Mar 11 2009
Do Communists Have Better Sex?
(Hat tip Saku) These videos may contain mature subject matter.
Archive for the tag 'Video'
Mar 06 2009
Documentary Time: The Great Leap Forward
China under Mao was a very devistating time. This is part of an exellent series from PBS. Enjoy!
Feb 27 2009
Inside the Taedonggang Beer brewery
(Hat Tip Hapo) Richardson posted about this a while back, so you can click here and take a look at the background info.
Feb 21 2009
Holidays In The Axis Of Evil
Since it is a slow news day, how about a nice documentary? This is an oldie but goodie.
Feb 19 2009
The cast of communist characters at Tito's funeral
(Hat Tip: Saku) And yes, Kim Il Sung was in attendance.
Dec 26 2008
North Korean oddities: Tower of the Juche Idea
The Juche Tower in the heart of Pyongyang is an interesting, well-known oddity. I did not know much about the history of the monstrosity, but as with everything North Korea, everything has to be bigger. After all, image is everything. Kind of funny considering so few outsiders are able to marvel at them.
After some research [...]
Dec 22 2008
Documentary Time: The Cold War
I do not know if I posted this before, but this is probably one of the best documentaries on the cold war that I have ever seen. This is a very, very long series, but well worth the watch. One little complaint is the lack of other countries such as communist Romania, Albania and the [...]
Dec 18 2008
Snowed in, and nowhere to go: How about an oddity?
NKEconWatch’s Google Earth resource, is by far, one of the best for finding stuff in the DPRK. Today, I went ahead and decided to research further about the Pyongyang Central Zoo. Further, since this was also in the news when Kim Jong Il appeared since his stroke, I guess it was fitting.
Perhaps a zoo is [...]
Dec 16 2008
Reposted: Pulgasari
I posted this movie a while back and decided to repost it because it has a lot of interesting history behind it. This has English subtitles, which is pretty rare for a North Korean film.
Oh before I embed the video, one series I have been looking for (and will probably never find) is Nameless Heroes [...]