A clip from a south Korean broadcast, filming events in DPRK on Childrens’ Day in Pyongyang, and visiting Kaesong. I thought the video was nice and wanted to share.

I will try to summarize and translate a bit (please let me know if you see errors with my translation, I’m not fluent in Korean). However I think the video is also enjoyable just for the images too.

@0:00 - They take a flight and land in Pyongyang airport and then drive into the city.

@1:02 - They see that many people are gathered celebrating Childrens’ Day. Kids are chanting, “Win, win! Our player, win!” (“우리선수 이겨라”) at a relay race, with kids racing to put Korean province names on a map (@1:30 one kid amusingly puts a province in a wrong spot)

@1:45 - Child: “I’ve been looking forward to this day, I’m going to win in this event.”

@2:03 - Adult: “It makes me happy to see my granddaughter get first place in the competition. Seeing her grow up, studying well, getting so much taller.”

@2:15 - Pyongyang Central Zoo. (@2:34 - Kids have a scared/excited reaction to an animatronic dinosaur and shark video)

@2:49 - Child: “The appearance of the Jurassic and Cretaceous period dinosaurs were really impressive.”

@2:57 - Children eat their lunch together, sharing their food with each other. (Narrator: “What will the kids have in their lunch? Ah, of course, it’s a picnic, so they have kimbap.”)

@3:25 - Audience of event is buying snacks at a rest area(?). (@3:45 Worker at rest area: “Every day hundreds of people come by, and on many days we have up to a thousand people.”)

@3:52 - People are trying fruits, such as chamoe melon @3:57 Narrator: “But, more popular than the sweet melon, is the refreshing cucumber.” (Shows people choosing cucumbers)

@4:09 - Travel on highway to Kaesong

@4:15 - Kaesong city, first they see Namdaemun of Kaesong, the historical south gate of the city

@4:48 - Crew meets a lecturer from the Kaesong Ethnic Heritage Protection Center to show them Namdaemun, @4:57 guide explains how the bombing from the war destroyed it but during the post-war recovery it was reconstructed

@5:15 - They look at Yeonboksa temple bell (Wiki), examining the Buddhist inscriptions

@5:46 - Camera man notices bullet holes on the bell, guide shows him there are 27 bullet marks in it and points out there’s a spot where one bullet is still lodged inside

@6:24 - Showing the street scenes of Kaesong (@6:42 someone points out Kaseong Preservation Street with traditional houses)

@6:51 - Showing the traditional style houses

@7:02 - People dance, sing and play traditional music and games

@7:32 - They go to a popular spot on the mountain to look at the town scenery