Life under the Great Leader

A BBC team from the Newsnight programme were recently invited to North Korea for the celebrations marking the birthday of Kim Il-sung, the founder of the country. Throughout the stay they were accompanied by some government minders. Here are the Dos and Don'ts regarding their activities in the country:

Dos

Film model farms, model villages, model schools, model homes...

Film statues of Kim Il-sung t and portraits of Kim Jong-il

Don'ts

Leave the hotel without the government minders

Use mobile phones - they are confiscated

Use the Internet - there is no access

Film anything off the official programme

Speak to anyone unscripted

And how about the Korean people? Look at the following lists:

What they have access to

TV broadcasts of the two leaders and pictures celebrating the country's army, model farms, model villages

What they don't have access to

Any other kinds of news item or documentary about their country and the rest of the world

The Internet

What they know

Kim Il-sung is the Great Leader, Kim Jong-il is the Dear Leader, and Stalin and Mao Zedong are the other admirable leaders

What they don't know

Who Nelson Mandela is