North Korea: A Rare Look at the Secret Society -- CBS News
For nearly 60 years communist North Korea has shut itself off from the world.
Seen from space, it's literally a black hole between the lights of China to the north and the Republic of Korea to the south.
Party Invitation
"When they decide they want western media to come in, it all happens in a matter of hours," said CBS News national correspondent Jim Axelrod.
North Korea gave a CBS News team a four-day window to attend Communist Party ceremonies in the capital Pyongyang. North Korean dictator Kim Jung Il would introduce his youngest son and heir -- Kim Jung Un -- to the world.
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