North Korean Film Imports

No much gets into North Korea. Maybe a boot-legged copy of Titanic. But, who can deal with that? One thing that does make its way into the Black Market is Californian porn.

Though initially counter-intuitive, it probably makes a lot of sense for the North Korean Gov't to look the other way on this.

• First, it paints America as a den of iniquity and decadence to the public. Imagine if they thought this represented main stream American? Pizza would quickly replace hot dogs as the identified food of choice of Americans by Koreans.


• Second, it allows the Korean gov't to give its people some circus over bread, old Roman style. A nation may be food starved, but there are other types of starvation as well.


• Third, everyone over 22 in North Korea is a mother and/or father. Though they may indulge in watching illicit films; they certainly don't want that type of thing in their neighbourhood. So, it keeps the glamourous lifestyle in the 'no thank you' category.

Some stock footage of North Koreans looking at a girly magazines taken last week.