The Missing North Korean Defector

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  • @firesnakex8
    @firesnakex8 3 роки тому +4743

    The scariest and most heartbreaking part is watching her deterioration and knowing there's nothing we could do about it.

    • @kilianfirebolt
      @kilianfirebolt 3 роки тому +93

      If there was oil in north korea, we would have america fighting them...

    • @johnkittz
      @johnkittz 3 роки тому +48

      @@Jayden_117 *World War 3 intensifies*

    • @NSS7779
      @NSS7779 3 роки тому +1

      Korean people are strong and brave, I doubt she won't give up

    • @houndrysmagolyteofhope4661
      @houndrysmagolyteofhope4661 3 роки тому +14

      @@NSS7779 exactly why they "Disappear" in that place.

    • @ishaankhurana8956
      @ishaankhurana8956 3 роки тому +1

      You're right phoenix

  • @emhasswag
    @emhasswag 3 роки тому +7340

    Someone in Nk: Says the leader is fat
    Nk: Wow, that’s so weird, they just disappeared

    • @idurrani7700
      @idurrani7700 3 роки тому +605

      This is so sad he shot himself three times in the back of the head and buried himself in the forest

    • @TurtleChad1
      @TurtleChad1 3 роки тому +439

      It seems that he tortured himself before digging his own grave.

    • @palaswag
      @palaswag 3 роки тому +169

      They probably just took a really really long walk

    • @sussybaka1095
      @sussybaka1095 3 роки тому +35

      Similar to what other oppressive tankie regimes are or were doing, such as the PRC.

    • @adrianescartin6349
      @adrianescartin6349 3 роки тому +59

      I cant believe nick krowley would do such a thing

  • @allergictohumansnotanimals5671
    @allergictohumansnotanimals5671 3 роки тому +10542

    The fact that she made the decision to speak against her country at such a young age knowing she'd be a target is truly heroic of her. May her legacy live on.

    • @ibroplatin4915
      @ibroplatin4915 3 роки тому +52

      Well north Korea and south Korea Are the same country But they're are splitted and have other ideology

    • @tobypuromaizono4444
      @tobypuromaizono4444 3 роки тому +97

      She maybe gone but not forgotten for heroic actions for speaking up

    • @fiddlestickedwastaken
      @fiddlestickedwastaken 3 роки тому +173

      @@ibroplatin4915 they’re two different countries on the same peninsula

    • @joseph_bunnyman318
      @joseph_bunnyman318 3 роки тому +3

      This would be a heart breaking story if it wasn't propaganda. ua-cam.com/video/ktE_3PrJZO0/v-deo.html

    • @flyingbaldii1821
      @flyingbaldii1821 3 роки тому +43

      @@joseph_bunnyman318 If you really believe in that video you are a tankie

  • @yyg4632
    @yyg4632 3 роки тому +1672

    This woman deserves a movie or a book or something. The people who keep speaking out despite knowing they can be murdered or worse are some of the bravest people in this world.

    • @Valchrist1313
      @Valchrist1313 2 роки тому +13

      They already wrote a book about it, and it ended the same way. With Winston Smith saying "I love Big Brother".

    • @legitdetective5594
      @legitdetective5594 2 роки тому +16

      @@Valchrist1313 nah not 1984 💀

    • @punchingbag277
      @punchingbag277 2 роки тому +1

      @@Valchrist1313 that book is trash

    • @upsidedownshagswag51
      @upsidedownshagswag51 Рік тому +5

      @@punchingbag277 🗿

    • @susandinosaur732
      @susandinosaur732 Рік тому

      LOL no amount of words will sway the world to free north korea. world war is their only hope. or mass suicide.

  • @jalbiindolcheey2049
    @jalbiindolcheey2049 3 роки тому +8259

    She looks disturbingly distraught in the last clips. I can't imagine what she must have been through if they decided to keep her alive.

    • @011mph
      @011mph 3 роки тому +311

      Ikr. It's so scary. And i feel so horrible that there's nothing we can even do to save her.

    • @k.morningstar7983
      @k.morningstar7983 3 роки тому +182

      she looks like she's grieving, it's not a surprise

    • @jalbiindolcheey2049
      @jalbiindolcheey2049 3 роки тому +105

      Worse, I think she looks hopeless.

    • @cc92873
      @cc92873 3 роки тому +131

      @xhthepikachu Gaming Sadly, she was most certainly killed after her last forced propaganda film.😢

    • @Photom101
      @Photom101 3 роки тому +17

      You know, I'm not trying to downplay her misery but North Korea is a little bit dumb. If they really wanted to use her for propaganda they could have given her a better life on the terms she helps spread misinformation. Not only would she probably appear more convincing, but its more smart and ethical.

  • @amortlepsg
    @amortlepsg 3 роки тому +3300

    She's probably dead now. And if she's alive, nobody can help her. This is so sad.

    • @paulamccormack8036
      @paulamccormack8036 3 роки тому +255

      Well that's not very optimistic...
      But seriously you're right, unfortunately we may never see her again.

    • @ch34pwoowoo7
      @ch34pwoowoo7 3 роки тому +172

      North korea is seriously terrifying

    • @warriorzpath
      @warriorzpath 3 роки тому +57

      The war against North Korea is inevitable

    • @jimmysimard3008
      @jimmysimard3008 3 роки тому +76

      Not probably she is and her entire family (all the generations) is in the death camp in the north or, for the lucky ones, use as slaves in the Mongolian lumber camps. Wonder if the North Korean propagandist we saw posting BS in other comments will say that none of those three things (the death camp, the Mongolian camps and the generational guilt) exist...

    • @fulcrum7455
      @fulcrum7455 3 роки тому +3

      Alexa play desposito

  • @mixert17
    @mixert17 3 роки тому +6255

    This is actually terrifying. I can only imagine what they did to her when she went back to north korea. The fear she must of felt. I feel so bad for people who have to go through this.

    • @subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234
      @subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 3 роки тому +226

      North Korea is a great example of what communism leads too...

    • @emperorantarctica6210
      @emperorantarctica6210 3 роки тому +198

      @@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 I agree. I would rather be scammed by a company on a $10 shirt than sent to a “re education camp”

    • @MeDicen_Rocha
      @MeDicen_Rocha 3 роки тому +91

      We can get some good insight into what they did to her seeing her decay. Just the difference between how she looked before and after "going back" to NK is enough to tell that she is being tortured in some very gruesome ways

    • @cinnastag
      @cinnastag 3 роки тому +67

      "Went back to" It was 100% not a choice.

    • @megahunter8
      @megahunter8 3 роки тому +56

      Most likely things are probably manual labor, rape, and, probably the truest, execution
      Edit: and beatings

  • @clarissamcpigeon7857
    @clarissamcpigeon7857 3 роки тому +4338

    Really, her script said she was "lured by food"? So North Korea are admitting their people are starving?
    That's crazy stuff.

    • @ShionAkasuki
      @ShionAkasuki 3 роки тому +244

      The people that scripted it Litterally dumped themselves into a rabbit hole telling everyone worldwide that they're struggling as a country. They could of hid that part but admitted to it by using this poor wonderful woman.. I'm worried about her.

    • @halfbakedproductions7887
      @halfbakedproductions7887 3 роки тому +111

      @@ShionAkasuki Although this was 2017, Kim Jong Un admitted more recently that the food situation in North Korea is dire. The wheels are definitely starting to come off.

    • @dedg0st
      @dedg0st 3 роки тому +5

      @@halfbakedproductions7887 that's why sanctions are crimes against humanity. the us colonized them and killed 1/3 of the population and installed a fascist regime in the south. defectors are treated like shit.

    • @ghos7yt
      @ghos7yt 3 роки тому +25

      Oh dang you’re right. What were they thinking? It seems as though this whole thing only made NK’s reputation worse.

    • @dragoneye6229
      @dragoneye6229 3 роки тому +15

      @@dedg0st Uhh no. That isn't what happened at all. This started in right after WW2 actually when a certain general at the behest of the DEMOCRAT PARTY pushed into China from Korea when the rest of the country and the majority of the army wanted to leave. The result was China and America fighting a brutal war in Korea that resulted in a line being drawn in the sand as it were and China creating a puppet in the north half of Korea while banning trade with America. The fact that aid is dropped in North Korea today is lost on a lot of people. Especially since the government keeps a lot of it and whenever it is found out about their media spins it as their great leader being such a great diplomat that he was able to talk other nations into giving them free stuff because he is so awesome and amazing etc. It's rather sad really. Despite being given aid they are still collapsing. Welcome to socialism. Also of note America has ZERO influence over South Korea and today they are buying land and opening businesses that are driving out the Chinese owned businesses which is really upsetting the DNC and CPUSA. South Korea is officially more American than America which should make all of us sad apples.
      Source: Me and my friends who invest. We noticed a large buyout from SK owned companies against Chinese owned and backed ones that are failing. Kate Brown is also freaking out over it in Oregon. She's about to lose those China bucks.

  • @Ironbanner12
    @Ironbanner12 3 роки тому +15407

    People know you just don't "disappear" in North Korea

  • @xMadamexMillerx
    @xMadamexMillerx 3 роки тому +7744

    Poor girl... I hate to imagine what horrible things she endured. I wonder if she realized what she was saying was so dangerous for her?

    • @yunahnam
      @yunahnam 3 роки тому +386

      The TV show she was on in S. Korea weren't really serious exposes. It's a relatively light hearted talk show where they talk about life in N Korea and their experiences escaping the country.
      Of course, I guess anything less than glorification of the NK regime would rub them the wrong way..
      but she's not the only one who went on TV. There is a quite a sizeable alumni for these talk shows.

    • @subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234
      @subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 3 роки тому +160

      North Korea is the closest thing to 1984 and Animal Farm becoming reality

    • @shadowstar7388
      @shadowstar7388 3 роки тому +225

      It was heroic imo. She put her life on the line to expose an evil empire. It's just so sad that it ended like that.

    • @manifest_bot3162
      @manifest_bot3162 3 роки тому +9

      She was a cia/fbi puppet ngl.

    • @christopherrapczynski204
      @christopherrapczynski204 3 роки тому +179

      @@manifest_bot3162 nothing is real huh, shut the hell up. So sick of literally everything having some horde of people immediately spout bullshit for attention.

  • @mynameisnothere9465
    @mynameisnothere9465 3 роки тому +5558

    This is just horrible. Poor woman. She's clearly a hostage. She's a hero though for choosing potential danger over comfort- for spreading information. Hearing stories about NK makes me so angry and horrified. I was going to say "stories about NK like these" but then I realized I've never heard a good story about NK in my life so any NK mention is always bad news.

    • @popekira
      @popekira 3 роки тому +42

      Nah, ninja kiwi is a great company
      (I'm sarcastic btw.)

    • @Lucky-be3oq
      @Lucky-be3oq 3 роки тому +16

      @@popekira bruh

    • @heilamwether8911
      @heilamwether8911 3 роки тому

      Yup

    • @heilamwether8911
      @heilamwether8911 3 роки тому +2

      @@popekira lol

    • @cinnastag
      @cinnastag 3 роки тому +17

      I mean...North Korean news is primarily good news because most of the bad news comes from the few that actually were able to defect and escape NK.

  • @basharbahlawan504
    @basharbahlawan504 3 роки тому +575

    A fellow North Korean defector made a UA-cam video discussing the events that most likely took place before she was kidnapped. Almost all North Korean defectors send money to their families through Chinese brokers, sometimes the same ones who smuggled them into south Korea. The secret police the north set up to kidnap defectors would have used the same brokers to lure her into China, most likely by saying there was a problem with transfering her money to her family and she must come to China to pick the money up. They would then kidnap her. She would not want to reveal she is illegally smuggling money into the north. Her kindness and love is what led to her demise, but it is her triumph and courage that will outlive the pain. I hope she is in a better place now.

    • @LuisketosOficial
      @LuisketosOficial Рік тому +6

      🥺😭

    • @lonelyberg1808
      @lonelyberg1808 11 місяців тому +12

      Yeah but her case is weird, her belongings and savings were left untouched. Looks like a kidnapping or something

    • @moniverr
      @moniverr 11 місяців тому +8

      This seems like wishful thinking. She brought nothing with her not even a change of clothes, It seems more likely that she was kidnapped

    • @MoyaBrennan6825
      @MoyaBrennan6825 11 місяців тому +5

      @@moniverr
      They didn’t say she wasn’t kidnapped. She could had gone to china to sort out the money stuff and then they kidnapped her from there. Nk personnel won’t cross the south korean border but they can and DO cross the chinese border all the time.

    • @otakugamer6657
      @otakugamer6657 11 місяців тому +4

      @@MoyaBrennan6825Yea but how would she go to China while leaving behind her valuables such as her passport, wallet, phone, etc.? It just doesn’t make sense which is why a kidnapping is way more likely.

  • @sammcburney148
    @sammcburney148 3 роки тому +12149

    Dude I feel so bad for the people that live there. It sounds like actual hell on Earth

    • @aknight7252
      @aknight7252 3 роки тому +469

      It is.

    • @pleighboacahtee6444
      @pleighboacahtee6444 3 роки тому +73

      no america is worse

    • @aknight7252
      @aknight7252 3 роки тому +1089

      @@pleighboacahtee6444 debatable

    • @Beavisofficial
      @Beavisofficial 3 роки тому +308

      @@pleighboacahtee6444 were all entitled to opinions

    • @jamesdexter7165
      @jamesdexter7165 3 роки тому +634

      Thing is, most of them are so indoctrinated that they don't even feel prisoned.

  • @mynamesfox
    @mynamesfox 3 роки тому +1308

    "she said she'd been lured out of nk with promise of ***food*** and money" Do they not realize that even this lie/excuse sounds fucked up?

    • @Fuzzamajumula
      @Fuzzamajumula 3 роки тому +34

      No they don't. Neither do they care. All that matters to them is that it sounds, more or less, plausible to their people. Food is a rare commodity to them.

    • @k.morningstar7983
      @k.morningstar7983 3 роки тому +30

      she wanted food
      what a diva, right

    • @houndrysmagolyteofhope4661
      @houndrysmagolyteofhope4661 3 роки тому +10

      Even then we do not know what reason there was. But whatever it was, its a reminder that NK is not to be trusted with anything.

    • @trangwuong7689
      @trangwuong7689 4 місяці тому

      It was pancakes and bologna. Pretty good deal.

    • @moriphyte
      @moriphyte Місяць тому

      they know how fucked up it is and what makes it more fucked up is they don't even care about attempting to cover their tracts because the only people they really need to convince are their own people who are forced to live under what is basically a cult country and they know that no matter what they do the PRC will back them :)

  • @ralunix4612
    @ralunix4612 3 роки тому +2481

    Yeonmi Park a North Korea defector/ human rights activist posted a video about this.... UA-cam took it down.... On human review... She reposted.... Yet this is really frightening.

    • @rikumajumder1558
      @rikumajumder1558 3 роки тому +257

      Sadly in the corporate and present tech world, money talks and nothing else really matters to these people. It's not UA-cam anymore, it's Wetube.

    • @miwimarmer232
      @miwimarmer232 3 роки тому +148

      @@rikumajumder1558 more like theytube

    • @bigfartsaresotasty
      @bigfartsaresotasty 3 роки тому +67

      @@miwimarmer232 More like Tube

    • @kellei9h
      @kellei9h 3 роки тому +53

      @@rikumajumder1558 theirtube

    • @lefteyereport6354
      @lefteyereport6354 3 роки тому +47

      Lol she's been claiming that there's "no word for friend in North Korea" on Jordan Peterson's Daughter's podcast. She's a complete grifter, and considering that the vast majority of DPRK defectors end up impoverished in the South after lengthy interrogations by South Korean intelligence services, it's pretty telling that she's managed to make millions from American media and foundations by spreading the most easily debunked nonsense.

  • @Division101
    @Division101 Рік тому +171

    One day, that dictator will face judgement

  • @bleachedeiyes
    @bleachedeiyes 3 роки тому +4362

    I swear her story better be told in history books years from now

    • @nejkgamessk6031
      @nejkgamessk6031 3 роки тому +15

      You swer?

    • @imaplant2868
      @imaplant2868 3 роки тому +97

      It wont be. Sadly, the chosen ones who write the history do not like any dissent

    • @ZimVader-0017
      @ZimVader-0017 3 роки тому +20

      Doubtful. People started learning about women's involvement during the two world wars years afterwards because their descendants talked about them.

    • @FinnTheBee
      @FinnTheBee 3 роки тому +28

      unfortunately I don't think she will be, the amount of things i've learned about the world that history books fail to show is insane

    • @joseph_bunnyman318
      @joseph_bunnyman318 3 роки тому +1

      This would be a heart breaking story if it wasn't propaganda. ua-cam.com/video/ktE_3PrJZO0/v-deo.html

  • @manifestationsofasort
    @manifestationsofasort 3 роки тому +1988

    I hope all the NK defectors on UA-cam stay safe.

    • @sidthejovian5105
      @sidthejovian5105 3 роки тому +21

      Joey...

    • @seb1520
      @seb1520 3 роки тому +13

      @@sidthejovian5105 ???

    • @djent463
      @djent463 3 роки тому +12

      @@sidthejovian5105 sid...

    • @ch34pwoowoo7
      @ch34pwoowoo7 3 роки тому +17

      @@sidthejovian5105 tell joey i said hi, whoever they are

    • @ShinyLu
      @ShinyLu 3 роки тому +2

      I love 💞joey💞

  • @fth2780
    @fth2780 3 роки тому +2363

    This world is so unfair, having to born straight into a living hell

    • @zac_k2drio704
      @zac_k2drio704 3 роки тому +11

      But it's time that would tell the story

    • @darknova2124
      @darknova2124 3 роки тому +4

      I say this everyday

    • @Avajackson19676
      @Avajackson19676 3 роки тому +9

      That’s why you should repent and turn to JESUS before it’s too late!!

    • @darknova2124
      @darknova2124 3 роки тому +150

      @@Avajackson19676 stop bringing your religion in this your basically forcing to praise your go or I will go to hell... rethink and tell me how that sounds

    • @justanotherrandomdude7961
      @justanotherrandomdude7961 3 роки тому +93

      @@Avajackson19676 never force someone into believing you’re religion even if Jesus existed he would not have wanted you to brag about you’re religion

  • @dinospumoni8255
    @dinospumoni8255 3 роки тому +257

    I felt so bad listening to this, but I'm glad you're spreading her story. This is honestly straight out of a horror flick where they go through so much to escape only to be put right back into a worse version of hell at the end. Heartbreaking.

  • @narendrakakashimodi
    @narendrakakashimodi 3 роки тому +5140

    It looks like her face had heavy makeup to coverup the injuries caused by the ones who tortured her in those propaganda videos. Truly, heart breaking

    • @harpymetal
      @harpymetal 3 роки тому +334

      And not only was she probably physically hurt, she was most definitely mentally hurt. She has to sit there in that hellhole and say that she was human trash for speaking against North Korea. Everyone knows this is a coverup and I feel so bad for her

    • @themanfromthesouth1861
      @themanfromthesouth1861 3 роки тому +208

      I can believe whole heatedly she was kidnapped by Chinese smugglers who were paid to kidnap her and return her to North Korea. She's certainly dead

    • @kingn0ah377
      @kingn0ah377 3 роки тому +87

      @@themanfromthesouth1861 they broke her mentally. she literally called herself human trash

    • @blankblankpog
      @blankblankpog 3 роки тому +49

      Rule number 1 in torture for public appearance, dont hit the face.

    • @HornyDenji
      @HornyDenji 3 роки тому +3

      Or maybe she cant do her makeup

  • @nin64
    @nin64 3 роки тому +1257

    She seemed like such a kind person. This story is honestly depressing and it makes me feel sick just hearing it

    • @jeremiahkennon4990
      @jeremiahkennon4990 3 роки тому +8

      Same, bro. I hope Kim is arrested for crimes against humanity.

    • @deadpooltgp1803
      @deadpooltgp1803 3 роки тому +12

      @@jeremiahkennon4990 ‘arrested' mah man you’re being to generous...

    • @jeremiahkennon4990
      @jeremiahkennon4990 3 роки тому +1

      @@deadpooltgp1803 Maybe I am.

    • @gensischosen251
      @gensischosen251 3 роки тому +7

      @@jeremiahkennon4990 nah he should suffer the touture all his victims have to been throught😡

    • @jeremiahkennon4990
      @jeremiahkennon4990 3 роки тому

      @@gensischosen251 Agreed.

  • @DanielMartinez-fz4bo
    @DanielMartinez-fz4bo 3 роки тому +2379

    This is probably why some North Koreans try to make it to the U.S instead of the south to Gain distance

    • @commandantbababoey6065
      @commandantbababoey6065 3 роки тому +26

      What if they went to Brazil?😳

    • @DanielMartinez-fz4bo
      @DanielMartinez-fz4bo 3 роки тому +316

      @@commandantbababoey6065 Ik your joking but that is not a far fetch thought many north Koreans who enter the us go to south America and try to travel trough it to get to the US Mexico border in fact now that Mexico has kicked out the North Korean ambassador many north Koreans will probably call it quits in Mexico and live there in asylum

    • @untilm
      @untilm 3 роки тому +16

      @@commandantbababoey6065 why brazil?

    • @joshelito1460
      @joshelito1460 3 роки тому +16

      Yes some even walk from North Korea to Europe

    • @boynowayboy3218
      @boynowayboy3218 3 роки тому +8

      I wouldn’t go to the US if I was a defector because of the US North Koreans conflict, you would reminded of the pain so often

  • @torontoenvironment9899
    @torontoenvironment9899 3 роки тому +305

    At those 'interviews' with her in NK there was water in front of her - I bet she wasn't allowed to drink it and it was used to taunt her.

    • @arandomt-9056
      @arandomt-9056 3 роки тому +38

      More like use to flex that,they have water bottle

    • @LysetteDoe
      @LysetteDoe 4 місяці тому

      She looks like she's sweating so could be stress, but could be because she is being forced to fast. Her body looks broken

  • @schaefer_hund
    @schaefer_hund 3 роки тому +1765

    This is heartbreaking and is a case of real life horror, nothing like aliens or poltergeists. Thank you for bringing her stories of the truth of life in the North Korean military to an audience who may not have heard it otherwise.

    • @tanner201x8
      @tanner201x8 3 роки тому +5

      Aliens and ghosts are real though

    • @GoJays
      @GoJays 3 роки тому +10

      I've met aliens they're pretty cool tbh

    • @schaefer_hund
      @schaefer_hund 3 роки тому +14

      @@GoJays I'd kick back a beer or two with some aliens, hmu next time they come 'round

    • @GoJays
      @GoJays 3 роки тому +6

      @@schaefer_hund u bet i will

  • @unseenabyss2824
    @unseenabyss2824 3 роки тому +8375

    This women changed the world. She was a survivor and a hero. Make no mistake about that.

    • @ttttt1361
      @ttttt1361 3 роки тому +60

      She wasn't a hero and didnt change the world but it is sad

    • @onenerdygremlin
      @onenerdygremlin 3 роки тому +396

      @@ttttt1361 she helped opened people's eyes to the horrors of North Korea
      I'd say that's pretty damn heroic

    • @ttttt1361
      @ttttt1361 3 роки тому +25

      @@onenerdygremlin you can just say that someone is heroic just because they did a good thing

    • @ttttt1361
      @ttttt1361 3 роки тому +17

      @@onenerdygremlin plus she was being dumb about it.

    • @onenerdygremlin
      @onenerdygremlin 3 роки тому +268

      @@ttttt1361 it's like you're condoning what North Korea did. Would you not speak out against that, or are you too much of a coward. Would you let someone walk all over you and abuse you?

  • @Lion08888
    @Lion08888 3 роки тому +2741

    This is tragic. Rip Jihyun, you were a very brave woman.

    • @adliala8987
      @adliala8987 3 роки тому +61

      RIP Lim, what happened to her is saddening

    • @Lion08888
      @Lion08888 3 роки тому +207

      @Sousa Teuzii sadly she most likely is.

    • @Lion08888
      @Lion08888 3 роки тому +221

      @Sousa Teuzii you realize that she was in a piece of NK propaganda, and they are most likely gonna make it look like North Korean society was better than that of SK for Lim. She “served her purpose” for NK, so why would they keep Lim, a defector, alive for years and not use her in more propaganda?

    • @V0Y463R
      @V0Y463R 3 роки тому +20

      She’s dead inside

    • @ji9723
      @ji9723 3 роки тому +20

      lim is her last name, her name is jihyun

  • @MillywiggZ
    @MillywiggZ 3 роки тому +247

    Jesus. There was something so vulnerable about her sitting there in that costume, her personality and identity just gone. Not even her words were her own. It’s not the worst thing that can happen to a person but it was quietly horrifying. God knows what’s happened to her behind the scenes, poor woman.

    • @scottr3484
      @scottr3484 11 місяців тому +1

      Where was Jesus? Probably at the local bar.

    • @PeruvianPotato
      @PeruvianPotato 11 місяців тому +4

      @@scottr3484 Spoken like a true 14 year old.

    • @scottr3484
      @scottr3484 11 місяців тому

      The Bible is a fairy tale. FACT

    • @zaytime4156
      @zaytime4156 5 місяців тому

      Yeah I don’t even cry but almost came to tears watching and knowing it was all bullshit

  • @jaffa3717
    @jaffa3717 3 роки тому +503

    Just thinking about how much of absolutely unfiltered horror she must've felt, escaping Hell, thinking she's finally free only to be dragged straight back with nothing to do about it

    • @soccerboy1447
      @soccerboy1447 3 роки тому +29

      then forced to say how much she loves NK.. and knowing she will probably be killed after the videos were filmed

  • @matthewvazquez4595
    @matthewvazquez4595 3 роки тому +5336

    He posted this during lunchtime of online school, perfect

  • @efnissien
    @efnissien 3 роки тому +1837

    "Seoul was considered safe as North Korea had no reach?" If North Korea are happy to snatch people from Japanese beaches and are known to tunnel under the DMZ, it's more than likely a 'South Korean Policeman' arrived at her door under the pretext of 'wanting to talk about the alleged videos' and incapacitated her. A few of his buddies then rocked up to her apartment and carried her downstairs to a vehicle and driven to one of these tunnels.

    • @YoloSwagginInABox
      @YoloSwagginInABox 3 роки тому +132

      lol my thoughts exactly. Like seriously you dont think they could have send people there or bribed policemen? its so obvious they kidnapped her or blackmailed her. If anyone actually believes the "interview" she had they are fucking braindead

    • @efnissien
      @efnissien 3 роки тому +61

      @Richard Lin There are a couple of problems with that. Defectors already speak of a feeling of isolation following defection - if you move them to a country which has no cultural or linguistic links to Korea, then it furthers the feeling of isolation (like the case of a Tibetan that joined the British army Gurkhas. Being Tibetan, he shared little in the way of culture and barely spoke Nepalese. In Kathmandu he could survive, however, when he arrived in the UK for his training, he suffered from loneliness and depression. Luckily one of the Gurkha sergeant majors had a remedy - he approached the commanding officer and pointed out that the Tibetan had been a yak herd before joining up And luckily, nearby the barracks was a farm with Scottish highland cattle - big hairy ginger cattle - and they kinda looked like yaks. The Sergeant arranged for the Tibetan to spend several hours a week helping at the farm to assist during the Tibetans assimilation. It worked, the Tibetan soldiers performance increased and he became far happier.) Another problem is the North Koreans would have little difficulty finding locals to do their dirty work. (You'd be surprised what the promise of drugs, money or guns can get you.) You've also got the issue of it's easier to hide someone in a crowd. And of course, you've no idea if this defector is a double agent, and if some country executes some 'hit squad' it wouldn't be too difficult for this double agent to drop a batch of nerve agent into a local reservoir, school or army barracks. Not a smart idea.

    • @houndrysmagolyteofhope4661
      @houndrysmagolyteofhope4661 3 роки тому +40

      @@efnissien dunno what you said, all I know is corruption is more powerful than isolation.

    • @zombietrash416
      @zombietrash416 3 роки тому +61

      @@efnissien she went from North Korea to South Korea -no language change and barely any culture change. There's barely a difference except for that you have more freedom and opportunity to make money in South Korea.

    • @efnissien
      @efnissien 3 роки тому +13

      @@zombietrash416 I was referring to Richard Lin's reply about putting defectors into a third country. Yep, on the whole the cultural and linguistic similarities allow a northen snatch squad to (as Chinese tactician Sun Tzu describes it) swim through the population as easily as a fish swims through water. But there are some cultural differences - until the 1980's the economy of both Korea's was broadly similar. However, differences have emerged, freedom of speech and association. Of Wealth and the consumerist culture. I'm sure that someone from the North is overwhelmed with the bright lights, the noise, the traffic and the access to media. While members of a snatch squad would be trained to ignore this - for a defector it would be initially terrifyingly disorienting. It was the same with Germany... ostensibly both were the same. But, defectors from east to west always spoke of the differences in language and other subtle cultural differences.

  • @nationalplate4127
    @nationalplate4127 3 роки тому +43

    The parallels between George Orwell's 1984 and this story is just horrifying.

  • @AveryTalksAboutStuff
    @AveryTalksAboutStuff 3 роки тому +1825

    I've heard a lot of terrifying things but what I learn about the North Korean government shakes me to my core.

    • @Peace-lr7mt
      @Peace-lr7mt 3 роки тому +52

      NK "leadership" and the CCP. They're both evil.

    • @sussybaka1095
      @sussybaka1095 3 роки тому +7

      @@Peace-lr7mt As well as the CPSU during Stalin's rule.

    • @kingofdragontown9680
      @kingofdragontown9680 3 роки тому +31

      They're power hungry tyrants. Better watch our Western leaders like a hawk to avoid the same fate. As they say, "If we don't learn from history, we're doomed to repeat it over and over again."

    • @user-me8fm5yf4n
      @user-me8fm5yf4n 3 роки тому +11

      @@planetfourthreich3022 ew

    • @lefteyereport6354
      @lefteyereport6354 3 роки тому +4

      Maybe question that. Because it's basically all easily debunked. There's a reason for the "Juche Necromancy" meme--every time someone isn't in a group photo in the DPRK, one South Korean far-right tabloid speculates that the person was executed. This gets picked up by Radio Free Asia, the new organization openly and publicly funded by the CIA. Then it gets picked up by other Western outlets and spread around as fact. Then the person appears in a different photo, and one or two media outlets publish the world's smallest retraction before blaming their lack of basic journalism on "North Korea's secrecy!"
      Also consider the fact that Yeon Mi Park has gone from saying that she was not super well-off in North Korea to saying that they are forced to eat grass, to saying that there are 3 generation punishments, to saying that there is no such thing as ice cream in North Korea, to saying that there's no word for "friend" in North Korea, to saying that there are actually 20 generation punishments. And she's now discussing this on Jordan Peterson's grifter daughter's podcast.
      The North is poor, but if you want a realistic view of it, the people both in North Korea and in the South and their struggles with the war, with poverty, and with government surveillance, watch "Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seoul" here on UA-cam.

  • @gordonramslay9955
    @gordonramslay9955 3 роки тому +2037

    The fact that this is the reality we actually live in and that most people are oblivious to these things is terrifying

    • @bbw283
      @bbw283 3 роки тому +29

      I wouldnt say oblivious just ignore it

    • @metroboomin8895
      @metroboomin8895 3 роки тому +21

      For real, it makes me feel hella weird about people memeing about ppl like kim jong and putin

    • @bbw283
      @bbw283 3 роки тому

      @Selena Martinez ?

    • @kingcrimsonrequiem2959
      @kingcrimsonrequiem2959 3 роки тому +9

      @Selena Martinez well it’s not exactly possible for people like us to just “do something” North Korea is a threat, we can’t exactly just rush them and attack

    • @OrangeDragon04
      @OrangeDragon04 3 роки тому +7

      Why force such pain upon those you rule over ? I know, power changes And corrupts people. This is a prime example. But at the end of the day, how do you sleep, knowing, what you've done, are doing and will do ?

  • @meilikino
    @meilikino 3 роки тому +4050

    “Defectors can always return home to North Korea safely”
    We are reaching levels of doubt i’m pretty sure even god himself didn’t realize was possible

  • @Hotlooksamerica
    @Hotlooksamerica 3 роки тому +49

    A smiling North Korean man at the door at 3 am is 100x scarier than slenderman.

  • @Reckoning2943
    @Reckoning2943 3 роки тому +1685

    I can’t shake the feeling that they threatened to kill her parents if she doesn’t comply.

    • @YukariAkiyama
      @YukariAkiyama 3 роки тому +129

      They always do that.

    • @imaplant2868
      @imaplant2868 3 роки тому +129

      They would do it to her family either way. The best she could have done was to live for them. Now they're all dead. Very sad.

    • @FunkeymonkeyTTR
      @FunkeymonkeyTTR 3 роки тому +44

      then they likely killed them anyway

    • @PenskePC17
      @PenskePC17 3 роки тому +10

      That’s an expectation of leaving, it’s a chose you make for yourself I suppose.

    • @harrycallahan5018
      @harrycallahan5018 3 роки тому +15

      They actually would have killed here family after she escaped

  • @dastenyheeger8804
    @dastenyheeger8804 3 роки тому +576

    She looked so happy in South Korea...

    • @mworld2611
      @mworld2611 3 роки тому +36

      hearing about these stories... its soul crushing

    • @tweakPTCG
      @tweakPTCG 3 роки тому +17

      i think she was forced to say these lines there is no way she will say that herself

    • @platinumdiamond7
      @platinumdiamond7 3 роки тому +66

      ​@@tweakPTCGShe was definitely forced. She probably refused to retract her statements and then judging from her appearance when she was kidnapped to go back to North Korea. They probably physically assaulted her and cut her hair and made her say all those demeaning things about herself. It's really sad :(.

  • @quirkiebean793
    @quirkiebean793 3 роки тому +1480

    As a south korean I feel so bad for the people in north korea. I wish we didn't have to be separate and could all be in one group, all be koreans.

    • @rachelann724
      @rachelann724 3 роки тому +13

      Do you live in SK?

    • @aaahhh652
      @aaahhh652 3 роки тому +162

      Many Koreans feel this way. I am very sorry that your countries were caught up between the USSR and US in a petty war between ideologies. I hope one day Korea can be re-united and all can live in stability and relative freedom.

    • @dirtblock1383
      @dirtblock1383 3 роки тому +6

      Kinda the NK was the first to attack, got support from USSR

    • @J.cd33
      @J.cd33 3 роки тому +17

      @@rachelann724 just said AS A SOUH KOREAN

    • @rachelann724
      @rachelann724 3 роки тому +32

      @@J.cd33 Being SK is different than living there. I was just curious

  • @codysewap1160
    @codysewap1160 3 роки тому +293

    She died a brave and a beautiful women.. Sad thing is that her story still goes on somewhere in the world.. May god have mercy on their souls. 🖤

    • @nuibui6667
      @nuibui6667 3 роки тому +17

      Fucking god put her in that situation in the first place.

    • @chemplo5986
      @chemplo5986 3 роки тому +7

      @@nuibui6667 no

    • @Valchrist1313
      @Valchrist1313 2 роки тому

      She died praising the regime. "I love Big Brother"

    • @portwills
      @portwills Рік тому +11

      We don't know if she died... but a swift merciful death is sadly the most we can hope for her. The reality is that she might be kept alive somewhere in a dark subterranean hole. I feel terribly sorry just about the thought itself. It's heartbreaking and it's made even worse by the fact that she's experienced a bit of freedom in her life.

    • @Whatever-mh5dn
      @Whatever-mh5dn 4 місяці тому

      I really hope she was not killed by the regime. That is just too evil.

  • @Regularblackgirl
    @Regularblackgirl 3 роки тому +1701

    There’s no way in hell I would share my stories about living in North Korea one country away

    • @thatgirlmani3465
      @thatgirlmani3465 3 роки тому +385

      Right! I would’ve saved up my damn money QUIETLY in South Korea and then move to the U.S and THEN....tell my story

    • @michaelgallagher3739
      @michaelgallagher3739 3 роки тому +197

      @@thatgirlmani3465 I'd move to somewhere quiet and not reveal my location. Like the Bahamas or somewhere like that

    • @jameskloslow2068
      @jameskloslow2068 3 роки тому +83

      @@thatgirlmani3465 but the problem is the family..if she speaks out then her family is in danger

    • @GoodMorningUSA1
      @GoodMorningUSA1 3 роки тому +74

      @@thatgirlmani3465 Would be smarter to go a smaller country even, like somewhere in Scandinavia.

    • @melzy00
      @melzy00 3 роки тому +23

      @@GoodMorningUSA1 yep like Norway maybe

  • @stickpan
    @stickpan 3 роки тому +449

    You always explain these theories and these stories really well. No background music to distract you from what you're saying, and the background images really help build tension.

    • @insanitysan77
      @insanitysan77 3 роки тому

      @@geordie4697 yeah, too much cheese

    • @SpittFiire
      @SpittFiire 3 роки тому +3

      @@geordie4697 But... Nick is using that same music in the background? I like Nick a lot but it's there.

    • @qty1315
      @qty1315 3 роки тому +1

      @@geordie4697 But... It's the same music... It's just quieter.

    • @standabout
      @standabout 3 роки тому +1

      @@qty1315 you need to clean your ears, it’s not the same music

    • @BlurryNova
      @BlurryNova 3 роки тому +3

      @@qty1315 No, what he is using for background music in this video is not actually music. Its more accurately ambient noise. There is no melody, its just enough noise to fill the silence around his commentary,but not enough to sway an emotional response, as the only emotional reponse you should be feeling should be due to topic of the video, and not from the music.
      Using ambient noise fits perfectly because his goal wasn't to spook us, he was simply relaying a message of information to us.

  • @aliichi
    @aliichi 3 роки тому +459

    She almost doesn't look like the same person when they took her back to NK. This was so freaking sad...

  • @justinhamilton8647
    @justinhamilton8647 Рік тому +31

    This is simple; the Moon government was VERY friendly to Kim’s regime. Over 40 defectors were kidnapped back to NK from SK in 2017, including Lim Ji-Hyun.

  • @AhavatYisraeI
    @AhavatYisraeI 3 роки тому +391

    If this video makes you feel like you need to make a difference, please consider donating to Liberty In North Korea. They actively help refugees escape and establish a life in South Korea or the US. They also have a shop you can buy stuff from and all the proceeds go to the charity.
    This video is just the tip of the iceberg. What happens in North Korea can get much, much darker than this. Even just talking about North Korea to raise awareness helps.

  • @LapisBapis
    @LapisBapis 3 роки тому +468

    i feel so bad for all the innocent people living in north korea it make me appreciate the life i was given here in the US and how i shouldn't take it for granted because i could have had a worse life.

    • @raineyartwork
      @raineyartwork 3 роки тому +39

      Can't agree more and it makes me angry to be honest. For all those citizens to live like that. Thats like dictatorship but with extremes

    • @raineyartwork
      @raineyartwork 3 роки тому +30

      @Mystical Luna Melody Yeah its no better but that's all countries, I rather take the US and its issues over the hermit country with the lack of ability to do basic anything and even have some decent necessities.

    • @raineyartwork
      @raineyartwork 3 роки тому +4

      @@HeyJinx same here, a page we all can agree on. They have been suffering for a decade. It's time

    • @ManiacalBlueberry
      @ManiacalBlueberry 3 роки тому +13

      @Jaden It may not be perfect but at least is isn't like NK. You can't really compare NK with most other countries on the planet

    • @Chronorust
      @Chronorust 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah at least the U.S is mostly subtle about it like geez

  • @sirabrix8040
    @sirabrix8040 3 роки тому +1710

    Damn. She should’ve stayed as lowkey as possible until she made it to a whole new continent

    • @lenicleveland1380
      @lenicleveland1380 3 роки тому +59

      That wouldnt have mattered because her family would have been killed

    • @commandantbababoey6065
      @commandantbababoey6065 3 роки тому +249

      @@lenicleveland1380 In this case...Its better to let yourself be free and carry a new generation that is not born in Literal Hell.

    • @tylerhansen931
      @tylerhansen931 3 роки тому +263

      @@lenicleveland1380 if you successfully escape that hell hole, it's honestly better to consider everything you left behind as permanently lost and to start over somewhere better. Its tragic but unfortunately that's the evil of NK

    • @lenicleveland1380
      @lenicleveland1380 3 роки тому +65

      @@tylerhansen931 yes but thats kinda hard you know. Its your parents. Your siblings who are torture due to you. That can be a lot of stress. Honestly could you live your life knowing your family is being torture and killed because you left? Its really hard to just live life knowing what's going on with your family she would have to living thinking its all her fault. Constantly in hiding. Like in the video it was told that kim had a specially police force. So in this case it really is said easier than done.

    • @lenicleveland1380
      @lenicleveland1380 3 роки тому +27

      @@commandantbababoey6065 you cant live free with the mental stress of knowing your family is being torture because you escape. Its easier said than done. I know i wouldnt be able to live knowing my mother my dad my brothers my sisters being torture because i left i couldnt do it i would return so they could live. Even if you do get out kim has his special police force so you have to constantly stay in hiding. You cant truly live free. You'll be hunted down specially if you speak out against north Korea.

  • @username-ru6ul
    @username-ru6ul Рік тому +10

    This is the worst thing i can imagine. To leave hell, and then be dragged back after knowing what it’s like outside.

  • @DrzackTheGamer
    @DrzackTheGamer 3 роки тому +746

    North Korea in a nutshell
    Person “Disappears”
    North Korea: Oh No! Anyways

    • @mitchystuff
      @mitchystuff 3 роки тому +14

      also nk: someone dies
      nk: oh no! theyre dead! welp anyways

    • @sean8439
      @sean8439 3 роки тому +19

      “i have no knowledge of this! this is SO bizarre!!”

    • @_s-p-e-c-t-r-a_music_
      @_s-p-e-c-t-r-a_music_ 3 роки тому +8

      "SK def was behind this!"

    • @GranddukeofWales
      @GranddukeofWales 3 роки тому +6

      "They shot themselves 40 times in the back of the head and buried themselves in the forest, oh well"

    • @ArazNebiza
      @ArazNebiza 3 роки тому +1

      Good luck on trying to crack the UA-cam algorithm

  • @bbjjbb61
    @bbjjbb61 3 роки тому +227

    This poor woman. My heart hurts so much for her. I cannot even imagine what she's gone through.

  • @Jordan-pp5bo
    @Jordan-pp5bo 3 роки тому +202

    Countries should have programs to protect people who escape from awful places like that
    I can only imagine that Yim would still be happy and alive had South Korea been keeping a close eye on her and protecting her
    This just proves that no matter how far you run from a bad situation, you will never really be safe again without someone else's help...

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL 3 роки тому +7

      She should've came to America NK wouldn't dare fuck with us

    • @ttttt1361
      @ttttt1361 3 роки тому +2

      @@MASTEROFEVIL uh no

    • @angelchairez5152
      @angelchairez5152 3 роки тому +1

      @@ttttt1361 better than this, a lot of us in the US take our freedom for granted.

  • @amercam9266
    @amercam9266 3 роки тому +37

    I can't imagine living in a country where you can't speak your mind or you'll either be executed or tortured...

    • @Robloxchat123
      @Robloxchat123 3 роки тому +2

      this sounds familiar

    • @andreadalvarez6145
      @andreadalvarez6145 3 роки тому

      @@Robloxchat123I’m confused..? R u saying like as in Germany back then or?

    • @juanfernandez2183
      @juanfernandez2183 3 роки тому +3

      Its happening in the US, social media companies are doing it.

    • @amercam9266
      @amercam9266 3 роки тому

      @@juanfernandez2183 This country now days isn't the greatest.

    • @iancruz6617
      @iancruz6617 3 роки тому +3

      China.

  • @nere9299
    @nere9299 3 роки тому +827

    drop everything. Nick Crowley just posted.

    • @pogchamp6940
      @pogchamp6940 3 роки тому +6

      Fr

    • @randomguy4967
      @randomguy4967 3 роки тому +1

      Ah shit here we go again

    • @mid7752
      @mid7752 3 роки тому +5

      Honey wake up, Nick Crowley just uploaded!

    • @Viewsmaxxxing
      @Viewsmaxxxing 3 роки тому

      Was taking an online class test
      :(

    • @You_Eat
      @You_Eat 3 роки тому +2

      But nobody listened

  • @allusionistw
    @allusionistw 3 роки тому +474

    Nick should have his like own personal Netflix show or something, this production quality is top tier!
    How do you upload videos so fast?

  • @stevencyrus3659
    @stevencyrus3659 3 роки тому +392

    sad fact: when you dont cry when they leader die, they will beat you until you will cry.

    • @beautyandtheoffbeats
      @beautyandtheoffbeats 3 роки тому +24

      That makes so much more sense now

    • @cheesething5564
      @cheesething5564 3 роки тому +18

      i heard they just kill you

    • @anomitas
      @anomitas 3 роки тому +8

      Lol thats fake stop spreading misinfo

    • @stevencyrus3659
      @stevencyrus3659 3 роки тому +74

      @@anomitas how can ya'll say its fake when it happened when kim jong ill died?

    • @MTB396
      @MTB396 3 роки тому +21

      @@anomitas it's true, though.

  • @mlk0-0
    @mlk0-0 2 роки тому +21

    My heart to Ms. Lim Jihyun and her family. A strong, bold, and fearless woman who did the best she could with her situation. She took her chance once she had it to speak out for the sake of others against an entire nation. She should be remembered for her efforts..

  • @Rawkwilder
    @Rawkwilder 3 роки тому +479

    I remember a german television team (i think they might have been the first westerners ever) going to nk and what they showed was so idyllic and peaceful, yet they couldn't go anywhere on their own and were escorted every. everyone was hyper friendly until the reporter asked if he could write a email to his employer. the woman who was "showing them around" looked angry all of a sudden and started speaking perfect english asking why and what. this freaked out the whole team. she was speaking, before this, with a adorable accent and a smile. the guys filmed her reaction secretly I might add.
    Edit: I tried to find the link but I couldn't figure out the shows name. It wasn't a movie thou... I hope you guys have more luck than me.

    • @Milena-lala
      @Milena-lala 3 роки тому +44

      Oh lord, can you tell me where to watch that video?

    • @peppersgone5044
      @peppersgone5044 3 роки тому +17

      Where is the video

    • @daboy5256
      @daboy5256 2 роки тому +46

      How you gonna tell us a video and not include the link

    • @nhatsen4642
      @nhatsen4642 2 роки тому +17

      Could be a Dutch film titled "Welcome to North Korea (2001)"? Just found it in dailymotion. Another film that a friend recommended to me is Under the Sun, by Vitaly Mansky.

    • @jahsmoon1075
      @jahsmoon1075 2 роки тому +10

      the earth king has invited you to lake laogai 😬

  • @NolanAronson08
    @NolanAronson08 3 роки тому +514

    My social studies teacher taught us about how bad things are in NK, now I feel so lucky I live in a place where you can be somewhat free

  • @johnnyandplank5240
    @johnnyandplank5240 3 роки тому +132

    She disappeared and reappears in North Korea looking completely different...that's really sad I hope she rest in peace 😔

  • @LoreleiCatherine
    @LoreleiCatherine 3 роки тому +83

    As I sit here, with my freedom, listening to the crickets while I smoke a cigarette outside in the middle of the night in America, I’m really being struck once again by the fact that there are people on the other side of the world just now waking up to a living hell. So that makes the fact that my five-year-old won’t go to sleep a whole lot less frustrating. It’s always both humbling and heartbreaking to hear about, and to be visually faced with, what those people go through every single day. I pray for all of them who only want freedom, fair treatment, and to eat on a regular basis. And I pray for Lim’s soul, may she be Resting In Peace and love.

    • @Spoiled_Rat
      @Spoiled_Rat 3 роки тому +1

      Word, makes growing up poor in NYC feel like a blessing. Well said fam ❤️and Lim Ji-Hyun, my heart goes out to you girl.

  • @kdfulton3152
    @kdfulton3152 3 роки тому +311

    They took her back and made the poor woman “pay” with her own life. This is so WRONG. All she wanted to do was live a free life.

  • @Xamsims
    @Xamsims 3 роки тому +3508

    I root for the day when the Kim dynasty finally collapses.

    • @thememeyboi8768
      @thememeyboi8768 3 роки тому +323

      @Social Justice Lol

    • @naenae2350
      @naenae2350 3 роки тому +163

      @Social Justice AYO BLACK LIVES MATTER

    • @mrkhaixtreme1358
      @mrkhaixtreme1358 3 роки тому +134

      @Spectacles Tentacles all lives matter yes
      even blacks , whites, animals
      any living organism on this earth

    • @naenae2350
      @naenae2350 3 роки тому +108

      @@mrkhaixtreme1358 BLM ACAAAAAAB

    • @maskmarvin803
      @maskmarvin803 3 роки тому +20

      @Social Justice what?

  • @anthonygamer
    @anthonygamer 3 роки тому +312

    There's nothing anyone can do to help without starting a war. That's so sad.

    • @OrionDawn15
      @OrionDawn15 3 роки тому +29

      Even worse, imagine what would happen if we DID start a war, if China and North Korea are allies, which I believe they are and China posses nuclear weapons, like I believe they do then could you imagine what that might possibly lead to? I don't think anyone wants to recreate Fallout in real-life.

    • @dewaldsteyn1306
      @dewaldsteyn1306 2 роки тому +8

      @@OrionDawn15 yeah thatd be gruesome. All as if the rest of the world isnt hell already. Humanity is 100% fucked up.

  • @lilchuuwuu
    @lilchuuwuu 3 роки тому +42

    There is no way she is still alive and honestly that is the best thing. She can be at peace and not living in the hell she tried to escape from. My heart hurts so much for all the people suffering. This is just so sad and it’s even worse that there is absolutely nothing we can do.

  • @nikkicarreon
    @nikkicarreon 3 роки тому +137

    This hurts... :( to finally be happy and free and then used as a tool for the thing you hate the most while feeling impending doom ugh

    • @luv3889
      @luv3889 3 роки тому +1

      love ur avi

    • @kuroneko334
      @kuroneko334 10 місяців тому

      Is it really being groomed of your 17?

  • @orangebandit4526
    @orangebandit4526 3 роки тому +198

    Things like this just make me feel like WWIII is just going to start out of no where. This is so sad it sucks that we cant really do anything.

    • @Peace-lr7mt
      @Peace-lr7mt 3 роки тому +13

      We were doing something - then the DC swamp and their cronies took over. Biden called the genocide the CCP inflicts on Muslims "culturally different norms." I guess "harvesting" people alive for their organs falls under that same twisted veil.

    • @rikumajumder1558
      @rikumajumder1558 3 роки тому +44

      @@Peace-lr7mt Let's be real, Trump won't be able to change anything either. Your President is just a face. The real 'rulers' are the ones you will never hear about.

    • @Bread_n_Roses
      @Bread_n_Roses 3 роки тому +1

      Why? I don't think china would put all of it's resources on the line to save NK if anything happened. The little fat boy thinks he has more power than he actually does.

    • @sussybaka1095
      @sussybaka1095 3 роки тому +10

      WW3 will probably be a Left vs Right war. Communism vs Capitalism. The very last battle between two ideological rivals.

    • @frankiec3659
      @frankiec3659 3 роки тому +2

      Everyone’s weapons technology is so advanced now that I think it’ll keep everyone in a stalemate. No one wants their country blown off the map. If WWIII were to occur I think it would look very different from traditional fighting. Probably biowarfare and things of the like.

  • @limitless_blxde
    @limitless_blxde 3 роки тому +65

    The most disturbing parts are when Nick lowers his voice and Repulsive starts playing in the background.
    (For those who don't know Repulsive, they're a horror music creator. Infamous for the following tracks:
    Starvation, Juddah's Lullaby, Cry Of The Unheard, Forgotten, Koschei, Confusion and I'll Hide My Scars.)

    • @limitless_blxde
      @limitless_blxde 3 роки тому +3

      @Georgitzu
      Thanks ^-^/ You're welcome :D.

    • @martijnalblas1761
      @martijnalblas1761 3 роки тому +2

      Can I have a time stamp please? I think I missed it..

    • @limitless_blxde
      @limitless_blxde 3 роки тому +3

      @@martijnalblas1761
      I was talking in general. In all of his videos when the victim goes missing He starts to nearly whisper and the tracks that I mentioned start playing in the background.
      For this video in particular I found it difficult to determine which part is narrated so good that it makes your skin crowl, but in my opinion it's from 9:17 - 10:48. This 1 minute is just horrifying.

    • @festivalkyrie3865
      @festivalkyrie3865 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah true

  • @mathews2774
    @mathews2774 2 роки тому +13

    I've been watching dark youtube content like this for quite some time now, but of all the stories and things I've heard, this has got to be one of the most heartbreaking of all. When he said that one night she disappeared from her apartment seemingly out of the blue I was on the verge of tears ngl. It had been such a wonderful story where she had found peace and fulfillment by doing what she did best, being charming and fun. She even stated that she had never been happier and that she was so thankful for being in the position she was. To then be suddenly taken back to the nightmare she had escaped from is really living proof that fact can be more brutal than fiction.

  • @TheDigitalApple
    @TheDigitalApple 3 роки тому +1164

    Kim Jong Un: Still a joke, but not as much as Winne The Pooh, grand leader of China!

    • @Ironbanner12
      @Ironbanner12 3 роки тому +13

      Is there a missing Chinese defector?

    • @worthvapor7296
      @worthvapor7296 3 роки тому +72

      @@Ironbanner12 Tons.

    • @PeruvianPotato
      @PeruvianPotato 3 роки тому +53

      @@Ironbanner12 Many and many more were arrested and likely mistreated

    • @ginkowave5829
      @ginkowave5829 3 роки тому +25

      I mean when a north Korean defector found China much much worse, that says something.

    • @brohen
      @brohen 3 роки тому +32

      Kim Jong Un is Piglet confirmed.

  • @Rodoadrenalina
    @Rodoadrenalina 3 роки тому +673

    Any defectors should really left asia, theres not even safe around russia.

    • @bbjjbb61
      @bbjjbb61 3 роки тому +114

      I was just thinking that. I imagine that while she understood daily tragedy and horror she was probably very naive in a way that someone who doesn't have a ton of life experience and was finally experiencing true freedom is. I wish she would've had a mentor or someone warning her that she was not safe. She may not have understood the depth of depravity North Korea goes to to keep their dictatorship intact. There's another woman who escaped and went either to the UK or here to the US who did a show recently describing just how bad they treat a huge percentage of their population.
      Found it:. ua-cam.com/video/za34H-dT8I0/v-deo.html

    • @nameofthename
      @nameofthename 3 роки тому +136

      unfortunately, many north koreans are very poor, and i highly doubt they could afford to leave asia. so south korea really is their only hope.

    • @nik021298
      @nik021298 3 роки тому +55

      @@nameofthename After knowing that she was being actively targeted by North Korea, she could have asked for political asylum in the embassies on Seul.

    • @oceanman7336
      @oceanman7336 3 роки тому +37

      @@nik021298 she probably did, but she was probably kidnapped

    • @walmartbargainbin
      @walmartbargainbin 3 роки тому +29

      Russia is a historical ally of course it’s not safe there

  • @yami1389
    @yami1389 3 роки тому +252

    Ye pretty sure they got her and forced her to say she returned on her own. She's probably no longer with us, along with her family. Poor girl, it's so awful what happened to her, I can't imagine the pain and suffering she went through.

    • @smilesxo06
      @smilesxo06 3 роки тому +4

      No shit.

    • @mxbx307
      @mxbx307 3 роки тому +2

      I agree. I don't believe she was tricked, I believe her family were threatened and she had a crisis of conscience and was left with no choice.

  • @captainngoose
    @captainngoose Рік тому +6

    Its common for defector's families to be killed when someone from it escapes. Its to help prevent people from thinking of escaping because it would put their whole family's lives on the line.

  • @tlcasmr7274
    @tlcasmr7274 3 роки тому +750

    She looks so sad, I want to hug her 💔 I honestly feel ashamed for ever complaining about my life when there are people on this earth at this exact moment going through horrible and unspeakable horrors

    • @kingraplhmativo5178
      @kingraplhmativo5178 3 роки тому +6

      She's dead

    • @olp3850
      @olp3850 3 роки тому +11

      @@kingraplhmativo5178 well that took a turn

    • @mitchystuff
      @mitchystuff 3 роки тому +56

      just know that yes other people have it worse, but thats no excuse to you not being allowed to complain about your life cuz you have it tough in your way

    • @olp3850
      @olp3850 3 роки тому +44

      @@mitchystuff exactly. Just because people had it worse doesn't make your situation or life any less shity

    • @lonew872
      @lonew872 3 роки тому +1

      @@kingraplhmativo5178 we know :)

  • @rodeanalfanteforcadela7645
    @rodeanalfanteforcadela7645 3 роки тому +125

    And to think people living outside North Korea are defending and denying everything wrong happening there makes me sick.

    • @jeremiahkennon4990
      @jeremiahkennon4990 3 роки тому +21

      Same. I don't want to cause an argument (because I know that the slightest mention of religion/God/spirituality can cause a flame war), but a few months back in 2020, I got into an argument in a UA-cam reply section with a communist about religion, and in that argument, he not only said that people of every religion should be executed in brutal ways and tortured, that they should have their religious material and expression limited and even taken from them, that everyone (whether they're religious or not)should have their privacy and homes bugged and monitered to see if they're being religious, but that children above the age of 5 should be used as spies to see if their parents are being religious or not (and if they refuse, they should be tortured, abused, etc), and actually defended North Korea and China, calling them "communist successes". Needless to say, the guy was (and is) an immoral and f**ed up scumbag, and has no business being near children or politics.
      Edit: Sorry for the long comment and ranting.

    • @hendrixlol5911
      @hendrixlol5911 3 роки тому +5

      We should offer them a free trip to NK and when they come back groveling at our feet to take them back, we say no 😎

    • @uselessymail9328
      @uselessymail9328 3 роки тому +1

      Who exactly? Everywhere I go I see people criticizing NK, what drugs are you on?

    • @cookiecraftfriend1051
      @cookiecraftfriend1051 3 роки тому +2

      Wait there are people doing that

    • @jeremiahkennon4990
      @jeremiahkennon4990 3 роки тому +5

      @@cookiecraftfriend1051 Unfortunately, yes.

  • @Only_Habibi
    @Only_Habibi 3 роки тому +253

    Almost cried watching this... She is a hero to be remembered.

    • @TheHardcoreGamer1
      @TheHardcoreGamer1 Рік тому +4

      A hero who thought it was a wise idea to speak out against North Korea in a neighboring country where there’s people who most likely have ties to North Korea there.

    • @Marxistnazi
      @Marxistnazi Рік тому

      ​@@TheHardcoreGamer1 yes

  • @aaronbatchelor3219
    @aaronbatchelor3219 2 роки тому +2

    This is such a sad documentation, power little love :(.. prayers where ever She is... please Let us all love one another! 🙏 xx

  • @jaimechan2686
    @jaimechan2686 3 роки тому +92

    If anyone is interested in knowing more about this case, Yeonmi Park, who is also a north Korea defector, did a video on this

    • @cherblairbear
      @cherblairbear 3 роки тому +1

      oh wow thanks!

    • @Ultra_Instinct_Jaune_Arc
      @Ultra_Instinct_Jaune_Arc 3 роки тому

      Link?

    • @xin0
      @xin0 3 роки тому +1

      She is also a stupid woman who loves fame!
      For me, any defectors who love to expose North Korea just for fame I wouldn't feel sorry for them when they are captured.
      That woman I saw her videos, and she is constantly making random videos of suffering in NK, even though she only lived there for 20 odd years.
      Still she constantly make new videos about tortures in NK, which means she is doing it for fame and attention and bullsh*ing

    • @chaerriya
      @chaerriya 3 роки тому +53

      @@xin0 sounds like something a north korean would say

    • @xin0
      @xin0 3 роки тому +1

      @@chaerriya why?
      Tell me, if you lived in NK for 20yrs, you would have experienced hell.
      When you arrive in SK and you start exposing all your experiences, wouldn't you say everything? Yes.
      So tell me, how can you after exposing everything, then few years down the line you start saying experiences you face in NK?
      It is bull, and she is clearly doing it for fame and money!
      She has a UA-cam page, and for each million views and subscribers you get, you get paid. So that is why she constantly upload bullsh about NK, just to get views.

  • @Twinsconspiracy
    @Twinsconspiracy 3 роки тому +69

    I knew that there were defectors, but honestly, I’ve never given them any more thought. This is so horrible. I can only wish she’s safe, though I know she’s no longer with us. There needs to be more spotlight on survivors, but with what can happen if they know your location, I don’t blame them for wanting to stay in the shadows and live life as safely as possible.

  • @therealsamsclub2325
    @therealsamsclub2325 3 роки тому +132

    This breaks my heart. If she’s truly passed on, hopefully she’s in a better place than she was.

  • @immortal_jairo88
    @immortal_jairo88 2 місяці тому +2

    First thing she should do is never exposed herself on the media. 😢

  • @chaka8636
    @chaka8636 3 роки тому +162

    Nick: releases "The missing North Korean Defector"
    UA-camrs a week later: "The case of a missing UA-camr, Nick Crowley"

    • @cookiecraftfriend1051
      @cookiecraftfriend1051 3 роки тому +7

      Well I mean he hasn't uploaded------
      *joke*

    • @Beekehcrit
      @Beekehcrit 3 роки тому +5

      lets think about this for a second. idk alot about nick, but im going to assume he lives in america. if he was to go missing, and people found him on north korean interview shows, or we just gained enough evidence to put a spotlight on north korea for nicks disappearance, what would that mean? most likely, america would have started war against north korea, because that would mean north korea is literally sending people to kidnap americans from their own country! i mean, america wouldnt just sit back and say "i dont like this but oh well i guess they can do that". if not war, then most likely get more strict coming to security.

    • @cookiecraftfriend1051
      @cookiecraftfriend1051 3 роки тому +2

      @@Beekehcrit Ok calm down
      It's a joke

    • @Beekehcrit
      @Beekehcrit 3 роки тому +3

      @@cookiecraftfriend1051 ok roblox kid i know its a joke im just giving my opinion on what would actually happen if it did.

    • @cookiecraftfriend1051
      @cookiecraftfriend1051 3 роки тому +3

      @@Beekehcrit Yeah and nobody asked. Yeah we all know what would happen but when people tell a joke you don't just go around and say "AcTuAlLy-" because it makes you sound like a know it all brat

  • @walmartsuperstore3374
    @walmartsuperstore3374 3 роки тому +91

    Ya know how people say "DoNt WatCh At NiGhT"? this is something that gives you chills in the middle of the day.

    • @ghos7yt
      @ghos7yt 3 роки тому +1

      And more so, this is one case. One of possibly many. 😬

  • @sirmackavelli
    @sirmackavelli 3 роки тому +80

    Guy: the leader is chubby
    North Korea: how about a magic trick
    *loads gun*
    I'm gonna make this person disappear

    • @user-qh9en6fh6g
      @user-qh9en6fh6g 3 роки тому +3

      Stop lying he's fat asf 😭

    • @sirmackavelli
      @sirmackavelli 3 роки тому +1

      @@user-qh9en6fh6g north korea: *very poor choice of words*

    • @Idkbruh_1959
      @Idkbruh_1959 3 роки тому +3

      @@user-qh9en6fh6g Are you still alive or are you missing?

    • @GranddukeofWales
      @GranddukeofWales 3 роки тому +1

      @@Idkbruh_1959 wdym? Didn't you hear? They tied themselves up and drowned themselves.

    • @chillpollo
      @chillpollo 3 роки тому

      @@GranddukeofWales nah bro she ""accidentally"" fell into the trash can whilst in a body b- i mean in a sack for those sack jumping competitions

  • @monicahyland8641
    @monicahyland8641 Рік тому +8

    I feel bad for this girl, we all know she isn’t alive anymore. Or if she is alive she isn’t living life,, she is just existing ,somewhere..I feel bad for the people that live under this horrible regime.

  • @krisk6954
    @krisk6954 3 роки тому +44

    It's crazy to think this poor girl went through so much and shes 2 years younger than me

  • @SrBananas
    @SrBananas 3 роки тому +12

    I don't usually get sad at these type of videos, just that spine tingling chill of being sorta creeped out.
    But this definitely made me very very sad...
    Shes... very likely no longer in this world... so may she rest in peace. A hero.

  • @junrbx813
    @junrbx813 3 роки тому +180

    Someone in North Korea: I dont like Kim jung un
    *dissappears the next day*

    • @Ultra_Instinct_Jaune_Arc
      @Ultra_Instinct_Jaune_Arc 3 роки тому +6

      I'd give it 11 minutes

    • @tmgthemariogamer3676
      @tmgthemariogamer3676 3 роки тому +5

      @@Ultra_Instinct_Jaune_Arc Too generous, make it 5

    • @ch34pwoowoo7
      @ch34pwoowoo7 3 роки тому +5

      Me: tells my mom i’m not doing the chores
      My devices: disappears the next day
      But damn north korea is fucked up

    • @kostan55
      @kostan55 3 роки тому +1

      @@tmgthemariogamer3676 5? Who do you think the person is? Some loyal person that just said it once?
      It is more like, what? 1? 2 minutes?

  • @somenamelastnaammee52
    @somenamelastnaammee52 3 роки тому +75

    "Democracy isn't perfect, but atleast we didn't needed a wall to keep our people in"

    • @yeaman3655
      @yeaman3655 3 роки тому +1

      "We need to build a wall”

    • @winrio2117
      @winrio2117 3 роки тому +4

      @@yeaman3655 too keep people out

    • @ajemajh
      @ajemajh 3 роки тому +1

      @@winrio2117 and mexico gonna pay for it

    • @shrekonion8307
      @shrekonion8307 3 роки тому

      @@ajemajh and we do a little trolling

    • @OtisCluck
      @OtisCluck 10 місяців тому

      @@yeaman3655”Wally is not to keep out the them, is to keep in the you” - The Trumby

  • @-probablypoe-8200
    @-probablypoe-8200 3 роки тому +66

    you seriously need more subs dude. your content is honestly incredible.

    • @travisr1567
      @travisr1567 3 роки тому +4

      not really. hes ok, but That Chapter and many others are a hell of a lot better, and Nicks vocabulary is receptive and he stretches sentences like that guy trying to fill his 500 word essay with *really really really really long time*

    • @wildmonkeymc2380
      @wildmonkeymc2380 3 роки тому

      @@travisr1567 true

    • @activatewindows
      @activatewindows 3 роки тому +1

      730K is a lot.

  • @wavingwaters6107
    @wavingwaters6107 3 роки тому +294

    Don’t be surprised if nick goes missing after this

  • @TheSpectralForce
    @TheSpectralForce 3 роки тому +154

    I'm betting on the attempt to save her family being what got her. There's no way she could be living this great life and not feel the burden of knowing her family was suffering every day. If I was in her shoes I'd probably go back to save my family. My death vs the deaths of all my family? What a fucked up choice to make

    • @ryanm2821
      @ryanm2821 3 роки тому +23

      What if you knew almost for sure that your family would not be spared anyway? NK would never honor a deal like that once they have her.

    • @saurabhshrigadi
      @saurabhshrigadi 3 роки тому +19

      No. All the defectors knows since their birth that their entire 3 generation will be suffering in prison camp. Just for attempting escape either successful or failed attempts.
      All the north Korean defectors you see, remember their 3 generation are in camp.
      You know this and still making escape. Some stay strong for life, other broke thinking about family.
      It worst possible choice to do

    • @YoloSwagginInABox
      @YoloSwagginInABox 3 роки тому +4

      dude NK doesnt give a shit about either of them. they either kidnapped her or blackmailed her with her family. Either way they are all gonna die. Human life means nothing to them

    • @mxbx307
      @mxbx307 3 роки тому +1

      @@saurabhshrigadi Apparently Kim Jong Un scrapped this policy, at least for a short while. He was seemingly concerned about the general situation in North Korea being so bad that keeping that policy going would antagonise people too much and cause issue for the regime, especially given his own security forces assigned to deal with it are also starving and barely managing. He also knows how much illegal contact with the outside world his people actually have, they're not stupid and many know exactly what's going on.
      So he loosened it up to take the heat out of the situation. Whether it's been reinstated I don't know.

    • @mikejohn4214
      @mikejohn4214 2 роки тому

      No problem with that is then you and your family would be in the concentration camp they wouldn't set them free they would say you free either you'd all be in the same position you're in it's just you would be with them and if they're a real mother and father they would sacrifice their life for you to have a better one I know I would

  • @cdub4626
    @cdub4626 2 роки тому +11

    As soon as you said that seoul was a safe haven and north korea couldnt get her there made me laugh out loud. Shes not the first or last person they have kidnapped and brought back.

  • @blightpepsi
    @blightpepsi 3 роки тому +10

    Great video nick! It’s so sad to think that nothing could have prevented her from being taken back to NK . She is glowing in the clips from the show but looks practically dead in the interviews after being taken.

  • @maismade6013
    @maismade6013 3 роки тому +131

    Even with all the hardships I and many others have been through mentally and physically. We need to remember how lucky we are to be born in countries that are not run by dictators and have government controlled media.

    • @abdoul5176
      @abdoul5176 3 роки тому +11

      Amen.

    • @zerothehero123
      @zerothehero123 3 роки тому +3

      Small or long chain, in the end it's all the same!

    • @mayjaiiler
      @mayjaiiler 3 роки тому +2

      The West has no govt controlled media? Hagahahahahahaha

  • @ArtsyHumanbean
    @ArtsyHumanbean 3 роки тому +148

    I feel so horrible for this poor woman, she was so strong in trying to defect - and she was successful! For a time... I wonder if NK or China can extradite her in any way? Or any other country?

    • @robocatro
      @robocatro 3 роки тому +15

      It's unlikely even if she was still alive....

  • @Onora619
    @Onora619 11 місяців тому +6

    Rest in peace, sweet brave girl.

  • @ShinyToonMonster
    @ShinyToonMonster 3 роки тому +45

    It’s crazy this is happening in 2021 still, this sounds like some 1800-1900 shit

  • @kydsun
    @kydsun 3 роки тому +37

    Person in North Korea gets covid
    North Korea: Must’ve been a ghost

  • @Suronas
    @Suronas 3 роки тому +6

    The way you construct your videos is incredible! You definitely deserve more credit.

  • @WeCanCos
    @WeCanCos 3 місяці тому

    I remember reading about this case in an article in Cosmo. I was super stunned that they ran something so serious in the magazine and heartbroken by the story. It's only a matter of time until more stories like this reach the outside world.