I finally got around to processing, editing, and posting two short video clips from my trip to North Korea (Journey into Kimland). The first are some video clips from a CD* of the North's Arirang Festival, the other is from a performance by a talented group of children at the Schoolchildren's Palace in Pyongyang.

To view the clips (in Windows Media Player) right-click on the link and save the file ('save target as') to your desktop for viewing once it's downloaded. Or, just click the link to view it as it downloads (this only works with some versions of Media Player and over a broadband connection).

Please keep in mind this is just a hobby website - I apologize now for any technical difficulties or server-side bandwidth limitations. Also, if you are currently in South Korea, you may be committing a crime by viewing these files. Proceed at your own risk!

One of the most amazing spectacles I have ever seen (click here to read my Arirang Festival account) and hardly done justice by a mere video clip.

When watching pay particular attention to the scenes shown on the far side of the stadium - they are not from a movie or special effects, as the NK narrator explains, they are all done by thousands of people simultaneously flipping a series of colored cards.

The highlight of Pyongyang's Schoolchildren's Palace tour (click here to read my account) was a musical performance by the students.

How kids that young can be so talented and perform so well is beyond me. Their timing and professionalism would do honor to anyone, and, as you watch the clip, you'll soon realize who the honor goes to in North Korea . . .

I came across this video promoting a 2005 trip to North Korea by the Korea Friendship Association while doing research for this page. If you don't already have Flash, to view the clip you will need to download and install Macromedia Flash Player.

Viewers of the promo who have already read my Journey into Kimland travelogue will be surprised (as I certainly was) to see several photos from my stories featured in the clip. For an example, check out the photo to the right, taken on the road to the north's side of the Korean DMZ. Then look for it (twice) in the video. But hey, what's a little copyright infringment among 'friends'?