well actually, in south korea there is a lot of stigma, prejudice and hate towards north koreans till this day, since they're seen as spies and simply bc they know nothing about them. obviously that's starting to change w the new generations, but it's a really conservative country and most of s/koreans don't like the idea of being close to a n/korean
A lot of South Koreans don’t like North Koreans. They don’t want to deal with the economical impact of bringing in North Koreans. That alongside them seeing them as spies makes it hard for North Koreans to be accepted.
The man who crashed into the NK border with a car was shot 5 times and yet he ran for his life. Imagine how bad the country must be for him to decide it's better to keep dodging bullets than go back.
@@uditabhaumik3008 liberals tend to think theyre actually liberals, its so ironic. Assuming that anyone who doesnt them is either a modi supporter or a right wing or conservative. There is no excuse for you to be hinduphobic.
@@uditabhaumik3008 I am aware youre a hindu before I typed that youre hinduphobic. This is something that you dont know that just because youre a hindu, that doesnt give you a card to be hinduphobic. The recent cases of hindu women in bangladesh and west bengal going through rape and genocide is because of people like you who spread hatred towards hindu. Just because youre a hindu, you dont get to use it to spread hindumnisia. And yes you should feel sorry for me. Because the women of my country including myself go through torture because of people like you.
In my opinion, Hyeonseo Lee is the most interesting defector. She left NK alone and purely for curiosity about the outside world. She lived and worked in China for an entire decade, quickly learning to speak flawless Mandarin. She flew under the radar all this time and only decided to go to South Korea because she was in love with a guy from there.
@@raychangalarza179 She didn't get lucky, she was incredibly cunning and managed to survive just on her own wits. She may not have left for necessity, but she couldn't return without harming her family so she had to work hard to survive.
It makes me so grateful to be born in the UK. Every country has their own problems, but this is on a whole different scale. These kinds of atrocities should not be allowed in the modern world.
My AP teacher, who worked in the military, stated that he was stationed in South Korea. He was right at the boarder to North Korea. He and a few others were able to tour around the South Korean side of the boarder, but were told they should never look through to windows, which led to North Korea. There were guards on the other side of the boarder, and he could feel one of them staring at him. He stayed like that for 3-4 minutes, avoiding eye contact with the man staring at him.
@@Isx_x33 I guess because the soldier on the other side were given permission to shoot if they made eye contact with you? He never really went into full detail.
I met a survivor from NK on an online chat once through a penpal program. The guy had his body completely scarred and burned from all they did to him. We still talk at times. I've gone through poverty being born in Brazil but nothing remotely near what this man went through. He's got my respect In spades. He escaped through Mongolia. NK is hell on earth
@@nikxxxzz traumatized 100% but he's the happiest he's ever been. He says the happiness he feels overshadows his trauma in many ways but there are definitely triggers he gets. Again one of the most courageous people I respect
@@rieldebonk1044 absolutely not on the good childhood. He was born in the Poverty of NK and was a part of the labor concentration camps since he was 13 (he's like 38 now he escape about 9yrs ago.). So I don't think anything would give him good nostalgia from that hellhole
Poor kids they didn't choose to be born in a place like that, makes me feel really grateful to be born in a free country. Btw the level of narcissism that Kim jong UN upholds must be astronomical.
@@cappyjones They didnt come close at all... Sure i agree that Trump wasnt fit as president, but he isnt close to being Kim. The meeting between Trump and Kim only happened because he wanted to show the USA (and well, pretty much the entire NATO) how powerful, dangerous and delusional he is. Trump said that during dinner Kim told him about how he beheaded his own uncle, it was purely to "warn" USA/NATO about messing with them. Realistically NATO could blow North Korea to shit within a week, but the civilian casualties wouldve been absurdly high. God knows what kinda chain explosion could happen when the missiles strike. China, Russia ETC mightve sided with North Korea. And even if North Korea was alone in the war against the rest of the world, It wouldve also guaranteed terrorism for decades in every country from people who were brainwashed enough to seriously think Kim was their "god".
One of my dad’s coworkers escaped with his sister as a child. Their parents basically just told him to take his sister and go. They never heard from their family again
Unfortunately some of the more famous NK escapees are complete grifters that are fabricating a lot of stuff and feeding certain political angles for profit. Most especially Yeonmi Park. Her vast inconsistencies defy basic scrutiny.
That is not a country, that is a prison. Even the military is treated like trustees. He isnt a dictator, he is a warden. Defectors are not traitors, they are escapees.
Idk if it’s just me, but in between the border of North and South Korea in Google maps, I saw a hardcore concentration camp, and that gave me chills. I have no clue if it’s still in operation, but I saw it. This shows how strict North Korea is, and even the slightest disloyalty will get you to possibly one of these camps. This also shows that they aren’t messing around when they say there are many concentration camps. 😔
They do in fact have "concentration" camps but theyre commonly referred to as labor camps. Theyre actually very similar to Soviet gulags as the country is communist.
My friends mom escaped from North Korea, she went threw China and into Vietnam. She flew to Seoul, then a few years later, she flew to United States where I live. She was so lucky, they almost got caught when in Laos. But they made it and survived!!!
To anyone who managed to escape from North Korea, you are all very brave. It would be hard to go against a regime that has been drilled into your head from a young age.
@@xabierpozopozo9653 they believe he is a god same as people in the west believe jesus is real. They simply take advantage of the human instinct to believe in something supernatural to believe in and follow
@@JohnDoe-sw1rs Lmao South Korea is racist? Are you delulu? Racism happenes everywhere and no matter where you go its same. Personally, i lived in korea.. never face racism as filipino. Dont judge on internet
It is insane how there is actually people doing these things for freedom. Now i am so happy, and understand how lucky i am for beeing born and growing up in Norway.
@@marthapapadopoulou3559 Norway has won the nicest country to live in out of 188 ranked countries… for the twelfth year in a row. However Norwegians are taxed out the wazoo with 39-48% income tax compared to US’ 22-37% They have the second most expensive beer in the world at $10 per pint and they have the second highest rate of death from drugs in Europe which is 70 deaths per million population compared to US’ 21 per million. From what I’ve researched, many Norwegians began or are beginning to use injections for cheaper and stronger highs rather than smoking. I used US as the comparator because that’s where I am from, and we are currently ranked 8th best place to live. So here, you can see even #1 and #8 both have many economic and political issues, but can still be the best places to live in the world.
Here’s a quick fact. Most people who “escape” are actually found to be liars. Many peoples stories after the years go by, seem to have suspiciously conflicting accounts, and numerous accounts have even been completely disproven.
Imagine escaping North Korea, never seeing anything but poor rural towns with dirt roads and then flying to the most technologically advanced city in the world Seoul, South Korea while your entire life you’ve been taught to believe that North Korea was the finest place to live on Earth.
There are quite a few NK defectors who runs a UA-cam channel sharing their experiences and they all share a fascinating insight, experience and ordeals. One explained, despite the general poverty and starvation across the nation, they were practically brainwashed to think their leader is doing everything he can to feed rice to his citizens and only came to their senses when they escaped to China; a countryside town street dogs were given rice for breakfast.
I couldn't have been. My parents aren't even the right race. Rather they built this country up to not be a shithole. But I guess you also believe anyone of us could be the President. Don't be naive. Either your logic makes no sense, or I can only presume you believe in souls, so those could be transplanted into any body all over the globe. But I'm not into that.
@@finlandjourney6065 you could've been though.. I think this person is referring to the fact that if our parents didn't meet and we weren't born, we could've been born as someone else
This is honestly so heartbreaking. Makes you truly appreciate now blessed you are to live in a free country. I can’t believe we just let them get away with this
@@gia-abcd I got that wrong, I’ll admit. However this still applies to the United Nations. Kim knows he’s lose the war if it ever started, but he also knows that other countries are aware of his weaponry and arsenal. He knows that these countries should expect heavy damage if they ever decided to interfere with what he’s doing, and the death count would be too high to even think about trying something like that.
There are a couple issues stoping the world from interfering. Outside interference could trigger a response from China or Russia which, unfortunately, are the only 2 nations who could put up a fight against the USA. The USA is relevant because even though you aren't an American the UN is so dependent on US forces that there's no reality where US military isn't involved. The US also has forces and bases in SK and Japan which would force us to be involved regardless. The other major problem is NK has nukes. So let's say that somehow both China and Russia get onboard with UN forces, completely removing any reality where NK could win. In their death throws they'd launch every nuke they have to take as many people with them as possible. SK and Japan would be in imminent danger as there might not be enough time to intercept the warheads. Other, farther places would also be in danger since it's likely that many of the nukes would be given random coordinates because Kim is actually that petty. It's not that the rest of the world doesn't want to help. It's that helping would very likely harm and kill more people than doing nothing will.
I honestly believe that people who escape North Korea should never tell how. Once you do, the authorities know. Tell those you’re leaving behind so they know how bit don’t tell those that you arrived to because they will celebrate and brag on how you outsmarted the North. They’ll just increase security.
@@dkdkmdkememd2131 I was thinking stealthily and as swiftly as possible. So as to not even let them a chance to retaliate or even know what hit em. Idk how it would be done but the fact that we aren’t even brainstorming a plan pisses me off. Inaction is just the twin brother of evil.
@@briancooley8777 It's literally impossible , China and Russia will be against that invasion , and NK soldiers will just know there is a attack coming , NK has a lot of debunks and bombs are always targeted towards USA , sk and Japan , even if they felt an invasion is coming boom , It's literally a sucidal mission
The most outrageous thing is that Kim Ilseung himself was a independence activist during the colonization of Korea, so he should know what if feels like to live without freedom. I guess that's what authority might do to you, given the fact that Seungman wasn't exactly the best president to start a country with.
@@vanyamahdavi Well as you might know, Korea was a colony of Japan for about 40 years, and naturally there were independence activists. During that period, there was the communism blooming from USSR, which means that the independence activists were seperated into communists and nationalists. Independence activists made lots and lots of parties, in which they fought for independence. Kim himself was in a party named 동북항일연군, a communist party that was active in the lands of 만주(it's part of China right now) and even led a battle against the Japanese soldiers. It's called 보천보 전투 in Korean. In fact, Seungman Lee was in 대한민국 임시정부, the Provisional Government of Korea as the first Provisional president. He was kicked out for attempting to ask the League of Nations to mandate Korea for him. I honestly don't understand why he was elected AGAIN as the first president of South Korea.
Horrible for what? Your US daddy Just abandoned Tens of thousands of Afghanistan citizens US promised to bring to the states. Not mentioning how many South America refugees or Mexico citizens kicked back by US. Every independent country has the very right to secure the border so don’t play double standard. And by the way people like you are so hypocritical And if you are so compassionate, you can always bring anyone from North Korea to your home, feeding them accommodating them and providing them work. People like you will never ever do that, just talking like a God🙄👎.
@@dennisking4233 where you from? You must be somewhere out of state cause your talking like a mad man. Being Deported to Mexico or South America is way more better than being deported back to North Korea and imprisoned/tortured. Your guaranteed death being deported to North Korea, don’t compare that shit hole to the US
They are one of their own tho? Like, biologically and ethically speaking. Like they literally both speak Korean, different dialects maybe, but at the end of the day, it is still Korean. Yeah, maybe the culture for both side is vastly different, but that’s isn’t that big of a deal consider how fast a culture can be learn and assimilate into, especially with the aforementioned similarities between both North and South Korea. Also, believe it or not, North Korea would also welcome any South Korean or American defectors as one of their own too, so it’s not that special. P/s: I realize what I said sounded like I was in support of the NK government. To clarify, I think they are disgusting and there need to be a major reform/revolution happen soon in order to stop the suffer of the people of NK.
@@260Torrent true! North Korean defectors are always treated like s*it in every countries. Most of them live in poverty and slums. At least, they enjoy economic stability and social safety net in North Korea.
imagine buying a tire, airpump, and some food, then going near shore then waiting for nighttime, then SWIMMING then being spotted by what could be a patrol boat out to catch you, then swimming to an island in the winter WITH BARELY ANY CLOTHES, then using LITERAL TRASH. Then paddling with your BARE HANDS just to get to another country.
The government might treat them as citizens, but the South Korean populace doesn’t. Yeonmi Park says she was treated horribly in South Korea, like less than human almost, which is part of the reason she ended up moving to America.
@@psychlops924 people always want to find somebody who is "worse" than themselves. And i think its still better than being north korean and much better than being immediately deported back like in China or Russia
Also they probably can't just find useful maps on the internet. They might be able to know where countries are and maybe get a general idea of the geography they might encounter, but I highly doubt their internet allows the locations of western embassies to be spread.
Well Russia and china are just worried about daddy kim jong un who loves playing with his projectile and fear north korea might fire it against them if they don't cooperate
I applaud the bravery that these people show in the face of the unknown to obtain their freedom and it’s appalling that in the 21st century this is even an option people are forced to take.
@Лола Лазло many do, sadly. But to ignore human rights abuses all The way around the world, is it as bad as ignoring those you have the power to actually change? Like China and Russia? They could stop it; instantly, if they cared to.
Cause it's not, see all the sources of the information? Anything common - maybe that they're American, of course they will portray communist countries in a bad light
I’m a Korean person living in SK but I can’t imagine how hard it is to live there. just a reminder that the people in North Korea aren’t at all bad, it’s the president.
To be fair if you want to be a successful “leader” or just politician you need to be ambitious and ambition requires ruthlessness. This isn’t me making it up on the spot btw, my guy friend is a politician for Northern Ireland and he always says this to me. Basically, you have to be a dick to those who don’t benefit you. Sad, but true
My relative did a missionary back in 2000s, he said the country is so poor and everyone is starving. He went to a market and they were selling human meats at the butchers.
She was playing with fire (or I guess in this case death). She Escaped, got married and was a citizen, and chose to go back to the boarder. I’m not saying this is deserved, but it could definitely be foreseen to an extent
@@HEROFOREVER yeah this couldve been avoided very easily but the chance of going to near the border and getting kidnapped was highly unlikely but they prolly didn't think much of it and went anyway
South Korea is a beautiful country which not only allows the people of North Korea to live in their country but also gives citizenship, I have a lot of respect for South Korea.
You are on Crack Cocaine? Have you been to S.Korea? the most chaotic country I have ever been to... Koreans don't know what the white line is on the road stop anywhere they want to + they park and drive on sidewalks. Minimum wage is $3.75KW and the prices are the same like it is in USA. Labors laws are a JOKE... if you don't work 12 hrs for your employer or more you will be replaced. S.Korea life is a struggle to its highest level.. AT LEAST IN N.KOREA YOU GET FREE HOUSING AND NORMAL WORKING HOURS + FED AT WORK....and no CRIMINALS WILL ATTACK YOU....on the streets...
That woman who escaped and was stolen back... I don't know what's more scary, thinking that NK could very well be keeping an archive to hunt down _everyone_ who's ever escaped from their hands or even trying to imagine how that woman felt; you fled from a nightmare against all odds and selflessly tried to document something so traumatic for awareness, the disbelief of being seized away from your loved one and sent for the government to enslave and murder. Horrifying.
I think it's way worse the fact that there are some mfs that glorify communism and countries like this, all meanwhile they are on a 1 world country with good economy, comfortably sitting on their bedroom being maintained by their parents while commenting on Twitter through an iPhone
Way to get the wrong end of the stick. As if states with the best standard of living in the world haven't set up social welfare and leftist ideals. The worst off countries that still name themselves "first world" generally shun systems they see as communist, while suffering from low education, poverty and inequality. North Korea is not a question of values, it's tyranny...
@@harmzxox492 well youtube deleted my reply but there is literally nothing wrong with what i said. With the stuff that’s on your channel i should be the one asking wth is wrong with you?
@@QuillOfTheIsles2199 I have a couple of questions for you if you don’t mind spending the time to answer them. It is not the final draft so don’t be surprised if I send another draft later.
Here it is:
Simplfied: Why are there so few North Koreans fleeing every year compared to the (? 1.8 million) Iraqi refuges who fled Iraq during the 1991 Iraqi Uprisings? Are the reasons for why so few people escape North Korea at least vaguely similar to why there are so few Uyghurs escaping China today as refugees?
Expanded: Why are there so few North Koreans fleeing every year compared to the (? 1.8 million) Iraqi refuges who fled Iraq during the 1991 Iraqi Uprisings (the upringsings by the Kurds and Shiites in Iraqi following the 1991 Gulf War that tried to overthrow Saddam)?
The number of North Koreans fleeing each year is usually less than 2,000
Is it because Iraq in 1991 was in a state of chaos and disorder which made it easier for Iraqis to escape Saddam Hussein’s brutal surveillance whereas North Korea is not in a state of chaos which makes it extremely difficult to get through North Korea’s _______________? I heard that a reason why the Uyghurs don’t flee en masse from China despite them being imprisoned is largely because of them being under heavy surveillance. Having said this, is it (high level of surveillance) also a similar reason why the number of people fleeing North Korea is so small. A related question: Saddam Hussein was also an extremely oppressive dictator. Were most Iraqis, particularly the Kurds (an ethnic group persecuted under Saddam) under heavy surveillance like the Uyghurs in China? Just so I know whether or not your answer is reliable, how much do you know about the subjects that I am asking about?
I have a couple of questions for you if you don’t mind spending the time to answer them. It is not the final draft so don’t be surprised if I send another draft later.
Here it is:
Simplfied: Why are there so few North Koreans fleeing every year compared to the (? 1.8 million) Iraqi refuges who fled Iraq during the 1991 Iraqi Uprisings? Are the reasons for why so few people escape North Korea at least vaguely similar to why there are so few Uyghurs escaping China today as refugees?
Expanded: Why are there so few North Koreans fleeing every year compared to the (? 1.8 million) Iraqi refuges who fled Iraq during the 1991 Iraqi Uprisings (the upringsings by the Kurds and Shiites in Iraqi following the 1991 Gulf War that tried to overthrow Saddam)?
The number of North Koreans fleeing each year is usually less than 2,000
Is it because Iraq in 1991 was in a state of chaos and disorder which made it easier for Iraqis to escape Saddam Hussein’s brutal surveillance whereas North Korea is not in a state of chaos which makes it extremely difficult to get through North Korea’s _______________? I heard that a reason why the Uyghurs don’t flee en masse from China despite them being imprisoned is largely because of them being under heavy surveillance. Having said this, is it (high level of surveillance) also a similar reason why the number of people fleeing North Korea is so small. A related question: Saddam Hussein was also an extremely oppressive dictator. Were most Iraqis, particularly the Kurds (an ethnic group persecuted under Saddam) under heavy surveillance like the Uyghurs in China? Just so I know whether or not your answer is reliable, how much do you know about the subjects that I am asking about?
This makes me appreciate even more the fact I was born and live in a free country where there is freedom of expression. WHAT a difference there is between North and South Korea. Must be very special for North Koreans who managed to pass the border
Yeah I was thinking about that. That really was not a smart move. Like if you made it out please just stay away from the north and anyone who supports the north. Both of those rules were broken in this situation.
It's your whole life though. And knowing nobody really knows seems frustrating. I would spend my time trying to get everyone out. Or let everyone know how bad
yeah, if you try to get in and you are not a citizen, they will kill you. LITERALLY! They would torture you to talk and then, execute you without any anesthesia possible.
@@majaquinn that’s the crazy part. When I was younger my grandfather told me stories of the days when the troops from North Korea hijacked the cities, abducted innocence. When you visit your loved ones in the north, you only have 30 seconds. They take everything from you and kick you out. You only see the family member or friend one time. And then, goodbye. For good. It’s scary.
I'm afraid people are forgetting that dictatorships like this still exist in the future. It isn't limited by geography. This has always been and will always be a realistic threat to human civilization.
@@trollenburger Depends if they grow in power. Places like North Korea probably won't, but they're still ungodly to the people that have to live under them. Generations of people subject to that is just as bad as millions at once, right? Or does it matter? It's all messed up. I still wouldn't be surprised if there was a nazi Germany 2.0 somewhere down the timeline assuming humanity thrives long enough.
@@TheNewblade1 It's not exactly world ending, but my definition of human civilization relates to who had to suffer underneath that dictatorship. Fear mongering though? Oppressive and genocidal regimes are not fear mongering.
The people who dressed as construction workers are pretty damn clever. It reminds me of how you can get away with almost anything in the US if you just put a construction vest and a hardhat on.
The hardhat has to look used though and not shiny new. That is why some companies try to do everything to prevent hard hats with their company logo on it to be sold via other channels. They fear they could be used to gain access to construction or production or maintenance sites of that company.
Yeah in America there’s different “Costume”you can wear here and ppl will think you in authority of some kind. Put a dress Suit on and ppl damn near bow down to you lol
The absolute desperation of the people who escape is mindblowing. The soldier who sprinted over the border, the two women who threatened to kill themselves, etc. Wild.
Quite understandable really. When faced against such despairing odds, sometimes the only way left is to go. And by go, i mean kick the bucket. Taking one's own life is never a good thing but faced with situations like this, sometimes it's hard to tell. Feels very morally grey
Many defectors have stories to tell. Even the ones escaping the great Satan USA. With all this illegal immigration coming in you'd be smart to wonder whether the wall built was meant to rather keep the locals in? They're making it harder to leave day by day, like for having unpaid taxes (WTF!?), or now not having had the potential poison needle (with numerous chemicals with the status of "toxicological properties remain untested" and/or several known negative health effects, or alternatively you need the PCR poison test (traces of the highly carcinogenic ethylene oxide) 48h prior. Good luck living a long life if you manage to leave with those inserted into you first. The ingredients list in Pfizer's Comirnaty not a vaccine is long and most of the ingredients have issues regarding health. Here's just one, not even the worse offender: Polyethylene Glycol: "It has been found that PEGs contain impurities, which include ethylene oxide and 1,4-dioxane. These two are known carcinogens and respiratory irritants."
This guide is like: okay you CAN make it but… you’ll have to grow wings, be an olympic gold medal winner, be superman, have 3 hands and have a cow tied to your back. SOME DID IT THO!
I wonder how they get this information tho- north korea doesn't let their citizens know about shit going on in the outside world. I wonder how these people found out the different methods to escape
@@canyounotlookhere They did say there are brokers who likely give NKs info about how to escape. It’s possible someone paid a broker to tell them that info and they spread it around to everyone they know
I always feel so lucky to born in S. Korea when i see these kinds of videos. My neighboring brothers detained in the northern part of the peninsula makes me emotional every time. South Korean government is willing to provide freedom and democracy to all North Koreans as of now. I hope my brothers and sisters could live in a free country just like i do right now. Thanks for the vided.
When did the South Korean government and people change their stances on this? From what I’ve heard, they’re worried about what will happen to the economy if North Korea was liberated.
The most painful thing is not the separation wall, but the fact that after crossing the wall, you will be discriminated against by your South Korean compatriots, just like the East Germans were discriminated against by the West Germans, even though they speak the same language and are of the same ethnicity.
absolutely evil how Russia and China immediately deport North Korean defectors. All they have to do is ring the defectors to the South Korean embassy and they can easily be safe.
It is mind blowing.. someone is born on a piece of land they have no choice in. It is terrible enough for them to risk death just to escape..they finally make it across the border to another area of land and are caught bc they're not allowed to be on that piece of land, and are sent back to somewhere where everyone knows they will be tortured and killed in a concentration camp..how can you send someone back to that just bc they were born somewhere they don't want to be.. and cross a fcking invisible line. It's insane
@@thisnewcreatedaccount5286 Yes and it confounds anybody with any sense at all. The Left thinks that "We will do communism RIGHT" this time. It has failed everywhere else it has been instituted, but we will do it better"
@@thisnewcreatedaccount5286 Trump? You think that guy wants peace and cares for people? He made my people starve while the government is more powerful than ever...
Most of Chinese are actually sympathetic for the NK defectors, but for political standpoint you just don’t want a hostile country with a baby leader and his nuclear toys next to your doorstep…
@@user-fv7jd4xj5n that's not true. NK has nuclear technology maybe as big as America bcz we don't know everything. There is nothing more powerful than nuclear weapons
China supports North Korea because it's a buffer zone for them. If North Korea were reabsorbed into South Korea, China would then have to deal with the influence of freedom and capitalism moving in through their border. The CCP can't allow that. They need North Korea as a shield against freedom so they can continue to oppress the Chinese people.
as much as i say i don’t like living in the united states , it’s videos like this that humble me and make me realize life could be 10000000x worse for me
They didn't destroy countries bc countries didn't really exist at the time. And they would offer two choices: surrender or burn. If they surrender, they were treated quite well.
They conquered , but honestly they probably were better than most.. They just conquered more, but Vlad the Impaler ate his lunch while watching the survivors of his atrocities be impaled 🤷🏻♂️
Honestly, I think his mindset was "I'd rather die than live in this country but since I've got nothing to lose, I can also try escaping to the south" and miraculously it worked.
Chul-eun Lee, the guy who swam to South Korea, has a really interesting interview about his escape on Asian Boss. The South Koreans were tracking him almost the whole time, including on the island, except for a portion where they disappeared from infrared cameras because their body temperature had dropped so much.
My grandfather from my dad’s side escaped from north korea during the 625 war at the age of 5 He had to walk on corpses, leave his father behind cuz he was captured by the government and had to hide anytime he saw north korean soldiers Luckily he made it out but few of his family members had been either killed by the bombings or got captured He’s still alive and healthy at 78 years old but he still remembers that event clearly
I never understood why they even care if you leave the country anyway?? Why do they want you to stay and be poor and miserable. Doesnt even seem they have enough to feed everyone
@@frankgallagher8760 everyone wants to leave North korea. If everyone leaves North Korea then their economy gets even worse, kinda like when east germany prevented people from going to west germany. They were losing population and less population means less workers. Plus I don't believe the NK police or military would think twice about killing you, or abducting you into a concentration camp, so they use fear to keep the people in check and keep all power at the very top. Bottom line is that North Korea doesn't care about the people, they just care about labor and keeping you in line.
I’m so happy that I lived in Hawai’i and was born in Hawai’i I feel so bad for my Korean grandma as she was born in South Korea and had to deal with that drama with North Korea when she was surviving the wars :(
I recommend reading the book Nothing to Envy about defectors and their stories of escape. One moment that stood out was a defector seeing a bowl of meat for a dog and realizing dogs in China eat better than people in North Korea.
nk isint that concerned with people leaving. thousand of north korean people work and live abroad. also people in north korea commonly go on sight seeing trips in china
No, there are actually two countries who are like this. One is obviously North Korea, and the second is also in Asia. It is not AS strict but also very strict with a dictator. The country is Turkmenistan
this video is only useful for north koreans since they are the ones who will escape because they are the ones who are in north korea but sadly, they can't see this video, north korea doesn't have an internet even the most elites living in pyongyang those who have the most privileges only have access to intranet, a nationwide available network only
we're the ones who's seeing this but this is isn't useful for us because none of us here viewers live in north korea because if we do, we will not be able to see this video, there is no internet in north korea only government that watch anyone who will escape and probably not going to let them though that has access on it
3:46 the guy was a North Korean soldier. The first thing he requested after he woke up in the South Korean hospital was for chocolate pies. And the snack factory promised him a lifetime supply. Besides gunshot wounds, the surgeons also found parasites in him which came from contaminated crops. It was also reported that the doctor told him about the 12 liters of blood trasfused to him during the surgery, donated by citizens of South Korea. He delightedly replied he would gladly repay by donating blood and paying his taxes. EDIT: My goodness. This is my very first comment on an RLL video to have reached more than zero upvotes. EDIT 2: Wow 1k upvotes! That's a first for me. Thanks RLL peeps for helping me spread random information to the world.
Also that soldier drove his jeep towards MDL at Panmunjom, which is in much more to the west of the spot shown in 3:45. There is no road connection between two koreas except for panmunjom and kaesung-paju.
That's because South Korea considers the entirety of Korean Peninsula as its territory, thus North Koreans are also legally considered South Koreans. As a democratic country, it cannot stop its citizens from moving from one part of its territory to another, except for that it prohibits unauthorized visit of South Koreans to North Korea.
One point about Russia, although the official policy is deportation a number of less scrupulous groups will happily employ NK refugees as slave labour which isn't great but better than the NK camps so there are hundreds if not thousands of NK refugees living in Russia.
@@Vengir there's an interesting documentary of youtubers who tried to visit North korean labour camps in Sibera, russia. They were even followed by chinese secret service
There is a South Korean movie called "Crossing" that tells the story of a North Korean family trying to escape. It's on Netflix, and possibly might be here on UA-cam as well. It's in Korean, so you have to read the subtitles, but it was supposed to be a quite accurate depiction of NK. It received a number of awards as well.
@busslayer I just saw it, this is the first time I actually cried and got emotional by watching a movie. If this is how most of the North Korean people live, I feel really bad for them T_T
Defectors who are paid by the U.S and South Korea to talk shit about their country? The same "oppressive" country where they have free healthcare, free college and beautiful architecture? Please. UA-camr "Hakim" exposed how fraudulent North Korean defectors are.
@BBBBBBBKDosol soldiers may have it better but do you think they want to live in North Korea? Unless they get luxury there would be no reason for them to actually WANT to stay.
You can't help but feel terrible for the citizens in that place, literal hell on earth.
its like living in hell, but instead it is earth.
Yeah
I see you everywhere
It's a prison
you are literally everywhere bro.... i watch movies from detective recap you are there..i go to PewDiePie you are there ...how? 🧐
I have SO MUCH respect for the people who manage to leave this hellscape and the South Koreans who accept them with open arms.
I can't stop crying when I heard how quick South Korea accepts and saves them. This is heartbreaking
well actually, in south korea there is a lot of stigma, prejudice and hate towards north koreans till this day, since they're seen as spies and simply bc they know nothing about them. obviously that's starting to change w the new generations, but it's a really conservative country and most of s/koreans don't like the idea of being close to a n/korean
@hi;) just because they are of the same ethnicity doesn't mean that they definitely will like each other though
@@tessatata yes!
A lot of South Koreans don’t like North Koreans. They don’t want to deal with the economical impact of bringing in North Koreans. That alongside them seeing them as spies makes it hard for North Koreans to be accepted.
The man who crashed into the NK border with a car was shot 5 times and yet he ran for his life. Imagine how bad the country must be for him to decide it's better to keep dodging bullets than go back.
Using this as an excuse to be islamophobic and supporting Modi is not better either.
@@uditabhaumik3008 liberals tend to think theyre actually liberals, its so ironic. Assuming that anyone who doesnt them is either a modi supporter or a right wing or conservative. There is no excuse for you to be hinduphobic.
and he had a car, which means he was rich already
I an a hindu myself, why would I hate myself ? I love how muslims trigger you. Your life must be sad.
@@uditabhaumik3008 I am aware youre a hindu before I typed that youre hinduphobic. This is something that you dont know that just because youre a hindu, that doesnt give you a card to be hinduphobic. The recent cases of hindu women in bangladesh and west bengal going through rape and genocide is because of people like you who spread hatred towards hindu. Just because youre a hindu, you dont get to use it to spread hindumnisia. And yes you should feel sorry for me. Because the women of my country including myself go through torture because of people like you.
It’s crazy how a place like this exists in the modern world.
Sending billions to ukraine and isreal is crazy 🤪
@@User_92020 you’re such a loser br
@@User_92020 Israel is crazy, but Ukraine does seem strategically important for the USA.
Imagine you think this modern world is special
There are worse: go to Mexico and find out if you don't believe it
In my opinion, Hyeonseo Lee is the most interesting defector. She left NK alone and purely for curiosity about the outside world. She lived and worked in China for an entire decade, quickly learning to speak flawless Mandarin. She flew under the radar all this time and only decided to go to South Korea because she was in love with a guy from there.
@@raychangalarza179 She didn't get lucky, she was incredibly cunning and managed to survive just on her own wits. She may not have left for necessity, but she couldn't return without harming her family so she had to work hard to survive.
@@raychangalarza179 What do you mean. No one born in North Korea can be considered lucky, at least not by today's standards.
A spirit that was born free
She did it for sport 🤣
What a chad
As a Russian, I'm truly ashamed at my country's role in creating this atrocity. Hope one day North Korea will be free.
Do you know there is tunnel from india to Russia direct link
@@liitkgp6570 tf ?? Where you heard/read that dude ?
@@rajeevshukla8035 😂😂just serch
@@liitkgp6570 Are you for real? I mean I didn't know but seems like a lie.
@@mehtadeepika78 just serch on UA-cam . Kashmir to Russia tunnel not lying 😂😂
It makes me so grateful to be born in the UK. Every country has their own problems, but this is on a whole different scale. These kinds of atrocities should not be allowed in the modern world.
Our one is ze petrol
@@pookiewookie12 not really anymore
@@m00nwalker32 true
Kim Jong Un vs The Queen of England
Who wins
@@pookiewookie12 That's a temporal issue due to brexit and lack of drivers
My AP teacher, who worked in the military, stated that he was stationed in South Korea. He was right at the boarder to North Korea. He and a few others were able to tour around the South Korean side of the boarder, but were told they should never look through to windows, which led to North Korea. There were guards on the other side of the boarder, and he could feel one of them staring at him. He stayed like that for 3-4 minutes, avoiding eye contact with the man staring at him.
Why were they told to never look through the windows?
@@Isx_x33 I guess because the soldier on the other side were given permission to shoot if they made eye contact with you? He never really went into full detail.
@Puresyrup_ the guard would shoot even upon eye contact which is crazy.
I guess they had envy of not been to seek freedom
That seems incredibly unlikely, north korea isn't that blind to international diplomacy to leave an order to just kill random people
I met a survivor from NK on an online chat once through a penpal program. The guy had his body completely scarred and burned from all they did to him. We still talk at times. I've gone through poverty being born in Brazil but nothing remotely near what this man went through. He's got my respect In spades. He escaped through Mongolia. NK is hell on earth
I hope he's ok now because he probably got traumatized:( he's so strong for surviving from that country.
@@nikxxxzz traumatized 100% but he's the happiest he's ever been. He says the happiness he feels overshadows his trauma in many ways but there are definitely triggers he gets. Again one of the most courageous people I respect
@@caiobotelho5884 Did he have a good childhood? Does he have nostalgia? Can he relate to memes?
@@rieldebonk1044 absolutely not on the good childhood. He was born in the Poverty of NK and was a part of the labor concentration camps since he was 13 (he's like 38 now he escape about 9yrs ago.). So I don't think anything would give him good nostalgia from that hellhole
@@caiobotelho5884 Well weird things give people nostalgia, its been proven everyone has it so i wonder what his are LOL
Poor kids they didn't choose to be born in a place like that, makes me feel really grateful to be born in a free country. Btw the level of narcissism that Kim jong UN upholds must be astronomical.
The previous American President came pretty close. I think that's why he and Kim Jong Un were so friendly. 😕
@@cappyjones They didnt come close at all... Sure i agree that Trump wasnt fit as president, but he isnt close to being Kim. The meeting between Trump and Kim only happened because he wanted to show the USA (and well, pretty much the entire NATO) how powerful, dangerous and delusional he is. Trump said that during dinner Kim told him about how he beheaded his own uncle, it was purely to "warn" USA/NATO about messing with them. Realistically NATO could blow North Korea to shit within a week, but the civilian casualties wouldve been absurdly high. God knows what kinda chain explosion could happen when the missiles strike. China, Russia ETC mightve sided with North Korea. And even if North Korea was alone in the war against the rest of the world, It wouldve also guaranteed terrorism for decades in every country from people who were brainwashed enough to seriously think Kim was their "god".
@@TheGamingNorwegian The previous US President didn't because he couldn't. Know this.
@@cappyjones that is a stupid statement
@@cappyjones Rather than being brainwashed by Kim, you’ve been brainwashed by the media.
One of my dad’s coworkers escaped with his sister as a child. Their parents basically just told him to take his sister and go. They never heard from their family again
honestly that's just sad :(
im sorry
That's heartbreaking. :(
The parents knew what they were doing every parent wants a better life for their child.
That’s great that they managed to escape though it sucks that their parents were very likely tortured or killed after that
Now that's a huge bunch of useful information to watch with interest. Thanks man!
IDK why, but listening to successful North Korean Escapes makes me feel good. A weird kind of happiness deep within.
I hope a cinema movie is made about it
that’s how empathy works
It feels like victory hearing those stories, or a sigh of relief
You'll be sad to know most are faked
Unfortunately some of the more famous NK escapees are complete grifters that are fabricating a lot of stuff and feeding certain political angles for profit. Most especially Yeonmi Park. Her vast inconsistencies defy basic scrutiny.
That is not a country, that is a prison. Even the military is treated like trustees. He isnt a dictator, he is a warden. Defectors are not traitors, they are escapees.
Glory to the DPRK+Ratio+you fell off
Dont trust America they said the same about Vietnam before they become allies
no fr keyword escape?! u cant leave?! tf
Man the trolls in this comments section is just tragic.
@@KazualBopthKatze aye bruh not me im geniunly like fucked over this i told my family abt it😭😭
I never realized how grateful I should be that I live in a free country
And I have no clue why this got so many likes
Same tbh
same
Yeah me too
fr
yh im so glad i wasnt born in north korea
Idk if it’s just me, but in between the border of North and South Korea in Google maps, I saw a hardcore concentration camp, and that gave me chills. I have no clue if it’s still in operation, but I saw it. This shows how strict North Korea is, and even the slightest disloyalty will get you to possibly one of these camps. This also shows that they aren’t messing around when they say there are many concentration camps. 😔
That's probably not a camp, but a building on the South Korean side of Panmunjom... There can't be a camp on the border.
Omg a danganronpa fan
@@mdccxxix7470 ah, alr
Thanks man
@@Sunset_bunnys GASP?
ANOTHER DANGANRONPA FAN?
WOAH?
They do in fact have "concentration" camps but theyre commonly referred to as labor camps. Theyre actually very similar to Soviet gulags as the country is communist.
My friends mom escaped from North Korea, she went threw China and into Vietnam. She flew to Seoul, then a few years later, she flew to United States where I live. She was so lucky, they almost got caught when in Laos. But they made it and survived!!!
pog
I wish you a good life
Your mom and your friend? Where do you come from and why aren't you traumatized at all.
@@whoopieboopie8247 “her mom” hint hint
@@whoopieboopie8247 the commenter definitely wasn’t born yet when this happened. Also it’s the mom’s friend.
I respect the South Korean government so much to let North Koreans deflectors to have an automatic South Korean citizenship
We had the same system in West Germany for all East Germans
Well they're all Koreans so . . .
The south korean government is just as dirty as the north.....google it !!!
@@dantheman3022 As korean..our government is dirty but not as much as north.
SK is much a better place to be a human than NK
To anyone who managed to escape from North Korea, you are all very brave. It would be hard to go against a regime that has been drilled into your head from a young age.
someone who tried wouldn't be able to see your comment
@@yesyouareright9800 - Yeah, I realised that after I posted the comment. 😔
I'll edit it now.
@@SoulOfJustice1994 pretend i escaped
@@fergushon1727 umm why?
I escaped north korea
the guy that did that one
escape or die trying attempt
was badass
and i was so glad to hear that the dad lived and successfully reached seoul
it's literally hell there. I can't believe something like this exists omg
And I do not believe that there are people who defend this cruel and bloody dictatorship.
@@xabierpozopozo9653 you mean the ones inside or outside nk
@@terigonUSAS12 Outside.
Search who is Alejandro Cao de Benós.
@@xabierpozopozo9653 they believe he is a god same as people in the west believe jesus is real. They simply take advantage of the human instinct to believe in something supernatural to believe in and follow
@@ruehl3853 you do realize Christianity isn’t limited to the west, right?
It’s so sad that nobody gets to choose where they are born… Honestly, being born in nkorea is a whole nightmare😩
@@guni_euni you're a north Korean defector?
@@guni_euni
I’m sorry that happened to your family. War is the worst thing in existence, and it breaks my heart to hear about families affected by it
South Korea is racist and ungrateful for the sacrifices of the Korean War. I pray that less nations help Korea next time and fate decides who wins.
Yeah so I’m glad I was born in Philippines
@@JohnDoe-sw1rs Lmao South Korea is racist? Are you delulu? Racism happenes everywhere and no matter where you go its same. Personally, i lived in korea.. never face racism as filipino. Dont judge on internet
It is insane how there is actually people doing these things for freedom. Now i am so happy, and understand how lucky i am for beeing born and growing up in Norway.
Ja norge er bedre enn nord korea men blir jo bare verre og verre i norge nå hah
@@Uchiha.Itachii may I ask why?
@@marthapapadopoulou3559 Norway has won the nicest country to live in out of 188 ranked countries… for the twelfth year in a row. However Norwegians are taxed out the wazoo with 39-48% income tax compared to US’ 22-37% They have the second most expensive beer in the world at $10 per pint and they have the second highest rate of death from drugs in Europe which is 70 deaths per million population compared to US’ 21 per million. From what I’ve researched, many Norwegians began or are beginning to use injections for cheaper and stronger highs rather than smoking. I used US as the comparator because that’s where I am from, and we are currently ranked 8th best place to live. So here, you can see even #1 and #8 both have many economic and political issues, but can still be the best places to live in the world.
Same i were born in Norway tok and i am thankful
Ja Norge er best
This video is absolutely fantastic, love it
Mad respect to anyone who escaped, I hope they’re living the best life they ever wished for. Also hope their family is safe.
Wow, why did this blow up
If somebody in a family escapes, the rest of the family is either executed or sent to a concentration camp, so rip to families
@@guywithnoname9302 fr I would never be able to leave knowing my family would be tortured or killed because of what I did
@@Jtizz111 same
Here’s a quick fact. Most people who “escape” are actually found to be liars. Many peoples stories after the years go by, seem to have suspiciously conflicting accounts, and numerous accounts have even been completely disproven.
@@lws7142 source: trust me bro
For every succesful attempt, I can't even imagine how many unsuccesful attempts there were.
maybe a ton before
their are also many attempts by people who leave to get back in
@@littlelad406 why would they try to get back in?
@@TheGamingBobcat i think he means they got captured or i'm just stupid
Its sad that other countries allow that, sure thats the culture of north korea, but i doubt anyone there actually enjoys being there
my respect to the guy who crashed his car into the border and escaped: 📈📈📈
Edit: Thanks for the likes
Gas gas gas, I'm gonna step on a gas tonight
balls of absolute tons of steel
@@chucklenuts2820 “quote from oversimplified “ *the balls of this man* “
He needs a movie told
You can tell he had "Déja vu" playing on the radio.
Thanks man Ima try this out tonight
You can’t watch YT in North Korea I think
@@SoulexR1it’s a joke
@@strwbrkiwi Oh yeah Ik, I don’t why I acted like its not a joke
@@SoulexR1yeah you only can watch like the news
Imagine escaping North Korea, never seeing anything but poor rural towns with dirt roads and then flying to the most technologically advanced city in the world Seoul, South Korea while your entire life you’ve been taught to believe that North Korea was the finest place to live on Earth.
That feeling will be insane…..😬
Like i said this would be a great movie
There are quite a few NK defectors who runs a UA-cam channel sharing their experiences and they all share a fascinating insight, experience and ordeals.
One explained, despite the general poverty and starvation across the nation, they were practically brainwashed to think their leader is doing everything he can to feed rice to his citizens and only came to their senses when they escaped to China; a countryside town street dogs were given rice for breakfast.
@@wernerrainer4218 It would most likely get banned
Id you escape nk chances are you never believed that
The fact that any of us could’ve been born there is crazy
I couldn't have been. My parents aren't even the right race. Rather they built this country up to not be a shithole. But I guess you also believe anyone of us could be the President. Don't be naive. Either your logic makes no sense, or I can only presume you believe in souls, so those could be transplanted into any body all over the globe. But I'm not into that.
@@finlandjourney6065 Im asian but glad I didn't got Born in one hell of a place.
I cant imagine being a black kid in north korea, thats like kaiso difficulty
@@finlandjourney6065 you could've been though.. I think this person is referring to the fact that if our parents didn't meet and we weren't born, we could've been born as someone else
@@kissconsider If they're racist uhhh.. your probably not gonna get out..
This is honestly so heartbreaking. Makes you truly appreciate now blessed you are to live in a free country. I can’t believe we just let them get away with this
It’s not about letting them get away with this, it’s about maintaining U.S citizens safe without the chance of hurting our own in another war
@@gabrisgamer450 I’m not from the US. So with we I didn’t mean US. I meant the United Nations
@@gia-abcd I got that wrong, I’ll admit. However this still applies to the United Nations. Kim knows he’s lose the war if it ever started, but he also knows that other countries are aware of his weaponry and arsenal. He knows that these countries should expect heavy damage if they ever decided to interfere with what he’s doing, and the death count would be too high to even think about trying something like that.
Because there's no concrete evidence about North Korea being a rogue state
There are a couple issues stoping the world from interfering. Outside interference could trigger a response from China or Russia which, unfortunately, are the only 2 nations who could put up a fight against the USA. The USA is relevant because even though you aren't an American the UN is so dependent on US forces that there's no reality where US military isn't involved. The US also has forces and bases in SK and Japan which would force us to be involved regardless.
The other major problem is NK has nukes. So let's say that somehow both China and Russia get onboard with UN forces, completely removing any reality where NK could win. In their death throws they'd launch every nuke they have to take as many people with them as possible. SK and Japan would be in imminent danger as there might not be enough time to intercept the warheads. Other, farther places would also be in danger since it's likely that many of the nukes would be given random coordinates because Kim is actually that petty.
It's not that the rest of the world doesn't want to help. It's that helping would very likely harm and kill more people than doing nothing will.
You just earned a new subscriber
I honestly believe that people who escape North Korea should never tell how. Once you do, the authorities know. Tell those you’re leaving behind so they know how bit don’t tell those that you arrived to because they will celebrate and brag on how you outsmarted the North. They’ll just increase security.
We need to just invade and liberate them already. How many more days of suffering need to keep going by?
@@briancooley8777 how will you invade? NK has hydrogen bomb and the first think NK will do is bomb sk
@@dkdkmdkememd2131 I was thinking stealthily and as swiftly as possible. So as to not even let them a chance to retaliate or even know what hit em.
Idk how it would be done but the fact that we aren’t even brainstorming a plan pisses me off. Inaction is just the twin brother of evil.
@@briancooley8777 It's literally impossible , China and Russia will be against that invasion , and NK soldiers will just know there is a attack coming , NK has a lot of debunks and bombs are always targeted towards USA , sk and Japan , even if they felt an invasion is coming boom , It's literally a sucidal mission
@@ayowhat6139 So you're Watson then.
Imagine all the soldiers protecting the border teamed up to escape
omg
All there bloodlines would probably be eradicated unfortunately ☹️
They need to bring their families as well or their families will get sent to prison
@@Winter_lights rounding up the entire family tree for a “job event” and then just walking to south korea lmao
@@pedroalan1673 *prince - i would die for you plays softly*
The most outrageous thing is that Kim Ilseung himself was a independence activist during the colonization of Korea, so he should know what if feels like to live without freedom. I guess that's what authority might do to you, given the fact that Seungman wasn't exactly the best president to start a country with.
Omg this sounds so interesting can u elaborate more on it or give me an article to read about it? I don't know much about korea in general
Maybe he lied for more supporters or maybe he has a hidden agenda
@@vanyamahdavi Well as you might know, Korea was a colony of Japan for about 40 years, and naturally there were independence activists. During that period, there was the communism blooming from USSR, which means that the independence activists were seperated into communists and nationalists. Independence activists made lots and lots of parties, in which they fought for independence. Kim himself was in a party named 동북항일연군, a communist party that was active in the lands of 만주(it's part of China right now) and even led a battle against the Japanese soldiers. It's called 보천보 전투 in Korean. In fact, Seungman Lee was in 대한민국 임시정부, the Provisional Government of Korea as the first Provisional president. He was kicked out for attempting to ask the League of Nations to mandate Korea for him. I honestly don't understand why he was elected AGAIN as the first president of South Korea.
@@hiinsanity I guess not, because there are actual historical material such as newpaper that indicates his action.
@@percy10571 wow soo interesting thanks for explaining it to me ♡♡♡♡
Terrifying to think of the ones who tried and never made it
The fact that Russia and China will just deport you back to North Korea is just horrible.
Horrible for what? Your US daddy Just abandoned Tens of thousands of Afghanistan citizens US promised to bring to the states. Not mentioning how many South America refugees or Mexico citizens kicked back by US. Every independent country has the very right to secure the border so don’t play double standard. And by the way people like you are so hypocritical And if you are so compassionate, you can always bring anyone from North Korea to your home, feeding them accommodating them and providing them work. People like you will never ever do that, just talking like a God🙄👎.
@@dennisking4233 imagine using 🙄👎. your obviously a child
@@dennisking4233 Do you think he's the one to decide those choices? He's just saying his opinion.
@@madison.o090 And same as me. He said horrible and I said absolutely not.
@@dennisking4233 where you from? You must be somewhere out of state cause your talking like a mad man. Being Deported to Mexico or South America is way more better than being deported back to North Korea and imprisoned/tortured. Your guaranteed death being deported to North Korea, don’t compare that shit hole to the US
The fact that South Korea welcomes North Korean refugees who manage to escape as one of their own is another reason I like their people and country.
They are one of their own tho? Like, biologically and ethically speaking. Like they literally both speak Korean, different dialects maybe, but at the end of the day, it is still Korean.
Yeah, maybe the culture for both side is vastly different, but that’s isn’t that big of a deal consider how fast a culture can be learn and assimilate into, especially with the aforementioned similarities between both North and South Korea.
Also, believe it or not, North Korea would also welcome any South Korean or American defectors as one of their own too, so it’s not that special.
P/s: I realize what I said sounded like I was in support of the NK government. To clarify, I think they are disgusting and there need to be a major reform/revolution happen soon in order to stop the suffer of the people of NK.
@@nguyenduyphuc3924 but the thing is no south korean or american defector in their right minds would want to go to north korea :D
Fun fact - Most North Korean defectors actually return back to North Korea or want to go back.
@@thanos8638 Cap
@@260Torrent true! North Korean defectors are always treated like s*it in every countries. Most of them live in poverty and slums. At least, they enjoy economic stability and social safety net in North Korea.
Making it out of North Korea......shot 5 times and lost half his blood.
Guy: Totally worth it.
It was definitely
It's actually so sad that people would rather risk dying than be in North Korea.
it really was to live his life in freedom
Freedom is what some people would die for
@a umm change the spelling of the word life before a kid sees you're spelling
imagine buying a tire, airpump, and some food, then going near shore then waiting for nighttime, then SWIMMING then being spotted by what could be a patrol boat out to catch you, then swimming to an island in the winter WITH BARELY ANY CLOTHES, then using LITERAL TRASH. Then paddling with your BARE HANDS just to get to another country.
It's so cool that South Korea treats every korean as their citizens, even after they have been separated for so much time
The government might treat them as citizens, but the South Korean populace doesn’t. Yeonmi Park says she was treated horribly in South Korea, like less than human almost, which is part of the reason she ended up moving to America.
@@psychlops924 people always want to find somebody who is "worse" than themselves. And i think its still better than being north korean and much better than being immediately deported back like in China or Russia
@@psychlops924 well that sucks. I'd have thought south koreans would be wowed by a north korean who escaped
South Korea be like:
*KOREA IS KOREA!*
True
A big part of the problem with trying to escape is the fact that most of the surrounding countries are helping North Korea keep there citizens trapped
Its really sad😩
thats why the borders to china and russia are lite compared to the borders to south korea
Also they probably can't just find useful maps on the internet. They might be able to know where countries are and maybe get a general idea of the geography they might encounter, but I highly doubt their internet allows the locations of western embassies to be spread.
it’s so cruel. just deport them to South Korea. how so many can basically deport them to their death is unthinkable.
Well Russia and china are just worried about daddy kim jong un who loves playing with his projectile and fear north korea might fire it against them if they don't cooperate
I applaud the bravery that these people show in the face of the unknown to obtain their freedom and it’s appalling that in the 21st century this is even an option people are forced to take.
@Лола Лазло many do, sadly. But to ignore human rights abuses all
The way around the world, is it as bad as ignoring those you have the power to actually change? Like China and Russia? They could stop it; instantly, if they cared to.
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@Carpenter Bee wym
@Carpenter Bee wow that’s the worst take I’ve seen. Lmao.
Coming back here after your latest video.
at first glance i thought that was florida in the thumbnail and I was excited to learn how to escape
LMAO
same
LOL
If you're not in Florida you're just jealous and don't realize it.
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The mother and daughter that went to Mongolia are absolutely wild
Ikr. you should watcher her UA-cam videos. They are literally insane. She was 14
13*
@@ellahobson1701 what’s the name?
@@berikiko3269 ‘voice of North Korea by …’ but I can’t spell het name but she’ll come up
@@ellahobson1701 was it Yeonmi Park?I've read her book actually
Insane to think about how this is happening right this moment.
Fucking crazy bro
Why do people always act like brutal governments are part of our past? They'll always exist.
Cause it's not, see all the sources of the information? Anything common - maybe that they're American, of course they will portray communist countries in a bad light
@@Raren789 Wow, you are clueless.
@@Raren789 north korea is not even communist at this point. It is a monrachy.
Unfortunately people in North Korea can’t watch this video on how to escape
True
Thank you so much for letting the world know about the plight of my people!!
Huge inspiration
@@RealLifeLore hello
Nice bro thank RealLifeLore for the warning!!!
your escaping story is epic! just be careful around the border with north and south korea...
glad you made it out. Also wtf did u eat when you were escaping
I’m a Korean person living in SK but I can’t imagine how hard it is to live there. just a reminder that the people in North Korea aren’t at all bad, it’s the president.
It’s the *dictator
Don't worry, everybody knows.
@RareHyperIon badum schh
@RareHyperIon THAT IS A SWEAR WORD
@@amirtham5783 And?
It is so sick and disgusting that people choose to exploit the defectors for money when they are trying to escape the literal hell on earth 😢
Inhumane and wickedness in the world
Well some brokers feel pity but they need to be paid since their putting their safety on the line too
To be fair if you want to be a successful “leader” or just politician you need to be ambitious and ambition requires ruthlessness. This isn’t me making it up on the spot btw, my guy friend is a politician for Northern Ireland and he always says this to me. Basically, you have to be a dick to those who don’t benefit you. Sad, but true
@Trade Bum Simmons OK,please give us a plane ticket,and we can get to work.
Have you seen hospitals ?
My relative did a missionary back in 2000s, he said the country is so poor and everyone is starving. He went to a market and they were selling human meats at the butchers.
i feel so bad for the girl who escaped north korea but she was taken back :(
I feel the worst for the south korean girl who got dragged in
She was playing with fire (or I guess in this case death). She Escaped, got married and was a citizen, and chose to go back to the boarder. I’m not saying this is deserved, but it could definitely be foreseen to an extent
@@HEROFOREVER yeah this couldve been avoided very easily but the chance of going to near the border and getting kidnapped was highly unlikely but they prolly didn't think much of it and went anyway
@@giornogiovanna4117 the citizens of china or north korea arent the problem its the corrupt government
@@giornogiovanna4117 China has been torturing my people to follow their religion. Im with you.🇵🇰🤝🇮🇳
South Korea is a beautiful country which not only allows the people of North Korea to live in their country but also gives citizenship, I have a lot of respect for South Korea.
By official consititutuon law of South Korea, North Korea belongs to republic of Korea and North Koreans are our citizens.
It's also because of their population
Of course, they would only let you in if you somehow manage to escape without getting killed or tortured
You are on Crack Cocaine? Have you been to S.Korea? the most chaotic country I have ever been to... Koreans don't know what the white line is on the road stop anywhere they want to + they park and drive on sidewalks.
Minimum wage is $3.75KW and the prices are the same like it is in USA.
Labors laws are a JOKE... if you don't work 12 hrs for your employer or more you will be replaced.
S.Korea life is a struggle to its highest level..
AT LEAST IN N.KOREA YOU GET FREE HOUSING AND NORMAL WORKING HOURS + FED AT WORK....and no CRIMINALS WILL ATTACK YOU....on the streets...
That woman who escaped and was stolen back... I don't know what's more scary, thinking that NK could very well be keeping an archive to hunt down _everyone_ who's ever escaped from their hands or even trying to imagine how that woman felt; you fled from a nightmare against all odds and selflessly tried to document something so traumatic for awareness, the disbelief of being seized away from your loved one and sent for the government to enslave and murder. Horrifying.
the guy who got her pulled a pro gamer move
@@notmilkzanymore3025 just stfu that is so disrespectful. Wth is wrong with you?
I think it's way worse the fact that there are some mfs that glorify communism and countries like this, all meanwhile they are on a 1 world country with good economy, comfortably sitting on their bedroom being maintained by their parents while commenting on Twitter through an iPhone
Way to get the wrong end of the stick. As if states with the best standard of living in the world haven't set up social welfare and leftist ideals. The worst off countries that still name themselves "first world" generally shun systems they see as communist, while suffering from low education, poverty and inequality. North Korea is not a question of values, it's tyranny...
@@harmzxox492 well youtube deleted my reply but there is literally nothing wrong with what i said. With the stuff that’s on your channel i should be the one asking wth is wrong with you?
12:59 I have on of that channel in my “videos to see later” playlist, I’m gonna watch it after this :)
I love that South Korea considers North Korean defectors as citizens and protects them.
but still discriminates them
@@QuillOfTheIsles2199 That's what we do to war refugees here in the US. We take them, and the public treats them like dogsh*t.
@@QuillOfTheIsles2199 We do not discriminate against North Korean defectors.
@@QuillOfTheIsles2199 I have a couple of questions for you if you don’t mind spending the time to answer them. It is not the final draft so don’t be surprised if I send another draft later.
Here it is:
Simplfied:
Why are there so few North Koreans fleeing every year compared to the (? 1.8 million) Iraqi refuges who fled Iraq during the 1991 Iraqi Uprisings? Are the reasons for why so few people escape North Korea at least vaguely similar to why there are so few Uyghurs escaping China today as refugees?
Expanded:
Why are there so few North Koreans fleeing every year compared to the (? 1.8 million) Iraqi refuges who fled Iraq during the 1991 Iraqi Uprisings (the upringsings by the Kurds and Shiites in Iraqi following the 1991 Gulf War that tried to overthrow Saddam)?
The number of North Koreans fleeing each year is usually less than 2,000
Is it because Iraq in 1991 was in a state of chaos and disorder which made it easier for Iraqis to escape Saddam Hussein’s brutal surveillance whereas North Korea is not in a state of chaos which makes it extremely difficult to get through North Korea’s _______________?
I heard that a reason why the Uyghurs don’t flee en masse from China despite them being imprisoned is largely because of them being under heavy surveillance. Having said this, is it (high level of surveillance) also a similar reason why the number of people fleeing North Korea is so small.
A related question:
Saddam Hussein was also an extremely oppressive dictator. Were most Iraqis, particularly the Kurds (an ethnic group persecuted under Saddam) under heavy surveillance like the Uyghurs in China?
Just so I know whether or not your answer is reliable, how much do you know about the subjects that I am asking about?
I have a couple of questions for you if you don’t mind spending the time to answer them. It is not the final draft so don’t be surprised if I send another draft later.
Here it is:
Simplfied:
Why are there so few North Koreans fleeing every year compared to the (? 1.8 million) Iraqi refuges who fled Iraq during the 1991 Iraqi Uprisings? Are the reasons for why so few people escape North Korea at least vaguely similar to why there are so few Uyghurs escaping China today as refugees?
Expanded:
Why are there so few North Koreans fleeing every year compared to the (? 1.8 million) Iraqi refuges who fled Iraq during the 1991 Iraqi Uprisings (the upringsings by the Kurds and Shiites in Iraqi following the 1991 Gulf War that tried to overthrow Saddam)?
The number of North Koreans fleeing each year is usually less than 2,000
Is it because Iraq in 1991 was in a state of chaos and disorder which made it easier for Iraqis to escape Saddam Hussein’s brutal surveillance whereas North Korea is not in a state of chaos which makes it extremely difficult to get through North Korea’s _______________?
I heard that a reason why the Uyghurs don’t flee en masse from China despite them being imprisoned is largely because of them being under heavy surveillance. Having said this, is it (high level of surveillance) also a similar reason why the number of people fleeing North Korea is so small.
A related question:
Saddam Hussein was also an extremely oppressive dictator. Were most Iraqis, particularly the Kurds (an ethnic group persecuted under Saddam) under heavy surveillance like the Uyghurs in China?
Just so I know whether or not your answer is reliable, how much do you know about the subjects that I am asking about?
This makes me appreciate even more the fact I was born and live in a free country where there is freedom of expression. WHAT a difference there is between North and South Korea. Must be very special for North Koreans who managed to pass the border
Every day im thankful to God that I wasn't born in China, North korea, Russia, The middle east, and Africa.
@@moisesinfantes2797 lmao
We all need to do as much work as possible to help the whole of humanity from this hell.
@@moisesinfantes2797 Russia and China isn’t all too bad tho tbh in terms of rights but I see what u mean
@operative I know. It's dazzling.
If leaving your country without permission is considered escaping, your entire country is a prison.
tell that to julian assange
...a prison you're born in
Pretty sure felons in the US can't leave the country
@@wertiaaudit5746 ya well that’s felons
Privileged Americans: Omg that's like the US 😩 I want to leave so bad but I have to do a bunch of paperwork to get out. Can you IMAGINE 😭😭😭
The bravery these people have in escaping is commendable.
Imagine getting out, just to go back to the danger to make a video. That's just tempting fate
Yeah I was thinking about that. That really was not a smart move. Like if you made it out please just stay away from the north and anyone who supports the north. Both of those rules were broken in this situation.
It's your whole life though. And knowing nobody really knows seems frustrating. I would spend my time trying to get everyone out. Or let everyone know how bad
Yeah I can’t wrap my mind around that…like, why even risk that?
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
That’s just straight up stupid.
This makes me cry. No human being should live under suffering like that.
This video is pure propaganda.
@@zengmaxxing Pff
@@zengmaxxing that sounds like something kim jong un would say 👀
@@zengmaxxing sureee
@@zengmaxxing Is it now, buddy?
It’s crazy that even though every option was crazy dangerous, there’s always an example of people that have taken the chance and made it
I think they figured it they would make it or die trying
@@MissSweetie like my dad once told me "the most dangerous person in the world is someone who got nothing to lose, even their own life" 😢
yeah, if you try to get in and you are not a citizen, they will kill you. LITERALLY! They would torture you to talk and then, execute you without any anesthesia possible.
Yeah but then think about how many died trying. It’s probably a 3:3000000 ratio of survivors to people who died trying
@@majaquinn that’s the crazy part. When I was younger my grandfather told me stories of the days when the troops from North Korea hijacked the cities, abducted innocence. When you visit your loved ones in the north, you only have 30 seconds. They take everything from you and kick you out. You only see the family member or friend one time. And then, goodbye. For good. It’s scary.
If you do wind up Russia, I would suggest working your way east, and get as close to Alaska as you can while staying undetected.
I'm afraid people are forgetting that dictatorships like this still exist in the future. It isn't limited by geography. This has always been and will always be a realistic threat to human civilization.
@@trollenburger Depends if they grow in power. Places like North Korea probably won't, but they're still ungodly to the people that have to live under them. Generations of people subject to that is just as bad as millions at once, right? Or does it matter? It's all messed up. I still wouldn't be surprised if there was a nazi Germany 2.0 somewhere down the timeline assuming humanity thrives long enough.
@@trollenburger
The AfD party in Germany is growing, though.
Half of the world is ruled by dictators
Democracy is a new concept. We've lived in authoritarian systems much longer and yet continue to exist.
This is borderline fear mongering
@@TheNewblade1 It's not exactly world ending, but my definition of human civilization relates to who had to suffer underneath that dictatorship. Fear mongering though? Oppressive and genocidal regimes are not fear mongering.
The people who dressed as construction workers are pretty damn clever. It reminds me of how you can get away with almost anything in the US if you just put a construction vest and a hardhat on.
I thought it was a sitcom at first lol
Don’t forget a clipboard, and then you will become the construction supervisor
The hardhat has to look used though and not shiny new.
That is why some companies try to do everything to prevent hard hats with their company logo on it to be sold via other channels. They fear they could be used to gain access to construction or production or maintenance sites of that company.
Lmao this comment you can't just see a construction vest and a hard hat and wear it I mean damn they lucky😂😂😂
Yeah in America there’s different “Costume”you can wear here and ppl will think you in authority of some kind. Put a dress Suit on and ppl damn near bow down to you lol
The absolute desperation of the people who escape is mindblowing. The soldier who sprinted over the border, the two women who threatened to kill themselves, etc. Wild.
Quite understandable really. When faced against such despairing odds, sometimes the only way left is to go. And by go, i mean kick the bucket. Taking one's own life is never a good thing but faced with situations like this, sometimes it's hard to tell. Feels very morally grey
I mean, death is probably the best option than to get back in the concentration camps of NK
Many defectors have stories to tell. Even the ones escaping the great Satan USA. With all this illegal immigration coming in you'd be smart to wonder whether the wall built was meant to rather keep the locals in? They're making it harder to leave day by day, like for having unpaid taxes (WTF!?), or now not having had the potential poison needle (with numerous chemicals with the status of "toxicological properties remain untested" and/or several known negative health effects, or alternatively you need the PCR poison test (traces of the highly carcinogenic ethylene oxide) 48h prior. Good luck living a long life if you manage to leave with those inserted into you first.
The ingredients list in Pfizer's Comirnaty not a vaccine is long and most of the ingredients have issues regarding health. Here's just one, not even the worse offender: Polyethylene Glycol: "It has been found that PEGs contain impurities, which include ethylene oxide and 1,4-dioxane. These two are known carcinogens and respiratory irritants."
The Man who literally crashed their car in the border.
@@finlandjourney6065 Stfu a vaccine isn’t comparable to a life of torture in North Korea. Stop whining like a little baby because you are scared
Nice video, appreciate it
Imagine telling a North Korean, oblivious to the outside world, that the cold war ended 30 years ago...
Wow
@⚽️ they don’t have access to internet lol… everything is monitored homie
@⚽️ I'm pretty sure you are a not really familiar with this topic
@⚽️ you're clearly not educated on what it's like there lmfao
I think North Koreans have a sense of time 😂
This guide is like: okay you CAN make it but… you’ll have to grow wings, be an olympic gold medal winner, be superman, have 3 hands and have a cow tied to your back. SOME DID IT THO!
I wonder how they get this information tho- north korea doesn't let their citizens know about shit going on in the outside world. I wonder how these people found out the different methods to escape
@@canyounotlookhere They did say there are brokers who likely give NKs info about how to escape. It’s possible someone paid a broker to tell them that info and they spread it around to everyone they know
@@wayward4657 that- yes, but yk, im thinking how difficult it is, regardless, to process all that info
@@canyounotlookhere There are always loopholes in any system
@@janudapannila3317 I'm aware, just saying it all seems like too much from their pov
I always feel so lucky to born in S. Korea when i see these kinds of videos. My neighboring brothers detained in the northern part of the peninsula makes me emotional every time. South Korean government is willing to provide freedom and democracy to all North Koreans as of now. I hope my brothers and sisters could live in a free country just like i do right now. Thanks for the vided.
That's sad
When did the South Korean government and people change their stances on this? From what I’ve heard, they’re worried about what will happen to the economy if North Korea was liberated.
Omg
@@mrminingplays is that really it? Just omg, nothing else?……. Ok
South korea is dictatorship
The most painful thing is not the separation wall, but the fact that after crossing the wall, you will be discriminated against by your South Korean compatriots, just like the East Germans were discriminated against by the West Germans, even though they speak the same language and are of the same ethnicity.
absolutely evil how Russia and China immediately deport North Korean defectors. All they have to do is ring the defectors to the South Korean embassy and they can easily be safe.
Yes because it is not US or UK that would have any humanity
China and Russia are scumbags
Russia literally has North Korean labor camps on its soil
It is mind blowing.. someone is born on a piece of land they have no choice in. It is terrible enough for them to risk death just to escape..they finally make it across the border to another area of land and are caught bc they're not allowed to be on that piece of land, and are sent back to somewhere where everyone knows they will be tortured and killed in a concentration camp..how can you send someone back to that just bc they were born somewhere they don't want to be.. and cross a fcking invisible line. It's insane
@@mimo_7174 why don't just NATO evacuate them?
North Korea,China and russia are shit compared to might of our NATO
I don’t know about Russia but China is a strong ally with North Korea. North Korea wouldn’t exist today if China didn’t help in the Korean War
Honestly, the fact that people still have to do this kind of stuff just to have their own rights to freedom is horrific
I know, it's shocking how disgusting and evil some people can be.
Freedom?? They have none!
Yet you still have L i b e r a l s who want this life. They think Socialismm is the answer. Also Trumpp won
@@thisnewcreatedaccount5286 Yes and it confounds anybody with any sense at all. The Left thinks that "We will do communism RIGHT" this time. It has failed everywhere else it has been instituted, but we will do it better"
@@thisnewcreatedaccount5286 Trump? You think that guy wants peace and cares for people? He made my people starve while the government is more powerful than ever...
Most of Chinese are actually sympathetic for the NK defectors, but for political standpoint you just don’t want a hostile country with a baby leader and his nuclear toys next to your doorstep…
Most Chinese probably are but I don't think the Chinese government is
Well that's an excuse for being non sympathetic
you know that Chinas is infinite times more powerful than NK and have them on a leash right? they are not scared.
@@user-fv7jd4xj5n that's not true. NK has nuclear technology maybe as big as America bcz we don't know everything. There is nothing more powerful than nuclear weapons
China supports North Korea because it's a buffer zone for them. If North Korea were reabsorbed into South Korea, China would then have to deal with the influence of freedom and capitalism moving in through their border.
The CCP can't allow that. They need North Korea as a shield against freedom so they can continue to oppress the Chinese people.
Incredible to think that just 35 years there was a regime like this in Europe, where hundreds died trying to flee across the Iron Curtain.
as much as i say i don’t like living in the united states , it’s videos like this that humble me and make me realize life could be 10000000x worse for me
fr
exactly
@Lus yeah make him come to brazil, hes gonna *love* here
@Lus it’s not that easy anyway, i don’t think the u.s. is perfect but i can’t just pick up and leave, i don’t have that kind of money
I know right
Mongolia before: *literally destroys countries from asia to europe*
Mongolia now: *helps people who needs freedom*
Character development
Redemption arc for us
When the villain of last season appears this season and saves the protagonist
They didn't destroy countries bc countries didn't really exist at the time. And they would offer two choices: surrender or burn. If they surrender, they were treated quite well.
They conquered , but honestly they probably were better than most..
They just conquered more, but Vlad the Impaler ate his lunch while watching the survivors of his atrocities be impaled 🤷🏻♂️
The fact that someone was able to risk themselves to escape from NK, to get shot *FIVE TIMES* , only tells me how ruthless that place really is.
The fact that guy actually took 5 bullets and keep going rather than giving up and surrender tells you how messed up NK is.
@@siorganism YES this xD his motive really put things into perspective
Honestly, I think his mindset was "I'd rather die than live in this country but since I've got nothing to lose, I can also try escaping to the south" and miraculously it worked.
Well, that’s how many hit
I'm more surprised about the fact the guards didn't land more shots tbh
All of those escapes would make great movies
Chul-eun Lee, the guy who swam to South Korea, has a really interesting interview about his escape on Asian Boss. The South Koreans were tracking him almost the whole time, including on the island, except for a portion where they disappeared from infrared cameras because their body temperature had dropped so much.
Wow...
Any link of Asian Bosses where can we watch it ??
222nd like :)
@@BollywoodReviewsFIJI I tried to post a link but it won't show. Search "We Interviewed A Former Elite North Korean Spy | Stay Curious #36"
Woow 😍
My grandfather from my dad’s side escaped from north korea during the 625 war at the age of 5
He had to walk on corpses, leave his father behind cuz he was captured by the government and had to hide anytime he saw north korean soldiers
Luckily he made it out but few of his family members had been either killed by the bombings or got captured
He’s still alive and healthy at 78 years old but he still remembers that event clearly
Oh my god, imagine what he had to go through. I feel so bad for your grandfather. North Korea really is something, dude
I never understood why they even care if you leave the country anyway?? Why do they want you to stay and be poor and miserable. Doesnt even seem they have enough to feed everyone
@@frankgallagher8760 everyone wants to leave North korea. If everyone leaves North Korea then their economy gets even worse, kinda like when east germany prevented people from going to west germany. They were losing population and less population means less workers. Plus I don't believe the NK police or military would think twice about killing you, or abducting you into a concentration camp, so they use fear to keep the people in check and keep all power at the very top.
Bottom line is that North Korea doesn't care about the people, they just care about labor and keeping you in line.
@@frankgallagher8760 bc everyone would go away then and they do not want that
@ashley_tt so they're korean
I’m so happy that I lived in Hawai’i and was born in Hawai’i I feel so bad for my Korean grandma as she was born in South Korea and had to deal with that drama with North Korea when she was surviving the wars :(
I recommend reading the book Nothing to Envy about defectors and their stories of escape. One moment that stood out was a defector seeing a bowl of meat for a dog and realizing dogs in China eat better than people in North Korea.
@Ripudaman Kochhar tf??
Ayo that's racist
@BigNoobGod No, racist is talking about 13% being responsible for over 50%
@Ripudaman Kochhar HAHAHAH GAGO RACIST
@Ripudaman Kochhar what's sad it's that in terms of poverty even dog is a good meal. so you should think why in the past they did eat domestic animals
“Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don't have to build a wall to keep my people in.” - John F. Kennedy
But build a wall to prevent outside people enter in ,😆 (Donald Trump)
Well yeah.. that’s called illegal immigration 😛 Lots of countries deal with that
@Kyiven-rouge who hurt you?
@@markgeorge2200 seems communism hurt him, judging by his profile picture
North Korea is what America would be like if Democrats got their way.
When a nation's security is very much concerned about people trying to get out, isn't it like a *giant nation-wide prison* ?
nk isint that concerned with people leaving. thousand of north korean people work and live abroad. also people in north korea commonly go on sight seeing trips in china
Basically yes, it gives me eastern Germany vibes to an extreme
@Angel Valdez in north korea or in attempt to cross into another country illegaly?
@@littlelad406 watch the video
@@littlelad406 obviously it’s easy for you to say, you’ve never been or learnt about NK lmao. Tsk tsk tsk..
No, there are actually two countries who are like this. One is obviously North Korea, and the second is also in Asia. It is not AS strict but also very strict with a dictator. The country is Turkmenistan
As a Mongolian, I am proud of my country's sympathy towards North Korean refugees.
Thank you for your hospitality and generosity Monglia and Thailand. You save our brothers and sisters.
I'm proud of you and your country too.
This is only thing you can be proud of) lmao 😂. Just nobody cares about Mongolia as a geopolitical actor even North Korea)
@@outrageouslord2264 Still a million times better than Russia and China.
@@DB-ow9kf you put russia and China in the same row. It tells me a lot about your illiteracy
This should never be
taken down. People need to know about this.
this video is only useful for north koreans since they are the ones who will escape because they are the ones who are in north korea but sadly, they can't see this video, north korea doesn't have an internet even the most elites living in pyongyang those who have the most privileges only have access to intranet, a nationwide available network only
Do you really think people form North Korea can even watch this video, EVEN PHONES ARE ILLEGAL THERE
@@TunaBear64 here? Do you mean there?
@@xcherryblxssomx4163 oops, sorry, fixed
we're the ones who's seeing this but this is isn't useful for us because none of us here viewers live in north korea because if we do, we will not be able to see this video, there is no internet in north korea only government that watch anyone who will escape and probably not going to let them though that has access on it
3:46 the guy was a North Korean soldier. The first thing he requested after he woke up in the South Korean hospital was for chocolate pies. And the snack factory promised him a lifetime supply.
Besides gunshot wounds, the surgeons also found parasites in him which came from contaminated crops.
It was also reported that the doctor told him about the 12 liters of blood trasfused to him during the surgery, donated by citizens of South Korea. He delightedly replied he would gladly repay by donating blood and paying his taxes.
EDIT: My goodness. This is my very first comment on an RLL video to have reached more than zero upvotes.
EDIT 2: Wow 1k upvotes! That's a first for me. Thanks RLL peeps for helping me spread random information to the world.
Nice
So happy that there's still some good in this world. Look for the helpers.
you know he's very loyal when he payes his *taxes*
Bring tears to my eyes.
Also that soldier drove his jeep towards MDL at Panmunjom, which is in much more to the west of the spot shown in 3:45. There is no road connection between two koreas except for panmunjom and kaesung-paju.
The sad reality is that those who needs this video can't watch this video.
I love that South Korea takes in all North Korea defectors in and considers them full citizens.
That's because South Korea considers the entirety of Korean Peninsula as its territory, thus North Koreans are also legally considered South Koreans. As a democratic country, it cannot stop its citizens from moving from one part of its territory to another, except for that it prohibits unauthorized visit of South Koreans to North Korea.
The north koreans havent done anything wrong of course south korea would accept more citizens
They're the same people. They should.
North korean also considers south korean as koreans. The division is created by USSR and USA. Without them, they would still be one country.
I feel like you want to compare this to the immigration crisis of Europe, because if you do, it's not the same at all.
One point about Russia, although the official policy is deportation a number of less scrupulous groups will happily employ NK refugees as slave labour which isn't great but better than the NK camps so there are hundreds if not thousands of NK refugees living in Russia.
There are North Koreans who work as forced labourers in the EU
@@ganjafi59 AFAIK, those are not defectors, but people who were permitted to leave the country temporarily for work.
@@Vengir there's an interesting documentary of youtubers who tried to visit North korean labour camps in Sibera, russia. They were even followed by chinese secret service
Tf they’re still doing slavery in russia
yeah there are these people in poland
There is a South Korean movie called "Crossing" that tells the story of a North Korean family trying to escape. It's on Netflix, and possibly might be here on UA-cam as well. It's in Korean, so you have to read the subtitles, but it was supposed to be a quite accurate depiction of NK. It received a number of awards as well.
I cant see on netflix is It Only On American Netflix Or All
Ill look for that movie
Thanks I'll look for it
@busslayer I just saw it, this is the first time I actually cried and got emotional by watching a movie. If this is how most of the North Korean people live, I feel really bad for them T_T
Searched netflix and this movie doesn't appear to exist anymore, the nearest one I can find is a similar movie from 2008
Thanks for making this video!! I was curious about why north korea was so hard to get out of but now I know, thanks for sharing with us!
Whenever you think you’ve had a bad day, just say to yourself this;
“At least I don’t live in North Korea.”
Hahaha fact
but just saying that problems aren't bad just because there are bigger problems doesn't really help.
@@chrisakaschulbus4903 Everybody gets problems, yes. But it’s nowhere near as worse as it could be if you were living in Korea.
@@comixproviderftw_02 while that's true, you should see the problem with dismissing everything else just because it "always could be worse"
Or: at least i didnt have to live in ythe ussr
It makes you wonder how many crazy stories there were about defectors that never made it to our ears.
Defectors who are paid by the U.S and South Korea to talk shit about their country? The same "oppressive" country where they have free healthcare, free college and beautiful architecture? Please. UA-camr "Hakim" exposed how fraudulent North Korean defectors are.
six
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american in a video using "Naughtzi" Germany as an example again.
Prayers for everyone born in NK
Yeh
@BBBBBBBKDosol soldiers are forced into it
@BBBBBBBKDosol soldiers may have it better but do you think they want to live in North Korea? Unless they get luxury there would be no reason for them to actually WANT to stay.
Solution: no more breeding in North Korea
@@bingle96 All North Koreans have to do is obey
As a South Korean I am grateful that I don't live up in the North. I'm also thankful that my grandpa moved to Busan before the Korean War started.