The Hermit Kingdom | VICE on HBO

VICE makes history on a trip to North Korea to play hoops and meet with supreme leader Kim Jong-un. With NBA great Dennis Rodman and a trio of Harlem Globetrotters in tow, VICE sent Ryan Duffy to the capital of Pyongyang for a tour of the city, a basketball clinic, an exhibition game, and a first-ever meeting between the leader and an American delegation.

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[alexandertheawesome]

The guy staring at Google home screen is trying to figure out something he can google that won’t get him killed.

[michaeljordan]

Levels of Insanity

1. Crowd chanting 10, 000 years.
2. Dennis Rodman as a Diplomat.
3. Dude on the google search screen trying to not die.

[Kylan]

Is no one gonna talk about how the guy played basketball for 5 days than played in front of like 10k people and Kim jong un

[BuckScrotumn]

So how do you say “live 10, 000 years” in Korean?

[Aguila]

Crazy how the most genuine interaction, with no facade or air of fakeness, was with the kids and a basketball.

[danfitzgerald]

I also stare blankly at Google instead of getting actual work done

[wooloo_vt]

The happiness in the children’s eyes when they held the spinning basketball was very sweet.

[awvanroon]

"You like coke?" "Yeah I love coke" usually goes a lot differently in other countries XD

[wuznab]

Don’t make fun of the guy staring at google, his job is to make sure it is still there.

[Enedrapvp]

The saddest moment has got to be the computer lab. He really had no idea how obvious his lie was to them...

[alexdistefano]

this video is so underrated, that is straight up history

[livingbarret]

This is a timeless documentary. Truly watching history unfold.

[alecnguyen]

that dude on the computer was scared for his life

[swlee]

My Grandfather fled the North during the war many years ago and came to South Korea. He passed away before I was born but I'm always thankful for what he did. As someone who does not need subtitles to understand them, it breaks my heart to see my brothers and sisters living under such oppression. I could have easily been born on the wrong side of the border.

[hej]

Kim when he’s watching basketball: 😶😐
Kim when he sees the cheerleading team: 😊😃

[mercuryspawn]

the sound of them all chanting "live 1000 years" sounds like a horror movie soundtrack

[haziq]

I love how uninterested Kim was at the match but smiles when there’s cheer dancing 😂

[bruceperez]

The smile of the kids who were able to spin the ball on their finger was priceless.

North Koreans deserve that kind of happiness ..

[Ceej]

I got chills at the computer scene. The guy who gave the talk about string theory was so scared. They probably forced him to read that script for days in advance. So much planning to deceive was put in place on their visit. I almost cried seeing this. Poor people. Poor dolphins.

[RodrigoPint]

Watching in 2023 but that last section (28:00) really made me smile. Probably the happiest moment in those children's life. Congrats to everyone involved.