Tag:north korea
In 2009, I travelled to North Korea on assignment for the Canadian newspaper, the Globe and Mail. I travelled with G&M correspondent, Mark Mackinnon, secretly posing as tourists, in order to get a rare and unique view of the country at a time when very few outsiders were permitted to visit. Breaking up my camera and smuggling it in pieces in my luggage, I was able to surreptitiously take photos and use a tourist’s camcorder to capture video as we […]
In 2009, I was approached by the Canadian national newspaper, The Globe & Mail, to travel undercover into North Korea. The brief was to travel with their East Asia correspondent, Mark MacKinnon, and report on what we found during a 5-day tour of the most secretive country on earth. It was one of the riskiest assignments I have taken but ultimately we were able to get a rare glimpse into this secret nation and undertake a journey that very few […]