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  • @VICENews
    @VICENews  5 років тому +4830

    This year, Isobel Yeung went undercover in a special report that reveals how China is oppressing the Muslim minority Uighur people in horrific conditions. Watch it here: bit.ly/2Xfyu36

    • @Toasty_-jx6zk
      @Toasty_-jx6zk 5 років тому +413

      RayPat 7734 did you watch the fucking video?

    • @randysavage1
      @randysavage1 5 років тому +141

      Finally someone trying to show what china has BEEN DOING TO RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. Btw im not a vice fan because you guys inject your politics too much. Your almost at the point if becoming part of the " machine"

    • @eclipse4783
      @eclipse4783 5 років тому +26

      fanny bag lmao nah, they don’t like Christians either, nor any religion except what they put out.

    • @themanwnoname3454
      @themanwnoname3454 5 років тому +8

      VICE News 2019 “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore: (Vice) (Truth) >-< (Vice) • “Respect and dignity, 2019?”

    • @Misfits_monkey
      @Misfits_monkey 5 років тому +7

      you're clearly dead wrong budds

  • @alecnguyen838
    @alecnguyen838 7 років тому +27986

    that dude on the computer was scared for his life

    • @grannygootz5304
      @grannygootz5304 6 років тому +1480

      Alec Nguyen you could see it in his eyes. 😓

    • @synnny
      @synnny 5 років тому +2432

      scared he would screw up his lines

    • @DontTrip001
      @DontTrip001 5 років тому +2242

      No seriously that was creepy af he was terrified

    • @grannygootz5304
      @grannygootz5304 5 років тому +1496

      L R heck yeah he was. Wasn't just his life on the line, he was scared for his kids, his mom, his brother's best friend probably!

    • @slayermill8621
      @slayermill8621 5 років тому +1339

      I felt so bad for that poor guy. Hopefully his performance was enough to keep he and his family out of prison or worse.

  • @michaeljordan4733
    @michaeljordan4733 4 роки тому +4882

    Levels of Insanity
    1. Crowd chanting 10,000 years.
    2. Dennis Rodman as a Diplomat.
    3. Dude on the google search screen trying to not die.

    • @andreabosa6543
      @andreabosa6543 4 роки тому +73

      Michael Jordan this actually made me laugh😂

    • @tannerdylan5972
      @tannerdylan5972 4 роки тому +37

      Everyone keeps saying that guys trying not to die. Wells here’s something you might find shocking. HE PROBABLY DID DIE! Imagine when the North Koreans leadership seen that. Also they have a rule that if you do something bad pretty much every Living person who is related to you is punished. So HIS FAMILY IS PROBABLY DEAD TOO!

    • @awerawer0708
      @awerawer0708 4 роки тому +134

      @@tannerdylan5972 He didnt do anything wrong, they definitely told him to just sit there. What COULD he have done? That clearly wasnt Google (old logo) so it most likely was some custom made website with a jpeg attached to it, to make it appear as if they dont have limited internet access. It was the fault of the people who choreographed that facade, in not realizing that the cameras would spot the man sitting idley in front of his computer monitor.

    • @H-Rex141
      @H-Rex141 4 роки тому +26

      I thought the guy who they interrupted was gonna say " yes, no problem, I was just catching up on my PH videos"

    • @jasonyen123
      @jasonyen123 4 роки тому +44

      “10,000 years” as a saying is pretty standard in Chinese-affiliated cultures. The original saying was “ wanshui aka 万岁”, in Chinese; “banzai, aka wanshui” in Japanese. It’s kind of a way to say “live long and prosper” or “continue to do well”

  • @alexandertheawesome3072
    @alexandertheawesome3072 4 роки тому +23651

    The guy staring at Google home screen is trying to figure out something he can google that won’t get him killed.

    • @simonthomas1878
      @simonthomas1878 4 роки тому +872

      you know this commnt means he is dead right?

    • @boredcast5149
      @boredcast5149 4 роки тому +167

      @@simonthomas1878 what

    • @spazmaster6731
      @spazmaster6731 4 роки тому +1447

      I believe that was a screenshot of google in the early 2000's as that logo and site looks nothing like any version displayed around the world, which means it's not even the real google, its just a jpeg they found online

    • @Arbiter710
      @Arbiter710 4 роки тому +132

      Spazmaster Lmfaooo that was a old screenshot of google

    • @raivis2973
      @raivis2973 4 роки тому +94

      Just by knowing how to read probably gets you killed

  • @BuckScrotumn
    @BuckScrotumn 11 місяців тому +1843

    So how do you say “live 10,000 years” in Korean?
    “AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”

    • @Swanee.
      @Swanee. 8 місяців тому +7

      😂😂

    • @BARAJAS-vargas
      @BARAJAS-vargas 7 місяців тому +3

      I need to show Bonnie 😂

    • @siyandamaduna1355
      @siyandamaduna1355 6 місяців тому +2

      😂

    • @snan9402
      @snan9402 6 місяців тому +30

      "만세" pronounced "manse". It sounds like screaming becasue they're all saying it at once

    • @刘先森-u7q
      @刘先森-u7q 5 місяців тому

      乌龟王八

  • @Kylan
    @Kylan 4 роки тому +4865

    Is no one gonna talk about how the guy played basketball for 5 days than played in front of like 10k people and Kim jong un

    • @aricarl6799
      @aricarl6799 4 роки тому +162

      I think he was making a joke, not sure tho

    • @BarrieBM
      @BarrieBM 4 роки тому +123

      And got to shook kim jong uns hand

    • @BarrieBM
      @BarrieBM 4 роки тому +58

      @@aricarl6799 In the video you can literally see him shake kim jong un's hand

    • @smokaa1202
      @smokaa1202 4 роки тому +68

      pretty sure he played a bit in his youth , you can t just pick up basketball and play in a team in five days while shooting a documentary in north korea

    • @aricarl6799
      @aricarl6799 4 роки тому +14

      @@BarrieBM talking about him only playing basketball for 5 days

  • @danfitzgerald655
    @danfitzgerald655 7 років тому +9805

    I also stare blankly at Google instead of getting actual work done

    • @ramblingcanuk2801
      @ramblingcanuk2801 6 років тому +20

      Dan Fitzgerald lol

    • @greentea3133
      @greentea3133 6 років тому +20

      😄😄

    •  6 років тому +5

      but are you oppress?

    • @denmia1066
      @denmia1066 6 років тому +12

      beastly LOL

    • @jfly338
      @jfly338 6 років тому +32

      Hahaha shit made me laugh during the video.

  • @Enedrapvp
    @Enedrapvp 10 років тому +7783

    The saddest moment has got to be the computer lab. He really had no idea how obvious his lie was to them...

    • @BravoWifi
      @BravoWifi 10 років тому +1184

      haha yea its like a comedy, the guy acts being surprised and says "hey I was just looking for my papers on google, since, well im working on the string theory" hahahahahaha its a will ferrell moment

    • @miqbri
      @miqbri 10 років тому +286

      takerdust You think they have scientist and programs good enough for nuclear testing but can't hack sony (which has been "hacked" multiple times already)?

    • @takerdust
      @takerdust 10 років тому +182

      Michal Poky a lot of their nuclear info was stolen or sold to them. Even that took a couple of decades to obtain.
      To be a hacker you need to have a great deal of freedom, which is something even the most privileged citizen is not given. This is a country where if you have any book that's not related to your vocation, or talking about the history of the Dear leader and his family, you are shot.

    • @98seko
      @98seko 10 років тому +5

      takerdust They buyed that? Well thats something I didn't know.

    • @takerdust
      @takerdust 10 років тому +65

      well N Korea they have their own scientists too, but they had a lot of secret dealings with Pakistan in the 1990's, which is another nuclear power

  • @awvanroon
    @awvanroon Рік тому +641

    "You like coke?" "Yeah I love coke" usually goes a lot differently in other countries XD

  • @laplacekovalski3272
    @laplacekovalski3272 4 роки тому +16570

    I also clapped, just in case...

    • @andrecristales1756
      @andrecristales1756 4 роки тому +301

      HAHAHAHA 💀🤣🤣

    • @nowshinnoor6035
      @nowshinnoor6035 4 роки тому +540

      Hahahaha....and i laughed, just in case.....

    • @laplacekovalski3272
      @laplacekovalski3272 4 роки тому +40

      @@nowshinnoor6035 :D

    • @slicks5664
      @slicks5664 4 роки тому +462

      I'm still clapping, and the vid ended 12 minutes ago.

    • @nowshinnoor6035
      @nowshinnoor6035 4 роки тому +148

      @@slicks5664 lol...this is the best...you won a apartment, gift from Supreme leader 😂😂😂😂

  • @wuznab5109
    @wuznab5109 6 років тому +13783

    Don’t make fun of the guy staring at google, his job is to make sure it is still there.

  • @Aguila1138
    @Aguila1138 2 роки тому +7678

    Crazy how the most genuine interaction, with no facade or air of fakeness, was with the kids and a basketball.

    • @blob431
      @blob431 2 роки тому +316

      That girl with the red jacket gave such a sweet reaction when she thought the ball would drop on her face! You could truly tell it was real

    • @Drumsticksmcgee
      @Drumsticksmcgee 2 роки тому +299

      The guy staring at the Google page was priceless!😁

    • @Ilikepie18855
      @Ilikepie18855 2 роки тому +3

      It’s probably still staged…. Since the tour guide secrete police allowed them to go down and play, must mean everything is in order

    • @bt70a9
      @bt70a9 2 роки тому +34

      Oh that was staged..

    • @TheBaBaTV
      @TheBaBaTV 2 роки тому +40

      @bernardsanderson right, it was staged to show the world “NK kids have fun, look” , so the reactions were supposed to be real as it was part of the staging. The kids were allowed to have fun basically!

  • @livingbarret
    @livingbarret Рік тому +628

    This is a timeless documentary. Truly watching history unfold.

    • @bball3048mmfr
      @bball3048mmfr 9 місяців тому +34

      I am watching this in Feb 2024 and it was uploaded 10+ years ago and it still feels like it could've been filmed last month.

    • @ChrisLegg17
      @ChrisLegg17 8 місяців тому

      @@bball3048mmfr Same for me! I have a theory, see if you agree after having watched this: We know that China has re-education camps for people who are caught practicing religion, and they disapprove of believing in any kind of god. I believe they have more metrics to determine if someone believes in a higher power outside of this world than just their personal confession or denouncement of faith. And so if there are simply people who cannot be broken (as in they continue to fail these potentially odd metrics of determination from within their camps) - What if they are sent to North Korea? And so all along North Korea is simply a giant penal colony for Chinese citizens who are seen as "wanting to worship a god". As if to say China is hatefully spiteful towards those who cannot be broken; "if they want to worship a god, they may worship a god". And in truth Kim Jong-un is simply the hired warden, but they are made to be his subjects and worship him as their god as punishment for their crimes of faith. (I do also understand that children are born there, and is an unfortunate consequence). What do you think of this theory to explain the nature of North Korea? And imagine that it is necessary to hide this relationship between China and North Korea from the world for trade relation reasons.

    • @screamingopossum7809
      @screamingopossum7809 6 місяців тому +5

      When what we've learned about North Korea hasn't changed one bit, its eery how little information has changed since this.

    • @alexanderson4497
      @alexanderson4497 3 місяці тому

      @@screamingopossum7809 Russia invading Ukraine and Covid changed a lot of geopolitics, I doubt much would be different if those two things hadn't happened but maybe in another timeline NK would have been a little better. For what it's worth KJU seems to have done a lot more for NK like added a cell phone system(Albeit restricted) but it's more than his predecessors ever dared to do. He's still a ruthless dictator and his sister seems worse too.

  • @alexdistefano7665
    @alexdistefano7665 5 років тому +12881

    this video is so underrated, that is straight up history

  • @bruceperez2283
    @bruceperez2283 4 роки тому +2098

    The smile of the kids who were able to spin the ball on their finger was priceless.
    North Koreans deserve that kind of happiness ..

    • @Concon-bu4bp
      @Concon-bu4bp 4 роки тому +140

      Its amazing to watch her face light up despite the fact that she lives there...It just seemed like a very wholesome experience and It genuinely saddens me that this little girl will probably have a pretty horrible life.

    • @babaruuts
      @babaruuts 4 роки тому +6

      It's the only pure place left on this unholy planet. It should stay as it is.

    • @Concon-bu4bp
      @Concon-bu4bp 4 роки тому +50

      @@babaruuts okay move to North Korea then.

    • @babaruuts
      @babaruuts 4 роки тому +3

      @@Concon-bu4bp Would if I could tbh

    • @Concon-bu4bp
      @Concon-bu4bp 4 роки тому +44

      @@babaruuts do you not like freedom?

  • @wooloo_vt1980
    @wooloo_vt1980 3 роки тому +4350

    The happiness in the children’s eyes when they held the spinning basketball was very sweet.

    • @quotidian5077
      @quotidian5077 3 роки тому +228

      Their smiles were so pure and genuine. I'm happy they got to experience a little magic in their lives.

    • @PartnershipsForYou
      @PartnershipsForYou 3 роки тому +62

      Just a taste of autonomy is all it takes for a revolution

    • @zanderw1199
      @zanderw1199 3 роки тому +58

      The best part of this documentary. Humans being humans.

    • @yunggmarvl8594
      @yunggmarvl8594 3 роки тому +24

      THIS REALLY BREAKS MY HEART

    • @madrymadry6897
      @madrymadry6897 3 роки тому +38

      The girl’s innocent laughter broke my heart
      The world is a cold dark place

  • @mercuryspawn19
    @mercuryspawn19 Рік тому +323

    the sound of them all chanting "live 1000 years" sounds like a horror movie soundtrack

  • @devne5496
    @devne5496 4 роки тому +4232

    that's actually terrifying. imagine going overseas and everyone there is being controlled just for your pleasure like your in a real life simulation.

    • @matthewjamal
      @matthewjamal 3 роки тому +13

      @Rene Media oh folks don’t wanna believe that. Our government might seem well and dandy, but that’s only comparatively.

    • @maritjohnson
      @maritjohnson 3 роки тому +83

      Truman show is a movie about that exact concept

    • @kkim0221
      @kkim0221 3 роки тому +2

      That’s very cool

    • @slavicman-bd7jn
      @slavicman-bd7jn 3 роки тому +30

      its like being inserted in the truman show,this time tailor made for you

    • @faisfaizal5194
      @faisfaizal5194 2 роки тому +6

      Pretty all countries are like that. Some are just, much more subtle..

  • @LashanR
    @LashanR 6 років тому +5500

    When Vice literally influenced history.

    • @TheIndogamer
      @TheIndogamer 6 років тому +102

      First: Madlyn with her M. Jord. signed basketball
      Second: Vice
      Third: Red Velvet and some other KPop bands
      Fourth: The Summit.
      Let's see who's next

    • @pali1H
      @pali1H 5 років тому +52

      And Vice shit themselves when Trump got them to make peace with S Korea.

    • @pali1H
      @pali1H 5 років тому +5

      @@WEBTEAM1000 Ah gotcha. In your research, what exactly did Obama do to pressure NK?

    • @sodiumvlogs7630
      @sodiumvlogs7630 5 років тому +3

      @@pali1H so true

    • @MrEmmanuel678
      @MrEmmanuel678 5 років тому +7

      Lotfi Adam you are a man of the informed. Would love to see this paper!

  • @swlee9016
    @swlee9016 3 роки тому +4722

    My Grandfather fled the North during the war many years ago and came to South Korea. He passed away before I was born but I'm always thankful for what he did. As someone who does not need subtitles to understand them, it breaks my heart to see my brothers and sisters living under such oppression. I could have easily been born on the wrong side of the border.

    • @riofro1318
      @riofro1318 3 роки тому +306

      Dude you are so lucky. I feel bad for north korean people

    • @NoNoDontTouchMeThere
      @NoNoDontTouchMeThere 3 роки тому +156

      I'm glad you're able to come at this and respect to your grandfather

    • @aninite2780
      @aninite2780 3 роки тому +67

      U were this close on the verge of destruction

    • @swlee9016
      @swlee9016 3 роки тому +13

      @@NoNoDontTouchMeThere thank you

    • @Stephanie-tc4kj
      @Stephanie-tc4kj 3 роки тому +61

      This is my story too, except my family fled Cuba. Thankful to them, but i feel guilty that most of our family is there.

  • @noservice47
    @noservice47 10 місяців тому +74

    If Ryan told this story to damn near anyone without any video/photo documentation I highly doubt anyone would believe he’s telling the absolute truth. Truly great documentary thanks vice

  • @abhay1846
    @abhay1846 3 роки тому +6137

    That translator could have literally started WWIII

  • @lonerider92
    @lonerider92 3 роки тому +4967

    "Are you filming?"
    "No, he just has to always hold that out for practice."
    Savage

    • @WaitingForStorm
      @WaitingForStorm 3 роки тому +282

      "Are you trying to shoot me in the head?"
      "No, we just have to always hold it up for practice."

    • @brianclemons5375
      @brianclemons5375 3 роки тому +6

      Awesome

    • @mf2442
      @mf2442 2 роки тому +4

      based linux

    • @Slayer-Wulf
      @Slayer-Wulf 2 роки тому +13

      Persuasion 100

    • @extrm161
      @extrm161 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/4G6e4TaJxkI/v-deo.html
      ......

  • @Joshstix95
    @Joshstix95 4 роки тому +2453

    These folks been in lockdown their whole life

  • @RodrigoPint0
    @RodrigoPint0 Рік тому +120

    Watching in 2023 but that last section (28:00) really made me smile. Probably the happiest moment in those children's life. Congrats to everyone involved.

    • @Gabo.G.Bautista
      @Gabo.G.Bautista 3 місяці тому +4

      I didn't notice this video was posted more than 10 years ago😮

  • @maidacameron4093
    @maidacameron4093 4 роки тому +800

    The one guy actually working on the computer that they spoke to looked scared and hesitate to speak. Everything on the tour and every where they went looks so staged and practiced. North Korea is scary and this video is amazing.

    • @POPJack1717
      @POPJack1717 4 роки тому +37

      That guy knew if he said the wrong thing, he and his entire family would be killed. Crazy.

    • @jerryflores9061
      @jerryflores9061 4 роки тому +16

      "Oh sorry to disturb you while you work"
      "Oh i was just looking for my journals"
      😂😂😂

    • @ericbryan113
      @ericbryan113 4 роки тому +9

      Thought you guys might find this interesting. I did find a few North Korean physics papers on nature index, one of which was a published paper on string theory. www.natureindex.com/institution-outputs/north-korea/faculty-of-physics-kim-il-sung-university/574d4d45140ba0452c8b4569

    • @1000blabbities
      @1000blabbities 4 роки тому +2

      He looked like he was struggling with English

    • @kbolternorris2676
      @kbolternorris2676 4 роки тому +1

      well you could say the exact opposite and call everything you know western propaganda. Knowledge isn't that straight forward you know, epistemology and truth ideas do tell us that

  • @user-us1yu8gx9s
    @user-us1yu8gx9s 2 роки тому +2846

    I felt so sad for the man who couldn't play in the NBA due to political conflict. Like he said he wasn't interested in politics, the man just loved basketball.

    • @denslow8552
      @denslow8552 Рік тому +42

      Political conflict also robbed the nba of prime pre back injury Arvydas Sabonis

    • @kellymabel3576
      @kellymabel3576 Рік тому +2

      Probably a good thing since he has Marfan syndrome

    • @Jdkieddj
      @Jdkieddj Рік тому +27

      Its happening again with a very talented young football (soccer) player. He played in the top flight in Italy and has since disappeared from the public eye. There are some interesting documentaries on youtube about him, Han Kwang-song, hes still young and ready to play. So sad.

    • @rahulsharma-ht7ut
      @rahulsharma-ht7ut Рік тому

      The greatest ally of america,and the only superpower in the world ie pakistan,fyi pak sold the nueclear tech to north korea and during 80s & 90s when pak was stealing nueclear tech from all over the world including usa and eu,america didnt do anything to stop them,cause america thought,let their b chaos in asia,but thy forgot about karma,it turned out pak sold nueclear tech to syria,iran and north korea,israel took care of iran and syria but north korea left,so, let their be fear in americans,of karma atleast

    • @atuka9759
      @atuka9759 Рік тому

      @@Jdkieddjcan u link documentary please ?

  • @evankaiafas6219
    @evankaiafas6219 3 роки тому +3163

    That computer guy was definitely the most interesting and creepy party of this doc. He seemed so on edge and careful with his words. It was as if everything he was saying was scripted and one slip up could get him killed. His hand trembling and his shaky voice was no coincidence.

    • @CanadianBisdak
      @CanadianBisdak 3 роки тому +86

      Agree, I noticed it too.

    • @aviation19k71
      @aviation19k71 3 роки тому +40

      Agreed.

    • @Ksouel
      @Ksouel 3 роки тому +263

      Visitors to NK are permanently in a tunnel of state organized theatre sets, you never see anything they don't want you to see. The guy was hand picked to spread an image that NK is both open and connected and taking part in the most complex of science. Nothing about any of this is by accident.
      The thing is that people designing the propaganda don't really understand how well people from the rest of the world see through manipulation like this because were exposed to so much media. To us, it looks obviously staged and or coerced. Like a ransom video.

    • @welsyee
      @welsyee 3 роки тому +51

      yeah, people on these videos always have the fear of god on their faces lmao, quite literally considering the kim family is basically divine for them

    • @zimbolimbo2408
      @zimbolimbo2408 3 роки тому +12

      Meanwhile in the alternate side of the universe. Dude literally shat his pants. True story.

  • @mrc2936
    @mrc2936 Рік тому +64

    23:00 I was genuinly nervous for the North Korean translator. You know that if he messed up it could’ve cost him his life..

  • @haziq3636
    @haziq3636 3 роки тому +6407

    I love how uninterested Kim was at the match but smiles when there’s cheer dancing 😂

    • @yourn1ghtmare518
      @yourn1ghtmare518 3 роки тому +148

      yeah i notice that too XD

    • @rema11769
      @rema11769 3 роки тому +245

      thats because he really knew the exact nba when he studied in foreign countries and grew up watching

    • @RatsRatsIsthebest
      @RatsRatsIsthebest 3 роки тому +4

      @Armed Chicano omg

    • @arcadeplayer9804
      @arcadeplayer9804 3 роки тому +18

      They're losing so yeah lmao

    • @jesuschrist2268
      @jesuschrist2268 3 роки тому +3

      @Armed Chicano literally how?

  • @informjared9508
    @informjared9508 4 роки тому +2607

    Crazy to think this could’ve been the first time many of them have ever seen a black person

  • @acommonman7950
    @acommonman7950 3 роки тому +4355

    Who else was shitting bricks when Dennis Roadman started giving an impromptu speech? I was worried he might say the wrong thing.

    • @bigding8977
      @bigding8977 3 роки тому +652

      Yeah at one point he turned and his ass was in the face of the Supreme Leader.

    • @broannoying8765
      @broannoying8765 3 роки тому +667

      Thankfully the translator saved him .

    • @biss6000
      @biss6000 3 роки тому +71

      @@broannoying8765 Yea lol

    • @Kurtcobainswifey
      @Kurtcobainswifey 3 роки тому +66

      I was like oh nooo fuckkkj

    • @Kurtcobainswifey
      @Kurtcobainswifey 3 роки тому +29

      Everyone’s dying lol

  • @andredoumad
    @andredoumad 8 місяців тому +94

    That last scene with the kids is even more heartbreaking today as it was ten years ago, things have only gotten worse and those kids have had enough time to realize the horror.

    • @Silas_Ames
      @Silas_Ames 3 місяці тому

      Wha happen?

    • @YoungSheldon-oo8zz
      @YoungSheldon-oo8zz 3 місяці тому +2

      What's heartbreaking about it? The media has lied to you that NK people are suffering? The freedom of choosing genders isn't in NK and i think it's good and ok.

    • @YouSmell_LikeBeef
      @YouSmell_LikeBeef 18 днів тому

      ​@@YoungSheldon-oo8zzKim is that you?

  • @youtubeemployee6949
    @youtubeemployee6949 5 років тому +2658

    Every second of this video was intense

    • @alogicalgirloncesaid5140
      @alogicalgirloncesaid5140 5 років тому +36

      Every heart beat was intense one wrong clap and they’d all be sent to jail

    • @mannu8185
      @mannu8185 5 років тому +12

      The first half of the video was fine until the second half where Kim shows up, and it made me intense at all times

    • @twatenthusiast3660
      @twatenthusiast3660 5 років тому

      IKR

    • @Myday_145
      @Myday_145 3 роки тому

      Yep history

  • @Ceej3
    @Ceej3 3 роки тому +4237

    I got chills at the computer scene. The guy who gave the talk about string theory was so scared. They probably forced him to read that script for days in advance. So much planning to deceive was put in place on their visit. I almost cried seeing this. Poor people. Poor dolphins.

    • @mamar5606
      @mamar5606 2 роки тому +46

      True Mel Gibson

    • @capo7117
      @capo7117 2 роки тому +172

      Couldn't even imagine what they're doing to those dolphins because even other countries Sea Worlds are messed-up.

    • @anneidevdl
      @anneidevdl 2 роки тому +127

      Yeah that scene got me too. Guy was scared out of his mind and you could tell. I hope he's okay

    • @CreepyMemes
      @CreepyMemes 2 роки тому +41

      @@anneidevdl he'll never okay unless he escapes north korea

    • @williamhornabrook8081
      @williamhornabrook8081 2 роки тому +8

      He might be an Elon Musk impersonator.

  • @hatimelouaqour1027
    @hatimelouaqour1027 5 років тому +4547

    People: EEHHHHHHHHHHH
    Translations: LIVE 10,000 YEARS!

    • @hyunji7312
      @hyunji7312 5 років тому +54

      😂😂😂😂

    • @musicspacelamp3579
      @musicspacelamp3579 5 років тому +274

      The shouts are so loud you can literally hear the audio recording clipping

    • @100TZE
      @100TZE 5 років тому +100

      They are actually saying Man-Sae.. but really loud

    • @jg14gerhard_bar
      @jg14gerhard_bar 5 років тому +198

      nah they were saying EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..............................EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..............................................EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    • @airriongalloway6998
      @airriongalloway6998 5 років тому +24

      🤣🤣😂🤣 bruh stop.

  • @Aquablecs
    @Aquablecs Рік тому +183

    This is absolutely wild. Like a fever dream. Thank you VICE for putting this together. And props to you Dennis Rodman, what a tough position to be in, no matter how you handle it.

    • @joshuaedwards3322
      @joshuaedwards3322 Рік тому +8

      North Korea, to me, seems like an example of if the Nazis or Stalin would have won their respective conflicts. No matter what they do to their people the rest of the world just sort of stays out of it. It's almost like we are allowing this social experiment to blossom and we are taking very close notes.

    • @variaxi935
      @variaxi935 Рік тому +5

      ​@@joshuaedwards3322agreed... it's incredibly strange for this place to exist throughout our lifetime and for us to do nothing to help those within NKorea's borders. But on the other hand, going in gund-blazing just isn't an option, and I haven't a clue what else the rest of the world could possibly do about it

    • @joshuaedwards3322
      @joshuaedwards3322 Рік тому

      @@variaxi935 I mean... They literally have (one) nuke. We could probably decapitate their leadership on a weekend.

  • @HowBoutTha4278
    @HowBoutTha4278 5 років тому +4711

    Crazy to think that some of these people have probably never even seen a black person

    • @Ngugi_Dann
      @Ngugi_Dann 5 років тому +523

      Actually All Of Them..

    • @saltybuttpepper1766
      @saltybuttpepper1766 5 років тому +469

      chocolate man. oh wait, they've never seen chocolate either.

    • @gayassmarioyoloswag69x5
      @gayassmarioyoloswag69x5 5 років тому +60

      Lucky them.

    • @knoblauch3450
      @knoblauch3450 5 років тому +306

      That's the case in many other countries, for example Eastern European countries. I grew up in small city in Eastern Europe and I saw a black person for the first time at age of 15 or 16.

    • @pierreo33
      @pierreo33 5 років тому +158

      Not crazy at all. USA isn't the center of the world, y'know

  • @hej1383
    @hej1383 4 роки тому +1868

    Kim when he’s watching basketball: 😶😐
    Kim when he sees the cheerleading team: 😊😃

    • @BWBDCan
      @BWBDCan 4 роки тому +37

      That's alot of people at basketball games.... Well any sports that does something similar to half time.

    • @zabukoii8081
      @zabukoii8081 4 роки тому +10

      @Rafael Dejesus fucking golden comment. I love you

    • @piyushmate3837
      @piyushmate3837 4 роки тому +6

      Very true. I noticed that🤣

    • @holymoutain9457
      @holymoutain9457 4 роки тому

      😁👋

    • @johnathansmith713
      @johnathansmith713 4 роки тому +2

      Omg is kim what I think he is ?????????????😶🤭

  • @ludgeisatmcdonalds
    @ludgeisatmcdonalds 6 років тому +969

    the moment at the end where the globe trotter put the basketball on the girls finger gave me chills, why isn't that shot more praised wow

    • @o0oMrTTo0o
      @o0oMrTTo0o 5 років тому +90

      FOR REAL, it needs to be an iconic shot in the future

    • @Dapryor
      @Dapryor 5 років тому +6

      Great point

    • @wordpolice7564
      @wordpolice7564 5 років тому +20

      You can see mortal terror on her face when the basketball falls. Fear of failure and punishment already deeply instilled .

    • @wanleaf
      @wanleaf 5 років тому +44

      @@wordpolice7564 i think her finger was hurt from the spinning, not fear of failure... I believe those kids although looking ordinary, probably come from previlige families

    • @thenewdali1
      @thenewdali1 5 років тому +13

      That shot literally brought a tear to my eye

  • @nawilliams82
    @nawilliams82 11 місяців тому +45

    Imagine unexpectedly getting introduced to Kim Jong Un. 😂

    • @littlerat760
      @littlerat760 11 місяців тому

      u would be so scared cuz look at him wrong and i'm done for lol

  • @lucasbarbosa3335
    @lucasbarbosa3335 4 роки тому +1421

    I kinda understand King Jong-Un.
    I only clean my room when I know I will get visit.

  • @karstenshields1694
    @karstenshields1694 3 роки тому +5693

    Dennis Rodman just chillin in North Korea is so funny and weird to me

    • @999dunkins
      @999dunkins 3 роки тому +77

      Yeah I mean they are on the same team right, RIGHT??

    • @4nlimited3dition_4n3d
      @4nlimited3dition_4n3d 3 роки тому +233

      Chilling in North Korea, with Kim Jong-un

    • @kimmyjong-un3894
      @kimmyjong-un3894 3 роки тому +16

      😂

    • @typhoon5150
      @typhoon5150 3 роки тому +4

      very

    • @ozekk4465
      @ozekk4465 3 роки тому +51

      To be honest it's the very essence of who he was as a player and a person.

  • @lightskinballer4453
    @lightskinballer4453 5 років тому +1532

    That computer lab is my class when we switch from a game to the work that we’re supposed to be doing

    • @slewch3106
      @slewch3106 5 років тому +23

      teacher,i'm not playing, i'm looking for porn

    • @fanaticalplel1003
      @fanaticalplel1003 5 років тому

      ballerdopeman yeet same

  • @zeusfloreus
    @zeusfloreus Рік тому +30

    As a kid, I experienced special moments I'll remember the rest of my life. Politics aside for a moment, those North Korean kids spending time with the Globe Trotters on the court will carry their experiences for a lifetime. Who would of ever imagined the Harlem globetrotters reaching out to this generation of kids? Amazing!...

    • @okwyntupac7205
      @okwyntupac7205 Рік тому

      You believe Kim jung un is a dictator because your evil propandist western media made you believe so. Have ever wondered the damaging effects of USA sanctions on NK.

  • @markclayton8977
    @markclayton8977 3 роки тому +2388

    “I’ve played basketball on North Korean state TV” is not something many can say.

    • @MustTilk
      @MustTilk 3 роки тому +93

      Imagine being a VICE journalist being able to shake hands with Kim Jong-un and make a toast in the same table. I mean VICE! They've made many documentaries unfavourable to the DPRK and they get to go to a dinner with the "Dear" Leader. Insane tbh.

    • @ryan123dean1
      @ryan123dean1 3 роки тому +5

      Not just to even shake hands with Kim Jung-un

    • @ab-15188
      @ab-15188 3 роки тому +7

      I'd add that into my resume lmao

    • @Nassi415
      @Nassi415 3 роки тому +4

      Dont know why anybody would WANT to ever say that.

  • @mendoza900
    @mendoza900 3 роки тому +3239

    The 3 Harlem Globe trotters should get way more recognition in our country after performing the way they did under such circumstances. All they did was entertain and enjoy themselves with the people.

    • @richlisola1
      @richlisola1 3 роки тому +48

      Oh I fully agree

    • @deytonybarra7499
      @deytonybarra7499 3 роки тому +12

      All Power To The All People

    • @ibewalkingwiththecheesecak2565
      @ibewalkingwiththecheesecak2565 3 роки тому +140

      I agree. They were basically acting as foreign diplomats

    • @bigding8977
      @bigding8977 3 роки тому +177

      Amazing ambassadors. Walking everywhere with a big smile, interacting with the locals, playing with the kids. These are probably the first Americans that any of them had ever seen in real life.

    • @theefamgod
      @theefamgod 3 роки тому +64

      They’re black. Black people in this country are never given the recognition for the things that we do that is good. Only the bad. I love America for what it offers but it’s never surprising to see things like that.

  • @jackjohn1303
    @jackjohn1303 6 років тому +1661

    I just noticed i have never heard kim jong uns voice

  • @kgandrala
    @kgandrala Рік тому +35

    Dennis rodman is actually a very good ambassador of peace. Bro rlly has no enemies.

    • @alexanderson4497
      @alexanderson4497 3 місяці тому +1

      We need open dialogue with these governments, he tried to do something about it which was admirable and as much as I despise Donald Trump he also tried to open dialoguer as well even if he was still a fucking embarrassment by saluting a random general lol

  • @Lalalanm
    @Lalalanm 4 роки тому +973

    Okay but the guy who was so tall was so sad to watch, he couldn’t pursue his dream even if he wanted to due to the harsh rules in n. Korea

    • @johnmaki6821
      @johnmaki6821 3 роки тому +105

      @@rft9776 ahh the classic blame America for everyone else’s problems stfu

    • @Boooooooooo541
      @Boooooooooo541 3 роки тому +79

      @@rft9776 No they actually could not make a contract agreement to the team he was going to ( The Dallas Mavericks) where the 6 million dollars which was supposed to go to the player go all to the NK government. So they would basically be giving 6 million US dollars to the NK government every year. Research your history before you do your anti US bullshit.

    • @maximilianw4354
      @maximilianw4354 3 роки тому +18

      @@Boooooooooo541 Exactly, but that isn't allowed because of UN sanctions. If NK would've let him keep the money (yeah, right) or if the sanctions wouldn't have been in place it would have been possible.

    • @mariahyohannes
      @mariahyohannes 3 роки тому +7

      @@johnmaki6821 Hes right the sanctions prevented it.

    • @M1ndfulJourney
      @M1ndfulJourney 3 роки тому +2

      @@Boooooooooo541 Did you watch the documentary, he said "US sanctions" imperial US.

  • @paym4n
    @paym4n 4 роки тому +3025

    Imagine telling your grandkids you had dinner with Kim Jong-un

    • @Max-hf3ku
      @Max-hf3ku 4 роки тому +217

      got drunk and did karaoke with Kim Jong Un* lol

    • @seulgi4655
      @seulgi4655 4 роки тому +31

      bruh i wanted to do that but now hes....
      dead as hell.

    • @streetball809
      @streetball809 4 роки тому +10

      My grand kids would say, mmm sooo wwwhat??!!
      Iknow them they such douches

    • @WizardMusicProductions
      @WizardMusicProductions 4 роки тому +3

      @@seulgi4655 bruh hes nota dead

    • @paulh3261
      @paulh3261 4 роки тому +4

      paym4n bro that’s like saying you went to satans house for a playdate

  • @kyleclancy4040
    @kyleclancy4040 4 роки тому +1019

    looool he asked him in the elevator" is he recording?" He said "No he just has to hold that there for practice". With no hesitation.

    • @badmelll
      @badmelll 4 роки тому +58

      Kyle Clancy lmao we American are liars

    • @hazardous458
      @hazardous458 4 роки тому +26

      Melanie Estrada He has balls

    • @mohammadhazim981
      @mohammadhazim981 4 роки тому +2

      Can you time tag that

    • @burp9695
      @burp9695 4 роки тому +2

      @@hazardous458 🎶 ...for the laaand of the freeeeeee, and the hooome of theeeee br...liaaaarsss. 🎶

    • @jisooturtlerabbitkim7884
      @jisooturtlerabbitkim7884 4 роки тому +1

      @Robot blaster 5:55

  • @mollie_b
    @mollie_b Рік тому +17

    19:10 - 19:45 they are in a stadium filled with 10,000 people and other than the basketball dribbling, there is barely any background noise. this whole video is eerie but that is especially eerie to me

  • @Cornelius_Erup
    @Cornelius_Erup 4 роки тому +4677

    This is without a doubt the most interesting video I’ve ever watched.

    • @lisandroge
      @lisandroge 4 роки тому +97

      You can see the pain in the peoples eyes. Some more clearly than others. And there leader almost looks as if hes living in a state of constant fear. When he enters the stadiums, and the crowd applauds his eyes change for a glimpse to that of satisfaction.

    • @Blewmashh
      @Blewmashh 4 роки тому +1

      Me too bro 💯

    • @DreKC
      @DreKC 4 роки тому +26

      Totally agree. Very unique set of circumstances vividly captured. This is absolutely an important piece of history, I’ve watched it all the way through dozens of times over the years.

    • @samr7609
      @samr7609 4 роки тому

      Cornelius Erup Larsen fax

    • @permafrost8894
      @permafrost8894 4 роки тому +11

      the ending was super wholesome I couldn't stop grinning

  • @ossiannilsson3098
    @ossiannilsson3098 4 роки тому +865

    The momment at the end was so heartwarming, bless those kids.

  • @MRxROID
    @MRxROID 8 років тому +593

    It's honestly insane how Vice literally got to shake kim jong uns hand....

    • @stephen8308
      @stephen8308 7 років тому +15

      MRxROID just like The Interview but without the poison

    • @Whoman-bean
      @Whoman-bean 6 місяців тому

      Hope he disinfected his hands afterwards. Bleh.🤦🏻‍♀️🇨🇦

  • @skirwan78
    @skirwan78 Рік тому +10

    The Harlem Globetrotters are a national treasure ever since they were founded. They might be one of the best examples of humanity

  • @wuznab5109
    @wuznab5109 6 років тому +3770

    Kim Jon Un looks more interested in the women than the basket ball game.

    • @SM-1010
      @SM-1010 5 років тому +143

      Ohh that makes me sick

    • @Max4Million
      @Max4Million 5 років тому +115

      WuzNab HAHA I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT NOTICED 🤣🤣

    • @Mc-vw2fd
      @Mc-vw2fd 5 років тому +79

      hes thinking about hes nukes lmao

    • @FrancisBehnen
      @FrancisBehnen 5 років тому +63

      Yep, noticed that as well. Think I read a report somewhere that he doesn't only look at them

    • @swedishcheems8869
      @swedishcheems8869 5 років тому +3

      TSG KiLLem Twice yup i agree

  • @ChristoCurrents
    @ChristoCurrents 4 роки тому +3763

    North Korea is like when you have friends coming over and your mom wants the house spotless.

  • @josefking2927
    @josefking2927 8 років тому +1511

    If anything they will not stop with the anti-American propaganda but those kids on the court will always remember the friendly Americans who came and played basketball with them.
    That alone may be a start at renewing the country.

    • @baylez4533
      @baylez4533 8 років тому +97

      Agreed! I think this type of gathering can unite and improve relations between N.Korea and the U.S.

    • @daniellevin3056
      @daniellevin3056 7 років тому +28

      Alexander Patrick Since you sound AntiAmerica why don't you go live in North Korea & then you might elaborate more. A country that surpresses it's fellowman. The United States​ of America may not be a perfect country, but what country is, but sure beats North Korea with their fake shopping mall & computer lab, etc. Supression of religion or faith to add on & countless NK detectors who know the real deal unlike you. Go figure....

    • @daniellevin3056
      @daniellevin3056 7 років тому +20

      Alexander Patrick Criticism of the regime or the leadership in North Korea, if reported, is enough to make you and your family ‘disappear’ from society and end up in a political prison camp. It goes without saying that there is no free media inside the country. The only opinion allowed to be voiced inside the country is the regime’s. It is illegal for the North Korean people to leave their country without the regime’s permission, and the regime attempts to restrict the people’s movement even inside their own country. If you wish to travel to another part of the country, you are supposed to have a specific purpose and obtain permission from your work unit. If you do not live in Pyongyang, the showcase capital where most resources are concentrated, you will likely be denied access. The regime has also forcibly relocated hundreds of thousands of North Koreans to less favorable parts of the country as a form of punishment and political persecution. Who's the real puppet pulling strings in NK?

    • @conneryates1767
      @conneryates1767 7 років тому +17

      Dragon Cocplayer No, the USSR started N Korea... Hence them explaining that Kim Jong Sun was put into place by the Russians... But I get it, it's fun to blame everything on the top dawg. As for Al Qaeda and ISIS, while I do believe we fueled the fire, I do not believe we are the cause of them. We did give them guns (Al Qaeda) to fight the Russians in the 80s, though.

    • @nestorrodriguez5396
      @nestorrodriguez5396 7 років тому

      Conner Yates e

  • @BLICKYBUNNY
    @BLICKYBUNNY 8 місяців тому +6

    sad part is alot of those people at the basketball game will remember that as one of the best moments in their entire lives

  • @SuperMarkizas
    @SuperMarkizas 3 роки тому +2572

    Those American basketball players seem like very cool dudes, they handled the whole experience really well, top performance, behavior and attitude in very dangerous circumstances.

    • @tgust5
      @tgust5 2 роки тому +143

      That’s what the globetrotters are all about. Family fun and entertainment

    • @librarychair
      @librarychair 2 роки тому +80

      I was surprised at myself smiling through that section of the video. Just incredibly highly charismatic and skilled guys

    • @shratzc
      @shratzc Рік тому +24

      They handled it better than the vice guys

    • @citypopFM
      @citypopFM Рік тому +44

      The Globetrotters are goodwill ambassadors so they're absolute pros when it comes to things like this. Still, they did a fantastic job since it's very unprecedented to travel to a place like North Korea for a goodwill basketball game with the dictator in the audience.

    • @jiji7250
      @jiji7250 Рік тому +7

      @@shratzc they acted so much more casual where the vice guy kept looking sus which i dont think is a good idea.

  • @v4n3ss43
    @v4n3ss43 5 років тому +973

    Guide: ''Are you recording?''
    Ryan: ''No. He just always has to hold that out for practice.''

    • @Monificent
      @Monificent 5 років тому +110

      If the North Koreans knew about sarcasm VICE would have been jailed that moment

    • @code8825
      @code8825 5 років тому +34

      That guide is dead now

    • @nikanor8152
      @nikanor8152 5 років тому +10

      Sounds like something a North Korean reporter would be forced to do

    • @jojolafrite90
      @jojolafrite90 5 років тому +2

      They tortured and killed him actually. But he was kind of stupid. You can break the rules and they won't even really be mad at you, but do anything that they may interpret as an insult to the leaders or system and that's something else to them.

    • @FangirlRandomscrew
      @FangirlRandomscrew 5 років тому +5

      jojolafrite90 Otto was top of his class in HS and went to University of VA and also happened to be a guy with common sense. My cousins went to hs with him and no one from that school thinks he actually would take down a poster. We can’t ever be sure but

  • @Aaaqqppl23
    @Aaaqqppl23 4 роки тому +1471

    *LIVE TEN THOUSAND YEARS*
    Kims Heart: *N O*

    • @zachfam1795
      @zachfam1795 4 роки тому +41

      Kim’s health condition: well, yes, but actually no

    • @hugovilag
      @hugovilag 4 роки тому

      Seems legit lol

    • @MshAhmxiO1
      @MshAhmxiO1 4 роки тому +5

      shhh don't tell him, let his greed take him.

    • @Tre3141
      @Tre3141 4 роки тому +2

      The crowd: WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

    • @kimjongfun9906
      @kimjongfun9906 4 роки тому +3

      Guess whos back?!

  • @lorir5728
    @lorir5728 Рік тому +12

    It's very admirable for these guys to give some joy and entertainment to these oppressed people. Dennis got unfairly slammed in the media. I think they all did an amazing thing.

  • @hudehudeachichiwa712
    @hudehudeachichiwa712 3 роки тому +3273

    This is actually one of the best documentary on North Korea I have seen till date, although I'm 7 years late.

    • @mmkay1777
      @mmkay1777 3 роки тому +34

      Watch the documentary on ‘the people’ it’s Good too

    • @neighborhood1119
      @neighborhood1119 3 роки тому +11

      Watch the 3 part on vice did it’s on UA-cam that’s a 🔥 one too

    • @emperorpalpatine2531
      @emperorpalpatine2531 3 роки тому +4

      Same

    • @bdaquatics7584
      @bdaquatics7584 3 роки тому +2

      Sammmme

    • @weegee_hates_the_blind
      @weegee_hates_the_blind 3 роки тому +8

      I remember when I was a freshman in high school, around the time this video got released, my global studies class watched this documentary when we were talking about North Korea. Honestly, I don’t think there’s any better way I could’ve been introduced to such a bizarre place.

  • @svgstarlight
    @svgstarlight 3 роки тому +2600

    it was so creepy seeing the employees in the office just staring blankly at a random page on their computer. of course along with the clearly rehearsed and stages laughs, conversations, actors, and tour in general. it feels like a dystopian novel but here it is in real life.

    • @hannable70
      @hannable70 3 роки тому +190

      The thing is, even the North Koreans whose job it was to come up with all of these staged events had no idea what a truly busy and **functioning** computer lab sounded like. That's why their oh so expertly choreographed and detailed propaganda shows don't work on Westerners. WE know what it's like - and when something isn't right, we instantly know it. Even if we can't always put our finger on it, we know something isn't wrong. Because the North Koreans can't duplicate the Western world. The absence of typing and clicking sounds probably never occurred to the North Koreans - perhaps they thought Americans and Europeans frequently just sit at their desks and stare at Google's homepage until someone comes along and starts talking to them. Maybe they thought stores in Europe and America are filled with merchandise you can't buy (maybe they thought in the West people go to stores to pick out what they want and then order it online or something ...?). I've watched numerous documentaries about North Korean tours and all of them - regardless of the nationalities of the tourists - always talk about how everything is so obviously staged with entire villages with no one living in them, factories with advanced machines but no workers, farms with no farmers, and there just happens to be smiling well-dressed, patriotic people waiting around every corner.

    • @bennelong8451
      @bennelong8451 3 роки тому +48

      @@hannable70 if you watch the parts in the computer lab closely you will see that the people are reading things on the computers and I would asusume it’s a sort of study hall.
      As well With the guy staring at google when they zoom in you can clearly see him click something at the bottom of the screen and there being a world 🌍 emoji meaning it was loading something

    • @abhirajarora7631
      @abhirajarora7631 3 роки тому +22

      1984 moment

    • @hwiatslgeord2887
      @hwiatslgeord2887 3 роки тому +5

      ingsoc

    • @ana-zf6ef
      @ana-zf6ef 3 роки тому +11

      @@hannable70 slow down there buddy, westerners arent the best either 💀

  • @tige.8382
    @tige.8382 3 роки тому +645

    Damn its kind of sad that Ri Myong Hun never got to play in the NBA like he wanted, he seemed so happy that some foreigners were in his country playing basketball

    • @Knowledgeable_Idiot
      @Knowledgeable_Idiot 3 роки тому +5

      To be honest he would have lasted an hour at most.

    • @notastrangeperson2298
      @notastrangeperson2298 3 роки тому +32

      @@Knowledgeable_Idiot how would u know…?

    • @akaashikrish3834
      @akaashikrish3834 3 роки тому +7

      @@Knowledgeable_Idiot he never even had the chance to try ?

    • @robertotampioc7318
      @robertotampioc7318 11 місяців тому

      @@Knowledgeable_Idiot… well, his prime is in 90s, where basketball is a slow pace, more on physicality plays… he can be like manute Bol or Shawn Bradley in any nba team

  • @BIM9622
    @BIM9622 9 місяців тому +11

    Absolutely sobbing at the end. Literally nothing can stop the human spirit coming together over the love of a round ball.

  • @matthewwilliams1709
    @matthewwilliams1709 2 роки тому +4106

    It’s heartbreaking to see Ri tell the US players he wants them to come back knowing that it would probably never happen. And Dennis Rodman was always on our side like I said he was at the time. He was panned by the media and hated by many in the US for saying Kim Jong un was his friend. Rodman was on a diplomatic mission, and he never broke character even when he came home because he wanted a distrustful and paranoid world leader with nukes not to target all of us. Dude is brave as hell for going there and a national treasure.

    • @bobjohn2000
      @bobjohn2000 2 роки тому +258

      I know, that was sad. That guy clearly had ambitions crushed by his government. He seemed like such a nice dude :(

    • @jasminejones255
      @jasminejones255 2 роки тому +17

      I agree ❤️❤️❤️

    • @0lintana
      @0lintana 2 роки тому +32

      Big shoutout to Rodman!!

    • @Alex-ve1og
      @Alex-ve1og 2 роки тому +73

      Do you know anything about Dennis Rodman? Dude's got more than a few screws loose, if you think he was putting on an act I've got a nice bridge to sell you

    • @JordonTheo
      @JordonTheo 2 роки тому +20

      The media wants people to bash Kim... like, what do you think that will accomplish? If we are trying to build a connection, that erases EVERYTHING that was done. All the goodwill out the door.

  • @jackieburkhart3268
    @jackieburkhart3268 3 роки тому +3299

    People: AAAAAEEGAAAAAAAEGHHHHHHH
    Subtitles: Live 10,000 years!

  • @BridgeWowDah
    @BridgeWowDah 5 років тому +490

    Just imagine dreaming of becoming a journalist and, before you know it, one day you're shaking hands with the dictator of North Korea.

  • @PC_Simo
    @PC_Simo Рік тому +9

    Gotta love the String Theory guy’s reaction, @16:18: ”Who? Me? What? 😮” 😅.

  • @benitamaiorano3970
    @benitamaiorano3970 4 роки тому +668

    The children laughing as interacting with the Harlem Globetrotters was the most beautiful site of all. May God change things of North Korea.

    • @achalen01
      @achalen01 4 роки тому +61

      Honestly it was the most organic thing about their whole time in DPRK. It was genuine. Props to the Globetrotters going out there and doing what they did.

    • @idkheheidk1480
      @idkheheidk1480 3 роки тому +1

      God as in Kimmy? Or God as in you'll get killed in DPRK God?

    • @storrho
      @storrho 3 роки тому

      @@idkheheidk1480 Both, neither, patrick?

    • @Oldscale
      @Oldscale 3 роки тому

      @@achalen01 even that is probably staged

    • @chrisclouds4182
      @chrisclouds4182 3 роки тому +2

      Had me emotional

  • @lirsin6356
    @lirsin6356 5 років тому +682

    The guy on the Google page was just waiting for the new theme

    • @ayecarumba4928
      @ayecarumba4928 5 років тому

      Lirsin he should of typed in South Korea

    • @gumdrop11
      @gumdrop11 5 років тому +1

      Doubt the new theme ever came.

  • @MorganVsTheInternet
    @MorganVsTheInternet 4 роки тому +454

    It’s like the 60s or the 70s everything is so vintage looking.

    • @naruoodle
      @naruoodle 4 роки тому +21

      most korean want to visit czechoslovakia or east germany which dont even exist anymore

    • @officerminiwheats
      @officerminiwheats 4 роки тому +4

      @FoxyThePirate952 we love USSR!

    • @BoundInChains
      @BoundInChains 4 роки тому +3

      In communist korea the 2010's is the new 1970's.

  • @ScottSamsung
    @ScottSamsung Рік тому +30

    That computer lab scene actually had me dying. Real NPC’s.. This is a timeless documentary. Truly watching history unfold..

  • @Starhopper6
    @Starhopper6 3 роки тому +2807

    I guess “aaaahhhhhh” means “live 10,000 years” in Korean, interesting.

    • @viketurikha6786
      @viketurikha6786 3 роки тому +276

      Yes it does...... And "ooooooooooo" means live 20,000 years ..

    • @dibarenthlei9049
      @dibarenthlei9049 3 роки тому +35

      Ahahhaahahahaa viketu.... Ur comment makes me so happy 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Starhopper6
      @Starhopper6 3 роки тому +72

      @@viketurikha6786 and “uuuuuuhhh” means 30,000 years

    • @solid_fire9388
      @solid_fire9388 3 роки тому +6

      😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @vin5371
      @vin5371 3 роки тому +30

      @@Starhopper6 that was not funny...don't try to take a ride on the someone joke, bro

  • @Eric.Zhangg
    @Eric.Zhangg 3 роки тому +1199

    Kim Jung-Un is literally watching the basketball game like: "Make that shot, or else you know what happens"

    • @ianc1187
      @ianc1187 3 роки тому +2

      lmfaooooooi

    • @sourabhtripathi0986
      @sourabhtripathi0986 3 роки тому +49

      Make thay shot, or you get shot😂

    • @AayanKhattak
      @AayanKhattak 3 роки тому +2

      @@sourabhtripathi0986 beat me to it

    • @RatsRatsIsthebest
      @RatsRatsIsthebest 3 роки тому +2

      Omg

    • @robb4951
      @robb4951 3 роки тому +4

      You could see the fear in their eyes. They're all just thinking please don't fucking get us killed

  • @cristianabraham384
    @cristianabraham384 4 роки тому +1422

    "What do you think is the most popular sport?"
    Probably Cross Country.

    • @bryan-yo9ne
      @bryan-yo9ne 4 роки тому +43

      hei that's illegal

    • @awesomesauce2513
      @awesomesauce2513 3 роки тому +23

      Underrated comment

    • @mitchscott
      @mitchscott 3 роки тому +7

      Came to say underrated comment but looks like someone already did

    • @OEFvet0311
      @OEFvet0311 3 роки тому +2

      I'm. Fucking. DYING!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣

    • @bradyjones1354
      @bradyjones1354 3 роки тому +1

      Football⚽️ for sure

  • @wakeupsleepyfox
    @wakeupsleepyfox 3 місяці тому +3

    This reminds me of when I went through a foreign exchange program with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force when I was in the Marine Corps. I was the only Marine for miles. The vibe of this video reminds me of how depressed I was due to the differences in lifestyle.

  • @gingrsnap1951
    @gingrsnap1951 5 років тому +278

    I was actually crying when that first little girl was spinning the ball on her finger. What a great moment

    • @wow1983
      @wow1983 5 років тому +31

      Her reaction made me cry. No matter how much they were acting, that was genuine

    • @kerrysmith7122
      @kerrysmith7122 5 років тому

      Suck it up punk

    • @nv9719
      @nv9719 5 років тому

      Stop being wannabes

    • @actually4660
      @actually4660 5 років тому +8

      28:41 from here things get genuine.
      Seeing those children's smile gets me choked up 😭😭

    • @awaishssn
      @awaishssn 5 років тому

      I'm afraid she broke her finger :/

  • @bonbuilder1329
    @bonbuilder1329 4 роки тому +1957

    Dennis Rodman tried so hard to not accidentally say something he would get killed for lmao

    • @dontsubscribetome3262
      @dontsubscribetome3262 4 роки тому +94

      He best friend with Kim tho

    • @bonbuilder1329
      @bonbuilder1329 4 роки тому +204

      @@dontsubscribetome3262 If Kim kills his family members, I’m pretty sure he’ll be able to kill his friends too

    • @chE3z1
      @chE3z1 4 роки тому +54

      he was probably sweating bullets while giving that speech

    • @chameleonaram2lan866
      @chameleonaram2lan866 4 роки тому +50

      Rodman would be forgiven because that dictator has more to gain with him on his side than without him... I speak the truth

    • @gabriel.fernandez6797
      @gabriel.fernandez6797 4 роки тому +47

      Bro if the translator wanted to he could just say something false and absolute get that guy killed

  • @OfficialBrendanAdair
    @OfficialBrendanAdair 4 роки тому +2788

    Captions: “Live 10,000 years!”
    Crowd: “aaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa”

  • @NEWYORKER131
    @NEWYORKER131 Рік тому +8

    all the ppl in the audience at the sea world not talking to each other and just looking forward silently is wild lol

  • @rileybrackman1464
    @rileybrackman1464 3 роки тому +1116

    I died when Rodman threw "compadre" in there.... like any Korean-English translator would understand that

    • @Yunglee453
      @Yunglee453 3 роки тому +7

      Yo but it did sound good tho he did that lol

    • @Elchino5.7
      @Elchino5.7 3 роки тому +8

      Isn’t a Spanish word ? Lol

    • @alev3050
      @alev3050 3 роки тому +35

      @@Elchino5.7 yes lmao it’s like saying “dude”

    • @mwolf9868
      @mwolf9868 3 роки тому +18

      @@alev3050 no, compadre literally is your son's godfather. In the end it's a dear friend but he needs to have this religious bond.

    • @ashenone3050
      @ashenone3050 3 роки тому +13

      @@mwolf9868 but it is used the same way English speakers use dude

  • @kyriocheygaming
    @kyriocheygaming 3 роки тому +2300

    “Are you recording”
    “No he just has to hold it for practice” LMAOOOO

  • @tsarkaiser6254
    @tsarkaiser6254 5 років тому +763

    It must of been weird shaking hands with a man who literally ordered his uncle to be shot by an anti aircraft cannon as form of execution.

    • @CEB1896
      @CEB1896 5 років тому +28

      The uncle is shown at 26:52

    • @Bossanova.
      @Bossanova. 4 роки тому +12

      Creeptonium
      That's CIA lie, fucktard. Don't believe everything you see on the Internet.

    • @KingBoomBox
      @KingBoomBox 4 роки тому +22

      @@Bossanova. Still doesn't excuse the atrocities the Kim family have done.

    • @reallylow76
      @reallylow76 4 роки тому +11

      @@KingBoomBox three world trade centers token down by Americans. 3,000 people killed. The latest mass killing in history, done by Americans.

    • @MrOliver250
      @MrOliver250 4 роки тому +46

      @@reallylow76 Go home truther, you're drunk.

  • @samuelonthatop1125
    @samuelonthatop1125 Рік тому +7

    16:00 the whole computer lab part creeps me out so damn much , the dude they wanted them to meet was so scared

  • @fluxxy6260
    @fluxxy6260 4 роки тому +856

    Its all normal until you realise the energy in the stadium was actually fear driven

    • @vioisfruit
      @vioisfruit 4 роки тому +2

      @@greatwallofchina886 fax

    • @harrisn3693
      @harrisn3693 3 роки тому

      And US dropped two nukes......sod off yankee.

    • @rinam3324
      @rinam3324 3 роки тому +2

      @@harrisn3693 go back to NK and starve

    • @yhb4682
      @yhb4682 3 роки тому

      @@rinam3324 dang

    • @zakwang6713
      @zakwang6713 3 роки тому

      @@rinam3324 how do you know he North Korean?

  • @Goettel
    @Goettel 3 роки тому +1736

    The best part: Dennis Rodman addressing the people first whilst completely ignoring Kim Jong-un, who's visibly annoyed. Then just at the end, he gives him his due.

    • @brothaman1685
      @brothaman1685 2 роки тому +90

      Prior to the trip Dennis Rodman had close to no idea who Kim Jong-un was. His manager said ok for him to travel there because he didn't know there was such a stark difference between NK and SK, nor did Rodman

    • @Goettel
      @Goettel 2 роки тому +68

      @@brothaman1685 I guess being clueless is good for something.

    • @dr.aisaitl7439
      @dr.aisaitl7439 2 роки тому +88

      @@brothaman1685 Dennis Rodman is insane man, he once said that he didn't even know North Korea was a country

    • @yuuhi4187
      @yuuhi4187 2 роки тому +4

      @@dr.aisaitl7439 😂😂

    • @vulpes7079
      @vulpes7079 2 роки тому +14

      @@brothaman1685 that's probably good, he had no previous biases and so wouldn't say the wrong thing without getting the full picture about the country and his situation in it

  • @alromolor9168
    @alromolor9168 5 років тому +1944

    North Korea is a big movie set. Every one is an actor

    • @gangsheit6501
      @gangsheit6501 5 років тому +17

      That statement Is in every way illogical, why would they build an entire shopping plaza, gym, 2 basketball arenas, an entire city and allow for those civilian parents and children at the end to converse for all but 4 Americans?

    • @jojolafrite90
      @jojolafrite90 5 років тому +48

      He's right every aspect of tourism or journalism in North Korea is staged. And the capital isn't the whole country. And sometimes they actually stage a whole empty hotel just for 2 or 3 visiting strangers.

    • @Channiej93
      @Channiej93 5 років тому +6

      @@jojolafrite90 thats not true at all. I was there in April and nowadays there are so many tourist groups coming in and out daily. Bold statement to say that things are staged. People live their life there, come on now. All those people have a daily life and things to do and things to see.

    • @Channiej93
      @Channiej93 5 років тому +7

      ok so around 28 minutes there is a whole village of children in awe all acting? like they're acting amazed because they need to act for the cameras? oh so they bred a whole village of children purely for staged purposes? makes total sense.

    • @drinkwater247
      @drinkwater247 5 років тому +9

      and people who don't act well enough go to camps

  • @merlin6625
    @merlin6625 Рік тому +9

    I have always loved the Harlem Globetrotters, thank you men for the game and the hopes for our countries.

  • @stickman9009
    @stickman9009 4 роки тому +398

    that end part where they went to the park and played with those kids was heartwarming

    • @devedee2393
      @devedee2393 4 роки тому +7

      yea only for that one day

    • @JerryL4rry
      @JerryL4rry 4 роки тому +1

      couldn't agree mor

    • @pben4899
      @pben4899 4 роки тому

      That was fake too obviously

    • @lasway
      @lasway 4 роки тому +1

      Hope that day could last forver ♥️🥺

    • @axe2281
      @axe2281 4 роки тому +3

      @@pben4899 not the kids smile doe

  • @artifexpro-000
    @artifexpro-000 5 років тому +448

    28:55 The look of amazement on the little girls face is truly warming.

    • @benyaminmiller5504
      @benyaminmiller5504 4 роки тому +19

      Then she hurt her finger tho 😔 so cute tho.

    • @ameenferry4988
      @ameenferry4988 4 роки тому +14

      I genuinely love and feel for North Koreans but not the regime

    • @baverfjant
      @baverfjant 4 роки тому +8

      @@ameenferry4988 There are so many great books out there that gives you a great look at what life is like for the ordinary North Korean. "A Thousand Miles to Freedom: Eunsun Kim", "Escape From Camp 14" and "North Korea Confidential" are some examples. Great books!

    • @Tr4sh_can34
      @Tr4sh_can34 4 роки тому +3

      Pure innocence

    • @citavalo
      @citavalo 4 роки тому

      @@ameenferry4988 Blame the government, not the people kind of message.

  • @Truedemocrat
    @Truedemocrat 3 роки тому +428

    The 3 basketball dudes have got to be some of the coolest people you will find anywhere. Apart from being great at their sport, thorough showman and entertainers even in the most tense situations.

  • @TheSoundConnoisseur
    @TheSoundConnoisseur 9 місяців тому +3

    The kids at the end. That was heartwarming

  • @mostlysunnytx6937
    @mostlysunnytx6937 7 років тому +486

    Why Kim Jun the only one allowed to have a fresh fade in North Korea

    • @chejiyo69
      @chejiyo69 6 років тому +5

      😂😂😂😂😂😭

    • @npc1238
      @npc1238 6 років тому +19

      A G they literally have to follow 21 haircut restrictions

    • @nickcampbell6715
      @nickcampbell6715 6 років тому +34

      The dear leader needs to look dope

    • @dejaporter7338
      @dejaporter7338 6 років тому

      😹😹😹😹

    • @QuietSnake-xs5vx
      @QuietSnake-xs5vx 5 років тому

      xD xD xD im Dead xD xD xD

  • @spareaccountidontuse
    @spareaccountidontuse 3 роки тому +283

    That first guy who stood up, he didn't want to die..

    • @caprisun6547
      @caprisun6547 3 роки тому +8

      He started to stop clapping until everyone else stood up

  • @prasun911
    @prasun911 5 років тому +440

    so.. a media company did something a whole government didn't... and actually pulled it off in a way I never expected.. this is history man..

    • @dontbesoemotionalmate9468
      @dontbesoemotionalmate9468 5 років тому +3

      Thanks to Denis !!

    • @prasun911
      @prasun911 5 років тому +2

      @@dontbesoemotionalmate9468 unexpected boss move

    • @Lanzottv
      @Lanzottv 5 років тому +6

      Good ol’ vice

    • @PTS156
      @PTS156 5 років тому +3

      That’s probably why they were welcomed in the first place.

    • @elliotaxelman2767
      @elliotaxelman2767 5 років тому +2

      Bingo! Politicians only know how to be corrupt and incompetent!