to suffer from malnutrition and the stunted growth that 8:028 minutes, 2 secondsgoes along with it re is truly an exception in fact his height actually attracted the interest of American Scouts but due to trade sanctions he was 8:118 minutes, 11 secondsunable to pursue his dreams of playing in the NBA and although loyal to North Korea when he was once asked how he felt about not being able to play in the NBA 8:198 minutes, 19 secondshe replied I'm not interested in money or Politics as a sportsman I just want to 8:258 minutes, 25 seconds[Music] 8:288 minutes, 28 secondstry 8:358 minutes, 35 seconds[Music] Chapter 7: The Sun Palace 8:398 minutes, 39 secondsas one of the trade-offs for allowing us to visit through this Sports Exchange we agreed to go on their state sanction tour and like the beginning of any tour 8:478 minutes, 47 secondsof North Korea our first stop was an obligatory visit to the Sun Palace where the country's last two leaders Li in 8:568 minutes, 56 seconds[Music] 8:588 minutes, 58 secondsstate North Korea is the last of the socialist/communist cult of personality utopian States and much like Stalin in 9:079 minutes, 7 secondsthe Soviet Union or Mao in China their leaders are not only revered as political figures but Flatout woried as 9:159 minutes, 15 seconds[Music] 9:199 minutes, 19 secondsGods Kim elung was installed by the Soviets as the first supreme leader in 1948 and in fact he's still president of 9:269 minutes, 26 secondsthe dprk today even though he's been dead since 9:339 minutes, 33 seconds[Music] 9:429 minutes, 42 seconds1994 Kim elong was succeeded by his son Kim Jong-il who inherited his father's Godlike excellence and he was perfect at 9:519 minutes, 51 secondseverything Not only was he the greatest at military strategy and City Planning but also at film making Furniture Design 9:589 minutes, 58 secondsand even animal husbandry when Kim Jong-il died in 2011 leadership was passed to his son 10:0510 minutes, 5 secondsKim Jong-un about whom the world knows very very 10:0910 minutes, 9 seconds[Music] 10:1010 minutes, 10 secondslittle these State sanction tours of North Korea tend to be exactly the same year in year out but because of our Chapter 8: Sea World 10:1710 minutes, 17 secondsbasketball Mission and our documentary they' created a new hand-tailored propaganda tour they were going to show us how great the quality of life in 10:2510 minutes, 25 secondsNorth Korea really was so instead of taking us to places is like the most militarized border on Earth the DMZ they 10:3210 minutes, 32 secondstook us to the North Korean version of SeaWorld immediately we knew we were stepping into something completely different a huge crowd was already 10:4110 minutes, 41 secondsseated and waiting patiently for us to arrive front row seats even here we were reminded of 10:4810 minutes, 48 secondsNorth Korea's nuclear 10:5310 minutes, 53 seconds[Music] 10:5810 minutes, 58 secondsprowess 10:5910 minutes, 59 seconds[Music] 11:0611 minutes, 6 seconds[Applause] 11:1111 minutes, 11 secondsand interestingly Kim Jong-un was not just credited as The Mastermind behind all the missiles and bombs he was also the choreographer of the dolphin 11:1911 minutes, 19 seconds[Music] 11:2711 minutes, 27 secondsshow 11:3211 minutes, 32 seconds[Music] 11:3411 minutes, 34 secondsnot only is Kim Jong-un great with dolphins he's now personally responsible for inspecting advising and directing all aspects of North Korean 11:4211 minutes, 42 seconds[Music] Chapter 9: Sports 11:5611 minutes, 56 seconds[Music] 11:5711 minutes, 57 secondslife Marshall expected this right any machine we see with a red placard like that yes 12:0612 minutes, 6 secondsyes wow cool are there ever arguments over who gets to use the Marshall's equipment they would prefer the machine 12:1312 minutes, 13 secondsthat were actually inspected of course of course I don't even know what this is called but I'm I'm loving 12:2312 minutes, 23 secondsit what is that that is going on your face it is a steam test prevents skin 12:2912 minutes, 29 secondsfrom getting older that one makes you breast enlargement did you say they did 12:3612 minutes, 36 secondsbreast enlargement in here as well that one helps to enlarge breast 12:4212 minutes, 42 secondsand also it can treat breast canastel oh wow table tennis is the most popular 12:5112 minutes, 51 secondssport in dprk no it's not the most popular sport what what do you think is the most popular sport I think 12:5812 minutes, 58 secondsbasketball oh basketball good well we came on the right Mission then at the end of the day we were invited to indulge ourselves in a North Chapter 10: Shopping 13:0713 minutes, 7 secondsKorean shopping spring the mall was clearly a showpiece designed to project an abundance of Delicacies in a country that doesn't even have enough food to 13:1513 minutes, 15 secondsfeed its people the store is rammed with Western Products and a very very attentive sales 13:2113 minutes, 21 secondsstaff Coca-Cola Doritos Ruffles anything you want to get good and F I'm first thing to go with Coke C I 13:3013 minutes, 30 secondslove Coke do you like Coke yeah me too it's one of my favorite paare with the credit 13:3613 minutes, 36 secondscard no no it would have felt just like a store at home if it weren't for the fact that a we were the only customers 13:4513 minutes, 45 secondsthere and B I couldn't actually buy anything as we drove back to the hotel I Chapter 11: Lights 13:5213 minutes, 52 secondsnoticed that in spite of the country's well documented chronic power shortages this city was extremely well lit which made me think were even the lights 14:0114 minutes, 1 secondpart of the tour as well that might sound crazy but when you look at satellite photos of the region North Korea is completely 14:1014 minutes, 10 secondsdark the next morning we were driven to the international friendship exhibition and the only cars that we saw on the 14:1614 minutes, 16 secondslong 3-hour drive there were our own the international friendship exhibition is basically this Castle Chapter 12: International Friendship Exhibition 14:2414 minutes, 24 secondsVault built into the side of a mountain that holds every gift ever given to the leadership of North 14:3114 minutes, 31 secondsKorea they had gifts from the likes of momar Gaddafi Leon RNE the sandinistas 14:3914 minutes, 39 secondsand of course meline Albright whose gift of a Michael Jordan signed basketball was the inspiration for this trip a trip by the way that was getting 14:4714 minutes, 47 secondsprogressively weirder as we saw at our next stops the kiml S University and Grand people study 14:5414 minutes, 54 secondshouse after the prerequisite display of nuclear and missile technology they gave us a tour demonstrating North 15:0115 minutes, 1 secondKorea's openness to the outside world if you couldn't learn to drive you the practice of parking a car 15:1015 minutes, 10 secondsyou practiceing car over and over over yeah this is the golden chest to have 15:1815 minutes, 18 secondsconversations with the natives how long have you been playing basketball okay well I have been playing basketball 15:2615 minutes, 26 secondssince I was a small child ah I see I have been playing basketball for about 15:3415 minutes, 34 seconds5 days now bye goodbye see you 15:4215 minutes, 42 secondsagain next they took us to a computer lab where students were using the internet and your first thought is okay this looks like any lab at a university Chapter 13: Computer Lab 15:5015 minutes, 50 secondsback home but then it Dawns on you that it's completely silent no one is doing anything there is 15:5715 minutes, 57 secondsno typing no mouse clicking nothing we saw one guy looking at the Google homepage but he wasn't searching for 16:0516 minutes, 5 secondsanything he was just staring blankly at the screen the one person we saw there who actually looked like he knew how to use a computer was of course the one 16:1416 minutes, 14 secondsperson they wanted us to meet to meet you very nice to meet you 16:2516 minutes, 25 secondsas well sorry to disturb you while you're working actually I was looking for my papers which are published in there and 16:3316 minutes, 33 secondsjournals oh this is about strength Theory this is done in collaboration with some some foreign scientist in 16:4116 minutes, 41 secondsEurope oh wow yeah that's great considering North Korea's reputation for complete and total 16:4816 minutes, 48 secondssuppression of information this stop was clearly designed to convince us that they had access to the internet just like the rest of the world which we knew 16:5616 minutes, 56 secondswasn't true and that left left us wondering was anything we were seeing real it felt like we were walking through a real live Truman Show created 17:0517 minutes, 5 secondsjust for us everywhere we went and everything we saw was constructed to convey the exact Chapter 14: Truman Show 17:1417 minutes, 14 secondsopposite of what we know about North 17:1617 minutes, 16 seconds[Music] 17:2217 minutes, 22 seconds[Music] 17:2617 minutes, 26 secondsKorea I honestly felt like I was losing my mind but nothing could have prepared us 17:3417 minutes, 34 secondsfor what was about to happen 17:3617 minutes, 36 seconds[Music] 17:4117 minutes, 41 seconds[Applause] 17:4317 minutes, 43 seconds[Music] 17:5017 minutes, 50 seconds[Applause] 17:5717 minutes, 57 secondsnext 18:0918 minutes, 9 seconds[Applause] 18:2418 minutes, 24 seconds[Applause] 18:2718 minutes, 27 secondsyeah 18:3318 minutes, 33 seconds[Applause] 18:5718 minutes, 57 secondsw 18:5918 minutes, 59 seconds[Applause] 19:0919 minutes, 9 secondsso we're here just about to play a quick pickup game super casual really relaxed uh with a few Harlem glob Trotters and 19:1719 minutes, 17 secondsbunch North Koreans and myself uh as Dennis Rodman and Kim Jung 19:2719 minutes, 27 secondswatch I became Captain you are white and red I take this's captain and you will 19:3519 minutes, 35 secondsyou will be two behind him and then you can uh if he pick one player then you can give one by hand out I'm the 19:4119 minutes, 41 secondsequipment manager yeah yeah okay we picked team's playground style so each team had both Americans and 19:5019 minutes, 50 secondsNorth 19:5119 minutes, 51 seconds[Applause] 19:5719 minutes, 57 secondsKorean 19:5819 minutes, 58 seconds[Applause] 20:0120 minutes, 1 secondlet's do it right team on three 1 2 3 I'm 20:0920 minutes, 9 secondsstarted about to get done on 20:2020 minutes, 20 seconds[Applause] 20:2720 minutes, 27 secondsplay 20:2920 minutes, 29 seconds[Applause] 20:3320 minutes, 33 seconds[Music] 20:4220 minutes, 42 seconds[Applause] 20:4520 minutes, 45 seconds[Music] 20:5020 minutes, 50 seconds[Applause] 20:5220 minutes, 52 seconds[Music] 20:5320 minutes, 53 seconds[Applause] 20:5520 minutes, 55 seconds[Music] 20:5720 minutes, 57 secondsfor 21:0121 minutes, 1 second[Applause] 21:0521 minutes, 5 seconds[Music] 21:0521 minutes, 5 seconds[Applause] 21:1121 minutes, 11 secondssee 21:2221 minutes, 22 seconds[Music] 21:2721 minutes, 27 secondsthis 21:3021 minutes, 30 seconds[Music] 21:4421 minutes, 44 secondsafter the halftime show the Globe Trotters went out and did what they do 21:5721 minutes, 57 secondsbest 22:0022 minutes[Music] 22:2322 minutes, 23 secondsthen in the fourth quarter the game got really intense and actually started to get 22:2822 minutes, 28 seconds[Applause] 22:2822 minutes, 28 seconds[Music] 22:3722 minutes, 37 seconds[Applause] 22:3922 minutes, 39 secondsgo go go shoot it shoot it with no overtime allowed the game actually ended in a 22:4722 minutes, 47 secondsTime beautiful right there make a dramatic for our F visit here before we even knew what was going on Dennis was 22:5622 minutes, 56 secondsstanding and giving a spe uh first of all I would like to say thank 23:0123 minutes, 1 second[Applause] 23:0923 minutes, 9 secondsyou you guys have been very very kind to me and to my uh Compadres from America 23:1723 minutes, 17 secondsand one thing I want to say I'm going to cut this really short I'm very very privileged to be 23:2323 minutes, 23 secondshere and for you guys to accept us as one of you is an 23:3823 minutes, 38 seconds[Applause] 23:4223 minutes, 42 secondshonor I'm sorry that uh uh my country and your country are 23:4923 minutes, 49 secondsnot on good terms but for 23:5523 minutes, 55 secondsme and the country you have a friend for life 24:0324 minutes, 3 secondssir thank you you have a friend for 24:2624 minutes, 26 secondslife 24:5024 minutes, 50 secondswe were in a complete and total days the two hours of screaming and emotion the tie game at the final buzzer and of course the surprise visit by by Kim 24:5824 minutes, 58 secondsJong-un it was truly a surreal experience all of a sudden we were ushered off the court and into the 25:0425 minutes, 4 secondslocker room and told to change right away we have very important schedule so we have to be very much hurry okay right 25:1325 minutes, 13 secondsnow right now right now we go out we were bust across the city but no one knew where we were going no one not even Chapter 15: Dinner with Kim 25:2125 minutes, 21 secondsour minders we were told to leave our cameras behind and brought into this large marble building and escorted through a ton of security and then we 25:2925 minutes, 29 secondsturn the corner to see Kim 25:3225 minutes, 32 seconds[Music] 25:4025 minutes, 40 seconds[Music] 25:4725 minutes, 47 secondsJong-un there we were face to face with Kim Jong-un for a dinner celebration and with that we were somehow the first 25:5425 minutes, 54 secondsAmericans to meet North Korea's new leader having him on the sidelines for the game was one thing but standing right beside 26:0326 minutes, 3 secondshim was completely and totally insane it was like being in an alternate universe so here's what happened at first 26:1026 minutes, 10 secondsintroductory speeches were given the theme of which was pretty much drink then the curtains went up and out came this all girl band dressed in white with 26:1926 minutes, 19 secondselectric violins and they inexplicably play the theme from rotten and then things started to get 26:2726 minutes, 27 secondsreally crazy at one point Dennis took the Bic and sang my way while our interpreter played the sex then they pointed at me and it was my turn to 26:3626 minutes, 36 secondstoast so I thanked Kim Jong-un for his hospitality and said that we'd like to return the favor if he ever wanted to come to America and have dinner with us 26:4426 minutes, 44 secondswhich thankfully got a big laugh clearly the booze loosened everyone up what we kept hearing from these ministers party officials and 26:5326 minutes, 53 secondsnuclear negotiators and then even from Kim Jong-un himself was that they hoped our visit would be able to reduce some of the psychological barriers between 27:0127 minutes, 1 secondthe US and North Korea they even went on to claim that we'd made history now that's a pretty bold statement but it is 27:0827 minutes, 8 secondsin fact historic in the years since the Korean War North Korean and American athletes have competed against each other on a handful of occasions but 27:1727 minutes, 17 secondsthey'd never played on the same team and that sentiment of collaboration was echoed by Kim Jong-un when he gave the final Toast of the 27:2427 minutes, 24 seconds[Music] 27:2627 minutes, 26 secondsnight 27:3427 minutes, 34 seconds[Music] 27:3727 minutes, 37 secondsso you've got the average North Korean people who are taught from birth that America is this evil Imperial power hellbent on their destruction waking up 27:4727 minutes, 47 secondsthe next day to see their dear leader AKA God hanging out with a bunch of Americans saying he hopes that we can all get 27:5527 minutes, 55 secondsalong now of course it's possible that's just more propaganda but we did start to think that maybe just maybe we may have Chapter 16: Basketball in North Korea 28:0228 minutes, 2 secondshad at least some impact they didn't have we realized that bringing a crew of basketball players to North Korea isn't going to lead to the 28:1128 minutes, 11 secondscountry dismantling its nuclear program shutting down its labor camps or even toning down its anti-American rhetoric 28:1828 minutes, 18 secondsbut during our time there we did accomplish something we just uh stopped buses the first time we've been able to do that this way this way just found a 28:2728 minutes, 27 secondsCOR on the side of the street and we're actually able to stop at it for the glob Trotters they're going to see if they can get involved and it's actually 28:3328 minutes, 33 secondsreally awesome to see come right come all right save yourself you got to 28:4028 minutes, 40 secondsdo it sometime through basketball we managed to bridge The Divide between our countries open a dialogue and make a 28:4728 minutes, 47 secondsconnection with real people if only for a moment do we like to try a 28:5628 minutes, 56 secondsspin 28:5728 minutes, 57 seconds[Music] 28:5828 minutes, 58 seconds[Applause] 29:0629 minutes, 6 seconds[Music] 29:1129 minutes, 11 secondseverything 29:1129 minutes, 11 seconds[Music] 29:2629 minutes, 26 secondselse thank you thank 29:3329 minutes, 33 secondsamazing it was great it was amazing one little kid just said Welcome to our 29:4229 minutes, 42 secondscountry bye bye bye bye bye 29:4829 minutes, 48 seconds[Music] 29:5129 minutes, 51 seconds[Applause] 29:5629 minutes, 56 secondsbye 29:5929 minutes, 59 seconds[Music] 30:0630 minutes, 6 seconds[Applause] 30:0930 minutes, 9 seconds[Music] 30:2130 minutes, 21 secondsfull mountains of ice are just falling into the sea we're in for trouble indeed this is where the Soviets tested 30:3030 minutes, 30 secondsall their weapons this is the epicenter of a nuclear bomb the last 6 months you have 9,000 IED that's an 30:3930 minutes, 39 seconds[Music] 30:5030 minutes, 50 secondsIED once you get someone in they can never leave even police helicopters don't dare fly over here cuz two years ago one was shot down by an 30:5930 minutes, 59 secondsanti-aircraft gun fun place to live okay let's get out of 31:0931 minutes, 9 secondshere”