The Unbelievable Lives of North Korea's Dictators
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It must be difficult to have been the heavenly leaders of North Korea for all time. So what does one unwind as an eternal leader? From brutal executions, opening zoos, to hiring foreign NBA stars, here are some of the memorable moments during the reign of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-Il and Kim Jong-un.
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You guys should definitely make a video about the Battle of Wizna, where 350-720 Polish troops held out 40k German infantry and 350 German tanks for 3 days
I'm sorry to say to the this channel, that hope might not come... since the Korean war, they have been deep cultural and ideological mind set grew on for 5 generations, it will take to another 5 generations to understand them even peace agreement happens...
North Korea doesn't have a lack of food Simple History, Its entire landmass is covered in farmland and greenhouses, It doesn't make sense, The issue is that people there dont get paid enough to pay for food so they go looking for it on their own, This is why there is such a massive crime rate in form of people stealing food from farms in North Korea, There is no lack of food, there is a lack of money. Its as simple as that.
Sooo much better than infographics
Stop making ANTI KOREAN PROPAGANDA
Kim Il Sung: default dictator
Kim Jong Il: OCD
Kim Jong Un: Bond villain
Mind if you explain it ?
Future Kim: DLC
Kim Yo-jong: Anime villain
@@Desmuu waifu villain
Love how the translation of this post just changes "bond villain" to "villain bond"
"I don't like that there are so many short people"
*Maybe if you gave them some fucking food*
"Wouldn't be a problem if _someone_ hadn't built a dam and flooded the last of our arable land!" **Side-eyes dad and grandpa's urns on the mantle**
It's not working in his case so why would he think it woulld work for his subordinates?
@@maddumass It's not working for him because he eats junk and drinks like a fish. That's why he's shaped like he swallowed a keg.
💯
Those people aren't only short but skinny and malnourished and ugly, Kim dynasty and other communist dictatorship are obsessed with perfection to hide their issues.
MacArthur: Nuke Em!
Truman: No!
MacArthur: NUKE EM!
Truman: NO!
MacArthur: AH COME ON!
Truman: You’re fired!
“We’ll build a Great Wall of radiation, and we’ll make China pay for it “
MacArthur: You can't handle the Neutron style!
You know if you know
He wanted to Nuke the border between North Korea and China so as would stop the Chinese from sending more and more troops. Ahn
From Oversimplefiled
Back during Kim Il-sung's 'reign', a North Korean student in Havana somehow got my address. I received newspapers, magazines, and the collected works of Kim Il-sung. The books were bound in rich leather with gold-edged paper and gold leaf stamping. In the newspapers & magazines, EVERY picture included him & he was always referred to as 'Marshal Kim Il-sung, the beloved father & leader of 40 million Korean people'. That figure included the population of South Korea, too, of course. I often wondered what my mailman thought. LOL!
Nice larp. Do you feel important yet?
Wow, really? Do you still have any of that stuff in your possession? It could probably fetch you a decent amount of cash if you were to pawn it off to the right people or maybe even a museum somewhere.
Did they ever send you any personal letters? Are you in the USA? That's fascinating!
Bro I’ll fucken pay you to make a video if you still have some of the items.
They probably fetch a really good price if you can find the right person
Surprised that the earth’s gravity isn’t affected by kim’s gravitational pull
LMFAO
C moon
Oh god no XD
That ego can move planets
Hes balanced out by kanye
It really baffles me how one person can sit there with a weight problem knowing there's millions of people literally starving because of his decisions. Some people really are cruel monsters
Then you realise it's do e on purpose to keep the population weak
The same way you eat properly and don't decide to split your money with some homeless people. And the homeless people starve because of everyday people decide not to help them? Does that make us cruel monsters?
@@sonik6892 In theory, yes. In practice, nowhere near the scale of this monstrosity, so no
@@sonik6892 what?
Jip
Didn’t expect to end on such a hopeful note. I love it!
Pretty sure those hopes are gone, especially if you look at current events with North Korea today
@@AuroraWolf655 hard to find anything, when the media doesn't cover the actual news. Got a suggested news source?
@@brokenice420 CNN, Bloomberg, The Hill, Washington Post, just look it up on a source and look at the news link. As of this comment they just fired another missile.
@@AuroraWolf655 I think the issue I find is many aren't news sources as much as entertainment stations. Firing another missle test isn't a threat of war, it could just be a show of power as a preventative measure like every country does with what they have to keep us in a cold war.
Yeah that is just a fluff.
The regimes roots are way too deep
Kim Jong-il barely stood at 5'4" yet he wanted rid North Korea of short people.
That’s messed up.
But is it more messed up if he got rid of people taller than him?
A strict pet policy ? It's even more hellish than I thought
Think of it like this..humans are not having to eat enough and meet basic needs
It’s basically what a nation of cultists looks like.
Now you know how life treats us firearms enthusiasts in the west...
@@AlexanderBogdanow you don't need a 64 round fully auto rifle for self defense.
@Aphro Aqua nobody has a full auto weapon as a home defense weapon, they are semi auto. If multiple people break into your house you need multiple bullets and reloading could cost you your life.
Gosh I feel so sorry for the people who live there
Can’t find a worse place to live today than North Korea
@silentwolf6555 Antarctica haha.
@@AuroraWolf655 any African country
@@redpipola wha- no
@Seahawk Gaming M8 saudi arabia is rich and I've been there. The people are fairly happy with a higher happiness index than Italy.
3:30 kim il sung 1948-1994
4:43 kim Jong il 1994-2011
6:19 kim Jong un 2011- current
I went to a zoo in North Korea that only had one animal, a dog. It was a Shih Tzu!
@@Gecko88what did he do??
No smoking monkey?
I love the sarcastic undertones on this
Honestly the rice thing reminds me of when azula had a breakdown in Avatar the last airbender and almost murdered her servant over cherries having a pit in them.
Well now I will always associate Zuko's family with the Kim dynasty lol
So.. the fire nation would of become North Korea if Azula ruled
And ironically, Kim Il Sung was killed by his own son. 😂😂😂😂😂
actually it was kim jong un who asassinated his half brother kim jong nam
He was??
If you have legit proof of this, I'd love to see the source!
I thought he died due to his horrid diet. He had the exact opposite problem of his citizens.
Another typical fake news on internet without solid evidence
“Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television, North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe.” Billy Joel
We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning
You know Monroe rhymes with Hollywood hoe? It's funny cause it's true as well rhyming.
As dictators go this is one of the worst.
0% empathy
100% cruelty
Which one? Grandpa, daddy or Jr?
Thank you for sharing such a high-quality video. I can tell that you put a lot of thought and care into making it. Keep up the excellent work!
When Jong Il died, they tied his casket to the top of a '74 Lincoln Town Car. Kind of like a Christmas tree.....
Sponsor is from 2:00 to 3:05
So over this crap.
I didn't even know you COULD immigrate to North Korea
If you wish to be a slave
Juche sounds a lot like the idea of "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps"
And just like the bootstraps fallacy, North Korea isn't actually as self-reliant as they pretend to be. They get foreign aid, and the famine they had in the 90's was a result of the fall of the USSR--who had previously supplied them with tons of food and resources for decades--and North Korea didn't have the infrastructure to provide for its own people without the USSR's help. So self-reliant...
As a historian you're a top tier youtuber 🤣🤣🤣
Oh we have someone who denies actual history lol
This video is the juice of orientalism. Watch "We Wen To North Korea To Get A Haircut" in the channel Boy Boy, is a 2 millions views video. Two Aussie boys decided to take matters into their own hands and go to North Korea to find out the truth for themselves.
I like the part when Kim jun un said it’s kiming time and kimed everywhere
you are doing good stuff
People: “yo we are starving”
NK: here’s a zoo
The most unbelievable thing I found in this video is that people actually immigrate to North Korea.
I'm like wtf..?
It was maybe when kim ill sung and soviet union were in power and when NK was rich
"Kim is a big kid who just wants to have fun" this is my sign to get sleep!
Rodrigo Duterte on Kim Jong-Un:
"He is an overgrown man-child, playing with one of the most dangerous toys on the planet. He's a maniac."
He had the short people "sent away" pretty sure they're in a mass grave somewhere above the 38th parallel
1:07 Screw zodiac signs which North Korean hair cut are you?!
Kim Jong-Un also has a flashy female dancing team for his military parades.
Kim Jong-il just didn't like the South Koreans being taller than him. That's why he disliked short people 💀
"Just a big kid who wants to have fun" what a description
Dam, that short people banishment was really cold.
Mans making Kim look like a happy Korean
I think that he is the only happy man in North Korea.
Kim Jong Un’s the type of guy who reads the terms and conditions on a website and clicks “I disagree”
I can feel the sarcasm radiating off the intro of this video.
Man I was digging the video but the sponsor’s voice just killed the vibe.
I love how north Korea is the ONLY place you can wear that haircut and be taken seriously 😂😂
Another good ol' Simple History video as always! The thumbnail alone is already crazy lol.
Fun fact. There are politians in South Korea, still believe in "Juche" taught by Kim Ilsun.
A country so depressing, even the zoo animals take up unhealthy habits to cope.
whoever makes the thumbnails really is just having a blast with Mukbang Kim Jong Un
This is the first time a UA-cam channel mentions Trumps peace talks with North Korea without trying to slam him for simmering down conflict with one of our enemies
As a European, i must say that i miss him. He wasn't a warmonger like some of the other presidents.
@@bukt yeah, he was what America needed after over 16 years of Presidents who only wanted to escalate the war instead of end it
@@Sumschmuck I’m not a fan of Trump at any degree but I have nothing against his North Korea diplomacy. As a 3rd generation South Korean immigrant I feel like South Koreans are losing their identity as well as their enthusiasm to a united Korea. Unlike the United States, I think the problem for Korea is their lack of pride. United Peninsula over anything.
"Peace talks" by a blithering idiot mean what, exactly?
@@dallas9397 Yes you are the same people
Another shining example of a worker's paradise. SMH.
I thought this was gonna be a another compilation of their videos
Oh my god... another person sick of those videos?
@@squirrele.1266when they upload I always hoped it was something new but when I check my notifications it'll probably be a compilation of their videos
I guess
A history that added Dennis rodman the NBA rebounder player.
Leader of North Korea can leave the country, but did you know that those who are there can't leave the country unless they have been freely allowed to leave the country...
If you were born where they were born and taught what they were taught, you would believe what they believe.
3:50 Gen Pak Hong Yong .. seems to be a real leader who opposed Kim dynasty without fear.. indeed exceptions are everywhere, while most of North Koreans are scared of their dictator, this legend boldly opposed (a true sign of democratic leader)... Homage to his sacrifice...
There must be alternate universe where he becomes the leader of NK
@@bennywark3103 👍👍👍
@@bennywark3103 or perhaps leader of United Korea (unseparated North and South Korea 🇰🇵🇰🇷)
I love how the narrator sounded kind of confused when he read Kim Jong-il's part in the video. Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-un really do seem to be able administrators who spend a lot of time and energy in running the country, Kim Jong-il was just a madman who ate cold hamburgers.
I think the cold hamburgers thing is irrelevant
@@looksirdroids9134 not at all
@@looksirdroids9134 thats even worse than starving 25 million!
no way you just said any of the Kims are good leaders lmao aint no fucking way...
Grampa Kim's "self-reliance" isn't a positive thing. It's how he shifted the blame for everyone's starvation from his policy decisions to the people who, unlike himself, actually had to follow his stupid and cruel ideas.
Finally, a video that isn’t a compilation.
Yo I’m getting empires and puzzles today! That promo was fire 🔥🔥🔥
The hollering in the Empires and Puzzles was a whole lot for me. 😮
Kim Jon Un is literally Joffery from GOT.
I'm sorry who in their right mind immigrated to North Korea? Did they lose a bet or something?
I had to check the date to see whether or not it's April 1st due to the glaring positivity on this video
talks about a corpse on public display for 3 days and people getting torn apart by artillery fire - much positive indeed
Personally I dont see North Korea truly being freed unless their old government is changed with ending the Kim rule or at the very least heavily reformed
How’d these guy’s never get assassinated????
Useful tools to keep around. Great for riling up the masses.
The power of foods ! That sacrifice the whole millions population that lives inside his real estate called DPRK.
I'm surprised that the earth's gravity was not effected by kim's gravitational pull (LMAO)
Yes, that's quite odd for a massive object that he is
two things the Kim dynasty inherits
north korea
a heart attack
Is this a joke or is real? Oh is a joke that is reality 😂
You may eventually need to make a video on Kim yo jong (his sister)
Hey Simple, you guys should make one about people defecting from North Korea.
That'd be interesting also.👍
What happened to all the short people who were rounded up?
Nothing good
Blown away by anti aircraft cannon
video starts at 3:30
When you said that kin John hu picks the haircuts out of a 80s magazine but Elvis was on the page he died in 1978
That app in the ad, might be the worst game I’ve ever seen in my entire life. That’s up there with ET for Atari
What is the song during the Ad’s?!? 2:53 I Always hear it on every Kings&Generals “War in The Pacific-Weeks by Week” video series they are doing
The thumbnail: nIcO AVaCaDo
What do you mean Majin Boo is in power in North Korea and nobody talks about it???
"What, Lana, it's _none_ of those things! Its not democratic, not a republic, and definitely not _glorious._ Jesus, watch Frontline _once_ in your life!"
I referred to the Executive Director of the place where I once worked as "Dear Leader", in homage to Kim Jong-il. She was stupid enough to think that it was a term of affection! 😆
Macho Man: "Oh yeah!"
I like this video it is very interesting and simple at same time
It is very easy to understand, explaining about how dictators of North Korea lived and what they done, my favorite part is about that Kim tried to solve the hunger, but he wasn't been able, lol I guess?..
Any sources on any of this info or is it all "Dude my brothers uncles aunts friends niece said they do this there"
literally when has there ever been sources on anything pro or anti prdk?
@@lno_onel4404 Boy Boy proved the haircut thing isn't true by going there and getting a haircut.
@@yesterdayschunda1760 saw that video
Crazy to think the dogs ate better than most of the citizens
until they started eating the dogs..
15 haircuts 😱 that’s way too much democracy for my taste
6:05 I don’t know why but this fact actually gave me a cramp from laughing so hard
Just a correction: Trump crossing the DMZ was in 2019. 2018 was the Singapore Summit.
Who The Heck Gave Them Nukes..
Russia or china
Such a peace loving guy
Make a video on Rhodesian Bush war
Sounds like a very fair and democratic dynasty that rules over a very democratic, advanced, thriving, and stable country that cares very much about human rights and the country’s people and that is a place that so many want to come to. The people there seem to be thriving, eating like kings, and living very comfortable lives. Lol!
And they call this Communism?
It's very common in asia for household helpers to check rice for stones to avoid shattering teeth, having someone check the rice to avoid stones is probably where the idea for "uniformity and plumpness" comes from.
Where can I apply for North Korean citizenship?
Something I find interesting about North Korea is you can see that as the generations carry on the more and more even the state will start to believe it's pedso religious and cult like propaganda regarding the Kim Jong Dynasty. If you look into the mythology Kim Il-sung used to take power he pretty much made Kim Jong-il into some kind of demi-Christ figure for the North Koreans Kim Il-sung was leading and turned Paektu Mountain and the Forests surrounding it (where his army was held up) into some kind of holy land after establishing North Korea. North Koreans are expected at some point in their lives to visit the site at least once like some kind of pilgrimage so they can see the cabin Kim Jung-suk and Kim Jong-il "lived" while Kim Il-sung was leading the "revolution." Funniest thing about it is this is supposed to be a very special site according to their propaganda (like pretty much equivalent to the manger Christ was born in for them)... but when Kim Jong-il took over in 1991 he visited the site as part of his taking leadership and made comments about the place as if he had never been there before and was shocked by how beautiful a site it was... because Kim Jong-il was born in China while Kim Il-sung had gone into exile after a defeat and even after Kim Il-sung returned to his army that WAS camped on Paektu he left Kim Jong-suk and Kim Jong-il in China for their safety, they did not join him back in North Korea until the campaign gained ground and started pushing South. Both Kim Jong-il and his father Kim Il-sung knew all that mythical child stuff was all made up to rally the people following Kim Il-sung... Kim Jong-un on the other hand was raised to believe the mythology of his father's foretold birth and as the last remaining members of his father's inner circle die there are fewer and fewer people in on the truth that is all BS made up to control the population they could never and would never provide for. Once the leadership falls for the lies they use to control their people; that nation is doomed to emploide in fantastic ways, chances are right now there are a handful of Generals/Oligarchs pulling the strings to keep themselves wealthy while feeding Kim Jong-un to his own delusions, chances are North Korea under the Kim Jong Dynasty has at most one generation left before it faces a revolution from the people or cupe from the military.
_great comment. Love this insight._
Kim Il-Sung's parents were devout Christians (one of the very few churches allowed to operate in North Korea is named after his mom) and he grew up during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Emperor Hirohito was believed to be a descendant of the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu.
No wonder he got the idea to turn himself into a human deity...
@@TheSameYellowToy I've never considered this as the origins for Kim Il-Sung's idea to make his family into a demigod-esc center of North Korea. Thanks for posting this.
Should edit this speechtrack to cuts of harry kim from Voyager, that would be fitting.
Russia and China: we pretend we never see this.
i just love that thumbnail those north korean related videos have 😂
Lovely Animation.
8:31 lol in real life “Rocket man” barely comes up to Trumps chin.
Kim Jong Il reminds me of that Time when The Griffins won The lottery and Peter made hes friends to tape GOT or something but only when IT there was nudity in it 😄
The level of sarcasm in this video is top notch. Oh wait, no sarcasm is present in this video, counts money.
Didn't Kim die in a helicopter while listening to Firework by Katy Perry?
Wish that were true
Kill on sight comes to mind.
15 Hair cuts? I was not aware, that it is possible to have so many different ways of hair cut anyway...