We had our first reality check at Pyongyang airport, when our mobile phones were confiscated. This evidence of total state control was immediate and shocking.

我们在平壤机场第一次接受现实的检查，我们的手机都被没收了，这种完全的国家控制行为直接而令人震惊。

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North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, made a rare public appearance to greet Mr.Wen at the Pyongyang airport Sunday.

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"I knew that when I arrived here it would probably be very different to the way it was being reported in the media, " he told The Associated Press at Pyongyang airport.

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As the delegation arrived at Pyongyang's airport, Rodman told reporters: ''It's my first time, I think it's most of these guys' first time here, so hopefully everything's going to be OK, and hoping the kids have a good time for the game.

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