Many too many of the statements made in the video are NOT true. As someone who has visited N.Korea each year for the past 5 years, I know that there are visitors from many countries: England, USA, Switzerland, China, Taiwan, etc.. True, it is not an open country, but to say that no one can go there is simply not true. Tour groups are organized regularly not only by an agency in Beijing but also by other agencies in Europe. True, sometimes the dining rooms of the hotels seem empty, but at other times they fill up with teams of visiting doctors, business men attending trade fairs, individuals on exchanges, etc.. True, one is accompanied by "guardian angels" and cannot move freely. And one knows that rooms are bugged. It is still a fascinating if depressing country to visit, a brainwashed population.
There are few private cars, true, but the traffic is much greater than shown. True, the highway south from Pyongyang to the border is often deserted, but the tea room woman certainly did not wait 6 months for the next visitor.
The DPRK is a strange place and the anti-American propaganda is everywhere and constant. However, I have entered with books, magazines, papers, a laptop and several cameras. The maker of this film exagerates in order to make one think that he alone was able to get into the country.

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