In the Romania of my childhood, the 8th of March, May Day and the 1st of June (International Children's Day) were major celebrations, though only May Day was an official holiday and a day off. I have fond memories of the joy they brought, the feeling that we were part of a much bigger thing than our tiny little selves.
what an interesting little co-incidence. I am watching this on the 'Day of the Shinning Star'. I had no idea of the date of that North Korean holiday before watching.
I can't believe the quality of your videos. I've found myself being very curious about north Korean culture, and your channel seems to be the best source of content in that regard!!
I've just finished reading Michael Palin's book on North Korea. He was there for the May 1st celebrations and was utterly surprised by how welcoming the people were. It's one of the best books I've ever read on the DPRK. It's quite different from the TV series because he is more open about his own impressions.
It is fantastic - it was the company I worked for (and still work with a bit) that took him in and arranged the trip, so glad that both an incredible programme and great book came out of it!
Coincidentally. My birthday was also April 15th, and my birthday somewhat went stale these days, as i go older and older. Should I go to North Korea to make my birthday more iconic?
I guess it makes sense that it's popular to have weddings on public holidays cuz everyone is off. A video about North Korean wedding customs and traditions would be interesting. If they do honeymoons in their culture itd be cool to see some of the most popular honeymoon spots
how does this british dude know so much about north korea? It's interesting content, and if this is the people's propaganda department, kudos to them for finally figuring out the magic formula, keep it up i guess
They literally have a TV channel that broadcasts everyday they even translate some videos on the official youtube.... The west suppresses anything normal over there to dehumanize them as monsters
He is British dude who work as uk private guide company for traveling in North Korea(weird position indeed). His video is some kind of documentary and also promote his job as guide for tourism like video about hotel and plan trip in various city in nk. I mean it North Korea… not a lot of tourists industrial competition and that make your job a little bit more profit but also not many tourists so make video like this is kind of good thing to do while it not have tourists.and also nk government feel fine about what he doing despite he work independently form nk government but it promote both side so they provide him some information .
Off-topic comment, but: 0:12 - extremely modern and eye-catching form of Sam-Taeguk. I'd vote for it becoming the national symbol of unified people's Korean state.
9 public holidays in the first half of the year followed by 8 more in the second half. That's 17. WTF does the DPRK has so many holidays ?!!!! That is nearly as many as Malaysia. Still no where close to Nepal though with 36. The world champion. If you work 5 days a week, that's nearly 2 months worth of public holidays every year !
Unfortunately not. But you might enjoy “Little Chinese Everywhere.” She has the best vlogs showing culture. I myself will be moving to China in 1.5 years and I intend to make videos from a similar perspective about China once I’m there. We definitely need more of this kind of content to go around the mainstream media.
Considering if you type “korean culture” or food or history or anything else, 90% of your search results on youtube will be about the rok, I don’t think that would be needed.
I'm uploading all the songs from this video to DPRK Explained Music this afternoon - some are already up. Playlist for this video (Part One) linked in the description.
Unquestionably the best DPRK content on the website. And probably the best overall in the English language.
Most documentaries on TV don't put half the effort put into their editing that this free content does.
In the Romania of my childhood, the 8th of March, May Day and the 1st of June (International Children's Day) were major celebrations, though only May Day was an official holiday and a day off. I have fond memories of the joy they brought, the feeling that we were part of a much bigger thing than our tiny little selves.
Amazing video, thanks for that.
Brilliant as always 👍👍👍👍👍
It's such a detailed introduction, really appreciate this series. By the way, is it allowed to add subtitles to translate to other languages?
UA-cam settings turn on closed captioning and choose your preferred language. ❤
I discovered this channel from Hakim and love it!
Love it ❤️❤️❤️
Okay I’m ready for part two 😂
I was ready when Part One dropped......
what an interesting little co-incidence. I am watching this on the 'Day of the Shinning Star'. I had no idea of the date of that North Korean holiday before watching.
Love these videos provided by various world UA-camrs.
Waiting or the 2nd part! 🎇
I can't believe the quality of your videos. I've found myself being very curious about north Korean culture, and your channel seems to be the best source of content in that regard!!
I've just finished reading Michael Palin's book on North Korea. He was there for the May 1st celebrations and was utterly surprised by how welcoming the people were. It's one of the best books I've ever read on the DPRK. It's quite different from the TV series because he is more open about his own impressions.
It is fantastic - it was the company I worked for (and still work with a bit) that took him in and arranged the trip, so glad that both an incredible programme and great book came out of it!
Great video
I have a new guilty pleasure with North Korean music!
In North, they have Juche Calendar but in South they have Dangun Calendar - both aren't used in formal business calendar.
Very cool celebrations
can you tell me when is the military parade starting?
Coincidentally. My birthday was also April 15th, and my birthday somewhat went stale these days, as i go older and older. Should I go to North Korea to make my birthday more iconic?
they just celebrating 75 years of the founding of the country well done comrades of the dprk
Just a question, do you recognise the existence of the ROK? as when you show a map of the DPRK it includes all of ROK territory
ROK is just a West colony used as proxy during the Cold War era, both are significant to history of current day Vietnam
@@reis1185 why is Vietnam dragged into this 😭?
Forget Valentine's day, real comrades celebrate Generalissimo Day/Day of the Shining Star.
Conteúdo de qualidade ✨️🇰🇵✨️
I guess it makes sense that it's popular to have weddings on public holidays cuz everyone is off. A video about North Korean wedding customs and traditions would be interesting. If they do honeymoons in their culture itd be cool to see some of the most popular honeymoon spots
April's a big month apparently
how does this british dude know so much about north korea? It's interesting content, and if this is the people's propaganda department, kudos to them for finally figuring out the magic formula, keep it up i guess
They literally have a TV channel that broadcasts everyday they even translate some videos on the official youtube.... The west suppresses anything normal over there to dehumanize them as monsters
He is British dude who work as uk private guide company for traveling in North Korea(weird position indeed). His video is some kind of documentary and also promote his job as guide for tourism like video about hotel and plan trip in various city in nk. I mean it North Korea… not a lot of tourists industrial competition and that make your job a little bit more profit but also not many tourists so make video like this is kind of good thing to do while it not have tourists.and also nk government feel fine about what he doing despite he work independently form nk government but it promote both side so they provide him some information .
He is North Korean
Maybe he is Korean?
I'm interested to know if the DPRK celebrates Hangul Day? Or, I suppose, Chosun Day?
Talk about the city of Sunan pls, and Sunan-guyok
Happy Day of the Sun everyone
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Don’t know if anyone here actually celebrates it but still
태양절 축하합니다!
Awesome holidays of the DPRK!
Off-topic comment, but:
0:12 - extremely modern and eye-catching form of Sam-Taeguk. I'd vote for it becoming the national symbol of unified people's Korean state.
It's a variation of the Joseon dynasty Taeguk
Oh, actually I didn't know. Still, I like its design
Can you talk about lgbt in dprk?
Hmmm. The German Pioneers had the same motto (always ready): immer bereit!
what's the name of the International Worker's Day's song?
Happy Army Foundation Day, Comrades! 🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🚩🚩🚩
Yayayaya, DPRK. 🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵
no, its because in 1876, my balls did a sus and i became beer and now im a tractor in ohio :skull:
@@Akrafena tf bro
“Comrades” 🤓🤓🤓
@@bennygoodmanisgod yes, what's so hard to understand?
9 public holidays in the first half of the year followed by 8 more in the second half. That's 17. WTF does the DPRK has so many holidays ?!!!!
That is nearly as many as Malaysia.
Still no where close to Nepal though with 36. The world champion. If you work 5 days a week, that's nearly 2 months worth of public holidays every year !
They work 6 days per week and usually have duties on the 7th day. So then it's not a lot of free time.
Is there another channel that explains China in the same fashion as this channel?
Unfortunately not. But you might enjoy “Little Chinese Everywhere.” She has the best vlogs showing culture. I myself will be moving to China in 1.5 years and I intend to make videos from a similar perspective about China once I’m there. We definitely need more of this kind of content to go around the mainstream media.
Anyone know the song thats playing in the background during the "day of the sun" ?
It's called "Star of Korea"
It would be nice if you could do a second channel named ROK explained
I don't believe that he recognised the ROK as when he mentions the DPRK the map highlights the entirety of both countries
@@jacobmackenzie7941 well according to north Korea that's their official map ,he definitely recognizes south Korea
@@battleshippotemkin4633 No i know, but he doesn't have to show their official map, he could show the internationally recognised one
Considering if you type “korean culture” or food or history or anything else, 90% of your search results on youtube will be about the rok, I don’t think that would be needed.
@@jacobmackenzie7941 What? There's a different map of Korea?
I can't believe u teached english and not history i wouldve understood history if it was like this
*taught 😂
@@DPRKExplained oh
6:05 I've been looking for this song for ages! Anyone know the title?
I'm uploading all the songs from this video to DPRK Explained Music this afternoon - some are already up. Playlist for this video (Part One) linked in the description.
Honestly let's appreciate his videos before the bots arrive.
Cool to see a great telling of hood North Korea is
Great video!🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵
the whole korea celebrates shining star day or just nk
I wish I had this many holidays! Happy army founding day! 🎉🎉🇰🇵🇰🇵
It's not that much when you have to work 6 days per week and usually have duties on the 7th day.
Wow based
i love you DPRK‼️👍️❤️😍