Welcome to North Korea

"This film, shot mostly covertly, shows the irony of a regime where 20 million people lived in poverty, some on the brink of starvation, while former dictator Kim II Sung built extravagant monuments to reflect his power. He fostered a grotesque personality cult, which his son and successor Kim Jong Il perpetuates. All around the capital, Pyongyang, an endless stream of propaganda glorifies the leaders. Monuments and museums pay homage to them, but they are strangely empty."

In 2001 Peter Tetteroo, Pieter Groeneveld and historian Raymond Feddema traveled to the unknown and isolated Democratic People's Republic of North Korea to see what it's like to live in the last totalitarian nation on the planet. For a week they traveled empty roads, stayed in unoccupied hotels and visited deserted monuments while being closely monitored by the regime's guides.

Watch the Emmy Award winning film.