A State of Mind Page #4

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She's like one of my classmates.

As a mother, I feel proud...

...of the way I have brought up my daughter.

Did you dance in that cardigan?

With her father, she finds

things a bit difficult.

So no matter how strictly her father...

...and her grandmother bring her up...

...as her mother I have maternal love...

...so I pamper her quite a lot.

Sometimes she lies to her father and

only tells me things in secret.

I sometimes hide things from her father...

...if I think she'll get in trouble for them.

Will you take out the soup

bowls for me?

Soup bowls?

Oh, why do we have this power cut?

Use this lighter.

We get used to it.

Even in the central district of Pyongyang

the most important area of the city

most nights are spent without electricity

at some point in the evening.

Bloody Americans!

It's all their fault.

It's Sunday, the official

day of rest in Pyongyang.

After their picnic, Song Yon and her family

plan to visit the flower exhibition,

which is devoted exclusively to two breeds

of flower the Kim II Sungia and the

Kim Jong llia.

Since Song Yon really wanted to

we went boating.

Our eldest and second daughters

said they would do it...

...but in fact when they started...

...we saw that they didn't know how to row.

Song Yon teased them from behind.

Follow us.

Whatever you say, language

and cultures are different.

I wonder what makes

people happy or angry.

These sorts of feelings, especially

the kind of international news...

...that has been showing here on TV recently.

We used to not know what this means.

But now people have got to know

that it's a symbol ofjustice.

Through this kind of process we get

to understand the world.

I want to know the current

situation in Iraq...

...because we think the situation in Iraq...

...could have a direct effect

on the situation in our

country in the future.

People are very interested

in the state of affairs in Iraq.

I'd like to know about it, but

since I've been busy recently...

...I haven't been able to give time to that.

Baghdad has fallen to the Americans

four days earlier

but there has been no official reporting

of this in the state media.

I'm a bit sad I've no son I can

send to the People's Army...

...who I can join hands with

to achieve Reunification.

Since my occupation belongs

to an intellectual class...

...since I work in science,

I like it when things are quiet.

When you come into this

house it's not like that.

Since our children are girls they talk a lot.

Mum, this has torn off during training.

While you study with your dad

I will sew it up.

Dad, my teacher told me to

make a homework book...

...so I have to use a new homework book.

I have to do this English

vocabulary and grammar.

English?

Yes, English grammar.

Dad doesn't know English.

- Why don't we leave English and...

- Forget English.

Homework, homework, homework book...

Wow, looks pretty.

Looks exactly the same as Song Yon.

Kim Song Yon, Kim Song Mi.

This is you.

You...

The photograph is so old...

Hey, hey, hey, when it comes to photos

the older, the better.

There's no-one good looking in your class!

Doesn't she look like an actress

the one in 'A Kind Girl'?

No, not a single bit.

I'm not sad about only having daughters.

We're bringing up our daughters well.

She's joining the People's Army...

...with her Taekwondo skill.

She's joining the army, doing her

own work- She will make me proud.

Let's say our second daughter

has a quiet personality.

She knows nothing but study.

So we're training her as a scientist.

Our last daughter...

...since she's quite artistic, does dancing.

Are you watching the children's movie?

Song Yon, homework! Homework!

The children's movie is on,

so let her do her homework after that.

You should watch it after

doing your homework.

You shouldn'tjust keep

watching films, should you?

I'll watch this first, after watching this...

Go, after studying...

When a bear eats a fish as a

crab hides its eyes...

...how does the bear eat the fish?

Quickly.

It means that the bear eats it quickly.

Your Excellency, this traitor

switched to our enemy.

He signed on the plot

to kill Your Excellency.

That's right.

Arrest him immediately!

I can't get caught by them here.

I should smash them up and destroy them.

He will break it with his foot as he jumps.

He is going to jail here.

Has she done them all?

Put it there and watch the movie.

What's that?

Is that art gymnastics or what?

Try more graciously.

Focus on your hands and

try like this graciously.

Your dad does it more beautifully than you.

Raise your arm like this.

Like this?

Oh, that's good.

Oi! Really...

Mansu Hill

Kim II Sung's birthday is the most important

day in the North Korean calendar.

Three years of national mourning

followed his death in 1994.

In 1997 he was declared Eternal President.

The whole country will

have a two day holiday.

For Song Yon, that means two days

off from training.

Song Yon spends April 15th with her

parents, at a co-operative farm

30 miles outside Pyongyang.

Wonha-ri Co-operative Farm

All North Koreans require a permit to travel

outside their towns of residence.

It takes the family half

a day to make the journey.

The farm is home to a friend of Song Yon's

father from their days in the Korean

People's Army.

It has been 10 years since

the veterans last met.

They already had lunch before they came.

We'll just have a drink then.

I met this man when I joined the army.

When we were in the army

he was always sleepy...

...so we used to call him 'sleepyhead'.

We were in different divisions but

we slept in the same bed.

Army life is group life and

so we slept together.

I don't sleep much in the mornings.

So I had to wake him up, but

It was a bit difficult.

I even smacked home around

the face a few times!

To commemorate Kim II Sung's birthday

there is a fete in the village.

Teams from different farm units

compete for the three prizes

their choice of pig, sheep or goat.

They wouldn't fight, would they?

I've sent both my son and

daughter to the army.

Now my life is like a honeymoon!

I want to have another child

when I see her now.

There's no guard at the

pleasant time of night!

It is here in the countryside

even just 30 miles outside Pyongyang

that the hardships of recent years

have been felt the most.

It's been stressful, to be honest.

We lost the Great Leader.

Then we had natural disasters

on top of that.

So the farming hasn't turned

out as it should.

To be honest, the U.S. Imperialists

have been blockading our economy.

Relying on self reliance...

...we did our farming by ourselves.

We've had quite a difficult existence.

Under the care of our Party and the

General we each received food...

...up until now.

Throughout their adversity, North Koreans

continued to be driven by the country's guiding

philosophy of Juche

that man is responsible

for his own destiny.

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