The main event starts at around 1:20.

Just a bit of perspective. It was definitely a cool vid to watch, but just needs a bit of perspective.

http://www.hrnk.org/

"North Korea has between 150,000 and 200,000 political prisoners working as slave laborers"

"We [could not] turn into a Communist society along with the religious people. Therefore, we purged the key leaders above the rank of deacons in Protestant or Catholic churches and the wicked among the rest were put on trial. The general religious people were…put into prison camps [and given a chance to reform]…. We learned later that those of religion can do away with their old habits only after they have been killed." - Goh Tae Woo, Bukhanui jonggyo jeongchaek (North Korea’s Policies on Religion), Minjokmunhwasa,
1989, ppp79-80.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

Quite a hive mind. That kind of precision choreography among children exacts a high price. I bet their rehearsals are brutal.

The sad thing is... this was all for that idiots birthday.

yeah yeah, north korea is bad. can´t you just enjoy the great work these kids do? and of course, they have to be beaten to do things like that, no one can imagine these kids to that for fun...

North Korea is by no means the only odious totalitarian regime around, but it does seem to be the only one with this fixation on group gymnastics. Anybody know if there is a cultural reason for this, or is it just that Kim Yong Il has a thing for gymnastics?

Reminds me of the Borg, from Star Trek, in which every individual has only the interest of the group in mind (hive mentality, like dag said).

Kim Jong-il is a visual man; he loves movies and visual arts, and is obviously a fan of putting up the appearance of prosperity and unity among his people. This is more sad than anything, because the government doesn't think of these people as children or young adults, but as his objects to control, all to give the phoney impression that North Korea is a wonderful place.

that said, the waving flag scene is pretty rad, as is the filming and editing for this clip.

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