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A Look Back at the Time We Went to North Korea to Play Basketball
Tensions are high between the "Hermit Kingdom" and the United States at the moment, but in 2013 our HBO show went inside the country with Dennis Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters.
Lunch with the North Korean Basketball Team
After making basketball history playing alongside the North Korean National Team, VICE correspondent Ryan Duffy and the Harlem Globetrotters sat down for a meal with the North Korean players.
The World Is Sinking - Preventative Measures
VICE co-founder Shane Smith explores global warming by talking to leading experts about what can be done to save the world from the impending disasters that are caused by rising water levels.
Senegalese Laamb Wrestling's Marabout Ritual
The most popular sport in Senegal isn't soccer—it's laamb, combining Greco-Roman wrestling moves with eclectic pre-fight rituals and dances.
Kicking Heroin with an Ibogaine Ceremony
Enter ibogaine, a drug made out of the African iboga root, whose intense, hallucinogenic properties make it a class-A felony drug. But many swear it's the most effective way to kick heroin addiction.
Tobaccoland
Over two-thirds of all men in Indonesia are smokers, and it's commonplace for children as young as six to take up the habit. VICE's Thomas Morton visited an anti-tobacco rally in Malang where he received some hands-on smoking-cessation therapy.
The Fat Farms of Mauritania
In Mauritania, a country crippled by food shortages, obesity is viewed as a sign of wealth and prestige in a woman. To attain Mauritanian standards of beauty, many women undergo the practice of 'gavage,' or "fattening up."
Strolling the Thames in China
VICE correspondent Ryan Duffy takes a stroll with some tour guides through Thames Town in Songjiang, China. The British-style town is part of the "One City, Nine Towns" plan that China has established for the outskirts of Shanghai.
Egypt on the Brink - Women Under Assault
VICE co-founder Suroosh Alvi meets with some local activists around Tahrir Square to learn about the horrible conditions female protesters have been put in while their country has been turned upside down.
Meet Kalpana Saroj, India's Dalit Queen
VICE co-founder Shane Smith meets real-life slum-dog millionaire Kalpana Saroj, who was once a Dalit at the very bottom of the Indian caste system and earned only pennies a day in a sweatshop. She eventually became a talented tailor, making $5 every...
Chinese Cockblock - The Sex Doll Factory
With 50 million more men than women, the sex industry in China is growing rapidly. For episode five of 'VICE' on HBO, we went to a sex-doll factory in the city of Dalian to see the effects of the uneven dating landscape.
Mormon Lost Boys - Nikita's Story
During our time in Colorado City, Arizona, we met 16-year-old Nikita Timpson, who spoke with us about her life in the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints and her upbringing in a polygamous family.