It was exactly like this when I visited China in the 1990s. Jade shop, hospital, school for the gifted...and to say, "LOOK! LOOK HOW GREAT EVERYTHING IS!"
The socially awkward vibe and careful talking everyone interviewed gives off shows you that they’re given a script that should definitely not be forgotten
I thought the same. I play the violin, and the difference in this kindergarten orchestra and my middle school? Ugh makes us look awful! But these poor kids are surely forced to play constantly
It’s completely amazing to me as well, I just can’t understand it. It’s like that country is run by a family with mental illness. You have to have a mental illness for you to think treating people like this is okay. People litterally have to have been brain washed with fear over generations for them to submit to this kind of mental abuse. I’m not even talking about the lack of resources right now.
@@LickyTeethe Japanese killed over 3200 men in pearl harbor for no reason thinking this mighty powerful country would sit idle afraid of Japan which really launched ww2 , TO BAD
@@Sashazur Nah I don't think you can stage everything and choreograph so easily. These might be civilian guys, North korea has insane propaganda, citizens are made to hate America, but south korea and America also spew the same propaganda, like everything being choreographed in such a large scale so seamlessly, people having limited hair cut options and some generals which resurrected after Kim apparently executed them
The reality is, there are very few countries in the world able to move large forces across 3000-5,809 miles of ocean (Pacific), very few modern countries have the assets available and the experience to do it. The Germans could not pull it off while under fire on the English Channel that was only 21 miles wide. The Japanese could manage one surprise attack on Hawaii in a time with no real radar or technological assets, but still no boots on the ground.
Every time I see documentaries about North Korea it feels like I'm looking at a country in a parallel universe. It's really insane and incredible to think that these people ACTUALLY live alongside our timeline instead of in it. Much more so than any other civilization in a communistic dictatorship.
dprk has their own calendar. it started from kim il sung’s birth i believe. kinda sad that they brainwashed them into thinking the whole world started when kim il sung was born.
@@beomgyuniverseofficial I don't believe they think the world started at the start of their calendar. It's more to mark the start of their civilization and when Sung was born. They are also not the only ones to use a different calendar system. There are 3 or 4 major countries that never adopted the Gregorian calendar. Ethiopia, Nepal, Iran and Afghanistan.. I think that's all of the larger countries. Basically, its not unique that they don't follow what we are used to.
If a foreigner came to visit us, we wouldn't show them a beauty salon, a soccer school, or a horse riding ring. We would take them to a beautiful national park, a fun restaurant, introduce them all around. By what the North Korean escorts show the film crew (or don't show!) they have revealed more than they realize.
You don't realize, that the film crew wanted and asked to see exactly this? There are a lot of foreign documentations, that will show you many of the beautiful landmarks, historic sites, recreational and amusement parks, Pizza and other restaurants, etc. of North Korea.
I’m 25 right now but i hope i live to see the day it changes over there if ever. It’ll be mind blowing to see them realize what the outside world is like
North Korea's existence is tied to China. In China's eyes; Korea is a tributary state and has been such for centuries. So they'll never allow North Korea to collapse or merge with a state that is friendly and in alliances with outside forces.
It would be very bad for North Koreans to leave NK. Most of them have grown up to hate everything that isn’t NK. You can’t undo all the brainwashing. It would have to be phased out over many generations.
@@silverfang1158 it's upto them if they want to be on tight leash or not if they all togather stared to rebel against dictator They will get freedome even outside countries like US and South Korea will help them
@@geekytutorials5745considering majority of the country is starving to death, they don’t have the energy or resources to fight it. Most of them are so indoctrinated they don’t know it could be different. I do hope we see the day it happens but it will probably take outside intervention.
Their obsession with America is at first rather comical...but then tragic. I think the ordinary citizen of Pyonyang would be stunned to find out how infrequently we even think about them, much less plot against them. I hope someday these people - especially the very poor and hungry ones - can have peace in their hearts and delicious food in their bellies.🌷🌸🌷
I also think you'll find that it's propaganda for the masses and that the regimes and elites don't care. They will enjoy the trappings of American culture and lifestyle behind closed doors in luxurious surroundings, and the reason North Korea develops certain weapons systems is because they know how hopeless their conventional military is.
Yes, I thought that too !! Who wants to.invade North Korea ?? Whatever for ? Do they really think anyone else in the world thinks about them , or would want to take over their backward country ?
You don't see any homeless people in North Korea. Yet there are millions in the US, many of them hopeless drug addicts. The men stealing and the women selling their bodies to buy their poison. In America, it's survival of the fittest. If you're one of those without, nobody gives a damn about you. Again, in the supposedly richest country in the world, there are tens of millions who have no healthcare. About the same as the population of the two Koreas combined.
to think that there's actually a place on earth where the people are so far out of touch with reality is hard to wrap my head around........i feel really bad for those people
The constant haze is from China air pollution. Both Korea's and sometime Japan get China horrible air pollution blown there way. I a going to guess N Korea uses a lot of coal since it is fairly cheap.
@@JAM661 it's also interesting that they use coal almost exclusively despite having several nuclear facilities. I was actually shocked to find out a lot of NK's use coal to actually heat their home instead of wood. They have to cut out a whole, or make a chimney on their house for the coal smoke.
Many areas in South Korea is even worse, with garbage and older buildings. I live in Je Ju Island (vaction Island close to Japan) even though many areas are new, there are still many very old areas, they literally looks like slum, but cost a lot. If you can abstract from the amount and number of cars , it looks similar to many areas in South Korea, but with new cars.
@@Amgprojekt You mean the bad parts of Pyongyang? Definitely. The parts shown in the video are pretty nice. I've seen pictures that tourists took and the city doesn't look that bad. That's because the regime only shows outsiders what they want to show
Tapi anda akan lebih terkejut ketika orang Korea selatan tidak henti-hentinya melontarkan kata-kata rasis pada orang asia lainya...sungguh Korea Utara lebih baik dari pada orang-orang berengsek Korea selatan
@@dreamfileanime973 That's why I don't understamd why the hell those artists black pink bts and many people praise them so much hello there are lots of other race that can sing and dance better than them🙄
It's like living in one enormous penitentiary, complete with first-class sections, second-class sections, and lower-class sections, with everybody saying and doing whatever it takes to move up the ladder.
well yeah. if they talk about their leader they have to be very “respectful” as they say, to the leader, not they also on camera so they have to say everything perfect in case they get killed or sent to camps
It is my absolute worst nightmare. It is so hard to wrap my mind around the fact that this is the reality for 25 million people. What an absolute dystopian hellscape... will it ever change?
Seriously, she's obviously been selected from childhood to fulfil that role, knowledge of the English language is specifically taught to specific people for specific purposes, it isn't a "personal interest" skill....
Even the young have wrinkles and dry, coarse hair... they can praise the leader as much as they want, but their bodies show clear signs of malnutrition and a hard life. Poor people!
The only thing more frightening than a dystopian novel is a dystopian reality. Every word, action, thought is contrived, formulated to ensure one’s longevity and avoid the firing squad.
It is fascinating to me that they keep allowing people to film there, even being supervised and shown only the best it’s still clear to the rest of the world how bad their situation is.
The recording videos is a way to show what it looks like to the others outside. They want you to share this video on yt so that people can see how they live in NK, it’s all part of the propaganda. They don’t want the westerners to think it’s a prison because guess what, you’re not allowed to film in prisons
I feel so, so sorry for the North Korean people. We don't hate them at all? They are people just like us, but living under a brutal regime. When that guy said ''we have to prepare against our enemy, America'' it sent shivers down my spine.
The (real or fabricated) threat of external persecution is an extremely effective tactic to unite people and make them feel a strong sense of loyalty to a group.
Everything is staged. The grocery store they showed was probably filled with items before filming and people were instructed to "shop" there at a specific time. The people "seeing the sites" were pulled from their daily lives to be at those locations. The motivational brigade most likely were forced to rehearse in preparation of the filming. It's way worse than we think. Mind boggling that the rest of the world just allows this to go on.
After all the N.Koreans might have a point in being scared of the Americans, if it wasn't for the nukes and the threat that they pose to the south, there would have been a regime change, CIA assassinations, invasion of their country by US marines a long time ago,in order to root out communism as they have tried in Vietnam, because communism is seen by the US as a disease, even if it happens thousands of miles away. As for daily life in N.Korea, I envy the lack of cars on the streets, everything else is a nightmare.
Lady in the apartment saying all the correct commie scripts,,,,”my family went to other countries but life here in the NORTH is so much better”,,,,they actually said the opposite in the living room while having the music and water running full blast,,,,,lmao
That young man watching the horses that he will never be able to ride definitely knows that and you can feel his pain. Why take these people to show them what they won’t ever have☹️
To make then believe that if they work hard enough, one day they will have it. The same failed ' white picket fence' ideology that most of us in the U.S. grew up with.
I am a former child prodigy, I also play the piano and have done since I was 3 (I say former because I’ve just turned 18) and to think that that child with so much talent will never get the same opportunities I have and had. I wish I could help her. So sad. I know what music means to be. I began composing at 10 to express myself and to think she won’t be able to have the same life I have, had and will have.
I would find it hard to argue that the kids in the orchestra at the beginning aren't "working". They probably can't go until they're done with their 23 hours of daily practice.
@@mwolkoveyea that’s what I was thinking too. Practicing on which ever instrument is probably all they do. Everything in North Korea has a very very dark side behind the facade. And the leaders of NK are fools if they think foreigners don’t see that dark side.
Seawater pumped from 25 miles away has to be expensive. Plus it was a school day so I wouldn't expect to see them there. Even smaller children would be asking to go all the time so I foubt they can afford to have the park operational everyday if they can't keep the lights on.
Those ppl have been brainwashed and held captive and dependent for so long they'd literally go mad and into an existential crisis and mental breakdown if their regime ceased to exist one day. They have no skills to live and learn on their own, their whole lives are being dictated and arranged, there's no individuality, only the collective. When a generationally cultivated hive mind gets cut loose, those adapted to it feel lost, disoriented and overwhelmed. It's gonna take just as many generations to create a free thinking society that upholds the values of the western world. It's not an easy process at all.
She is likely a product of one of their spy-training schools, where they are immersed in western language and culture in order to be able to blend in if activated and sent to a western country with a false ID, credentials and back story (my grandparents were originally from South Korea and I grew up in XYZ Country in Europe...).
It reminds me of rodents that are kept as pets in a cage unaware of the world outside that small square filled with sawdust. It also looks a very grim and depressing place.
It's like that for people all over the world. Take a hard look at Africa, India, sections of the ME and Central America. Much of North Korea's suffering is due to the punishing sanctions from the USA who is in fact still at war with them.
It's very common in China as well, at least for young kids, schoolchildren and the elderly. Some of them are government-organized, like during morning assemblies in school. The older people often form their own groups to do similar things in parks, etc. because I guess they're used to doing it since young. The old people in the parks also like to sing and play a lot of propaganda songs from the Cultural Revolution era, when they were youths. Granted, the music is very nice, and I know they genuinely like singing those songs. Lived there until I was 6, and visited relatives there sometimes.
North Korea and South Korea... It's totally surrealistic how people who share the same historical roots, same language could become so different. Most horrifying science fiction doesn't even come close...
As a matter of fact it's quite natural. Some enslaved by the regime others enslaved by big corporations. Sometimes following the rules can be disastrous.
@ekaterine9508 If you don't like the corporate environment, just quit. Or exit the contract. But if you are stuck with it, it's your choice or weakness in making choices in your life. To leave N. Korea means to die first. Your comparison is completely out of context.
@@Svidge_123_ I'm not comparing the two. I'm just deducting that the Kim's regime and cheoboli corporate system grow from the same roots of obsequious inclinations when it comes to a powerful "boss". One diligent nation made successful advancement in capitalism and totalitarianism alike. They are no different whatsoever, they just follow different ideology with the same vigor, determination and diligence.
@@Svidge_123_ lol that is so not true. You replace it with another corporate environment, we cant quit Capitalism because the rulers of the world don't allow us to . In a way, you too are brainwashed
They might know, they might secretly reject it, but they don't do so openly, instead playing nice so as to not risk harm upon themself or their family.
Some are brainwashed and don't know better, others just keep their mouth shut and stick to the script lest they be killed. Do you know Plato's allegory of the cave? Well, North Korea fits that story.
Genuine question about piano players, why do they have to move so much? Does it keep their hands from cramping? (I feel undulate is a better word but not with someone that age, eurgh.)
No heat even for the "rich" in North Korea. That's how devastating the sanctions have been yet they keep operating like this. At night there's almost zero light coming from North Korea on satellite. This isn't just communism and dictatorship, this is the result of massive American pressure.
4:24 What really struck me is the old metro carts from West Berlin (1950-60) and the graffiti scratched into the windows and people probably have no clue of what is what
@@ivanl6012 Some time ago a German documentary about North Korea came out in which the reporter from Berlin recognized his own drawings/scratchings in the subway 😅
The assistant principal who speaks English, she’s throwing out massive signs that she wants to escape and be free from the regime, I can feel it in her soul. Poor lady 😢
I’m American and watching this makes me even more grateful that I was born here - not to say America doesn’t have any problems. It’s so random how we are born to certain parents and certain countries.
There‘s actually a german documentary as well by „Prosieben“ where a german reporter recognized an old graffiti from his childhood on one of the trains. Then the guides and everyone else felt insulted and thought it was disrespectful.
The psychology behind this indoctrination is working. The majority of North Koreans are programed for life to love this country, it's leaders and the possibility of being part of its success. It is also amazing how the indoctrination begins at birth and remains until death. The question is when or will we see it end in our lifetime.
I lived in the Soviet Union as a foreigner and it was not as bad like this Sadly the outside world would not understand most of these people love this life there...because it is the only one they ever had
If anyone remember. They took part in World Cup up 2010. And no fans were allowed to travel and support the team. Apparently what was shown to the people back home was that North Korea had played Brazil and won the World Cup. Kim invited a 4th tier Brazilian team to play in NK and he convinced his people that North Korea had won the World Cup! Haha
@@jeffguzman6497 Because little kids like that need to be kids instead of being programmed like robots to perform that well. As a musician I can tell you that It takes years for the normal human to play an instrument like that and these kids are only 5-6 yrs old... They are forced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMO
@@paulruiz72completely correct. I grew up in a country close to there, and was forced as a very young child to play crazy amounts of hours of piano and it had to be perfection , otherwise punishment. Endless pressure for higher aspirations as well and forced into them. This never stopped .
NK indeed is a pretty grim dictatorship. However, some dictators in history did an OK job. Holding on to power while securing a stable and comfortable life for the citizens. Yugoslavia was such an example. It collapsed 10 years after the dictator's death and then war broke out. In some of the successor countries, Tito is still held in very high esteem, as people lived way better.
@@CèsaryElmzoon I'm watching this. I couldnt imagine my life being control. Looking at the street, buildings, etc. So militaristic. I'm so happy and lucky to be living in a country where my basic human rights are not taken away from me.
I understand what you are saying,but I'm not afraid to step outside my front door,my kids used to play,laugh& get creative..My children had a life..I mean that little 5 year old girl was very impressive although i smiled i felt sad for her,she looked like a mini adult.. It's such a shame..how are the elderly treated??..i did not get any happy vibes from watching this.. Anyway i won't go on,take care ☮🦋☮🦋
Child prodigys. In many ways they are among the most fortunate. Their talents will bring them a more privileged life. But they will be expected to always be perfect.
@@blu48they are not child prodigies, they have to practice constantly out of fear! You can get any kid at a young age n teach them piano, especially if they HAVE to practice day n night out of fear, u would find many child “prodigies”.🤦🏽♀️
@@alexadam353 Did you not hear the 9 hours of Football practice each day at the academy? That's a lot for any kid, so I doubt the 5 yr old piano player is doing less than 7 hours a day. Fear from the child of messing up, fear from the teacher of the child messing up at performances...brutal!!
They know no different. That’s why they’re ok with it. The few NK’s who got to travel abroad and saw the light are the ones who are defecting to the south.
They have no clue though. Maybe even those of us living outside of N Korea are living in a caged dome as well and brainwashed and don’t even know it. Something to ponder.
Being born in Cuba and living there 12 years of my life. I can relate to many of this kids who are brain washed from day one. So sad to think I was one of them until my eyes were opened.
You can afford poison chemical junk boxes at the grocery store. A choice between 50 different options from 3 different major corporations. Choice between $10/hr and $16/hr jobs. Choice between which box in the slums to rent. Choice between dying or crippling medical debt for life, etc yes. So much freedom truly, that is presuming you are in the USA and of the working class of course.
everyone saying this is depressing and all but this is Pyongyang one of the most privileged places in north korea.. in other parts of north korea people struggle to simply survive! theres videos around youtube of older footages of places outside Pyongyang and its heart breaking 😢
I saw some of those videos and people live like it's the 1700's or even before then. It's essentially deplorable and I'm sure there are way more deaths than people realize.
@@majykyl hopefully with the results of the election, everything will stabilize we can hope. As for now, we’re free and I’m so incredibly thankful for my country.
It is never too late, they are taught they can have thier thoughts read even so they are too broken to stand and fight but this is one place that should be helped unfortunately our government won't do anything unless they get something out of it.
@YoMommazNUTZ I mean, not only do they have nukes but they have China’s backing and now a mutual defense treaty with Russia. I would love to see a free North Korea one day but if the West intervenes it’s probably gonna start World War 3 and many, many innocent people will die all across the world. Even if there is a revolution China will inevitably step in and either crush it or endure the new regime barely changes policy. Very sad, really.
After so many decades of having any Defiance like for example, not grabbing a picture of the Kim's and instead grabbing your kids when your home is in fire is met with being sent with your kids to thier "camps" that are right up there with Hitlers camps with extra thrown in, you sometimes stop being able to try doing anything but stay alive. They are so brainwashed they think thier very thoughts will be read. Some are able to escape, but if they are found in China or Russia they are either killed or taken back and punished. Also anything 1 person does wrong will cause your child and grandchild to also be punished! All that is just the basics.
Michael Malice said it best, "when the north koreans go crazy over professing their love for their country and their dear leader, try not to see them as just mindless zombies, but simply as prisoners in dire fear for their lives (and the lives of their families), saying and doing what they have been taught, just to try to survive... its fear, not love" (i'm paraphrasing, but that was the jist of it)
@@josephbulkin9222 Kim, you are a supremely delusional pig, nobody would choose to stay around you if you didn't threaten the lives of their families and murder so many of them, daily. Give everyone a passport and see who's loyal to you then, if you are honestly this insane to think anyone even likes you. 😂
Reminds me of the young man that was visiting N Korea and took a poster off the hotel wall. They tortured him to such an extent that they sent him back to the US, sick, deaf and blind. He died soon after that.
@@simplegirlslifestyle261 his mother (during an interview) said that she had told him to get a poster and bring it back so they could hang it in their church
What's mostly kind of boring, but perpetually depressing is? When you happen to notice anything new or recent about North Korea, there MIGHT be one or two points that the reporter finds out about. But 99.9 % is sadly the same regurgitation of people that are brainwashed.
My Brothers and Sisters in The North is fantastic it wss done by a South Korean woman who immigrated to Germany sure their is propaganda that is to be expected but the North Koreans being interviewed were more open about their lives to a South Korean. There was a feeling of kinship like a long lost family member visiting
@@stevenbaksh5545I absolutely concur. It's a great documentary. The filmmaker in that has a great talent in asking questions that show how brainwashed North Koreans are while still showing respect to them and engaging their curiosity.
Extremely sad :( especially seeing these kids already brainwashed and trying to squeeze ‘the dear leader’ in a sentence. Anything they say they have to say it. So sad
They say it without thinking, growing up copying adults saying the same thing over and over. But if these kids don't work hard in these privileged schools, their lives would be much much worse somewhere on the countryside or a factory, being happy to have a meat once a month (that would be a dog's meat)
You ever think about the complete randomness of where you could have been born in this world?
I literally just thought of that lol
Yes 😇 I’m fine
I think about this often
All the time, I’m very blessed to have been born in America with a loving family
most likely it would have been in india or china, thankfully it wasn't
A fish that grew in an aquarium does not understand the sea.
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Let me fix that :)
Inspiring to leave the aquarium.
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Why I boycott aquariums
Vacation to other country: Landmarks, Restaurants, Parks
Vacation to North Korea:
Hair Salon, Kindergarten, Clubs
This is truly a Truman Show.
I CHOOSE RIVIERA MAYA 🎉❤
Truman show 😅 Exactly.
근데 진짜 유치원은 왜가는지 이해가 안가네ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ보여줄게 그렇게 없나
It was exactly like this when I visited China in the 1990s.
Jade shop, hospital, school for the gifted...and to say, "LOOK! LOOK HOW GREAT EVERYTHING IS!"
Heavily editorialised
The socially awkward vibe and careful talking everyone interviewed gives off shows you that they’re given a script that should definitely not be forgotten
The kindergarten orchestra is wildly impressive yet unsettling. I really hope those children find happiness ❤️
They are happy. They just don't know there's more out there.
This was pretty horrific to view. I can't imagine what these children endure to have to sit and play so well.
I found both the pianist and the orchestra rather creepy to be honest!
@@ianmedium They're kids. They don't know any better.
I thought the same. I play the violin, and the difference in this kindergarten orchestra and my middle school? Ugh makes us look awful! But these poor kids are surely forced to play constantly
It still amazes me that one man can have that much control over the minds of 25M people.
Not sure if you are talking about the USA or North Korea
It’s completely amazing to me as well, I just can’t understand it. It’s like that country is run by a family with mental illness. You have to have a mental illness for you to think treating people like this is okay. People litterally have to have been brain washed with fear over generations for them to submit to this kind of mental abuse. I’m not even talking about the lack of resources right now.
@@ZodamayLOL. We’re not to dar away from it.
A monster, not a man.
Just like one country America is controlling the whole west & most of Europe
Watching documentaries about N.Korea is like watching history channel...
Bordering on a horror movie
History channel?? More like bad joke fantasyland channel
Try America. The only country in history that used nukes
@@LickyTeeNice Whataboutism
Sure, America is flawed, but are you seriously defending North Korea?
@@LickyTeethe Japanese killed over 3200 men in pearl harbor for no reason thinking this mighty powerful country would sit idle afraid of Japan which really launched ww2 , TO BAD
i just realized how nobody holds a phone in public they're either holding a book or standing there... feels like the 1960s there
"Finally they permit us to talk to a (volleyball) player", the guy looks like a government official
Most of the people they talked to were probably intelligence officers posing as regular citizens (except for the nervous guy at the horse place).
@@Sashazurprobably the officials called him for a nice talk in the next day :)...
Pretty sure I've seen the same guy being interviewed as a poor worker fishing by the river several years ago.
@@Sashazur Nah I don't think you can stage everything and choreograph so easily. These might be civilian guys, North korea has insane propaganda, citizens are made to hate America, but south korea and America also spew the same propaganda, like everything being choreographed in such a large scale so seamlessly, people having limited hair cut options and some generals which resurrected after Kim apparently executed them
volleyball doesnt have specific looks.
the guy was so brainwashed that when they ask him about tennis he can only think about ''defeating the Americans''
What he says and what he thinks may not be the same.
Imagine he really has to fight the USA….he would be stunned how real military might looks like.🤦♂️
Lmao I said the same. I’ve heard the same from Russians.
Someone should tell him that Americans can’t find NK on a map, nor do we give them a single thought.🙄
The reality is, there are very few countries in the world able to move large forces across 3000-5,809 miles of ocean (Pacific), very few modern countries have the assets available and the experience to do it. The Germans could not pull it off while under fire on the English Channel that was only 21 miles wide. The Japanese could manage one surprise attack on Hawaii in a time with no real radar or technological assets, but still no boots on the ground.
Every time I see documentaries about North Korea it feels like I'm looking at a country in a parallel universe. It's really insane and incredible to think that these people ACTUALLY live alongside our timeline instead of in it. Much more so than any other civilization in a communistic dictatorship.
I feel it’s stuck in the 50s.
Never believe who speaks English and Dutch
it's far worse than that... but you are on point
They seem happy maybe we should leave them alone
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They don’t even know what year it is. That’s crazy
Wouldn't be surprised if some of them think its still the 90s
dprk has their own calendar. it started from kim il sung’s birth i believe. kinda sad that they brainwashed them into thinking the whole world started when kim il sung was born.
@@beomgyuniverseofficial I don't believe they think the world started at the start of their calendar. It's more to mark the start of their civilization and when Sung was born. They are also not the only ones to use a different calendar system. There are 3 or 4 major countries that never adopted the Gregorian calendar. Ethiopia, Nepal, Iran and Afghanistan.. I think that's all of the larger countries.
Basically, its not unique that they don't follow what we are used to.
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So? Who says your year is the right one? In the Jewish calender, our year is 5785.
If a foreigner came to visit us, we wouldn't show them a beauty salon, a soccer school, or a horse riding ring. We would take them to a beautiful national park, a fun restaurant, introduce them all around. By what the North Korean escorts show the film crew (or don't show!) they have revealed more than they realize.
You don't realize, that the film crew wanted and asked to see exactly this? There are a lot of foreign documentations, that will show you many of the beautiful landmarks, historic sites, recreational and amusement parks, Pizza and other restaurants, etc. of North Korea.
@@masaokakihara9316 lol
@@masaokakihara9316😂😂😂😂😂lol
Концепт фильма - активный отдых. Вы не заметили? Видела фильм, где показывали ресторан национальной кухни. Видимо Вы пропустили :(
@@masaokakihara9316 This is what the government allows to film Lol.
I’m 25 right now but i hope i live to see the day it changes over there if ever. It’ll be mind blowing to see them realize what the outside world is like
If any get the chance to. Their Kim has them on tight leash
North Korea's existence is tied to China. In China's eyes; Korea is a tributary state and has been such for centuries. So they'll never allow North Korea to collapse or merge with a state that is friendly and in alliances with outside forces.
It would be very bad for North Koreans to leave NK. Most of them have grown up to hate everything that isn’t NK. You can’t undo all the brainwashing. It would have to be phased out over many generations.
@@silverfang1158 it's upto them if they want to be on tight leash or not if they all togather stared to rebel against dictator They will get freedome even outside countries like US and South Korea will help them
@@geekytutorials5745considering majority of the country is starving to death, they don’t have the energy or resources to fight it. Most of them are so indoctrinated they don’t know it could be different. I do hope we see the day it happens but it will probably take outside intervention.
Their obsession with America is at first rather comical...but then tragic. I think the ordinary citizen of Pyonyang would be stunned to find out how infrequently we even think about them, much less plot against them. I hope someday these people - especially the very poor and hungry ones - can have peace in their hearts and delicious food in their bellies.🌷🌸🌷
I also think you'll find that it's propaganda for the masses and that the regimes and elites don't care. They will enjoy the trappings of American culture and lifestyle behind closed doors in luxurious surroundings, and the reason North Korea develops certain weapons systems is because they know how hopeless their conventional military is.
@@halfbakedproductions7887 even a rumor that kim and his daugther use steam
@@johansvensson833huh? Steam? What does that mean?
Yes, I thought that too !! Who wants to.invade North Korea ?? Whatever for ? Do they really think anyone else in the world thinks about them , or would want to take over their backward country ?
You don't see any homeless people in North Korea. Yet there are millions in the US, many of them hopeless drug addicts. The men stealing and the women selling their bodies to buy their poison. In America, it's survival of the fittest. If you're one of those without, nobody gives a damn about you. Again, in the supposedly richest country in the world, there are tens of millions who have no healthcare. About the same as the population of the two Koreas combined.
to think that there's actually a place on earth where the people are so far out of touch with reality is hard to wrap my head around........i feel really bad for those people
Feel bad for yourself, leave them alone
I agree, I feel bad for them as well
@@beatsbyantti1153What???
The weather adds to the grim quality
The constant haze is from China air pollution. Both Korea's and sometime Japan get China horrible air pollution blown there way. I a going to guess N Korea uses a lot of coal since it is fairly cheap.
@@JAM661 #TheSkiesDontLie
As a Canadian I can concur
@@JAM661 it's also interesting that they use coal almost exclusively despite having several nuclear facilities. I was actually shocked to find out a lot of NK's use coal to actually heat their home instead of wood. They have to cut out a whole, or make a chimney on their house for the coal smoke.
@@ProtomanButCallMeBlues
I drank from the Ganges and only had 1 dioreah
man... just the scenery alone is giving me depression..
Tell me about it. It looks like a typical city in Canada
The dudes in the gym are lifting weights and yet their puny physiques show a dire need for more than a few sandwiches.
Many areas in South Korea is even worse, with garbage and older buildings. I live in Je Ju Island (vaction Island close to Japan) even though many areas are new, there are still many very old areas, they literally looks like slum, but cost a lot. If you can abstract from the amount and number of cars , it looks similar to many areas in South Korea, but with new cars.
@@Amgprojekt You mean the bad parts of Pyongyang? Definitely. The parts shown in the video are pretty nice. I've seen pictures that tourists took and the city doesn't look that bad. That's because the regime only shows outsiders what they want to show
@@tomyoo3324 even their "pretty nice spots" look kind of dull at least for me
I used to work for a Korean company. My boss was a son of a North Korean. He would tell us horror stories of how his father escaped North Korea.
The poor man. I am glad he escaped. I don't wish what N. Koreans endure on anyone.
You're spewing nothing but American propaganda.
If he doesn't the cia will send him back!
Tapi anda akan lebih terkejut ketika orang Korea selatan tidak henti-hentinya melontarkan kata-kata rasis pada orang asia lainya...sungguh Korea Utara lebih baik dari pada orang-orang berengsek Korea selatan
@@dreamfileanime973 That's why I don't understamd why the hell those artists black pink bts and many people praise them so much hello there are lots of other race that can sing and dance better than them🙄
When the assistant principal was talking about routine, you could tell he was having a hard time saying “properly” that they are not allowed to talk.
The hair salon with the 18 haircuts to choose from… it’s like the Sims but you never bought any DLCs.
😂
WAY BETTER THEN WIGS AND HORRIBLE STYLES IN THE USA WHERE PEOPLE DON'T WAS THEIR HAIR FOR DAYS 🤮🤮🤮
@@eloinaseguro5230bro what year are you living in? 💀
@@eloinaseguro5230 Found the north korean soldier!
DLCs?
It's like living in one enormous penitentiary, complete with first-class sections, second-class sections, and lower-class sections, with everybody saying and doing whatever it takes to move up the ladder.
Just like the USA.
@@rosemaryspiota9836 yess
@@rosemaryspiota9836 - Except that I don't keep portraits of the president in my living room.
@@saino2001you keep them under the pillow =))
@@rosemaryspiota9836 but you're welcome to leave the US whenever you want. the point of the video may have flown straight over your head.
In every sentence they are saying "our great leader","marshal kim", their every sentence is being controlled😭!?!??😢
Well, it's been recorded... It's not like one can say "kim sucks" 😢
well yeah. if they talk about their leader they have to be very “respectful” as they say, to the leader, not they also on camera so they have to say everything perfect in case they get killed or sent to camps
yes and every idea or innovation is his, that's the point. Absolute loyalty to the regime
You know the KIM Dynasty are GODs?!?,,,lmao
A North Korean would never know who is an agent of the regime
It is my absolute worst nightmare. It is so hard to wrap my mind around the fact that this is the reality for 25 million people. What an absolute dystopian hellscape... will it ever change?
I’m impressed by the assistant principal’s English skills! The fact they have limited access to outside world, means she’s very well adept in language
She looks so pretty too!
Seriously, she's obviously been selected from childhood to fulfil that role, knowledge of the English language is specifically taught to specific people for specific purposes, it isn't a "personal interest" skill....
She must learned english abroad to be that fluent.
LOL like Kim they learned in EUROPE
English is taught as a second language in North Korea. They learn British English.
Fear and fatigue betray their own smiles
damnnnn
Mostly fear.
Even the young have wrinkles and dry, coarse hair... they can praise the leader as much as they want, but their bodies show clear signs of malnutrition and a hard life. Poor people!
So true@@TheMediterraneanStar
well put. very sad
The only thing more frightening than a dystopian novel is a dystopian reality. Every word, action, thought is contrived, formulated to ensure one’s longevity and avoid the firing squad.
She was singing that song like her life depended on it........ cause it does.
Dang 😂 I’m sorry for laughing. But she had a nice voice.
very sad
Excellent comment.
It seems to me that this is how Beyoncé sang for Kamela. It all depends from which angle you look at the truth..
@@a.a3875Beyonce got paid your tax money to sing like a caged bird
It is fascinating to me that they keep allowing people to film there, even being supervised and shown only the best it’s still clear to the rest of the world how bad their situation is.
Keep allowing? There are so few recordings.
Unfortunately, it’s not that clear to many people nowadays. I’ve talked to many who would see this and think it’s a utopia.
...and they were only shown the most privileged people and the best facilities.
The recording videos is a way to show what it looks like to the others outside. They want you to share this video on yt so that people can see how they live in NK, it’s all part of the propaganda. They don’t want the westerners to think it’s a prison because guess what, you’re not allowed to film in prisons
The propaganda tour. Cuba is more honest with their communism: they don't hide the shthole that it is!
I feel so, so sorry for the North Korean people. We don't hate them at all? They are people just like us, but living under a brutal regime. When that guy said ''we have to prepare against our enemy, America'' it sent shivers down my spine.
The (real or fabricated) threat of external persecution is an extremely effective tactic to unite people and make them feel a strong sense of loyalty to a group.
The us has done that to you but with the Middle East for the past 20 years lol
Yeah… Totally, definitely not your Ayatollah telling you to say that.
Sounds like you're afraid..why?
They hate you as much as HAMAS ,,,,SOUTH Koreans really detest the NORTH ‘bumpkins’,,,,,lmao
After watching this my country India seems heaven to me 😂❤
The freedom,the humanity,the ancient culture with spritual and moral values everything.
After the word India I read the rest in an Indian accent
@@balala7054😂
Everything is staged. The grocery store they showed was probably filled with items before filming and people were instructed to "shop" there at a specific time. The people "seeing the sites" were pulled from their daily lives to be at those locations. The motivational brigade most likely were forced to rehearse in preparation of the filming. It's way worse than we think. Mind boggling that the rest of the world just allows this to go on.
Why do you think everything is staged?Let the communists live their lives the way they like
Sure, Jorge. How about your first to sign up for the armed services and lead the charge in.
After all the N.Koreans might have a point in being scared of the Americans, if it wasn't for the nukes and the threat that they pose to the south, there would have been a regime change, CIA assassinations, invasion of their country by US marines a long time ago,in order to root out communism as they have tried in Vietnam, because communism is seen by the US as a disease, even if it happens thousands of miles away.
As for daily life in N.Korea, I envy the lack of cars on the streets, everything else is a nightmare.
No natural resources in North Korea so nobody cares.
@@fredrit323the cia is afraid of China not north Korea.
My life isn't so terrible after all
important realizations 😍😍
AGREED!
I hope it lasts. Us freedom is threatened. It may soon be black and latino.
@@spudwesth
I agree. When I see how destructive the maga crowd is, it makes me wonder about the future
@@spudwesthwhat a racist comment! Black people built this country toi so what are you talking about ? Racist
11:37 Now there's one controlled kid, horrified to say anything deemed wrong, and watched like a hawk by those around him. What an existence!
Yes, and why did she touch him? It’s as if to reassure him that they’re watching and saying one wrong word and you’ll pay.
Lady in the apartment saying all the correct commie scripts,,,,”my family went to other countries but life here in the NORTH is so much better”,,,,they actually said the opposite in the living room while having the music and water running full blast,,,,,lmao
He looked 30 years old
@@danpatrickth2759 he looked about 14 to me
Grey Aliens want this future for us.
I consider myself lucky to have been born and raised in the Philippines. We have problems here but we have freedom and human rights.
At the waterpark it's like they're stuck in the 1920s! Fascinating
Even the swimsuits right?!?…..imagine someone wearing a 🇧🇷 thong,,,,,lmao
Smile on their face but sadness in their eyes.
yep
They don't know any difference.
It's true
Are you happy?
They like our classical music!
That young man watching the horses that he will never be able to ride definitely knows that and you can feel his pain. Why take these people to show them what they won’t ever have☹️
Because the great dictator said they'll have, they're forced, or trained, to believe that. Sad.
He seems scared too
To make then believe that if they work hard enough, one day they will have it. The same failed ' white picket fence' ideology that most of us in the U.S. grew up with.
They do that to any other country with TV and media.
Happens in America everyday
I am a former child prodigy, I also play the piano and have done since I was 3 (I say former because I’ve just turned 18) and to think that that child with so much talent will never get the same opportunities I have and had. I wish I could help her. So sad. I know what music means to be. I began composing at 10 to express myself and to think she won’t be able to have the same life I have, had and will have.
The waterpark was so bizarre. Not a single child was there. I guess they don't get to join since they don't work.
I would find it hard to argue that the kids in the orchestra at the beginning aren't "working". They probably can't go until they're done with their 23 hours of daily practice.
@@mwolkoveyea that’s what I was thinking too. Practicing on which ever instrument is probably all they do. Everything in North Korea has a very very dark side behind the facade. And the leaders of NK are fools if they think foreigners don’t see that dark side.
When tours are planned, people are TOLD to be there and be happy.
It's all staged for tours.
It would all be cold seawater Haswell lol.
Seawater pumped from 25 miles away has to be expensive. Plus it was a school day so I wouldn't expect to see them there. Even smaller children would be asking to go all the time so I foubt they can afford to have the park operational everyday if they can't keep the lights on.
The trouble with being brainwashed, is you don't know you're brainwashed!
You're brainwashed
People are brainwashed all over the world its called religion
That’s the same for us as well…
So what makes you think your not brainwashed?
Same. Story. In. IRAQ.
This looks like the most depressing place in the world. Freedom for these people please this is just not right.
Woke America in 100 years ?
@@spudwesth
Valid point.
Your "freedom" is just an illusion although you're arguably better off than a N Korean is.
Those ppl have been brainwashed and held captive and dependent for so long they'd literally go mad and into an existential crisis and mental breakdown if their regime ceased to exist one day. They have no skills to live and learn on their own, their whole lives are being dictated and arranged, there's no individuality, only the collective. When a generationally cultivated hive mind gets cut loose, those adapted to it feel lost, disoriented and overwhelmed. It's gonna take just as many generations to create a free thinking society that upholds the values of the western world. It's not an easy process at all.
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Excellent piece. Narrator/reporter is outstanding.
the vibe is depressing
Zombie cities in the US are very depressing
People there are very relaxed, believe it
@@MrManny075you watch too much RuZZian state media and CCP propaganda.
If I ever have a bad day I watch videos like this
but they are free depressing zombie cities
That assistant principal speaks English really well
@@Otoyeptho Hilarious!
@@yesitwasmewhoHo, ho, ho!!!
@@OtoyepthoI find both N n S Korean women unattractive. They all look alike.
@@yesitwasmewho must be the starvation diet🥴
She is likely a product of one of their spy-training schools, where they are immersed in western language and culture in order to be able to blend in if activated and sent to a western country with a false ID, credentials and back story (my grandparents were originally from South Korea and I grew up in XYZ Country in Europe...).
You know you are trapped alive when
"swimming pools is the best thing ruler gave to us"
and its sea water 🌊 salty dehydrated skin drying sea water
What do you expect with all those heavy sanctions?
@@LickyTeeThen Why North Korea get sanctioned in the first place?
@@timssa886because it's a socialist republic? ever heard of Venezuela?
Your neighbour locks up his wife and kids, would you give him money and resources so he can marry more wives and abuse more kids?
It boggles my mind that this type of place exists. It's crazy that the rest of the world can't band together to help free these people.
Yeah, while you stay home and enjoy life, heh.
It reminds me of rodents that are kept as pets in a cage unaware of the world outside that small square filled with sawdust. It also looks a very grim and depressing place.
Like Rotherham?
Take a look at the streets of America, I know what I prefer 😂
It's like that for people all over the world. Take a hard look at Africa, India, sections of the ME and Central America. Much of North Korea's suffering is due to the punishing sanctions from the USA who is in fact still at war with them.
@@Ziegfried82exactly
Very impressive documentary, thanks so much for sharing!!
And there they are , those Koreans , side by side with the other Koreans ... of the South.
It's unbelieble but sadly true .
"Motivational brigades" is a severely unsettling name.
It's very common in China as well, at least for young kids, schoolchildren and the elderly. Some of them are government-organized, like during morning assemblies in school. The older people often form their own groups to do similar things in parks, etc. because I guess they're used to doing it since young. The old people in the parks also like to sing and play a lot of propaganda songs from the Cultural Revolution era, when they were youths. Granted, the music is very nice, and I know they genuinely like singing those songs. Lived there until I was 6, and visited relatives there sometimes.
North Korea and South Korea... It's totally surrealistic how people who share the same historical roots, same language could become so different. Most horrifying science fiction doesn't even come close...
As a matter of fact it's quite natural. Some enslaved by the regime others enslaved by big corporations. Sometimes following the rules can be disastrous.
@ekaterine9508 If you don't like the corporate environment, just quit. Or exit the contract. But if you are stuck with it, it's your choice or weakness in making choices in your life. To leave N. Korea means to die first. Your comparison is completely out of context.
@@Svidge_123_ I'm not comparing the two. I'm just deducting that the Kim's regime and cheoboli corporate system grow from the same roots of obsequious inclinations when it comes to a powerful "boss". One diligent nation made successful advancement in capitalism and totalitarianism alike. They are no different whatsoever, they just follow different ideology with the same vigor, determination and diligence.
@@Svidge_123_ lol that is so not true. You replace it with another corporate environment, we cant quit Capitalism because the rulers of the world don't allow us to . In a way, you too are brainwashed
@@ekaterine9508 so well put! Thank you
Do they honestly think that other countries buy this sort of thing? Everyone knows what's really going on
youre right, but the point is that the people within the country don't know what's going on
that's what matters
They might know, they might secretly reject it, but they don't do so openly, instead playing nice so as to not risk harm upon themself or their family.
How do you know you aren't being fed propaganda about North Korea - and it's actually not as bad as what the Western media presents...?
This is literally a copy and paste "Vice on HBO" documentary from 2014 with a different person doing the voice over
Some are brainwashed and don't know better, others just keep their mouth shut and stick to the script lest they be killed. Do you know Plato's allegory of the cave? Well, North Korea fits that story.
Wow! Orwell's 1984 alive and right in your face.😮
IYKYK
Sure is
There's even a telescreen. 😔
The US is following. The brainwashed WOKE stifle discontent.
Exactly. You see that it is possible.
Wow this was a great little documentary
That kid on the piano was brilliant and the orchestra
That girl in the pink skirt (everyone had white clothing)…..will most likely be recruited for ‘Kim’s Special Ladies for VIPs),,,,,Hmmm
Yeah i feel sorry for the kid ! I cant imagine how many hours per day he must be obligated to practice to get to that level ...With no other options !
Genuine question about piano players, why do they have to move so much? Does it keep their hands from cramping?
(I feel undulate is a better word but not with someone that age, eurgh.)
Ours aren't great either.
The fact that this is life for some people is insane.
They don't know anything different.
Even the cold weather is creepy.
😂😂😂
The climate does seem grim.
I’m in England and I have to agree .
No heat even for the "rich" in North Korea. That's how devastating the sanctions have been yet they keep operating like this. At night there's almost zero light coming from North Korea on satellite. This isn't just communism and dictatorship, this is the result of massive American pressure.
Conditioned fear
1:15 imagine being told you can’t come near foreigners due to the inferiority of the western…. Meanwhile they stand a foot taller lol
It’s like another planet , a very sad one
Well America have more homeless people than anywhere around the world so you people are nothing but hypocrites .
I've never seen a sad north korean...
@@surendramumgai631so North Koreans are happy?
@@kellyperry559 they call themselves the happiest people on earth.... there must be some reason for such a belief...
YES, CAUSE YOUR AMERICAN FED NEWS PROPAGANDA SAID SO ! YES! 😆😂😂😂😂 JUST LIKE THE NORTH KOREANS !😆😆😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😆😆😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂
4:24 What really struck me is the old metro carts from West Berlin (1950-60) and the graffiti scratched into the windows and people probably have no clue of what is what
yes, and they have to manage their curiosity😭
Imagine if the people who graffitied those trains see there tagging in this video haha 😅
It is quite symbolic and sad that it likely has pro freedom messages as well. Right in front of them and they cannot read it.
Billed as their crown jewel, the cars said it all.
@@ivanl6012 Some time ago a German documentary about North Korea came out in which the reporter from Berlin recognized his own drawings/scratchings in the subway 😅
The assistant principal who speaks English, she’s throwing out massive signs that she wants to escape and be free from the regime, I can feel it in her soul. Poor lady 😢
You are lying.
@@dee1721bot
@@dee1721 no I am not.
She speaks american English.. astonishing
@@priyaj5283 probably taught english by a Chinese translator exposed to American culture
Seem to be, presumably, maybe, might be, probably. Is a lot of suggestion, that have many interpretations.
I’m American and watching this makes me even more grateful that I was born here - not to say America doesn’t have any problems. It’s so random how we are born to certain parents and certain countries.
So true, I try to remember that all the time.
Atleast North Koreans have some discipline. We can't expect that from Americans😂 Dating in teens, early and multiple marriages and divorces😂
@@sriramkrishnan1397 Oh yeah that's so much worse than concentration camps and mass starvation. 🙄
just watch out you dont get shot on the streets by random African american. That doesnt happen in North Korea
just beware you dont get finished by some random African American due gun violence. That doesnt happen in North Korea
The leftover graffiti on the trains windows from Germany is wild
I know right!
Whole country lookin like a goodwill
There‘s actually a german documentary as well by „Prosieben“ where a german reporter recognized an old graffiti from his childhood on one of the trains. Then the guides and everyone else felt insulted and thought it was disrespectful.
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@@FkPVenturaLMAO
The psychology behind this indoctrination is working. The majority of North Koreans are programed for life to love this country, it's leaders and the possibility of being part of its success. It is also amazing how the indoctrination begins at birth and remains until death. The question is when or will we see it end in our lifetime.
nope
A better question may be how is some of this creeping into our sociey.And where can we not see our own brainwashing.
Sounds like russia.
When The Kim's take over South Korea, remember where you heard it.
The alt-right indoctrination is also working very well.
I lived in the Soviet Union as a foreigner
and it was not as bad like this
Sadly the outside world would not understand
most of these people love this life there...because it is the only one they ever had
Kim Jong Un is the only one who was not diagnosed with fatphobia in his own country.
Winnie the Pooh, the dictator of North Korea
Kim Jong Un is the only fat person in the whole country.
@@ameliaricafort5556 thought that was xi wouldent kim be eeyore or something?
The people are told kim Jon umbrella is the most handsome man in the world 😂
😂
What a miserable, horrid existence. One man's personal government over an entire nation.
They seem happy
You live just like them.
Problem is you think you’ve got “freedom of speech” and “human rights”
@@LickyTeehuman rights dont exist. Its nonsense made by Americans to tell other people that they way they have lived for 2000 years is "wrong".
If anyone remember. They took part in World Cup up 2010. And no fans were allowed to travel and support the team. Apparently what was shown to the people back home was that North Korea had played Brazil and won the World Cup. Kim invited a 4th tier Brazilian team to play in NK and he convinced his people that North Korea had won the World Cup! Haha
As I remember big part of the team never returned back to their country
What 😂😂😂
Nah that's cap 💀
This is what “you will own nothing and you will be happy” looks like in real practice.
The kindergarten orchestra gave me chills.
For real
why
@@jeffguzman6497 Because little kids like that need to be kids instead of being programmed like robots to perform that well. As a musician I can tell you that It takes years for the normal human to play an instrument like that and these kids are only 5-6 yrs old... They are forced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMO
@@paulruiz72completely correct. I grew up in a country close to there, and was forced as a very young child to play crazy amounts of hours of piano and it had to be perfection , otherwise punishment. Endless pressure for higher aspirations as well and forced into them. This never stopped .
It was beautiful what is wrong with you negative people
I feel miserable just watching this! Imagine living under a dictator.
NK indeed is a pretty grim dictatorship. However, some dictators in history did an OK job. Holding on to power while securing a stable and comfortable life for the citizens. Yugoslavia was such an example. It collapsed 10 years after the dictator's death and then war broke out. In some of the successor countries, Tito is still held in very high esteem, as people lived way better.
@@CèsaryElmzoon I'm watching this. I couldnt imagine my life being control. Looking at the street, buildings, etc. So militaristic. I'm so happy and lucky to be living in a country where my basic human rights are not taken away from me.
trudeau
We in the west live under dictators. It's just hazy who they actually are and the propaganda is much more complex . We have an illusion of democracy
Project 2025 will make that America's reality.
Such a shame that all those children will never know what freedom really is.
Neither do any of us, we’re all controlled in some way or another, (no matter what country you’re from)
You are being controlled as well, you may not realised it yet……….
I understand what you are saying,but I'm not afraid to step outside my front door,my kids used to play,laugh& get creative..My children had a life..I mean that little 5 year old girl was very impressive although i smiled i felt sad for her,she looked like a mini adult..
It's such a shame..how are the elderly treated??..i did not get any happy vibes from watching this..
Anyway i won't go on,take care ☮🦋☮🦋
And u won't either 🤡🤡🤣🤣
U thought u where exempt you thought you can put your mouth on them😂 and you are controlled too😂😂
What a great documentary.....very risky of course.
The little girl playing piano was amazing! As well as the kindergarten orchestra!
Child prodigys. In many ways they are among the most fortunate. Their talents will bring them a more privileged life. But they will be expected to always be perfect.
@@blu48they are not child prodigies, they have to practice constantly out of fear! You can get any kid at a young age n teach them piano, especially if they HAVE to practice day n night out of fear, u would find many child “prodigies”.🤦🏽♀️
I just don't believe that orchestral sound came from those children.
It's propaganda.
@@kellyperry559 "practice day n night out of fear" That's just plain Nonsense.
@@alexadam353 Did you not hear the 9 hours of Football practice each day at the academy?
That's a lot for any kid, so I doubt the 5 yr old piano player is doing less than 7 hours a day.
Fear from the child of messing up, fear from the teacher of the child messing up at performances...brutal!!
I just cannot imagine living like this.
They know no different. That’s why they’re ok with it. The few NK’s who got to travel abroad and saw the light are the ones who are defecting to the south.
They have no clue though. Maybe even those of us living outside of N Korea are living in a caged dome as well and brainwashed and don’t even know it. Something to ponder.
The sad thing is, they literally cannot imagine living like us 😮
Try it out
Being born in Cuba and living there 12 years of my life. I can relate to many of this kids who are brain washed from day one. So sad to think I was one of them until my eyes were opened.
No one will understand unless they grew up under COMMUNISM,,,,esp these US woke and social justice liberal kids,,,,,lmao
Freedom has it's flaws but you can solve problems and work around it.
Communism is just sad.
Welcome home.
Opened to better funded propaganda
@@crisgetcrucified6972 I’ll take better funded propaganda over not having anything to eat no matter how much you work.
It reminds me so much of religion, people praising and worshipping a leader who provides things, but on strict conditions
I wish you showed the night sky. I always wondered what it looked like since from the satellite map it looks like they have zero light pollution.
Yes. Those Pyongyangers should be able to see many, many stars at night.
At least they have something more beautiful to look up to than we have
@@rubenspaander1192doesn’t change anything. They are miserable
@@nenaj1 it doesn’t need to change anything, was just saying
Ice storm years ago took out power for weeks the night sky was wonderful
Sometimes i hate being poor but then i see this and realized I'm living better than upper class north Korean.
You can afford poison chemical junk boxes at the grocery store. A choice between 50 different options from 3 different major corporations. Choice between $10/hr and $16/hr jobs. Choice between which box in the slums to rent. Choice between dying or crippling medical debt for life, etc yes. So much freedom truly, that is presuming you are in the USA and of the working class of course.
@@user-gz4ve8mw9l💯
@@user-gz4ve8mw9lyes, that is much better than north korea, your point being?
Actually poor people here live like people with money in other countries, because they can choose what to eat,et
Free apartment? For life? I doubt ur living better as an American… North Korean looks like utopia tbh
everyone saying this is depressing and all but this is Pyongyang one of the most privileged places in north korea.. in other parts of north korea people struggle to simply survive! theres videos around youtube of older footages of places outside Pyongyang and its heart breaking 😢
The poor are 4 inches shorter and 20 pounds lighter.
Are you crazy!
I saw some of those videos and people live like it's the 1700's or even before then. It's essentially deplorable and I'm sure there are way more deaths than people realize.
We should lift sanctions immediately
@@rem-0515How do you know what it was like in the 1700s?
Very interesting documentary. These seem like very nice and decent people.
I lived in Romania at the tail end of Communism, and the cities are eerily similar. But at least you could talk and interact with the Romanians
Now Romania is ruled by a uni-party and everything in the "Romanian" media is propaganda. Unfortunately Romania isn't even a country anymore.
Huge empty buildings no pedestrians no cars …and at night why are all the lights off in these apartments?!?,,,,,lol
@@luckylindy1776to save energy, is cold too in apartments...
@@AshcraftinTexaswho spout their love? North koreans? Soviets? I dont understand
Bro what? 😂
Not sure how you were able to capture great footage like this given how protective they are. Well done with the storytelling too 👍🏼
Bro is playing tennis to be able to defend the country and defeat the American invaders😂😂
i know right HAHA
He's staying in shape.... that's more than his beloved dictator is doing 😅
It’s very sad. Not funny at all.
he's gonna hit tennis balls at them
Sounds like a situation from Fallout.
What a scary and just horribly abusive place… it’s madness
To the comments that claim USA is oppressed like North Korea, YOU KNOW NOTHING.
Yet....
@@majykyl hopefully with the results of the election, everything will stabilize we can hope. As for now, we’re free and I’m so incredibly thankful for my country.
The subway, everybody looks really really miserable… I bet it’s an absolute hell outside of the city..
Wow, y’all must be so happy where you’re from.
No depression whatsoever
If you watch some of the north korean defector stories, it sounds like hell in the country areas..... mostly because they don't get fed properly
The kindergarten orchestra is creepy 😳 Poor children.
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So isn't that lady singing about blood red rivers in the beginning. She looks like she's singing at gunpoint
It’s fake. The kids just pretend to play, the music is piped in
18:02 Am I crazy or is that the same girl (now grown up) from the waterpark opening?
There country is so old fashioned it's stuck in the 50s or 80s at the most. It's just comical at how they think they are modern
Bro, you’d suffer too if your country was heavily sanctioned.
Dystopia...a nightmare....suffocating...just by watching.
Wonder if is too late.
Yes, Very worried with the way most countries are infiltrated. Is it too late to fight back?
It is never too late, they are taught they can have thier thoughts read even so they are too broken to stand and fight but this is one place that should be helped unfortunately our government won't do anything unless they get something out of it.
@YoMommazNUTZ I mean, not only do they have nukes but they have China’s backing and now a mutual defense treaty with Russia. I would love to see a free North Korea one day but if the West intervenes it’s probably gonna start World War 3 and many, many innocent people will die all across the world. Even if there is a revolution China will inevitably step in and either crush it or endure the new regime barely changes policy. Very sad, really.
They don’t even have the energy to fight against the regime.
what do you mean
After so many decades of having any Defiance like for example, not grabbing a picture of the Kim's and instead grabbing your kids when your home is in fire is met with being sent with your kids to thier "camps" that are right up there with Hitlers camps with extra thrown in, you sometimes stop being able to try doing anything but stay alive. They are so brainwashed they think thier very thoughts will be read. Some are able to escape, but if they are found in China or Russia they are either killed or taken back and punished.
Also anything 1 person does wrong will cause your child and grandchild to also be punished! All that is just the basics.
@@Мартичан Severe malnutriction in North Korea
its a shame that each one of those people know that if they don't spew the national lines, they would be beaten, imprisoned and worse.
Michael Malice said it best, "when the north koreans go crazy over professing their love for their country and their dear leader, try not to see them as just mindless zombies, but simply as prisoners in dire fear for their lives (and the lives of their families), saying and doing what they have been taught, just to try to survive... its fear, not love" (i'm paraphrasing, but that was the jist of it)
You Americans are sso funny. You all gave no loyalty to anything, and are so surprised when you actually see an example of nationalism.
@@josephbulkin9222Is this Kim Jong Uns alt account 😂😂😂
@@Majorskillissue101 no, but I don't like Western society.
@@josephbulkin9222hi Kim I always wanted to talk to you Mr supreme memer
@@josephbulkin9222 Kim, you are a supremely delusional pig, nobody would choose to stay around you if you didn't threaten the lives of their families and murder so many of them, daily. Give everyone a passport and see who's loyal to you then, if you are honestly this insane to think anyone even likes you. 😂
Reminds me of the young man that was visiting N Korea and took a poster off the hotel wall. They tortured him to such an extent that they sent him back to the US, sick, deaf and blind. He died soon after that.
He didn’t even take that poster down, they set him up. Very bright, attractive young guy.
@@simplegirlslifestyle261 his mother (during an interview) said that she had told him to get a poster and bring it back so they could hang it in their church
Otto Warmbier.
@simplegirlslifestyle261 I feel very sorry about this guy. But he should know better not to do that in country like that.
@@natsaltaI hope people learn from his mistake.
South Korea and North Korea are completely opposite as hell it's crazy man
I mean…N and S are literally polar opposites so…crazy? Nah, just science
And they really DETEST each other royally too,,,,lmao
(Per Koreans telling me in the USA)
I wish they understood that the vast majority of Americans aren't even aware of how it is they live..
What's mostly kind of boring, but perpetually depressing is? When you happen to notice anything new or recent about North Korea, there MIGHT be one or two points that the reporter finds out about. But 99.9 % is sadly the same regurgitation of people that are brainwashed.
My Brothers and Sisters in The North is fantastic it wss done by a South Korean woman who immigrated to Germany sure their is propaganda that is to be expected but the North Koreans being interviewed were more open about their lives to a South Korean. There was a feeling of kinship like a long lost family member visiting
@@stevenbaksh5545I absolutely concur. It's a great documentary. The filmmaker in that has a great talent in asking questions that show how brainwashed North Koreans are while still showing respect to them and engaging their curiosity.
Agreed idk why ppl are brainwashed by all this anti communism
American propaganda we in most of the world don’t believe in “freedom” and never will!
Extremely sad :( especially seeing these kids already brainwashed and trying to squeeze ‘the dear leader’ in a sentence. Anything they say they have to say it. So sad
They say it without thinking, growing up copying adults saying the same thing over and over.
But if these kids don't work hard in these privileged schools, their lives would be much much worse somewhere on the countryside or a factory, being happy to have a meat once a month (that would be a dog's meat)
😭😭😭 the hardest to watch
At least he is not senile.