BobWoodruff

I would have to say that in the country's capital of Pyongyang they seem to be westernized in many ways. Of course there are many soldiers walking around in their uniforms but for the others they now have american looking clothes and shoes. They now have cell phones although they cannot extend outside the city. What we really don't see are the countrysides and the prison camps. So I don't know what our misconceptions would be there.

We make requests to shoot everything but they make that call. They only want us to shoot what makes them look strong and successful. Never to see the poor and abused. We just don't get close relationships with them generally so i don't know the truth about their happiness. They seem to be.

Their intelligence. The people in the elite class are extremely educated. That is especially with technology. They have developed nuclear bombs, rockets, engines etc faster than ever predicted.

I think that they believed it more than now. in the doc you can see that i have been going there for more than 12 years and back then i really felt that they consider the leaders god like. Since then more have studied overseas. More importantly there are radio connections along the borders with both China and South Korea. More social media. Cell phones and conversations with family member who worked in China. Better every year.

From defectors in South Korea.