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0:01:10 > 0:01:14Finally this week, North Korea - Earth's Florida.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15LAUGHTER
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Next month is the 70th anniversary of Korea's Liberation Day,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21the date marking the end of Japanese colonial rule
0:01:21 > 0:01:25and I guess the big question is what do you get the country that is
0:01:25 > 0:01:27ordered to think it has everything?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Well, apparently, Kim Jong-un has decided that, for the first
0:01:30 > 0:01:35time ever, a foreign rock band will play there, so who's it going to be?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Rolling Stones? U2?
0:01:37 > 0:01:40A Michael Jackson impersonator passed off as the real thing
0:01:40 > 0:01:42cos North Koreans don't know he's dead yet?
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Well, no, it turns out it's going to be, and this is true,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48a Slovenian art-rock group called Laibach.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52ROCK MUSIC PLAYS
0:02:09 > 0:02:13I think it was neo-fascist but I'm not sure if it was a joke or not,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15so that's what I'm trying to figure out.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- Do you know?- Why do you think it was neo-fascist?
0:02:17 > 0:02:21I just had an incredible subconscious urge to march
0:02:21 > 0:02:24and I think my friend did as well.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27I felt pride in a country that I did not belong to
0:02:27 > 0:02:29and I felt this subconscious need to march.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31And you didn't like that?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Oh, no, I liked it, but I just want to know if they're serious or not.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36We cannot concern ourselves with
0:02:36 > 0:02:39the fulfilment of other people's expectations of us.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44Our only responsibility is to remain irresponsible.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Happy Liberation Day, North Korea!
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Sleep well.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54# Ein Fleisch, ein Blut
0:02:54 > 0:02:56# Ein Wahrer Glaube
0:02:56 > 0:02:58# Ein Ruf, ein Traum
0:02:58 > 0:03:01# Ein starker Wille. #
0:03:01 > 0:03:04I think the message of Laibach basically was
0:03:04 > 0:03:07we want more alienation.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10All other dissident movements in those years criticised the regime
0:03:10 > 0:03:14but, as it were, accepting its own basic premises.
0:03:14 > 0:03:20In the case of Laibach it is as if the regime got back its own message
0:03:20 > 0:03:23in its true naked form.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27The way really to subvert the system, I think, is not to
0:03:27 > 0:03:30criticise its official values, etc,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34but to expose this hidden reverse of it.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Well, of course, that was another time,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44another historical period and another country
0:03:44 > 0:03:50because the country in which Laibach were born has died.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52So Laibach has...
0:03:52 > 0:03:54MUFFLED SOUND
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Was that a goat's fart?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Back home,
0:04:04 > 0:04:10I have been a follower or a fan of Laibach group for many years
0:04:10 > 0:04:17but then after I became a grown-up man and an artist,
0:04:17 > 0:04:22they contacted me asking me to direct the video.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25You saw this video with the gymnasts.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38And we were both, Laibach and myself, we were happy
0:04:38 > 0:04:41with the result and we wanted to work together some more.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51The logic of Laibach performing in North Korea is also
0:04:51 > 0:04:55based on the fact that Laibach's form, Laibach's music,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59has enough familiar elements to a North Korean audience.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05I'm setting up maybe the blindest of blind dates
0:05:05 > 0:05:08and I am the matchmaker.
0:05:08 > 0:05:14By bringing those two elements together, you might have fusion
0:05:14 > 0:05:18or you might have fission, like in nuclear fission.
0:05:18 > 0:05:24We don't know before we actually try it in our big laboratory.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53The other guy, I just about recognise him.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54We know it's not him.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Milan is a different person on stage, absolutely different.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08HE LAUGHS
0:06:13 > 0:06:16We are just getting out the last two artists that we
0:06:16 > 0:06:20need for the performance so we are on our way.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23We expect to have a very interesting time.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25I don't know what else to say.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28We expect to make a revolution.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33There is a crack in every wall.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35That's where the spirit gets in.
0:06:37 > 0:06:43They took two of my discs with backup for the show.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I can pick it up when I go back.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51But they said I will need something from here and come here and get it.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54But the problem is it's for the show, our show.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58It's the movies for the projections and so on.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05It's a lot easier to check everything inside
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- because there are more than one movie inside.- Hmm.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- What do you expect out of this? - Enlightenment for the people.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Both ways.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21We will learn something new about them
0:07:21 > 0:07:24and they will learn something new about us.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26And a good concert.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30POUNDING ELECTRO-MUSIC
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Is this your first time to this country?
0:08:39 > 0:08:44- No, it's the 15th time.- 15th?- Yeah.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I think it is important to underline that this probably wouldn't
0:08:47 > 0:08:52have been possible without me already having conducted four major
0:08:52 > 0:08:56cultural collaborations between the DPRK and other countries.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00ACCORDION PLAYS "TAKE ON ME" BY A-HA
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Well, in part, I guess you could say
0:09:05 > 0:09:07it's some kind of Norwegian explorer gene.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10We did the North Pole and South Pole thing,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13so part of it is curiosity, I guess.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Part of it is some quite narcissist need to be first
0:09:17 > 0:09:19on the white spots of the map.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24It couldn't get more exotic and strange and odd than this.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27I'm not really that interested in peace.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28I'm interested in truth.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31But sometimes truth doesn't lead to peace.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Truth leads to change.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37To confusion.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Disturbing things.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41So things that disturb our world views,
0:09:41 > 0:09:45that disturb our notion of who we are and what the world is.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Well, we went, more or less,
0:09:53 > 0:09:58straight from the airport to a big welcome reception and dinner
0:09:58 > 0:10:02organised by our hosts in the Committee for Cultural Relations
0:10:02 > 0:10:06and their director, Mr Ryu.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09He basically opens with a speech, a welcome speech.
0:11:10 > 0:11:16I think everybody were experiencing a very peculiar mix of relief...
0:11:18 > 0:11:21..because we don't have to pretend any more
0:11:21 > 0:11:24and fear, like, what will happen now?
0:11:26 > 0:11:30He had taken all these tabloid headlines from the world media
0:11:30 > 0:11:35in advance of our arrival about Laibach's concert
0:11:35 > 0:11:39and he had mixed it together seamlessly with all
0:11:39 > 0:11:43the negative protests in his own organisation
0:11:43 > 0:11:48on the North Korean side, and he had made it into one unit, one speech.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54I told the committee to tell their superiors that, look, Laibach
0:11:54 > 0:11:59has in the past been accused of fascism and of being an evil band.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04North Korea is regularly accused of being a fascist
0:12:04 > 0:12:06state in the western media,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08so you know what the western media is like.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10They make up things all the time,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13so you and Laibach have this in common.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14You are both misunderstood.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Some practical information coming up.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Our hosts have decided to surprise us with a new venue.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26So this another venue than the one
0:12:26 > 0:12:28we were originally going to be playing.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32I think I can say it's significantly upgraded.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Ah!
0:12:38 > 0:12:40I'm pretty impressed as well.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44I mean, this is kind of venue Laibach should play.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47From now on, this will be the minimum.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Hello. Nice to meet you.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Soon-yi!
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Happy to see you.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12No, you look good. Your hair.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Beautiful.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Everybody.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28I am in love with all of you already.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33THEY LAUGH
0:13:33 > 0:13:35This is Mr Boris.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- Hello.- Boris.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Mr Primoz.- Primoz.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42So Mr Primoz is the arranger,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45so he will not be on stage with us.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49But Mr Boris is the vocalist that will sing together with you.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52THEY SING
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- They have beautiful voices.- Mmm.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19I really like the timbre of the voice. Really beautiful.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Yeah, it is actually quite special.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25There's a purity to it that I really like. It comes from them.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Yes, I think so.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28I think Europeans, we can not do this.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- No, we're too... - Too cynical. We're too fucked up.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33..too ironic to sing it.
0:14:33 > 0:14:39One question. What have they planned for their stage costume?
0:14:39 > 0:14:43- Is it this?- Very similar to this, but not like this.- OK.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- But in the same style, more or less?- Yeah.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Good.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Great.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54So, guys...
0:14:54 > 0:14:56..Mr Ri, shall we get ready for the rehearsal?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Because now everybody are here.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00- OK, let's start now.- OK.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04GENTLE PIANO MUSIC
0:15:50 > 0:15:54HE SINGS
0:16:11 > 0:16:16THEY HARMONISE
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Not bad. Not bad.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59We just have to keep their egos down until...
0:16:59 > 0:17:01My Geiger counter was going off!
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Oh, yeah, he's just asking about your lyrics. What are the lyrics?
0:17:07 > 0:17:11I go to the hills when my heart is lonely...
0:17:15 > 0:17:17I know I will hear...
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- What I heard before? - What I heard before.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26My heart is blessed with the sounds of music.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29And I will sing once more.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31It's very beautiful, actually.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38At seven o'clock sharp, we are going to watch the fireworks
0:17:38 > 0:17:43and this anniversary show at nine o'clock
0:17:43 > 0:17:45so from seven o'clock be ready.
0:17:45 > 0:17:51I'm just repeating that please don't go anywhere on your own, right?
0:17:51 > 0:17:55So don't leave the hotel, OK?
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Stamped, sealed, approved.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Did you try to call his room?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Really?
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- He's asleep probably. - He's probably sleeping.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28Maybe somebody should go and press his...
0:18:29 > 0:18:32..press his doorbell?
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Did you try his room?
0:18:50 > 0:18:54I was lucky enough to be able to see
0:18:54 > 0:19:00also some people on the street out of the group and so on.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04I actually had a bit of a walk around the city.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08# Life
0:19:11 > 0:19:13# Life is life
0:19:17 > 0:19:20# Life
0:19:22 > 0:19:25# Life is life. #
0:19:27 > 0:19:32I've seen some communisms in work and I have to say that...
0:19:35 > 0:19:38..this one is pretty much...
0:19:38 > 0:19:40I wouldn't say that it's the best,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43but it's probably the most successful.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45# When we all give the power
0:19:45 > 0:19:48# We all give the best
0:19:48 > 0:19:51# Every minute in the hour
0:19:51 > 0:19:54# We don't say about the rest
0:19:54 > 0:19:57# But we all get the power
0:19:57 > 0:19:59# We all get the best
0:19:59 > 0:20:03# And everyone gives everything
0:20:03 > 0:20:06# And everyone everything will get
0:20:08 > 0:20:11# Life. #
0:20:11 > 0:20:14It's very hard to be, you know...
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I mean...critical.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22I'm trying to find the dark side.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Of course there are, I'm sure there are, but what
0:20:25 > 0:20:31we see is a utopia which it seems that it actually is functioning.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35# When we all feel the power
0:20:35 > 0:20:38# Life is life
0:20:38 > 0:20:41# When we all feel the pain
0:20:41 > 0:20:43# Life is life
0:20:43 > 0:20:47# It's the feeling of the people
0:20:47 > 0:20:49# Life is life
0:20:49 > 0:20:52# It's the feeling of the land. #
0:21:11 > 0:21:13# And everyone gives everything
0:21:13 > 0:21:18# Every soul, every thing will get
0:21:19 > 0:21:21# Life. #
0:21:21 > 0:21:25This is a very isolated society,
0:21:25 > 0:21:26very closed society,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29otherwise they wouldn't be able to function as it is
0:21:29 > 0:21:33and people are, so to say, brainwashed, basically.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39We present a toxic matter to them.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42They don't really want to start to practise too much
0:21:42 > 0:21:48freedom for visitors to simply go around and intoxicate their people.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02It's just too stupid,
0:22:02 > 0:22:06and I've got to say I'm pretty surprised that it would be him,
0:22:06 > 0:22:09you know, the leader, yeah.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Just fucking childish, you know?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I don't really know who found him
0:23:03 > 0:23:05and it doesn't really matter.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10He was found and brought to where we were.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Our Korean hosts were really, really pissed off.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Mr Ri told me, you know, in private,
0:23:15 > 0:23:20that he wanted to beat him up and so did I.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25But what happened was our Korean hosts started
0:23:25 > 0:23:28feeling that they had to calm me down because I was so angry,
0:23:28 > 0:23:34so they actually went in between us and started saying, you know,
0:23:34 > 0:23:38starting to be peacemakers, which kind of served a purpose as well.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43They kind of took responsibility for it not being that serious.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46After all, there are much more serious things going on now
0:23:46 > 0:23:48down at the border.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53South Korea claims that on routine patrol,
0:23:53 > 0:23:55three land mines detonated near their gate.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Two soldiers were severely maimed. One soldier lost two legs.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01The other soldier lost his right foot,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04but North Korea says they weren't behind that.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Pyongyang also said South Korea fabricated the whole thing.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11South Korea's Defence Ministry accused North Korea for the attack.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Pyongyang strong denied responsibility for the attack
0:24:15 > 0:24:16and asked Seoul for proof.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50The set-up of the Laibach concert with all the multimedia technology
0:24:50 > 0:24:56they are using and all the western gear that they usually need,
0:24:56 > 0:25:01in a 1950s technology country like North Korea, it's
0:25:01 > 0:25:05kind of kamikaze mission in a way.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09And, whoops, we have two days.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13We need a mixing desk and seven monitors.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16So you don't need the microphones?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18No, just stands and cables.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Stands and cables.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Standard... OK.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29And then what else?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35It is already complicated, always.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39The drum kit is coming.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49The first day when we arrived, we checked what is here
0:25:49 > 0:25:53and then we asked questions and we told them what we need
0:25:53 > 0:25:57and everything what we said they said, "Yes, yes, yes."
0:25:57 > 0:26:03And everything sounded fine till we get the next day in the venue.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Ah, Jesus!
0:26:04 > 0:26:07But you told us that you brought me the microphones.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Yes, we brought the microphones for our band.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12We didn't know that we're going to have a piano.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15We told you on the first day when we had the meeting here...
0:26:15 > 0:26:19- That we needed microphones.- ..we need four microphones for the piano.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- The main problem is the cables, the lack of cables.- OK.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26How many lines to go to the front of house?
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Such a school for patience right now.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52I love how they sent the censor police for your songs.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Did you notice these guys arrived?
0:26:53 > 0:26:56They sent censor guys? What do you mean?
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Yes, so two guys arrived, talked to Soon, not thinking she was Korean,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04and said, "We're here to censor what Korean songs were being sung."
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- Oh.- So that's interesting, huh?- Oh, yeah.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Good to have. We're glad to have them with us.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12How about just one practice?
0:27:13 > 0:27:17- Just to see? - But we are here to practise.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Yeah, but since this...
0:27:21 > 0:27:23..just took too long time technically,
0:27:23 > 0:27:27so we don't have a chance to practise several times, OK.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32Even if it sounds terrible, just practise so you can play fine.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36I don't know what he's talking about, I have to say,
0:27:36 > 0:27:37with all respect.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I have never seen this man before
0:27:39 > 0:27:42and he comes in and he acts like the boss.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45What's the deal?
0:27:49 > 0:27:52A little bit more humility.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56They just want to hear something.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00We just need to keep them reassured that we will make it in time.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- WHISPERS:- I think they're doubting that we are musicians at all.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Of course they are.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Can you turn on the PA, the system?
0:28:16 > 0:28:20FANFARE THEME PLAYS
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- TRANSLATION:- The situation in Korea is now on the brink of war
0:28:27 > 0:28:30due to the US imperialists and the South Korean puppets' ceaseless
0:28:30 > 0:28:35political and military provocation against the DPRK.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38And South Korea has been using an unusual weapon.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44South Korean loud speakers blaring criticism of North Korean
0:28:44 > 0:28:47leader Kim Jong-un's regime.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49The North has told the South to turn it down
0:28:49 > 0:28:51or face more military action.
0:28:53 > 0:28:54As well as information,
0:28:54 > 0:28:57the broadcasts include recent South Korean pop songs
0:28:57 > 0:29:02Me Gustas Tu, or I Like You from a girl group called GFRIEND.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06The group became famous last year for repeatedly falling over
0:29:06 > 0:29:09on a slippery stage during a concert.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12The North Korean military's not yet made any unusual moves
0:29:12 > 0:29:15aside from switching on its own speakers.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24There are many world media sitting
0:29:24 > 0:29:27and tapping their feet
0:29:27 > 0:29:29waiting to have images from Laibach.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32In North Korea we will do a quick photo session
0:29:32 > 0:29:34at the Kim Il-sung Square.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36I am asking you humbly if I can direct that.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43Unless I do something which is like really offensive to your, you know,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46cultural, sexuality or whatever,
0:29:46 > 0:29:50just do as I say, please.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Milan.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53- Milan.- Milan.- Milan.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Let's have a couple of just Milan.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Yes, of course. Yeah, yeah. They know everything about this.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Let's have another one in front of that flag.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21OK, guys, let's centre here and everybody look at the pen, please.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22At my pen.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29Guys, guys.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Good. Look at me...
0:30:33 > 0:30:35It's impossible.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50No, no, he doesn't. It is not a Nazi sign.
0:30:50 > 0:30:51Good. Look at me.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Turn your head a little bit, please, and look at the pencil.
0:30:59 > 0:31:00- OK?- Perfect.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02And then we take a quick one in front of Juche Tower
0:31:02 > 0:31:06- and then we're done. - We'll do it later because... Please.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09I beg you. Because many people are waiting.
0:31:09 > 0:31:10OK, we'll do it later, then.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13OK, thank you.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16MUSIC: Final Countdown by Laibach
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Cultural exchange happens no matter what.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56It's unavoidable that it happens
0:31:56 > 0:31:58when people work together.
0:31:59 > 0:32:05Of course we've been censored and tweaked with and had to adapt
0:32:05 > 0:32:07and treated like we are robots.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10The censorship is not a problem at all
0:32:10 > 0:32:14because we basically
0:32:14 > 0:32:15are censoring ourselves constantly.
0:32:17 > 0:32:22- That's what we are doing in daily life.- We are our own North Korea.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23Yeah, we are our own North Korea.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Again, welcome to North Korea.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30There's been a misunderstanding, so they thought...
0:32:30 > 0:32:33We asked for keyboard stands but they brought microphone stands.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35OK.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48# But still it's farewell
0:32:49 > 0:32:52# And maybe we'll come back
0:32:52 > 0:32:54# To earth, who can tell?
0:32:56 > 0:32:58# I guess there is no-one to blame
0:32:59 > 0:33:01# We're leaving ground
0:33:02 > 0:33:07# Will things ever be the same again? #
0:33:07 > 0:33:08CRASH
0:33:15 > 0:33:17# It's the final countdown. #
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Hello.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Hello.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27We are finished.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28Sorry to wake you up.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30We need your help.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Look at the cable, all this power...
0:33:43 > 0:33:44..is actually connected here.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51It all depends on this.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56Earlier today the two Koreas
0:33:56 > 0:33:59exchanged artillery rounds at the western border.
0:33:59 > 0:34:023.53pm and 4.12pm this afternoon,
0:34:02 > 0:34:05when North Korea fired several artillery shells across the border
0:34:05 > 0:34:08targeting South Korea's propaganda loudspeakers.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11An hour or so after the attack the South Korean military
0:34:11 > 0:34:15responded with tens of 155mm artillery rounds
0:34:15 > 0:34:18at the origin of attack.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21# It's the final countdown. #
0:34:21 > 0:34:24We hear North Korea is not backing down at all.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28It demanded the South Korean side stop broadcasting propaganda
0:34:28 > 0:34:29messages at the border.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33North Korea says South Korea has 48 hours to stop broadcasting
0:34:33 > 0:34:35the messages, or it will take strong military action.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59This change is OK, too.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06SHE SINGS
0:35:10 > 0:35:15To give you an example of how I think, the whole idea of Mina
0:35:15 > 0:35:19changing her lyrics into Korean was my idea, my suggestion.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Because originally she does this in German.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Because, as you know,
0:35:28 > 0:35:31the Nazi, all this stuff...
0:35:31 > 0:35:34I was thinking that OK, maybe it's better not to have
0:35:34 > 0:35:35German language in the song.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38That was the reason.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40But if you think it's OK that she says those
0:35:40 > 0:35:43lines in the original language, in German, fine with us.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45She can just go back to saying that.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50The main problem is the nuances.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Between the languages of the North and South.
0:35:55 > 0:36:01- OK.- It looks like some kind of South Korean dialect.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05I spent two weeks repeating this to get it.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09- And changing it two days before performance.- Of course not.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13- It's like a shot in the head, man. It's not funny.- Mina, I know.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16I know this so you don't have to explain it to me.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20THEY SING ROUSING SONG
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Laibach were doing a cover version of the most famous song in Korea.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37And they did their own cover version interpretation like they've
0:36:37 > 0:36:40done in the past with many other things.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43And I think because that's such an important song in North Korea
0:36:43 > 0:36:45they changed it quite a lot.
0:36:49 > 0:36:54The Baekdusan song, what it really says is we love our great leader.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58The Moranbong Band is like his signature.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05So their first big hit is like We Will Go to Mount Paektu.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Where the grandad and the dad
0:37:08 > 0:37:10and the current one
0:37:10 > 0:37:13are all... You know, have strong relations.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16THEY SING IN KOREAN
0:37:23 > 0:37:26The original song is more like a marching song.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32And it's a little bit faster, a little bit more happier song.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Our version is...
0:37:36 > 0:37:38Has a little bit different groove.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Boris, are you ready?
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Always.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51Be nice to have at least a little bit of a sound check, but OK.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53But it is a sound check, in a way.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57I know, I know.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05MUSIC: We Will Go to Mount Paektu by Laibach
0:38:18 > 0:38:20# We'll go in springtime
0:38:22 > 0:38:24# We'll go in winter, too
0:38:26 > 0:38:28# We'll go in our dreams
0:38:30 > 0:38:32# We'll go at any time
0:38:34 > 0:38:36# We'll go for a lifetime
0:38:38 > 0:38:41# We'll continue going through generations
0:38:43 > 0:38:48# To Mount Paektu the heart of my heart
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- # We'll go - We'll go- We'll go
0:38:55 > 0:38:57# To Mount Paektu
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- # We'll go - We'll go
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- # We'll go - We'll go
0:39:02 > 0:39:03# To Mount Paektu
0:39:03 > 0:39:06# That calls us. #
0:39:06 > 0:39:09SHE VOCALISES
0:39:25 > 0:39:29Are you happy? If you are happy, I am happy.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- He said it was great.- Did he?- Yeah.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Please. We'll have a discussion. Sorry.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Essentially,
0:39:53 > 0:39:57in the audience today were the censors but there were also
0:39:57 > 0:39:59musicians and regular audiences.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02They really did not like Paektu song.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05They didn't recognise the original song.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Especially the part where Milan is doing his parts were very disturbing
0:40:09 > 0:40:13because they couldn't really understand what was happening.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- Yep.- They said at the end of the song what's going to happen is
0:40:15 > 0:40:18there's going to be complete mayhem.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22- People are going to be terrified and angry.- We don't want that.
0:40:22 > 0:40:27We don't want that and so either we go with the original Korean
0:40:27 > 0:40:31version and sing all of the lyrics
0:40:31 > 0:40:34including the refrain or we just take it out.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47For them it looks like it's too intense.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49He said people cannot concentrate.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52They are at the concert listening to the music or watching a movie.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57And he didn't like this German sign.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03He said this is not going in.
0:41:03 > 0:41:08So you checked the background pictures?
0:41:09 > 0:41:13- I suppose originally it's ten. - Yeah, something like that.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Something like that, so five will be cut.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19What do you mean? Are they cutting the songs also?
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Listen carefully, everybody.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23When it comes to changes...
0:41:25 > 0:41:28..we are willing and able especially
0:41:28 > 0:41:32when it comes to the projections, to adjust things.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36Please translate this into Korean now.
0:41:36 > 0:41:42Because we have every possible equipment to make changes but
0:41:42 > 0:41:44I can't accept if they come in and
0:41:44 > 0:41:47say, "Cut away those five animations."
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Firstly, because it's very rude.
0:41:50 > 0:41:51It's disrespectful to me
0:41:51 > 0:41:55and to the people who worked for a long time doing that.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57It's also because it's not necessary.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59We can change, but I need to know specifically what
0:41:59 > 0:42:02parts are problematic.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05So I am here, I don't understand why they don't come and talk to me,
0:42:05 > 0:42:08and we can discuss it and resolve it together.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Can they please show me the good manners of coming
0:42:11 > 0:42:14and saying hello to me as the head of the delegation, is this possible?
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Because in my culture when you come
0:42:23 > 0:42:28and interfere with people's work, at least you have the good
0:42:28 > 0:42:32manner to introduce yourself and say hello so I can say hello to them.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35And if they cannot do that, I would like you to convey to them I find
0:42:35 > 0:42:39that kind of behaviour disrespectful and I'm a bit offended.
0:42:43 > 0:42:44HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:42:58 > 0:43:04- I beg you, we are talking about things so please don't film us.- OK.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06- This one is better not to... - Thank you.
0:43:08 > 0:43:13Check, check, the system on the left
0:43:13 > 0:43:16is a completely different sound than the system on the right.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39I think it's just useful that I share with you a little
0:43:39 > 0:43:40bit of the...
0:43:40 > 0:43:42Of the background for it because it's not
0:43:42 > 0:43:44because they are stupid, it's not
0:43:44 > 0:43:48because they want to fuck with us or that they disrespect us or anything.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51Setting up a concert like this in two days,
0:43:51 > 0:43:56it's like record speed in this country and you understand why.
0:43:57 > 0:44:02And the reason why everything is so totally confused
0:44:02 > 0:44:10and messed up is in this system, in this culture,
0:44:10 > 0:44:12people learn from
0:44:12 > 0:44:15when they are born that individual decisions are risky to take.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21So every time a decision is going to be made it doesn't matter,
0:44:21 > 0:44:24it can be the colour of the toilet paper in the office, it can be
0:44:24 > 0:44:28whether or not, luckily, whether or not to press the atomic button.
0:44:29 > 0:44:35But no decision is made without making absolutely sure,
0:44:35 > 0:44:39absolutely sure that everybody are in consensus, you know?
0:44:40 > 0:44:42So that we also share the responsibility but we
0:44:42 > 0:44:43also share the blame.
0:44:46 > 0:44:47Go ahead.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50Der Spiegel, right?
0:44:50 > 0:44:53- I will give you Ivan Novak now. - Hello.
0:44:55 > 0:45:00Hello. Yes. So we've seen quite a lot, I must say. We've seen a lot.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03And I believe that we have seen the real life.
0:45:03 > 0:45:07I don't think this is a staged show especially for us.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10There's simply too much and too good to be staged.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17We do not try to make any difference between different countries.
0:45:17 > 0:45:22If we would have to put that in accounts, like this is too
0:45:22 > 0:45:28totalitarian state to perform, then where is the line?
0:45:28 > 0:45:31Where is it ethical to perform? What kind of state?
0:45:31 > 0:45:34This is obviously a totalitarian system
0:45:34 > 0:45:35but we don't want to judge it.
0:45:37 > 0:45:44I was pretty much sure I knew where we were going before when we came
0:45:44 > 0:45:47here, and I'm not sure any more that we came to
0:45:47 > 0:45:50the same place as it was...
0:45:52 > 0:45:53..in our heads.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57SHE PLAYS
0:46:15 > 0:46:17BAND PLAYS
0:46:37 > 0:46:39There is a crack in every wall.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43And that's where the spirit gets in.
0:46:45 > 0:46:51The question is, if we need to make it by there.
0:46:51 > 0:46:55Because these people, at least appear, to be happy.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00Comparing to most of the rest of the world.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50INAUDIBLE
0:47:55 > 0:47:58Can everybody come out onto the stage?
0:47:58 > 0:47:59We have important news.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09I just had a meeting with the censorship bureau.
0:48:10 > 0:48:15Which is the state organisation that censors all content that is
0:48:15 > 0:48:16shown publicly.
0:48:16 > 0:48:20Basically, they have asked us to change and this we will do.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25I apologise for that but that is just the way it is.
0:48:27 > 0:48:33The projections we will need to change are Life Is Life...
0:48:33 > 0:48:34Too many nude people.
0:48:35 > 0:48:40Or too many nude statues basically. ..Do Re Mi...
0:48:41 > 0:48:43..and Edelweiss.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47With the song Do Re Mi, can you make it again with just...
0:48:49 > 0:48:52Music notes on it. Do Re Mi is music notes.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55We will make another version and we will show it to you. Yeah?
0:48:57 > 0:48:59Let us do what we can do.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03Let us make it successful.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09The songs that I mentioned are the songs that we will play.
0:49:10 > 0:49:16So, Across the Universe, Arirang, Whistleblowers,
0:49:16 > 0:49:19Sound of Music, Climb Ev'ry Mountain,
0:49:19 > 0:49:24Edelweiss, Do Re Mi, Live Is Life.
0:49:24 > 0:49:25And Final Countdown, yeah.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31That's it.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34- It's going to be a short concert. - Yeah.
0:49:34 > 0:49:38# Nothing's gonna change my world
0:49:41 > 0:49:46# Nothing's gonna change my world
0:49:49 > 0:49:54# Nothing's gonna change my world
0:49:56 > 0:49:59# Nothing's gonna change my world... #
0:49:59 > 0:50:02I'm sorry about the Live Is Life thing.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04It's brilliant and you know I think it's brilliant
0:50:04 > 0:50:07but I knew that was going to be pushing it a little bit
0:50:07 > 0:50:10with those naked statues and all the kids.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19# Across the universe
0:50:19 > 0:50:24# Thoughts meander like a restless wind
0:50:24 > 0:50:27# Inside a letterbox
0:50:27 > 0:50:29# They tumble blindly as they... #
0:50:29 > 0:50:33The Edelweiss projection, there is this very famous
0:50:33 > 0:50:36movie from North Korea which is called The Flower Girl.
0:50:36 > 0:50:40And that film is very significant so they don't want to mess with that.
0:50:42 > 0:50:47So now I'm thinking to put only effect with flowers
0:50:47 > 0:50:50and just make a nice scene.
0:50:50 > 0:50:53I will use the plastic flowers from the hotel.
0:50:53 > 0:50:59Because we cannot go nowhere, so the flowers from the hotel are perfect.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02- OK, please.- Copy. Copy.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05You can edit it.
0:51:08 > 0:51:15# Jai guru deva. #
0:51:20 > 0:51:21APPLAUSE
0:51:29 > 0:51:35Dear, respected audience, your excellencies,
0:51:35 > 0:51:38ladies and gentlemen, and first and foremost...
0:51:40 > 0:51:41..the people of Korea.
0:51:42 > 0:51:43Let the show begin.
0:51:45 > 0:51:51Let us be together in the sounds of music.
0:51:51 > 0:51:52APPLAUSE
0:52:00 > 0:52:02MUSIC: The Whistleblowers by Laibach
0:52:02 > 0:52:03THEY WHISTLE
0:52:42 > 0:52:45# We rise, we grow
0:52:47 > 0:52:49# We walk and we stand tall
0:52:51 > 0:52:54# We never fall
0:52:54 > 0:52:55# As big as the sky
0:52:55 > 0:52:57# As far as the dawn
0:52:59 > 0:53:00# We walk
0:53:00 > 0:53:03# And we do not fall
0:53:03 > 0:53:06# We sleep, we dream
0:53:08 > 0:53:11# With no time in between
0:53:12 > 0:53:15# We never stop
0:53:15 > 0:53:18# Whistling our chant in the heat of the night
0:53:20 > 0:53:21# We sing
0:53:21 > 0:53:23# Our spirit is clean
0:53:24 > 0:53:27# From north and south
0:53:29 > 0:53:32# We come from east and west
0:53:34 > 0:53:36# Breathing as one
0:53:37 > 0:53:40# Living in fame or dying in flame
0:53:41 > 0:53:43# We laugh
0:53:43 > 0:53:45# Our mission is blessed
0:53:46 > 0:53:49# We fight for you
0:53:51 > 0:53:54# For freedom unforeseen
0:53:55 > 0:53:58# Thinking as one
0:53:58 > 0:54:01# Rolling along to the beat of the drum
0:54:02 > 0:54:04# We march
0:54:04 > 0:54:06# The black cross machine
0:54:07 > 0:54:10# We rise, we grow
0:54:12 > 0:54:15# We walk and we stand tall
0:54:16 > 0:54:19# We never fall
0:54:19 > 0:54:22# As big as the sky, as high as the dawn
0:54:24 > 0:54:28# We walk and we never fall
0:54:28 > 0:54:29THEY WHISTLE
0:54:40 > 0:54:43SHE VOCALISES
0:54:49 > 0:54:52# We stand alone
0:54:54 > 0:54:57# But soon your day will come
0:54:59 > 0:55:01# When freedom reach
0:55:01 > 0:55:04# We meet again and we take the lead
0:55:06 > 0:55:09# And walk, once more as one. #
0:56:05 > 0:56:08When I was listening I was sitting there thinking...
0:56:08 > 0:56:10I kept pinching myself. "Is this happening?
0:56:10 > 0:56:12"Is this really happening?"
0:56:12 > 0:56:14See you next time in Tehran.
0:56:15 > 0:56:19- Islamic State.- That will wait a little bit.
0:56:20 > 0:56:25- 1,000 people in here. - 1,500.- 1,500, sorry.
0:56:25 > 0:56:31This is not the stage, North Korea is the stage for the world.
0:56:31 > 0:56:32This is the story.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43It's probably one of the most,
0:56:43 > 0:56:46if not the most, significant concert I've seen since I started.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52- TRANSLATION:- Of course, this is very different to our tastes.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55But it was quite nice to hear a traditional song.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59I think we did more than we expected in the end.
0:56:59 > 0:57:05I don't know what kind of trace it will leave here but it's a big
0:57:05 > 0:57:06step for...
0:57:06 > 0:57:10No, a small step for Laibach and a big step for humanity.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13South Korea has halted its loudspeaker
0:57:13 > 0:57:15broadcasts against the North
0:57:15 > 0:57:18along the inter-Korean border.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20In response North Korea has reportedly
0:57:20 > 0:57:22lifted its semi state of war
0:57:22 > 0:57:26for front line areas, which it declared last week after the
0:57:26 > 0:57:30exchange of artillery shells over the heavily armed Korean border.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32If you don't like our music,
0:57:32 > 0:57:36turn around 360 degrees and go.
0:57:36 > 0:57:37THEY LAUGH
0:57:42 > 0:57:46There are all kinds of music. Now we know there's this kind of music too.
0:57:52 > 0:57:54Those of you in the southern regions,
0:57:54 > 0:57:57please be aware of heavy rainfall tomorrow.
0:57:57 > 0:57:59That's all for Korea,
0:57:59 > 0:58:02and here's the international weather for around the world.
0:58:04 > 0:58:09RADIO CHATTER
0:58:09 > 0:58:11HE VOCALISES
0:58:15 > 0:58:17MUSIC: Resistance Is Futile by Laibach
0:58:24 > 0:58:26# What we are, you will become
0:58:28 > 0:58:31# A parasite, absorbing souls
0:58:32 > 0:58:34# We'll suck your culture
0:58:34 > 0:58:37# Brains, energy
0:58:37 > 0:58:40# Implant your genes to our collective being
0:58:42 > 0:58:44# We'll raise the quality of life
0:58:45 > 0:58:47# For all of you
0:58:49 > 0:58:51# Existence as you know it
0:58:52 > 0:58:54# Is over. #