As a Korean, It's a weird feeling to learn this from Inside Edition video. Our local news feed is only talking about politics so I never even knew this
What a shame that a beautiful country as North Korea could be run under such a scary dictatorship. Those people who live in South Korea must be blessed that they do not starve to death while looking at that view. I would be!
careful? u know there is a tourist boat on a river border that drives ppl around showing north korea. & yes u can basically shout over the river. its way closer than the starbucks binoclars. + dont we forget the bridge for tourists u can 50% cross to its drawn line.
It sounds like they had 71 years to do that, but they would rather hate each other than allow people to cross the 38th parallel which separates the 2 countries. Armed guards at the 38th parallel have a reputation for ending anybody's life who tries to go from one country to the other. Telling those people to stop shooting and shake hands is asking them to go from one extreme to the other.
@@MrJuvefrank They don't hate each other? You're talking out of your own perception. SK people dislike the leader for obvious reasons and have pity for the citizens that live there. If they hated them they wouldn't be putting so much efforting helping people escape. I think you're projecting what you wish to see them as, enemies.
Great way to rub it in to the starving neighbors literally next door. I’m pretty sure people watching from the roof wants to secretly ship large amounts of Starbucks to them
0:39 the war did not actually end. They (USA, China, NK) agreed to an armistice to end active fighting, and established the DMZ. Because there has been no treaty, the countries remain technically at war.
Is that considered Stalking or spying? Using special equipment to look at someone without permission in another country. Imagine you live there and people look at your daily life activity all the time.
That's absolutely terrifying. Watching them as if they were in a cage like wild beasts. Hopefully one day both Korea's can reunite and there'd be peace once again.
Anyone remember the South Korean TV series CRASH LANDING ON YOU? Imagine the Ducklings drinking Starbucks while seeing their homeland from the other side.
I hope north korea builds their own north korean Starbucks on the other side so they be like looking at each other while eating biscuits and north korean tea while throwing hand gestures to the other side 😂 that would be fun.
There's something desensitizing about enjoying 1st world freedoms while viewing 3rd world conditions without a screen in your face. Starbucks is weird for this one.
Yes it was.. that's why there is different countries and nations and we speak our own languages eat different foods and like different stuff. but the idea of a dictatorship is wrong
I'm not surprised. People aren't living in environments that encourage empathy consistently. Before you know it they might even make a gameshow where they snap pictures of North Koreans and guess how much food they ate in a year based off how malnourished they look.
There's nothing more relaxing that sipping on Frappuccino while looking at your starving neighbors..
Exactly gosh I love being privileged.
Tell me what South Koreans can do. Cross the border???
@@j.a4196 good point !
@@52_s59 it's not even about being privileged....
Underrated comment.
As a Korean, It's a weird feeling to learn this from Inside Edition video. Our local news feed is only talking about politics so I never even knew this
Do u like blackpink?
@@Jennieified_14 no i heard natives actually prefer hatsune miku
hows kim jong un as ur president
😂😂😂😂
Wallah that’s weird mate
Seeing your own people only yards away from freedom is both insane and depressing.
I totally agree! I would feel so helpless. They have family members over there too.
It's amazing how much of a "tourist attraction" the demilitarized zone is.
Not on my list of places to visit, military and bureaucrats, how not exciting.
Capitalism flexing on Communism 😂😂😂
While market capitalism as a socioeconomic system sends humanity to extinction due to not being a complex adaptive system.
Capitalism using communism to it's advantage
Capitalism is Oligarchy wearing a trench coat
I think this is the point knowing south korea
Amazing that u think nk practices communism
When they fire employees they exit through the backdoor right into North Korea 😂
That is cool,,,who wants SBUX workers with purple blue green yellow orange pink HAIR?!?,,,,,lmao
What kind of starbucks is that the ceo office?😹😂🤣
Fr fr 😂
It's on the north floor not the south floor for sure
You obviously have a thing against CEOs if you’re making this about them
Someone call Luigi
"take a good look, it will be your last"
It’s not peaceful. It’s eerie and depressing.
Yes, but also, Starbucks :)
It's like a zoo
I didn't know that; I thought it was worse than a zoo.
True, Zoo animals get fed daily 365 days a year
What a shame that a beautiful country as North Korea could be run under such a scary dictatorship. Those people who live in South Korea must be blessed that they do not starve to death while looking at that view. I would be!
They have to bring umbrellas all the time there - POOP Balloons,,,,,lmao
North Korea is better LOL
"I'd like a grande mocha latte and a view of the missle silo please."
You never know what you had until it is gone
You never know what you can get if you never know it existed,,,,lol
That's so eerie
Look at pics of the BERLIN WALL,,, got a wall barbed wires and land mines and you can see their commie apartments 100s of yards away,,,,lol
Its like looking at new jersey from Manhattan😂
😂😂😂
Lawd. They better be careful.
I actually think this is nice.
But If I were kimjonun this would make me angry my country is not for your entertainment.
careful? u know there is a tourist boat on a river border that drives ppl around showing north korea. & yes u can basically shout over the river. its way closer than the starbucks binoclars.
+ dont we forget the bridge for tourists u can 50% cross to its drawn line.
0:33, That statement contradicts itself. Since there was no treaty, the war technically never really ended.
No peace Treaty in 1953
No ‘full out fighting’ since 1953
They both called a TRUCE !
North and South VN had a TRUCE until the North invaded,,,,lmao
anyway what yall doing for christmas? i’ll start, nothing
nothing
nothing
Nothing
Same😂
update: getting 2 frappe’s from mcdonald’s so that’s cool i guess
Hope both Korea’s will get along and end the war
It sounds like they had 71 years to do that, but they would rather hate each other than allow people to cross the 38th parallel which separates the 2 countries. Armed guards at the 38th parallel have a reputation for ending anybody's life who tries to go from one country to the other. Telling those people to stop shooting and shake hands is asking them to go from one extreme to the other.
That is like saying Arab Muslims being friends with the WEST!?!,,,,lmao
@@lindy1776 lmao billions must put aside their differences and unite under communism 🚩🚩🚩🚩
@@MrJuvefrank They don't hate each other? You're talking out of your own perception. SK people dislike the leader for obvious reasons and have pity for the citizens that live there. If they hated them they wouldn't be putting so much efforting helping people escape. I think you're projecting what you wish to see them as, enemies.
That’s so creepy and unsettling, looking at the country that’s basically the hermit kingdom
That is like being on the Amazon and seeing HERMIT natives aiming their bows at your boat (lucky the boat has bullet proof glass),,,,,lol
North Korea is the only true Independent country in the world, don’t listen to the liberal lies
Kinda dystopian for me.
Capitalism looking down on Communism 😅
as it should, capitalism isn't perfect, it compared to communism? it's pretty dang good!
@@Max-js1mxtell that to the people in the global south, capitalism is not good at all
I need to check that out it's like an office 😂
I think a rocket proof glass barrier around that Starbucks is a good idea ngl
It looks less like a “Starbucks” and more like a god damn laboratory
I saw NK back in June from SK border, seeing the NK flag was crazy
Add a Hooters and an amusement park. Free admission if you and the border guards can get here.
Treating North Korea like a zoo is weird AF
You never know if anyone could possibly be escaping so theres that
*North Korea treating itself as a zoo
@@БранимирМилошевићthe west treats NK as a zoo
'Mr. Gorbachev...'
War didn't end in 1953, both sides still technically at war...
I think they meant to say fighting ended in 1953 but there have been small battles here and there all the way into the 1980s
Dude they sent NORTH special forces and were killed at the SOUTH Blue House (1968?),,,,,
Great way to rub it in to the starving neighbors literally next door. I’m pretty sure people watching from the roof wants to secretly ship large amounts of Starbucks to them
I guess this place offers some comfort to those who have relatives in the North
I love south Korea ☺️😍
I loved leaving it in 1969
@@4catsnow
Did the Cat eat some of that DOG 🐕? Or just stuck to kimchi???
Did they build a starbucks like 30 stories high for this exact reason?
Shhhh,,,,that building houses SOUTH Intelligence Agents too,,,,lmao
0:39 the war did not actually end. They (USA, China, NK) agreed to an armistice to end active fighting, and established the DMZ. Because there has been no treaty, the countries remain technically at war.
Idk what’s in that water. But if I’m North Korean I am making that Swim.
Idk how to feel about this honestly...
If they want a cup of coffee for 10$
I am glad I was BORN IN THE USA as were my Parents too.
Same here
Is that considered Stalking or spying? Using special equipment to look at someone without permission in another country. Imagine you live there and people look at your daily life activity all the time.
Neither. Since it’s two separate countries that don’t recognize each other as sovereign powers there is no violation of any law
Permission for what??
@deepskychaser5707 imagine someone looking at you without you knowing everyday!
@@Tawsoe1730 what they gonna do? Complain to the manager?
@CubeGaming853 very creepy!
That's absolutely terrifying. Watching them as if they were in a cage like wild beasts. Hopefully one day both Korea's can reunite and there'd be peace once again.
I don't think that they'll reunite ever. Hopefully they'll sign a peace treaty but that will be it.
독일이 프로이센 주도로 통일된거처럼 한국도 남한주도로 통일되어야 함
@@PremiumMaple1125
Please read unification of Germany - Berlin Wall (USSR Commies were broke and left back to a Russia),,,,,lol
This feels like a depiction of a victorian era British aristocrat traveling to a poor country and going “Oh, look at all those poor people”
British IMPERIALISM ???
(Wondering why they think Americans were like this ???)
this is little bit dystopian....
A lot dystopian, almost disgusting
I won’t consider it mysterious
but it is, very little is known about NK
It’s a red light if soldiers see them on the balcony
That isn't going to end well
That seems weird for a Starbucks
lol N. Korea finna build one of Trump’s walls to keep people from continuously looking.
Imagine 😏
Dude the NORTH can’t afford metal material they must use barbed wire and chicken wired fences,,,,,lmao
How come their staff isn’t striking?
Kim is punching air right now
there's also a sniper looking at you
Wow North Korea can now view the rest of the world
Anyone remember the South Korean TV series CRASH LANDING ON YOU? Imagine the Ducklings drinking Starbucks while seeing their homeland from the other side.
Yeah take that risk getting that close and watch out for missiles just in case.
A Starbucks to unify Korea.
Dude Koreans love 7-11 and SUBWAY too,,,,lmao
Oh
Starbucks probably has a lot of visitors not as much for coffee as to "check on their neighbors."
I bet they pay their workers even less than they do in America
I bet it is cheaper to live in the SOUTH vs USA?!?,,,,lmao
Kim Jong Un waking up in the morning saying ahhhh such a great view.
Coffee, Pike Place, tall and half-half.
I hope north korea builds their own north korean Starbucks on the other side so they be like looking at each other while eating biscuits and north korean tea while throwing hand gestures to the other side 😂 that would be fun.
G-rated hand 🤚 gestures, no doubt…
Sadly, that would only be for the elite while the rest of their people starve.
Highly unrealistic when the dictator does everything he can to stay isolated and mysterious
Tempting but still won’t pay for that overpriced mud.
Me too, I stopped the SBUX when my offices offered KEURIG,,,,lol
First heard about this 3 weeks ago…
There's something desensitizing about enjoying 1st world freedoms while viewing 3rd world conditions without a screen in your face. Starbucks is weird for this one.
Whoever thought of putting that Starbucks there is actually pretty smart 😅
Elon Musk?
this is next level sociopathy even for capitalism
I feel like this is giving away their position. Hopefully, this place will continue on after this report.
Now imagine if North Koreans could see what life looks like in South Korea...
Well I got to be kind of strange not being able to cross over between countries but at least it's a peaceful way to do things🤔
So you're afraid to call them Communist now?
Bulding looks like an xbox
The war never ended technically.
the starbucks has higher gdp then north korea
Here in America a cup of coffee with sugar and 2 pumps of caramel is $8 what do they charge you South Koreans?
The world wasn't made for us to live eparately this segregation is just absurd
Yes it was.. that's why there is different countries and nations and we speak our own languages eat different foods and like different stuff. but the idea of a dictatorship is wrong
Crazy that North Korea has become so isolated it can be viewed as if its Yellowstone or soemthing 😅
1 drink is equal to a month’s salary in NK
I'm not surprised. People aren't living in environments that encourage empathy consistently.
Before you know it they might even make a gameshow where they snap pictures of North Koreans and guess how much food they ate in a year based off how malnourished they look.
the war never ended, it's paused
The NK sniper waving back like: 😎👋
That is cool, I would visit.
Nothing like sipping coffee and eating decent food while looking at North Korea falling apart and starving
Interesting
Why would you want to look at North Korea
flex of freedom🙏🙏💀
North Korea is 100x more free than South Korea
A normal country looking at a crazy country 😂
“Home”
Not going to be surprised when North Korean Officials attempt to cover that up
No one lives around there, only the NORTH DMZ border guards ,,,,watch Kdrama - Falling Into You,,,,,,,lol
sipping a nice hot cup of Latte while watching people suffer on the other side....... Thats messed up.
Not a good move
Even though NK has the tallest flag and the so called perfect village, SK has one thing that every country has at least 1. A STARBUCKS!
I would go there just for the view.
Hey guys, look at the country that still has the same leader and didn't mobilize to instigate another war!
How... Americano?
a professor at ko~ru`ah univerity said "...we need to be reynited for the people..." in 1991
sharing, thank you😊
🥱🥱🥱🥱
Tired of people treating North Korea like it's a tourist attraction and not a genuine humanitarian crisis
Same
Lovely
The war never ended but okay
Bummer