This starts about a decade ago, with Larsen joining his local branch of the Korean Friendship Association (KFA), a bunch of ageing commies whose ranks he quickly rises through. After seeing the film The Red Chapel, about a trip Mads Brügger made to North Korea, Ulrich contacts the Danish film-maker about somehow continuing the work, helping to expose the reality of life in the DPRK.
Larsen is a chef in Copenhagen, retired since getting a chronic disease of the pancreas. And he laughs his big laugh.Īt which point some explanation is probably needed. “I don’t think I should take my next holiday in North Korea,” he says. I doubt if he is ever very worried about anything. Latrache-Qvortrup hasn’t changed anything he’s not worried.
Larsen says he has altered some of his daily routines, doesn’t go to the same places every day with his family.
Zoom!? Is that secure? Could Kim Jong-un himself be listening in, ready to fire off a Scud? They’re not overly concerned. They’re together in a room somewhere in Copenhagen, speaking to me via Zoom. Photograph: Joakim Hauge Vocke/BBC/Piraya Film I and Wingman Media
