A side of North Korea you would never see on western corporate television. With the way things are going who knows how long it'll be on YouTube. Without western Imperialism Korea would be one country, whether capitalist or communist.
"Award-winning documentary filmmaker Sung-Hyung Cho was the first South Korean filmmaker to ever receive an official permit to film in North Korea. Traveling the country, she accompanies ordinary people during their everyday life and work routines, talking to them about their hopes and dreams. The resulting film ventures beyond the usual clichés and portrays the country and its people in a unique and respectful way.
Growing up in South Korea, Cho was taught in school that her Northern neighbors had red skin and two horns on their heads. With her film, she took the chance to bid farewell to her prejudices and revise her preconceived image of people in North Korea." LINK TO VLTCHEKS DOCUMENTARY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yqBrDsXXwc
It was reported that he died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey at first and investigated but his wife said he was diabetic and generally unhealthy for other unspecified reasons before his death. Didn't look great physically in the interview he did shortly before his death for Turkish television too so I think he just passed away. Very sad, he traveled to almost every country on the planet(really) and saw many many war zones, slums etc and just generally had so much journalistic experience. He became a very stark campist later in his career(arguably the only campist that's truly worth reading who mainly published in English) which is exemplified in his magnum opus of reporting Exposing The Lies Of The Empire. But he also wrote more dry academic books like one on Oceana and Indonesia(also co wrote On Western Terrorism with Noam Chomsky based on a long conversation between them) as well as fiction and countless articles . He will be missed and I would really recommend reading him .