Canadian journalist Martin Himel profiles a military officer who defends the need for a nuclear armed military at the expense of economical development. Himel takes an unprecedented tour of hospitals and schools that lack the fundamental basics to provide health care and education and meets a man who escaped from the Gulag to South Korea. The documentary features candid interviews with doctors, teachers, principals and students who talk openly about the terrible problems. The documentary also takes a rare look into the arts and discovers a much more human side of North Korean life. North Korea: Desperate or Deceptive Deceptive was broadcast on the Global Television Network, as well as PBS Newshour, CNN International and TV 2 in Holland.