"NORTH KOREA IS THE LEAST VISITED" "NORTH KOREA IS THE LEAST KNOWN" "NORTH KOREA IS THE LEAST UNDERSTOOD COUNTRY" "I N THE WORLD" "IT IS HOME TO THE MASS GAMES" "THE BIGGEST CHOREOGRAPHED SPECTACLE I N THE WORLD" "I long for the day when I will perform for the General, so I train through the pain." "To strengthen my resolve to do well in gymnastics and school," "I study with a picture of the Great Leader and the General." "A STATE OF MI ND" "KI M, II SUNG STADI UM" "Let's do it!" "Good job!" "Hands up if you can do it like her." "It's a club where my classmates and I perform group gymnastics together, with our hearts in unison." "PAK, HYON SUN" "The temperature can be as low as 20 degrees centigrade while we train at the athletic academy for young people." "You look prettier as you smile." "When I train, I sometimes fall over and hurt my knees." "So it hurts in a lot of places, but I long for the day when I will perform for the General, so I train through the pain." "It's tough." "Before appearing in front of the General, my chest and heart were trembling." "My whole body was trembling." "I was so frightened that I couldn't move any part of my body." "But when I thought that I would go out in front of the General and do my moves, it seemed as if the General was looking at me and saying "Don't cry, do your best."" "My heart felt happy and I broke into a smile." "I have never been happier than the three times I performed in the presence of the General." "When I appeared before the General for the third and final time," "I kept thinking, "I really mustn't make a mistake."" "At first, the Mass Games were exhausting." "Although my mom prepared a lunch box and cheered me up," "I went out everyday and played instead." "Then I'd return home in the evening and tell my mother that I'd been to gym." "I got found out by my mother and teacher." "So I got a good telling off." "After that I started going to gym practice." "Yes, my friends also wanted to come out with us and try being filmed." "Hello." "This is my grandfather." "This is my grandmother." "This is my mother." "Today is the day when our father, the General, was born." "So my family- my mother, father and grandfather- has come out to the Taedong River," "where we're enjoying ourselves." "Hyon Sun's father came with us too, but something came up at work so he had to go, but he'll join us again soon." "Today is the happiest of all days and holidays, because it's the day when our General, who the whole world looks up to, was born." "So the citizens of Pyongyang, the youngsters, will go dancing tonight." "Won't you join in?" "VICTORIOUS FATHERLAND LI BERATION WAR MUSEUM" "Grandfather, is that a fighter plane from the US Army of aggressors?" "Did it drop bombs too?" "No, but it dropped all kinds of insects containing the viruses of various plagues before being shot down." "When I was young," "I didn't know if the US imperialists were bad or good." "But through our war in the 1950's," "I saw the brutal bombing of our country, and the atrocities suffered by our people." "I saw things being done that no human could do." "I became more enraged about US Imperialism and felt that we had to rid this land of US Imperialism completely." "The US is making life bad in our country, they are maneuvering to suppress the sound of happy laughter here." "At home, I was having fun playing with my mother and grandmother, then there would be a blackout or an air-raid drill." "On their way down to the air-raid shelter, the mothers and grandmothers say," ""This is all because of the Americans."" "Because we're always doing things like air-raid drills and blackouts." "I think, just as we're taught at school, we have to endlessly hate the US and fight them to the end." "THE GENERAL'S FAMI LY" "Mom, water please." "Yes, use this cup." "Mom, I have to pack my lunch box." "Lunch?" "Okay, let's pack it." "Take the box out from there." "This one here?" "Is it ready yet?" "She's spooning out the rice now." "We have so many heroes in this country, it's impossible to count them." "Especially the athlete Jung, Song Ok, who glorified our country." "I want to do well in rhythmic gymnastics and be like her." "I will definitely make it happen in the future." "We prepare Mass Games, every time there's a national holiday in our country." "So at the time of our Great Leader, comrade Kim, II Sung's birthday, and the anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or on the anniversary of the founding of the Korean Workers' Party" "those times." "KI M, JONG HO MASS GAMES ORGANIZER" "The Mass Games consist of three elements:" "Firstly, gymnastics, then backdrops, finally music." "Gymnastics is the fundamental element." "WORKERS' SI REN 7:00 A.M." "Song Yon, Song Yon." "Wake up and go to school." "It's high time." "Song Yon, quickly!" "Hey, Song Yon!" "Time for school!" "Be quick!" "It's time!" "KI M, SONG YON" "Please hurry up." "You're going to be late for school." "Song Yon!" " Yes?" " Come here." " What's up?" " Come here quickly!" "Come quickly!" "Why did you eat so little?" "Because I didn't want to eat." "You should eat a lot and try to make your body strong." "You shouldn't eat little, should you?" "I'll start eating more tomorrow." "Eat more, okay?" " Did you pack my gym uniform?" " Yes." "I'm going." " Did you put a spoon in for my lunch?" " Yes." "Bye." "When I first joined the Mass Games club and watched the children practicing their movements," "I thought Song Yon's techniques weren't so good." "So I helped her improve techniques a bit and taught her movements one by one." "After that, since we lived near each other, we hung around together and taught movements and played together." "Doesn't the spin come at the end?" " Two turns!" " After you do this." " Two turns!" " And after doing that?" "After doing this." "Hyon Sun performed better than me, and she could do more skillful moves." "So I learned them from her and got used to those movements." "Since we both loved the Mass Games, we got along well." "Since then, we have become closer." "When I come home from school," "I have no one to play with and it's boring." "Once I went to Song Yon's house." "Her two elder sisters were there, and Song Yon was there too." "So we played the accordion, the guitar and the violin together." "Afterwards, I went home and there was no one there," "It was really quiet." "I hate being at our house." "I wish I had lots of brothers and sisters." "When I was young, I hated life in groups and organizations, so I would run away." "From the time I started middle school," "I would go to school in the mornings and to club in the afternoons." "There were many girls at the club who were much older than me." "The older girls would insult us whenever they were in charge." "They'd say we weren't good enough." "My only thoughts were to keep running away." "I developed my skills and got put on the list of names for the Mass Games event." "This time we will do "lifting one leg after turning."" "You have to hold up your body strongly with the strength of your other leg and stretch onto your tiptoes." "One, three!" "Arms up!" "You have to keep your arms straight." "But the moment you on top put your arms up like this, make this pose straight and next." "Okay." "Next, the line of sight when you lift your head." "Turn around." "After you turn around, throw your head back here." "You're not doing this pose properly." "Those on the top, watch how to bring your legs together." "Watch!" "Three, four, five, six, seven!" "You bring them firmly together." "The same applies when you pull them apart." "This is it." "Now say, "Ya!"" "Good!" "Group gymnastics is not an exercise done by one person, but by a synchronized group." "Even though it's tiring, when you do it together with your classmates, group power develops and individualism completely disappears." "Move your head in rhythm!" "There are a lot of moves I would rather not do." "There's one where I have to throw the ball and then catch it between my legs." "Look, try this one." "If you make a mistake at first, then try again." "That one doesn't really work, so I often think it would be really good if I didn't have to do that one." "Don't grab it with your hands." "When it comes here, catch it between your legs." "Stretch out your legs and hold it." "That's right." "See if you can do it." "Don't worry about mistakes." "Slowly." "Good!" "Try it." "Try to copy her." "Well done." "Well done." "You're good at this." "Catch!" "Good!" "When you're " "How about Jong Shim?" "Would Jong Shim come out and sing?" "Applause!" "Hurray!" "Goody good!" "Let's all hold hands together and sing a song." "Leading shining North Korea to victory" "Brightening the future of communism" "The beloved comrade Kim, Jong II" "Glory, glory, Kim, Jong II Our excellent Leader" "Glory, glory, Kim, Jong II Our excellent Leader" "Encore!" "When we talk of times of hardship," "the first thing we think of is the Arduous March." "DONG AN FOOD STORE" "When we say "difficult," we mean that we had grown up with the benevolence of the state without worries about housing, food or clothing." "Suddenly, due to situations such as the imperialists' economic blockades, abnormal climatic phenomena and the farming going wrong, there were problems with food rations." "To let you know how bad we felt then," "I only need tell you about our eldest daughter's birthday at the time." "On Song Mi's birthday we had nothing but grain." "So I ground up the grain and made porridge with it." "We celebrated our eldest daughter's birthday by giving half a bowl of porridge to the other children and a whole bowl to the birthday girl." "The quality of food is getting better every day." "You can't say that our life is abundant at the moment." "But it's considerably better than during the Arduous March." "FI RST MORAN BONG SCHOOL" "We will guard the Great Leader," "General Kim, Jong II, to the death." "We will stand together as one, no matter how adverse the circumstances," "and keep to our own style of socialism." "I now conclude the assembly for giving an oath of loyalty to the Great Leader, General Kim, Jong II." "We will start marching." "Forward, march!" ""Long Live Generalissimo Kim, Jong II!"" "SONG YON'S ENGLISH LESSON" "SONG YON'S ENGLISH TEACHER" "Hello, everybody." "Everyone of us has something to do in the future." "Most of us will join the Korean People's Army." "Let's resume the campaign to acquire the name "Honorary Red Flag."" "HYON SUN'S REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY LESSON" "How many types of greatness does the Great Leader have?" "Three." "Firstly?" "Greatness in ideology." " Second?" " Greatness in leadership." " Third?" " Greatness in aura." "So we recognize three aspects to the Great Leader's greatness." "Where are the US imperialist aggressors attacking at the moment?" "Iraq." "Looking at the state of affairs in the world at the moment, it's clear that the US imperialists cannot rest even for a moment from invading other countries." "Furthermore, our revolution is progressing in such difficult circumstances today." "With the intention of getting rid of our Korean socialism, the only socialism left on this Earth, these Americans are maneuvering to isolate, squash and suffocate our country." "What do they want to do to socialism in the end?" "They want to totally demolish it." "When we receive the Great Leader's leadership, we are destined to be eternally happy." "My legs hurt." "Wait over there." "Granddad, I'm back." "Grandma, I'm back." "Mom, I'm back." " Home, already?" " Yes." "Whenever I go home, my grandmother tells me to do homework or study." "So when I come home from school," "I stay out of Grandmother's sight and go out to play." "Let's get closely banded together" "Our Party is the best" "Communism is the best" "My grandmother is quite strict about what I should do or not." "Because I can't get my own way with her, I get upset." "Here." "Hey, you're making me feed you." "Of course, because she's my granddaughter, she's quite cute." "And I won't scold her or hit her as I did to my own child." "But when it comes to cultivating her group mentality and strengthening her will, we are strict." "Put it on your knees." "How can a gymnast like her be so weak?" "Because she's with Granddad." "I sometimes raise my voice to her, and I'm strict when she gets lazy." "You start dancing first, and I'll play accordingly." "My mother does everything I ask her." "She listens to everything I say." "She's closer and more affectionate with me than with anyone else." "She's like one of my classmates." "As a mother, I feel proud of the way I have brought up my daughter." " Did you dance in that cardigan?" " Yes." "She danced in those clothes." "Did you dance in that cardigan?" "With her father, she finds things a bit difficult." "So no matter how strictly her father and her grandmother bring her up, as her mother, I have maternal love." "So I pamper her quite a lot." "I waited for you" "I was waiting for you" "Sometimes she lies to her father and only tells me things in secret." "I sometimes hide things from her father if I think she'll get in trouble for them." " Can you take out the soup bowls?" " Soup bowls?" "Oh, why do we have this power outage?" "Use this lighter." "We get used to it." "Bloody Americans!" "It's all their fault." "Since Song Yon really wanted to, we went boating." "Our eldest and second daughters said they could do it, but in fact when they started, we saw that they didn't know how to row." "Song Yon teased them from behind." "You have to push it forward." "Follow us." "Whatever you say, language and cultures are different." "I wonder what makes people happy or angry." "These sorts of feelings, especially the kind of international news that has been showing here on TV recently." "We used to not know what this means." "But now people have got to know that it's a symbol of justice." "Through this kind of process we get to understand the world." "I want to know about the current situation in Iraq, because we think the situation in Iraq could have a direct effect on the situation in our country in the future." "People are very interested in the state of affairs in Iraq." "I'd like to know about it, but since I've been busy recently," "I haven't been able to give time to that." "I'm a bit sad that I don't have a son who I can send to the People's Army, who I can join hands with to achieve Reunification." "Since my occupation belongs to an intellectual class, since I work in science, I like it to be quiet." "When you come into this house, it's not like that." "Since our children are girls, they talk a lot." "Mom, this tore off during training." "While you study with your dad, I'll sew it up." " Dad." " What?" "My teacher told me to make a homework book, so I have to use a new homework book." "I have to do this English vocabulary and grammar." " English?" " Yes, English grammar." "Dad doesn't know English." " Why don't we leave English and " " Forget English." "Homework, homework Homework book" " Wow, looks pretty." " When she was a baby." "Looks exactly the same as Song Yon." "Kim, Song Yon, Kim, Song Mi." "This is you." " You." " The photograph is so old." "Hey, when it comes to photos, the older, the better." "There's no one good-looking in your class!" "Doesn't she look like an actress, the one in A Kind Girl?" "No, not a single bit." "I'm not sad about only having daughters." "We're bringing up our daughters well." "She's joining the People's Army with her Tae Kwon Do skill." "She's joining the army, doing her own work." "She will make me proud." "Let's say our second daughter has a quiet personality." "She knows nothing but study." "So we're training her as a scientist." "Our youngest daughter, since she's quite artistic, does dancing." "Are you watching the children's movie?" "Song Yon, homework!" "Homework!" "The children's movie is on, so let her do her homework after that." "You should watch it after doing your homework." "You shouldn't just keep watching films, should you?" "I'll watch this first, after watching this " "Go, after studying " "In the blink of an eye." "What does that mean?" "Quickly." "An eye blinks very quickly." "Your Excellency, this traitor switched to our enemy." "He signed onto the plot to kill Your Excellency." "That's right." "Arrest him immediately.!" "I can't get caught by them here." "I should smash them up and destroy them." "He'll break it with his foot as he jumps." "He's going to jail here." "Has she done them all?" "Put it there and watch the movie." "What's that?" "Is that art gymnastics or what?" "Try more graciously." "Focus on your hands and try like this graciously." "Your dad does it more beautifully than you." "Raise your arm like this." "Like this?" "Oh, that's good." "Feels good." "MANSU HI LL" "WONHA-RI COOPERATIVE FARM" "They already had lunch before they came." "We'll just have a drink then." "Please enjoy vegetables as appetizers." "Feed them too." "I met this man when I joined the army." "When we were in the army, he was always sleepy, so we used to call him "sleepyhead."" "We were in different divisions but we slept in the same bed." "Army life is group life and so we slept together." "I don't sleep much in the mornings." "So I had to wake him up, but it was a bit difficult." "I even had to slap him in the face a few times!" "They wouldn't fight, would they?" "I've sent both my son and daughter to the army." "Now my life is like a honeymoon!" "I want to have another child when I see her now." "There's no guard at the pleasant time of night!" "It's been stressful, to be honest." "We lost the Great Leader." "Then we had natural disasters on top of that." "So the farming hasn't turned out as it should." "To be honest, the US imperialists have been blockading our economy." "Using self-reliance, we did our farming by ourselves." "We've had quite a difficult existence." "Under the care of our Party and the General, we each received food" "up until now." "Self-reliance is, in a word, no matter whether or not we are provided with assistance, by ourselves, with our own strength, even if the state can't provide something, we make what we don't have." "For example:" "Agricultural tools, like hoes." "If the state can't provide them, we have to forge them ourselves at the blacksmiths' since we have to do our farming." "So if we have no gas for an engine, we have to see how it works and make it work at all costs." "We'll find a way." "This kind of thing is self-reliance." "Because we're former soldiers, there's no excuse for saying, "we don't have this"" "or "there isn't enough of that."" "I think it's in the nature of us Koreans to totally devote ourselves completely to carrying out whatever task we do." " Take care." " Good-bye." "Are you going to gymnastics class now?" "Bye." "I washed this." "Then I put it in the travel bag." "But then, you know, there were chocolates in the bag." "So it got a stain from the chocolates." "It won't come off." "You know what?" "I lost my school badge." "I'll get told off by the teachers." "I lost it." "I took it off to wash my shirt." "Then it was gone, the Moran Bong school badge." " It must have gone down the drain." " Maybe." "Why isn't the bus coming?" "It better come soon." "I've got a heat rash here and it really hurts." "Let me have a look." "It's been one month since my eldest sister went to join the army." "When my eldest sister went to the army, she left her room to me and told me to leave her Tae Kwon Do training clothes and everything else as they were." "However, she went out to guard the General, so I will wait for her, even though I miss her." "But It's nice to have my own room!" "Next, spring your stomach." "Next movement." "Keep the line." "Sometimes the Mass Games training is hard." "While other children are playing outdoors, we're training and dedicating huge energy in order to give happiness to the dear General." "Behind your ears like this." "Now our moves have nearly been perfected." "When the dear Generalissimo comes to watch the Mass Games," "I will definitely perform with perfect moves." "PYONGYANG I NDOOR GYMNASI UM" "Since we're coming to the time of the event, it's gradually getting harder." "So I've started to hate it sometimes." "Our school selected a group of excellent students who study hard and took them to Mount Paekdu." "I had the honor of being selected along with Song Yon and other friends, and came to Mount Paekdu." "Our people all have great respect for Mount Paekdu." "Mount Paekdu is the place where the beloved Great Leader," "Kim, II Sung, carried out the anti-Japanese armed struggle, and where the General, Kim, Jong II, was born." "So we Koreans all admire it as a sacred mountain of revolution and as the true home of our hearts." "MOUNT PAEKDU, SACRED MOUNTAI N OF THE REVOLUTION" " KI M, JONG II" "Look, look at that!" "Wow!" "It's amazing." "It would be great in winter." "I want to swim in Lake Chon." "Hey, it looks like it's frozen." "The water must be quite cool." "I was surprised when I saw Lake Chon." "I'd only pictured Mount Paekdu in my mind as I heard the explanation from my teacher." "However, when I saw it with my own eyes," "I was more than surprised and thought," ""Wow, what a fascinating and magnificent view it is.!"" "Come here." "Look, look at Hyon Sun." "The moment I saw Lake Chon, its pure and crystal clear water, I made up my mind." "I will live as the daughter of the General and of Mount Paekdu." "I'm scared." "This is the second tallest statue in our country." "Admiration to the Great Leader." "Those lectures made me think a lot." "Teacher, why don't you come in too?" "When I go back home, I will tell these stories to my friends, so they can grow up as daughters of the General and Mount Paekdu." "Come quickly." "It's so cold!" "Look how pretty Song Yon is!" "When I go back," "I will participate in the Mass Games with my friends." "When I face the difficult and hard tasks during my practice for the Mass Games," "I will always discipline my mind by picturing Mount Paekdu." "JONG II PEAK" "KI M, II SUNG SQUARE" "Marching." "Loyal to Kim, Jong II and the Party" "Could there be an army as disciplined as ours in any other country?" "No!" "Wow, they make perfect lines." "Their legs move like machines." "They're exactly the same height." "They move like one person." "I'm home." "Thank you." "Let's eat dinner." "Are you hungry?" " Say hello to our guests first." " I just did." "Did you say hello to them at Hyon Sun's room?" "Yes, at the door." " Like this?" " Yes." "They saluted first, so I saluted back." "Let's watch her on the TV." "Let's see if your mom looks okay on the TV." "No, in the second row here." " No, I'm in the front, here." " Yes, in the second row from the front." "I thought I was in the very front row." " After this" " Oh, after this?" "No wonder even arrogant Americans tremble with fear to see this." "As long as we have the General, we are fine." "Until now, thinking of the glorious day of serving the General," "I have trained hard with loyalty and the sweat of devotion." "Though I was selected to perform in the center, I got really upset." "I kept making mistakes." "So sometimes I practiced until 10:00 p.m." "When I think that I will perform in front of the General tomorrow, my heart trembles and pounds." "I don't think I'll even get to sleep tonight." "Father, have you also participated in this kind of thing?" "Me?" "Well..." "I'm sorry to say that I haven't joined the review in the presence of the General." "Your dad participated in the Mass Games in front of the General many times when he was in primary school." "I did many ceremonies indeed for the Mass Games." "I'm wondering whether our father, the General, will actually turn up for our performance." "If he can't make it, we will be really disappointed." "Even if he can't, he may not come, he may be busy with his business." "It will be fine if you have that in your mind while you perform." "So perform well." "Can you do that?" " Yes, I can." " I wish you good luck." "I really hope the General will come." "Did you put everything in?" "Yes, I did." "I only need my lunch." "A snack!" "Take an apple." "Or do you want a cookie?" "Anything is fine." " I'll take them all." " You greedy pig." "Everyone come here.!" "I had been wondering whether I could perform in front of our father, the General." "But disappointingly, he couldn't come." "However, since the General couldn't come because he was busy working for the country, my friends and I all understand." "Finally, when the day came and our act was about to start." "I was extremely nervous."