Tonight we cast a wide net sampling human experiences from the silent reflection of the Balinese new year’s celebration “Nyepi”, to contemplating life behind the iron curtain of North Korea. Along the way we make a much needed pit stop at a writers bar in Chiang Mai. Recent artillery shots fired across the western sea border between North and South Korea triggers our fascination over what seems like a historical anomaly, a nation so cut of from the world, so hermetic that it seems frozen in time and space.

We hear from multiple perspectives, from the man who makes a living impersonating Kim Jong-Un to former New York Times correspondent turned political tour organizer who brings travelers behind the 38th parallel, and finally the view from their neighbours and cousins in the South.

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