How Bad Is Life In North Korea? - North Korea: Desperate Or Deceptive - Politics Documentary

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  • @19Katerina11
    @19Katerina11 Рік тому +547

    This was filmed in 2004. It breaks my heart thinking that nothing has changed in almost 20 years, only got worse. Where are these people now? How are they doing? Has the reality of adulthood in NK clipped these bright and talented high schoolers’ dreams? I hope everyone is doing ok…. This literally brings me to tears

    • @Spadez86
      @Spadez86 Рік тому +54

      They're doin just as terrible now as they were then. Gonna be even worst if Uns sister takes over.. she be lookin like she ready for some drama

    • @internetcensure5849
      @internetcensure5849 Рік тому

      US propaganda readily believed by the US herd!

    • @user-sp8eb6iz7f
      @user-sp8eb6iz7f Рік тому +7

      How does it concern you?

    • @c4yn3
      @c4yn3 Рік тому +13

      Boohoo. It happens all over the world not just DPRK. There’s poverty in every country, there’s laws and rules that you may not agree with in every country.

    • @Yawnzee_
      @Yawnzee_ Рік тому +38

      @Cayne yea but I'm sure in most those other countries their population isn't as suppressed as the north Koreans, just speaking out against their government could land them in prison or worse a death sentence, that's harsh than most of these countries you speak of. It costs nothing to show a little humanity and compassion.

  • @ChrisCanary
    @ChrisCanary 3 роки тому +877

    I've watched a number of other videos by people who had guided visits to North Korea.
    Almost all of the, all made by different people at different times, showed almost the exact same place, the same restaurant, the same grocery store, same aisle in that store, same random farm family, repeated scenes of newlyweds being photographed in a park, the same subway station, the same childrens performance, the same hotel room view... The entire thing is preset and it's like a set with actors.

    • @RJFPme
      @RJFPme 3 роки тому +46

      It’s called a Potemkin village or scene.

    • @ChrisCanary
      @ChrisCanary 3 роки тому +99

      @@RJFPme I saw a video of a tourgroup going to "The Department Store" , to the "grocery section". It had only bags of chips and those kind of snack, display after display. He showed the sell by date was 5 years before.
      It's all like a huge movie set.
      So many of the highrises are just a shell.

    • @elizabethchen272
      @elizabethchen272 3 роки тому +5

      North Korea malitery and nuclear weapons support by Evil China.

    • @ChrisCanary
      @ChrisCanary 3 роки тому +24

      @@elizabethchen272 Yes. It's terrible.

    • @davidgordon702
      @davidgordon702 2 роки тому +62

      Oh yeah. The "guided tours" are always the exact same, they show the same monuments and the same everything. I would like to see the part of North Korea where most of the citizens call home. But, I am sure that they are so impoverished that the Kim regime does not want the rest of the world to see their suffering...

  • @Botkilla2K12
    @Botkilla2K12 Рік тому +385

    The North Korean English language student is I think the saddest representation of the potential that exists in North Korea. For someone who has had no contact with the outside world, she speaks remarkably fluently. Imagine how much talent like that could develop if she had the resources available for better education?
    There are probably more people like that in NK who are talented in other fields. Medicine, Agriculture, Education, Engineering, you name it. The potential for a great nation is squandered by the repressive government of the DPRK

    • @tiesjaja2938
      @tiesjaja2938 Рік тому +24

      I’ve been saying it for a long time, North Korea without the regime could be such an astonishing and thriving country on literally every aspect linked to it. look at the south, the south is one of the most developed countries in the world, economically wise, infrastructure wise, natural beauty, and as you mentioned highly educated and talented people, it’s literally peaking atm. we must not forget north and south Koreans are literally the same native ppl, all koreans…Koreans are known for their discipline,structure,and ability to make things work. I look at Japanese korean Chinese immigrants through the whole of Europe and they mostly all succeed to immigrate succefully and built up a life + get along in society, which for me is a very important aspect as well.
      All this talent and potential wasted by the regime.. it’s a shame it really is..

    • @2155raulito
      @2155raulito Рік тому +10

      Wake up, that only for very few, without denying the talent. We could think the same about those in Cuba. My question is who are the parents of these kids? What do they do? What about rural schools? What about the general population, this is pure communist propaganda.
      To answer the question deceptive or desperate? Theanswer is both.
      There is no mention to guest workers in Poland and other European countries from North Korea.

    • @carmenl163
      @carmenl163 Рік тому +1

      Many (arguably most) students who learn foreign languages do so with the help of one teacher. It has nothing to do with 'contact with the outside world.'

    • @2155raulito
      @2155raulito Рік тому

      @@carmenl163 Carmen, you,'re missing the point. The question is who are their parents in the regime?
      Only those kids have privileges, is communist totalitarian country.

    • @2155raulito
      @2155raulito Рік тому

      Only the very few have the access.
      That's the worse of the worse of a Communist totalitarian country in the world.

  • @jcspider7259
    @jcspider7259 2 роки тому +250

    This came out in 2004, now 20 years ago (in 2024). Why not at least date it in the description?

    • @guntv1195
      @guntv1195 Рік тому +35

      I’m sure it hasn’t changed much 😂

    • @BoiledPrawn
      @BoiledPrawn Рік тому +1

      ​@@guntv1195😂

    • @CivilizedWarrior
      @CivilizedWarrior Рік тому +34

      @@guntv1195 actually it’s gotten worse, apparently. Lot of people starving over there, because they’ve had the border locked down since Covid. Since the government can’t feed their own people, most of their food was smuggled over the border from China. Now that smuggling is basically impossible, the markets are empty, and everyone is starving, just like their parents did back in the ‘90s.

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      @Little_ripper Рік тому

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    • @leesiewoo5116
      @leesiewoo5116 Рік тому +3

      ​@@CivilizedWarrioryour news is better than CNN,fox new or BBC 😂

  • @s.j5368
    @s.j5368 2 роки тому +459

    Every time I watch anything about NK I become so sad. It's awful how much these poor people are suffering and how little we can do about it

    • @trekpac2
      @trekpac2 Рік тому +8

      We could totally solve the problem by helping the North and the South come together. And to stop sanctioning it into the poor house. Even its close friend the Chinese is hesitant to help the North out of fear of US retaliation.

    • @natebarry5553
      @natebarry5553 Рік тому +44

      @@trekpac2 Absolutely delusional opinion. You take into consideration absolutely 0 political ramifications of foreign intervention in North Korea.
      Edit: "help North and South Korea come together"??? Are you suggesting that we say pretty please and hope that Kim Jong Un liberates the people?

    • @leexingha
      @leexingha Рік тому +2

      u can do something if u dont tolerate ur government's toward certain foreign countries. NK gov is also another problem as well

    • @davidlinscheid2321
      @davidlinscheid2321 Рік тому +5

      @@natebarry5553 He lost me at "The Globalist" :)

    • @Nightdreaux22647
      @Nightdreaux22647 Рік тому

      America acts like it cannot do anything for North Korean people. But they are actually very capable. Like how America assassinated Osama Bin Laden in his secret hideout. American can assassinate Kim Family. But this operation would be very very expensive and had to be done very carefully with super complex planning with no excuse for failures.
      However, there must be some military protocols in North Korea that orders its loyal soldiers to launch Nukes if Kim Jong Un suddenly lost contact.
      America is also scared of China and Russia. North Korea is a communist country. It means that NK is a friend of China and Russia.
      It's not like America can't do anything. We can't just risk WW3 or Nuclear War

  • @Dr_darkBRIGHT
    @Dr_darkBRIGHT 2 роки тому +247

    Keep this in mind while you watch the video: everything from the poor quality of life, low standard of living, lack of any advanced technology, and inability to obtain basic medical treatment, all of that, is still for the ELITE 1% of the country.
    All that is ever seen on these guided tours is the DMZ and the capital of Pyongyang, which is reserved for those heads of military and government that are loyal to the regime and their families. So while everything in Pyongyang is at best 50 years out of date, it's still better than anyone could hope for in the DPRK. So, take a moment as you silently shed a tear or give a tacit scream as you then realize just how truly horrifying the other 99% of the country must then live. 50 years out of date is probably a dream of the future considering they live in a pre-Industrial era world, one with hardly if any electricity or running water.
    From space, all you can see at night is this tiny island of light emanating from Pyongyang. The rest of the country is swallowed into the inky blackness that's indistinguishable from the ocean, almost as if it had been submerged beneath the ocean and forgotten. An apt analogy as I wonder if that must be what it feels like for all those living in the rest of that country, North of Korea.

    • @AshCupric
      @AshCupric 2 роки тому +37

      That is beautifully stated. My heart breaks for the innocent citizens of North Korea who have to live through horrific unimaginable adversities and have no freedoms. I truly hope that one day they will be liberated.

    • @yurifedorov218
      @yurifedorov218 2 роки тому +8

      Nice speech

    • @yemalad1.
      @yemalad1. 2 роки тому +13

      Masterfully put.

    • @ImpossibleMusic69
      @ImpossibleMusic69 2 роки тому +8

      Much love brother

    • @davidhughes6
      @davidhughes6 2 роки тому +16

      You have summed this up so well. It's an awful thought to think of how the 99% must live

  • @jvharbin8337
    @jvharbin8337 2 роки тому +53

    "I want to be a famous musician. So people will love me." That is the saddest fucking thing I have ever heard. That child honestly believes that he is not loved unless he performs on a high level. That is heart breaking.

    • @jaclynwilkerson2778
      @jaclynwilkerson2778 Рік тому +7

      @@servantofthelivinggod6192saying 1 cuss word is cussing like a sailor now? On a video about a country being oppressed and a comment about a child who knows he's not loved unless he's a great performer and all you saw was the word fucking. No one but you registered that word cause they were thinking about the suffering of a country.

    • @warrenny
      @warrenny Рік тому

      Agreed......life COULD be so much better if humanity learns to work together and create a world of progress rather than a world of competition. Children COULD be raised in an environment of caring about others and a focus on the importance of real education.
      But if you were to ask just about any group of 13-15 year olds in any culture of the world today, you would likely get the same answer. That little clip was intentionally left in the documentary to convey a feeling to the average viewer "that girl is just like my child.....or just like my child's friend".
      So, the heart breaking part really is that modern humans have been whizzing around our little part of the Milky Way galaxy for 200,000+ years and we are still too focused on the latest wear-ables and curbside pickups instead of making a better world.

    • @nmiller4085
      @nmiller4085 Рік тому +2

      That's not just a North Korean thing. Lots of kids in East Asia think about fame like that for some reason. I could see a South Korean or Japanese kid saying the exact same thing (it's still sad though).

    • @boop79
      @boop79 Місяць тому

      @@nmiller4085Eastern Europe too

  • @sandylee9377
    @sandylee9377 2 роки тому +158

    I feel bad not just for their people that need health treatment, but for their doctors and nurses that want to help them

    • @garybrunecz7785
      @garybrunecz7785 Рік тому +7

      You might want to take a look in our own backyard and get a pair of glasses. America the Eagle is good at seeing far away but never could see under its own nose. It takes the focus off our own problems.

    • @cookiesandsteam34
      @cookiesandsteam34 Рік тому +11

      @@garybrunecz7785 Maybe it's just me but acknowledging the dramatic situation and living conditions of another country (especially where people suffer under a totalitarian regime) does not automatically make you ignorant towards the problems existing in own country.
      I seriously wonder where this hidden reproach comes from and whether it was actually necessary?

    • @CommunistBot
      @CommunistBot Рік тому

      Crocodile tears, the US and UN sanction medical equipment so they can't import anything

    • @SherrillnShiloh
      @SherrillnShiloh 11 місяців тому

      Don't feel bad for them because they HATE YOU!

    • @mirandasapphire8203
      @mirandasapphire8203 11 місяців тому

      ​@@SherrillnShilohThis is true, but they are programmed to hate us. They have no access to the outside world and only believe what they are taught. It is sad.

  • @yyc_flyer8729
    @yyc_flyer8729 3 роки тому +196

    My question is, were any of those people who spoke, and said unfavourable things during this interview arrested, imprisoned in one of these labour camps, and/or dead for what they’ve said? That’s what makes my stomach churn...

    • @troypowers9578
      @troypowers9578 3 роки тому +13

      Yes they were the smart ones that did not show their face on camera we're okay,

    • @beautifulrose8619
      @beautifulrose8619 3 роки тому +17

      I was also wondering about the woman who paid to get out. I thought the government would do something evil to her remaining family. I also did not know she would be allowed to send money back. Such a scary situation.

    • @Anonymous-ql9yd
      @Anonymous-ql9yd 2 роки тому +18

      I am worried for the doctor

    • @ImagineHeroism
      @ImagineHeroism 2 роки тому +19

      I have trouble imagining that people in such prominent positions, being allowed the rare opportunity to speak on camera with foreign press, would fail to toe the party line. My guess is it’s acceptable to talk about the hardships in North Korea, so long as the cause is sanctions and the US.
      Edit: adding in, the hardships faced by the people on the film are the hardships of the elites. Nowhere close to what is being experienced in the countryside

    • @davidgordon702
      @davidgordon702 2 роки тому +8

      I know, right? I am curious if they were moved to safety after saying what they said. Or, are they just being brutally honest, and trying any way that they can, to improve the living conditions for others. And my other question is about the military of north Korea. Why do they spend so much money on their military, when most of the citizens are starving. That money could be used in so many better ways, for that country. Add to that, they need to lose the insane paranoia that engulfs their every day lives. And start thinking about their suffering people...

  • @kellisnyder954
    @kellisnyder954 3 роки тому +345

    I really wish there were more documentaries on North Korean life. So messed up that they’re so cut off and repressed. Poor people...😢

    • @76blackwidow
      @76blackwidow 3 роки тому +17

      You can read Michael Malice's book Dear Reader or listen to his interviews, good info on Nk..

    • @benkim2016
      @benkim2016 3 роки тому +16

      Yeonmi Park, defector has many videos!!

    • @summer7676
      @summer7676 3 роки тому +2

      You can watch "Phuong DPRK Daily" YT channel, it has lots of info about North Korea.

    • @nyusa78
      @nyusa78 3 роки тому +7

      I DONT CARE- IT IS THEIR NATION AND THEIR PROBLEMS, THEY SHOULD SOLVE THEIR ISSUES BY THEMSELDVES.

    • @summer7676
      @summer7676 3 роки тому +36

      @@nyusa78 Your caps lock are stuck.

  • @spareumbrella8477
    @spareumbrella8477 Рік тому +33

    I'm genuinely surprised that the Doctor in this clip spoke so frankly about the situation regarding North Korean medical care. I'm shocked he was allowed to say that.

    • @christopherfowler9777
      @christopherfowler9777 Рік тому +1

      He probably died very soon after that...

    • @internetcensure5849
      @internetcensure5849 Рік тому

      US propaganda readily believed by the US herd! What about hunger, tent cities, drug addicts in the USA?😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ebjh285
      @ebjh285 Рік тому +3

      Hé was killed afterwards 😅

    • @exotic444
      @exotic444 Рік тому +7

      Me too, most North Korean documentaries you know they don't speak the truth. I wouldn't be surprised if they got arrested afterwards. They should have blurred his face or something.

    • @thomashenebry8269
      @thomashenebry8269 Рік тому +4

      He probably heard his door being pounded at midnight. Next morning, wonder where that doctor got to. Better not ask.

  • @smoocher
    @smoocher Рік тому +19

    "Desperate or Deceptive"? I'd say desperately trying to deceive. Excellent documentary.

  • @riverlady982
    @riverlady982 3 роки тому +262

    My heart breaks watching this for the students, doctors, and patients there.

    • @keithdonnellan5564
      @keithdonnellan5564 3 роки тому +4

      They are probably getting over the death of their ancestors murdered by the usa 65 years ago.

    • @riverlady982
      @riverlady982 3 роки тому +4

      @@keithdonnellan5564 I rather doubt that is a common thought or concern of theirs with all the hunger and sickness they're dealing with. I'm not sure what point you might be trying to make or if you're just being a troll but I do know the history. That includes the history of what Japan was doing there and how they shipped around their women to use as "comfort" women and that they could have been left worse off if not for the USA's role in WW2. If you're trying to make me feel guilty over a war I wasn't even around for your barking up the wrong tree. I have no real desire to blame people of the past or point fingers but have much sympathy for the people stuck in North Korea's dystopian nightmare at this point with no say over their countries future. However I also believe there's no reason to spit on the graves of the people who died fighting beside Koeans and other ally troops to keep at least half of Korea free. I also have a lot of sympathy for those South Korean people who have family members still stuck in North Korea. Your comment strikes me as nothing but ignorant and a bit pathetic.

    • @keithdonnellan5564
      @keithdonnellan5564 3 роки тому

      @@riverlady982 - My point is the usa. I think you misinterpreted my comment! I see the usa as a cancer on the world like islam.

    • @lisax3331
      @lisax3331 3 роки тому +9

      @@keithdonnellan5564 It's NOT our job or duty to care of ANYONE but ourselves. Blame their communistic regime! How have u helped them??????????

    • @litneyloxan
      @litneyloxan 2 роки тому +7

      God rewards those who are caring and kind to those less than. Unlike miss lisa above me

  • @logothaironsides2942
    @logothaironsides2942 2 роки тому +17

    That school student was very carefully picked for her caution.

  •  2 роки тому +19

    From what one defector said, a bus driver earns more than a doctor so it's normal when you see a poorly equipped hospital.
    Edit note: I think the Doctor spoke too much, I hope nothing bad happens to her.

  • @richardlau2447
    @richardlau2447 Рік тому +6

    I’ve seen pictures snuck out of North Korea of starving and suffering people. Pictures were horrible.
    My friend who showed me the pictures cried all the time. She always pray for Norh Korean people, and tells me to do so.

  • @chasecrisp6915
    @chasecrisp6915 2 роки тому +17

    No sterilized gloves while performing surgery!!😳👀 absolutely wild

  • @litneyloxan
    @litneyloxan 2 роки тому +124

    It was so brave of that doctor for speaking as he did in this documentary. I hope he and his patients are okay now today

    • @tompilkington7379
      @tompilkington7379 Рік тому +11

      He dead

    • @Raskolnikov...
      @Raskolnikov... Рік тому +1

      @@tompilkington7379 how many time after the documentary?

    • @referensipi1664
      @referensipi1664 Рік тому +1

      @@tompilkington7379 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Kyanzes
      @Kyanzes Рік тому +2

      He did not blame anyone so should be okay.

    • @marblygaming
      @marblygaming Рік тому +10

      @@Kyanzes doesn't matter. If you speak negatively about nk you're gone

  • @uttermanbo
    @uttermanbo Рік тому +6

    Why do we as a species committ such evil? Why do we put others on a pedestal as kings, queens, or dictators?

    • @boop79
      @boop79 Місяць тому

      Bc Asians

  • @leiladash
    @leiladash Рік тому +11

    How could she have left her son?!?!?!? I cannot imagine leaving my son behind 😢

    • @verdiernoyama9681
      @verdiernoyama9681 Рік тому +2

      I believe that some parents leave to find work outside in order to watch over their child by sending them money and food.

    • @pushi1735
      @pushi1735 Рік тому +1

      Because parents aren’t as loving as you think they are. Due to their selfishness you are here in a sh!tty world.

    • @businessman8090
      @businessman8090 Рік тому +3

      ​@@verdiernoyama9681 I always wonder how do they manage to send the money back. They dont have cards, no internet, so how does it even manage to get to the right person. Like ppl outside of the cities don't even know what mail is

    • @verdiernoyama9681
      @verdiernoyama9681 Рік тому

      @@businessman8090 yeah, I just learned they hire a broker. If you want to know more about this, the media called Liberty in NK made an article and a video about it named "How A NK Defector Sends Money Back Home"

    • @2oqh
      @2oqh Рік тому +2

      @@businessman8090 Chinese and NK smugglers

  • @StevenVerd
    @StevenVerd 3 роки тому +42

    This documentary must have been filmed 20 or so years ago because none of these grand plans have come to fruition, and indeed, things have gone backwards.

    • @mchris5888
      @mchris5888 2 роки тому +4

      The things are not much forward now either. It’s a hopeless ideological foolishness.

    • @Rickytwelvestring
      @Rickytwelvestring Рік тому +2

      Her book, that stands on a shelf behind her, came out in 2015 (at least my Swedish edition). If you all haven't read it. Do sol

  • @michaeljoseph3475
    @michaeljoseph3475 3 роки тому +86

    Old documentary, but still informative

    • @angelicamichelle1646
      @angelicamichelle1646 3 роки тому +3

      OMG, I so hope so, I pray to God that we could help to at least find a way to educate the people over there on how to care for their own.

    • @SomeOne-zw6kh
      @SomeOne-zw6kh 3 роки тому +1

      Do you know how old ? I just started it and haven't heard a year yet =(

    • @ThePublicTutorials
      @ThePublicTutorials 3 роки тому +8

      @The Exiled Princess The documentary mentions the Ryongchon disaster at 11:56, which occurred on April 22, 2004.

    • @patrickquill3951
      @patrickquill3951 3 роки тому

      ⁶⁶6666
      5
      4l

    • @markmitchell450
      @markmitchell450 3 роки тому

      @@angelicamichelle1646 it's not that old

  • @BlackuLaLa
    @BlackuLaLa Рік тому +15

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  • @Miguel195211
    @Miguel195211 2 роки тому +4

    “With the guidance of the Dear Leader,” this phrase is so sad yet indicative of the dictatorship the people are under each day. Very sad really!

  • @jimbennett3788
    @jimbennett3788 3 роки тому +25

    Thank you for posting this heartwrenching documentary. I pray that someday - yesterday would not have been soon enough - the politicians and world leaders come to terms with each other and work together for the betterment of all humanity.

    • @levi9414
      @levi9414 3 роки тому +2

      That would require more than 1 person to suddenly stop being a sociopath. that's highly unlikely

  • @CherieDeDieu
    @CherieDeDieu 3 роки тому +181

    Every time I see the sadness in North Korean people's eyes, my heart breaks. I hope a revolution will arise there one day. 😞😖

    • @magicboii01able
      @magicboii01able 3 роки тому +8

      Same with all the latin america country's.

    • @ghbusiness3359
      @ghbusiness3359 3 роки тому +14

      there is no way revolution will arise there because this wicked dictator knows how to roll the ball , he started brainwashing them since from their mothers womb and to school and to public .. they only run out of NK just to get a bowl of rice then they will see light behind NK .. May Allah Help Us All

    • @phantomviper8297
      @phantomviper8297 3 роки тому +6

      If you look closely, there are TINY sparks of a revolution, mainly from the teenage (Younger) gen

    • @Awakeningspirit20
      @Awakeningspirit20 3 роки тому +11

      @@magicboii01able Latin American? What's so bad about their countries? North Korea is hundreds of times worse than even the poorest part of Latin America.

    • @a.h.543
      @a.h.543 3 роки тому +4

      @@magicboii01able Same with the U.S.

  • @stillhere1425
    @stillhere1425 Рік тому +3

    The student speaks way more clearly than I do!

  • @MrsBee-uo2lc
    @MrsBee-uo2lc Рік тому +14

    My heart absolutely breaks for the North Korean people. If they only knew what life could really be like if they didn't live there. 🥺😒😔

    • @NovaSS65
      @NovaSS65 Рік тому

      I agree

    • @DailyCorvid
      @DailyCorvid Рік тому

      Meanwhile they openly admit they want to kill us all because we are treacherous warlike godless criminals and I quote.
      Excuse me if I choose a different reaction to worthless crocodile tears. All the Western tears in the world won't do a damn thing.
      Why not save your emotion for a group of people whom can actually use it? Your own country has homeless, it has mentally handicapped or prisoners. Charity starts at home! And guess what the majority of the ones here don't actually want to kill both of us and our kids just for being Western.

    • @ramaraksha01
      @ramaraksha01 Рік тому

      But is it not just like Heaven?
      The few who believe and blindly support the "Dear Loving Master" will be rewarded with the good life as they shamelessly sponge off him
      While the vast majority whose "crime" is to not believe will suffer endlessly in hell!
      And we think THEY are brainwashed!

  • @JKnight3975
    @JKnight3975 2 роки тому +71

    I’ve watched a lot of videos on the north, and I’ve also watched the tourist videos as well. It was pointed out that many of the people singing and playing instruments aren’t actually singing or playing the instruments. In one of the videos they placed the tourist in seats that gave them a chance to notice that there was a speaker and someone off to the side pushing the play button. It happened almost everywhere they went and heard singing

    • @batoulsaleh5653
      @batoulsaleh5653 2 роки тому +5

      omg I didnt know abt that, would u mind putting me a link of that video please

    • @alyciamarie4163
      @alyciamarie4163 Рік тому +2

      Wow it really is so sad

    • @ThatGirlJD
      @ThatGirlJD Рік тому +7

      That would explain why no matter the year everything sounds EXACTLY the same. They allow no chance of a mistake or a cry for help. It's not surprising at all.

  • @maxdout564
    @maxdout564 3 роки тому +28

    They should take notice of the 20+ high rises built in Pyongyang over the last 10 years, the giant theater, the modern airport no one uses, tons of statues and more. They even broadcast the completion of each building to show off. They finished the outside of the 100+ story Ryugyong Hotel they’ve been constructing for 30 years and is still unoccupied, even finished that will be the same. Plus the propaganda showing off their military when they haven’t been on the defensive since 1953 should be a really obvious red flag the money is there but Kim Jong Un is using it on everything but his people.

  • @Indian_Girl_Aarini.
    @Indian_Girl_Aarini. Рік тому +11

    From the perspective of an entertainment viewer, it is essential to pause and acknowledge the incredible dedication and hard work of the masking-tape cleaners. I would like to extend my deepest appreciation for their devoted efforts. Your passion and impressive work make this exhibition an impressive and unique spectacle. We genuinely appreciate your unwavering dedication, and the joy you bring to the audience is truly legendary. We recognize the long hours you put in, often without breaks, and the tireless commitment you demonstrate daily.

  • @jacksonrichards-jarvis4482
    @jacksonrichards-jarvis4482 10 місяців тому +2

    I would love to see the women keeping their traditional folk songs sing live! How inspiring!

  • @zachz96
    @zachz96 3 роки тому +70

    The hospital looks more like a chemistry lab than a hospital.

    • @johnlindgren273
      @johnlindgren273 3 роки тому

      Try living in Afghanistan. The US committed massive war crimes in the 50s. I wouldn't want to live there. But it's not an irrational state. It's a thorn in the side of China, and South Korea cannot absorb it. A lose-lose situation all around.

    • @dicksonluiakitperday2532
      @dicksonluiakitperday2532 2 роки тому

      It doesnt really matter after this point since general medical services are non existant in the country.

    • @visassess8607
      @visassess8607 2 роки тому +2

      @@johnlindgren273 What? Afghanistan had absolutely no connection with the original comment so why did you bring it up?

    • @mmbleachtasty6121
      @mmbleachtasty6121 Рік тому +2

      @@johnlindgren273 clown

    • @internetcensure5849
      @internetcensure5849 Рік тому

      US propaganda readily believed by the US herd! What about hunger, tent cities, drug addicts in the USA?😂😂😂😂😂

  • @hughiedavies6069
    @hughiedavies6069 3 роки тому +185

    Yeonmi Park has made a few videos describing her experiences in North Korea. They describe how difficult it is for the ordinary North Koreans and the ins and outs of living under such a psychopathic dictatorship.

    • @karenmessinger9609
      @karenmessinger9609 3 роки тому +16

      She's very informative. A beautiful young lady lucky to be alive & a very good advocate for her people.

    • @leandradozier968
      @leandradozier968 3 роки тому +29

      @@karenmessinger9609 yet falling into the trap of Jordan Peterson. She is still falling for authoritarianism.

    • @candycanevzh7630
      @candycanevzh7630 2 роки тому +7

      Yeonmi Park is an excellent advocate for fellow survivors whom have escaped as she did and for the countless family and friends still living in that depraved country. Some of the stories she has shared about her childhood are beyond shocking. I find the videos where she shares info received from trusted friends in NK via secret phones to be the most fascinating. And the punishment the friend would face if discovered with said phone is likely death, yet a serial killer, animal rapist in prison or on death row here in U.S would get a slap on wrist if discovered with a secret phone. Just the initial punishment for anyone in U.S. no matter how vile the crime would probably be a dream life for any average NK citizen.

    • @CrustyUgg
      @CrustyUgg 2 роки тому +6

      @@leandradozier968 the trap of JP? It’s a trap because he speaks facts and logic? Jesus.. tell us you’re a libtard without telling us…. 🙄

    • @CrustyUgg
      @CrustyUgg 2 роки тому +36

      @@candycanevzh7630 it’s why j can’t help but laugh when any American claims to be oppressed… i think America is so free and spoiled .. they have no idea what a real struggle is. Yes there is homelessness but overall it’s a great country. The “oppressed” should be taken to countries like this so they can realize just how free they are

  • @eagleman1542
    @eagleman1542 Рік тому +21

    I was stationed in the Air Force in Korea (at a Korean Air Base) years ago then later returned to work; I saw the tension between north and south firsthand on many levels. Hopefully someday they'll be reunified in one happy and productive country; very unlikely that'll happen in the near future, though.

    • @juliaarojas8701
      @juliaarojas8701 Рік тому +1

      tha day our country takes out its hands from there...yes

    • @cjb8010
      @cjb8010 Рік тому +1

      @@juliaarojas8701 a truly asinine comment. Have you no awareness of history?

    • @hardeeharhar18
      @hardeeharhar18 Рік тому

      If you are Pro USA you would never want that ideology with how NK currently is

    • @2oqh
      @2oqh Рік тому +3

      @@juliaarojas8701 if the US didn’t touch Korea then it would be entirely led by the north. SK couldn’t fight off NK’s invasion when it was so poor and NK had support that it wouldn’t have had without western intervention

    • @CommunistBot
      @CommunistBot Рік тому

      ​@@2oqh If the US didn't touch Korea then it never would have been divided in the first place.

  • @flavioavdulla2413
    @flavioavdulla2413 Рік тому +3

    how bad is life there? probably not as bad as in poor neighbourhoods in usa like kensington philadelphia, downtown LA and alot other... at least in north korea there's not drug epidemy or gangs or even serial killers or school shooters

    • @boop79
      @boop79 Місяць тому +1

      100%

  • @norhafizahjamaludin7800
    @norhafizahjamaludin7800 3 роки тому +32

    I can't imagine how these people will react to the modern world if someday they became free as us..
    Their hospital is scary..

  • @tweeboschlaan5115
    @tweeboschlaan5115 3 роки тому +249

    They look so malnourished

    • @SIGNALFREQ
      @SIGNALFREQ 3 роки тому +28

      Of course they do. It is a workers paradise.

    • @RR_NN
      @RR_NN 3 роки тому +13

      They may not be malnourished but slim and fit. They need cycle or walk to their work place or daily chores. They may not have any washing machine or cooking range or all those gadgets at home. They do everything by themselves. It is good one way to remain healthy than using all the gadgets for day to day work and spending time jogging or in gym.

    • @keidaniel8494
      @keidaniel8494 3 роки тому +8

      Not obese

    • @stephaniepeterson7233
      @stephaniepeterson7233 3 роки тому +3

      Ooo

    • @stephaniepeterson7233
      @stephaniepeterson7233 3 роки тому +2

      Ooo

  • @aizaz_brand
    @aizaz_brand Рік тому +3

    Very Bold Questions, i like you were journalistic skills.

  • @schoolinJOO
    @schoolinJOO Рік тому +2

    it makes me so frustrated ; there are many non profits who WANT to donate medical equipment, medicine, and Medical Professionals to help train and treat. it really makes me upset.

  • @heatherstub
    @heatherstub 3 роки тому +28

    Thank you for bringing this and so much more educational and informative material. I also love docs, so I knew I'd come to the right place. Great job! *****

  • @byrddog2495
    @byrddog2495 3 роки тому +29

    Frequently in this doc, there is conversation of the north and south reuniting... It will never happen as long as there is a head of the government, in the north that needs, or wants to be worshiped!

    • @phantomviper8297
      @phantomviper8297 3 роки тому +1

      There are frequent talks because MANY people want that.

    • @byrddog2495
      @byrddog2495 3 роки тому +2

      @Mihaela Strugaru It is one of the most powerful, sad states, of our beings, in life. It should be that we all love & care for each other.

    • @sb-tb1oh
      @sb-tb1oh 3 роки тому +2

      Most in the South don't want reunification. They know that they would pay the cost for it, and they have less and less personal/cultural connection with their brethren to the north.

  • @reallyryan_
    @reallyryan_ Рік тому +3

    how old is this doc? its got a real 90's early 00'a vibe to it

  • @kayaime6348
    @kayaime6348 3 роки тому +232

    Should really add the original date of the documentary. They speak of Bush, that's at least 12 years ago and much has happened since...

    • @byrddog2495
      @byrddog2495 3 роки тому +18

      What if it was the 1st Bush? How many years ago then. kim jung un is the crazy selfish one in power now

    • @heinrichmuller7974
      @heinrichmuller7974 3 роки тому +13

      i was thinking the same thing, my guess is its from 2001-02, and yes _a lot_ has happened since LoL

    • @KC-UT4rmAZ
      @KC-UT4rmAZ 3 роки тому +23

      Much has changed for us. Not really for them. Their world is the same every day, every year.

    • @bluum8827
      @bluum8827 3 роки тому

      But trump was only about 4 years ago, maybe they just spoke of what they remember

    • @justsomecommie2638
      @justsomecommie2638 3 роки тому

      @@KC-UT4rmAZ Wrong.

  • @carlahead5072
    @carlahead5072 2 роки тому +67

    Their hospital makes me so sad and seeing that sick people are unable to get the care they so deserve and makes me appreciate things that so many take for granted .

    • @karewchannell6033
      @karewchannell6033 Рік тому +3

      They have no gloves not as "clean" procedure to cure I'm in shock

  • @TheAccountant1000
    @TheAccountant1000 Місяць тому +1

    You can tell the school girl on 31:00 was very scared and careful of her words not to say anything that would put herself or her family in danger of being sent to hard labor camp or execution

  • @Hannah-Clarke-uk
    @Hannah-Clarke-uk 2 роки тому +21

    As heartbreaking as it is, I doubt they know any different, being born into this life and not knowing any other life. It’s a shame king fatty one can’t be taken out, surly we have real life James Bonds out there!

    • @Hannah-Clarke-uk
      @Hannah-Clarke-uk 2 роки тому +2

      After I have watched this. Bloody barbaric and a shame this country is in need of so much medical care. He is not a good ruler. He is selfish and stuck up his own rear end. Let’s hope his maker when he passes on punishes him

  • @beautifulllb9493
    @beautifulllb9493 2 роки тому +11

    It’s so interesting hearing the people mostly speak their minds without feeling the need to worship their leader every few seconds like what we see today. I think it’s gotten worse under the most recent leader. Those poor people

  • @thomhoff1431
    @thomhoff1431 3 роки тому +15

    This is one of the few doc's i've seen about North Korea where there's less orchestrated conversations. Really interesting!

  • @patriciafoster784
    @patriciafoster784 Рік тому +9

    I feel awful for these people God please help them

    • @jennikifm2
      @jennikifm2 Рік тому +1

      I feel so sorry for them, too. They deserve better. They need to be free, from these creeps.

  • @mooonlight778
    @mooonlight778 Рік тому +1

    i think it is both heart breaking and enlightening when she said “we will always be two people” which is true, however, the north korean woman also said “if you come here to meet us, we are friendly people.” i hope korea can become one again.

    • @user-vg7ld4oo1z
      @user-vg7ld4oo1z Рік тому +1

      И люди Северной Кореи наконец могут поселиться в трущёбах Сеула и узнать нищету и алкоголизм.

  • @jaxonwright2243
    @jaxonwright2243 3 роки тому +43

    North Korea has nuclear missiles but cant deliver paper to schools.

    • @thelastminmom5251
      @thelastminmom5251 3 роки тому +1

      They need that 10 ton Truck! Lol.

    • @hardcorehunter9438
      @hardcorehunter9438 3 роки тому +5

      Or feed their people. Children are starving all over NK.

    • @MrRezillo
      @MrRezillo 3 роки тому +3

      They can't ever deliver toilet paper - or sanitary napkins which all the women have to wash and re-use (except the rich, of course).

  • @AnunnakisVEVO
    @AnunnakisVEVO 3 роки тому +147

    Feel bad for the North Korean student who speaks clear English telling the world "if you come to our country and see our culture and get to know us I believe you will have a better understanding" I agree with her. I'm sure everybody would love to go there. What's stopping that is your strict security on foreigners and the constant propaganda of hating capitalism or western countries. The obsession over communism. I know they haven't let her go abroad because they know she will be exposed to the free world outside of hers and maybe will never come back or spill the beans. She deserves to be able to travel.

    • @joelpichette
      @joelpichette 2 роки тому +3

      so how good is life in north korea?

    • @stephenmcdonagh2795
      @stephenmcdonagh2795 2 роки тому +1

      The North Koreans are about as indoctrinated in their system as it's possible for people to be. There's no way you'd get any truth from N' Koreans- they clap to order and cry to order. Every question asked about N' Korea would be answered in the only way possible, what the state tells them is the reality- not the actual reality. They've gone way beyond the cult of personality, they now deify their leaders as living gods, and gods see and hear everything. A state ran by pure fear.

    • @Cross_network
      @Cross_network 2 роки тому +7

      You literally just said if she was exposed to the free world she would leave or spill the beans right after saying everyone would love to go to there...

    • @AnunnakisVEVO
      @AnunnakisVEVO 2 роки тому +7

      @@Cross_network you read my comment incorrectly please try again.

    • @Cross_network
      @Cross_network 2 роки тому +3

      @@AnunnakisVEVO nah I'm pretty sure you said what you said. Maybe you should read it

  • @Jenny-tk7ir
    @Jenny-tk7ir 2 роки тому +2

    the NK young lady said people don't understand us, understanding comes from seeing and experiencing. she got it right. but i think it should in both ways. she also has to come out of her shell to see others perspective and to expand her relationship with other nations or at least the closest one, SK

  • @michellebowers8652
    @michellebowers8652 Рік тому +7

    There is a novel, The Orphan Master’s Son, about NK. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013. It is brutal but very touching. Highly recommend.

  • @othello_red
    @othello_red 3 роки тому +23

    It is so bizarre listening to these kids speak English. It's not even that I assumed it would be bad, it's just that comparing it to the English education in surrounding countries (ie South Korea and Japan) it's really impressive.

    • @juliomandiaga9612
      @juliomandiaga9612 Рік тому +8

      Just remember this: Grammar requires intelligence but accent requires exposure. That's the reason it is hard for an American person to understand people from New Zealand or Ireland even though all. these countries have English as a primary language. Where that kid got that accent is a surprise to me.

    • @zanzah_
      @zanzah_ Рік тому

      Cute American accent there 😅

  • @richardque4952
    @richardque4952 3 роки тому +60

    A lot of older russian tourist visited north korea thought they are traveling back to stalin era.

    • @Shurot777
      @Shurot777 3 роки тому +5

      Old Russians living in the same conditions as a Korean peoples.

    • @Awakeningspirit20
      @Awakeningspirit20 3 роки тому +4

      I would have loved to have seen the USSR... maybe I should go. I just don't want to end up like Otto. I went to Catholic school though, I'm already used to living under totalitarian rule (half-joking).

    • @FrostedSeagull
      @FrostedSeagull 3 роки тому +10

      @@Awakeningspirit20 my friend visited the USSR in 1989.
      He was lucky as Communism collapsed there 18 months later.
      Coming from Australia stralia he had an open mind, but at the same time he was stunned at the vast differences.
      First up, there was practically no choice.
      Every day living, that is, buying your lunch was hard. He lined up for close to 2 hours every day to buy a pork roll.
      He bought three pork rolls as they were so full of grease, fat and gristle thst in effect, he only had one roll.
      He tried eating at an American hotel butvcould only afford dinner there once as iut was incredibly expensive e.g. a steak dinner cost $130 Aussie money OR $US100 !
      WHY - Meat had to be flown in from West Germany who in turn procurred meat from the EEC now known as the European Market.
      Hot water was non existent.
      The milk smelled, cheese stunk and was mainly fat, the coffee was undrinkable as the Russian prople mainly drunk tea.
      After touring the then Esstern Bloc including East Germany, Poland and the USSR for six weeks he was glad to get back to West Berlin in West Germany.
      He got off the bus. Ran into a Burger King and ordered 2 X large double whopper meals. Lol
      He then went to his hotel room. He had a 30 minute long shower as he hadn't felt hot water for six long weeks. !!!
      He then slept for 20 hours straight and woke up 7 pm the next evening. He then, you guessed it, ordered another huge meal with meat.

    • @Sigma3095
      @Sigma3095 3 роки тому +2

      @@FrostedSeagull woah. Then imagine the condition of the people who lived under the regime for decades? Death would have seemed a better option.

    • @hazahae
      @hazahae 3 роки тому

      @@FrostedSeagull I wish i saw this 2 days ago when i was doing an essay about the USSR and GDR 😫🙁

  • @albacan
    @albacan Рік тому +2

    The first time I heard a North Korean talk he told his audience his Government told his people life in America was awful. They were told of the widespread use of drugs and of the homelessness and depravity suffered by many. I saw that TV news report 40 years ago and have never doubted North Korea since.

    • @scottandrews947
      @scottandrews947 11 місяців тому

      This wasn't true in America 40 years ago, but it's becoming more and more true today.
      Obviously, North Korea is much worse, but homeless, drug abuse, and depravity are at very high levels in the US.

  • @gobearkats3385
    @gobearkats3385 Рік тому +2

    there's no way those kids are going on a picnic in Italy, even if they are excited about waking up early.

  • @tloraynevv7353
    @tloraynevv7353 3 роки тому +12

    This is so sad. The North Korean people live in worse denial than the people in Cuba.

  • @janethayes5941
    @janethayes5941 3 роки тому +32

    Omg, I am absolutely fascinated by NK. It just seems so strange and different but yet the people seem so lovely.

    • @peacefulwife5199
      @peacefulwife5199 3 роки тому +2

      Neighbors steal feces out of their neighbors out houses it's worth money...fertilizer,,,,they night make some money to afford some rice. Kim Jong is just like HITLER !

    • @janethayes5941
      @janethayes5941 3 роки тому +3

      @@peacefulwife5199 oh yes, he is! How sad for the people.

    • @ObamAmerican48
      @ObamAmerican48 3 роки тому +3

      Me too.

    • @keithdonnellan5564
      @keithdonnellan5564 3 роки тому +1

      @@peacefulwife5199 USA is Hitler!

    • @ailenr.7407
      @ailenr.7407 2 роки тому

      @@keithdonnellan5564 of biden stays on power it will reach that point for sure!!!

  • @wolf.eye._-
    @wolf.eye._- Рік тому

    Nearly 20 years old or not, This was by far the best documentary on NK that I have ever seen.

  • @michaelpage7691
    @michaelpage7691 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent documentary. Thank you.

  • @carlahead5072
    @carlahead5072 2 роки тому +15

    It’s sad that they’re isolated from the rest of the world and hoping that someday they will be able to enjoy peace. My heart goes out to those people who have to do without 😢😢

  • @blanchjoe1481
    @blanchjoe1481 3 роки тому +71

    The age of this documentary is signified by the statements made about the Kaesŏng Industrial Zone ( or the KIZ ), which from the conversations with the businessmen, appeared to be in the beginning stages.
    This would date the film approximately 2003. In 2012 the DPRK unilaterally demanded "Wage Increases" and "Tax Increases" from the corporations in the KIZ, and then in 2013 the DPRK withdrew all 50,000 workers from the KIZ. In 2016 the South Korean government ( as a result of these demands, and due to changes in administrations and policies ) closed the KIZ. All the corporations involved took substantial losses.
    Intelligence sources in the USA, and mirrored in Japan, and South Korea, determined that more than 70 percent of the US Dollars paid as wages, taxes, and fees for the workers in the KIZ to the DPRK, had been diverted for weapons programs and luxury goods for the Kim regime and the Military Elite. The workers received very little to none of the wages paid.
    It is because of this, and many other reasons, that there is a large Conservative Political Faction in South Korea that does not believe in unification, or desires it.

    • @Heneggsboss
      @Heneggsboss 3 роки тому +11

      Very informative comment, thank you!

    • @zodinthara7925
      @zodinthara7925 3 роки тому +2

      In depth short comment. Thnx

    • @mattmolloy636
      @mattmolloy636 3 роки тому +1

      11:56 I think this occurred in 2004 iirc.

    • @Awakeningspirit20
      @Awakeningspirit20 3 роки тому +2

      You're right. You know a lot more specifics about North Korean sites and affairs, but to me the screamingly-obvious points are that they mention the Axis of Evil, which was presented in the 2002 State of the Union, so post-2002, but also that the Iraq War has already begun, so during 2003 or later. Given the quality of the doc, it can't be after 2006. I think 2003 is a good guess. They even say 2003 is when the US allegedly expected North Korea to 'collapse,' implying that 2003 has already happened or is happening.

  • @verdiernoyama9681
    @verdiernoyama9681 Рік тому +2

    I wonder what has become of these people, especially the students who speak so well. They have so much potential. I hope they were able to go abroad to live there

    • @scottandrews947
      @scottandrews947 11 місяців тому

      The older people are dead, for sure. Even if they somehow didn't get in trouble for speaking out in this film, they either got in trouble some other way and were murdered or they died of preventable disease.

  • @DRaquascapes
    @DRaquascapes Рік тому +2

    The way they must mourn .. "if you dont mourn hard enough,you die"

  • @talitha-cumi-lute
    @talitha-cumi-lute 3 роки тому +20

    "One of the most serious ways the Koreans feel the sanctions is when it comes to medical care" ...no offense, but that must be only for either high ranking officials or how the NK regime would want to state it. The truth is, MOST people are still suffering from starvation.

    • @yourshit3053
      @yourshit3053 3 роки тому +1

      They're still living in the 70s days.. Except their leader..

    • @nedifar-haunts-you
      @nedifar-haunts-you 2 роки тому

      Yes because of the sanctions mostly.

    • @peters7229
      @peters7229 Рік тому

      The starvation and cruelty are intentional by the regime to remain in power. What sane populace would tolerate self-anointed gods as their leaders?!

    • @HkFinn83
      @HkFinn83 Рік тому

      It’s difficult to say any of these things with certainty, but there’s no evidence, either from defectors or foreign sources that the famine of the 90’s is still actually happening

  • @bro5800
    @bro5800 3 роки тому +23

    with all due respect to Koreans from north and south. I see this situation in north which reminds me of all the efforts a dictator has done to the iranian during last 30 years to make iran becomes exactly like N Korea.He has been unsuccessful just because people have been fighting against him and his terror regime .The terrible price is nerely one milion dead and dissapeared men,women and children. has it been worth it?I would like to answer : By God ,Yes it has!

    • @AltairEgo1
      @AltairEgo1 Рік тому

      Who are you talking about? Ahmedinajad hasn't been in charge since 2013.

  • @janvas7690
    @janvas7690 Рік тому +1

    Excellent thank you for broadening my understanding of both cultures North and South Korea!

  • @ericdraven7185
    @ericdraven7185 7 місяців тому +1

    Makes me wonder if some of these people who “escaped” were not sent to other countries to learn new skills or steal information or technology or other secrets to bring back to North Korea… they still have her kid, her family…. I imagine they would send only their most loyal but also warned their family would be killed if they fail their mission and don’t return.

  • @andrewvernon4664
    @andrewvernon4664 3 роки тому +63

    Let's take a moment to appreciate how well these children speak English. 27:55 If they don't have exposure to western media, how did their accents turn out so well? The second boy from the left has an American accent like from the 1950's, which makes sense I suppose considering history. My heart breaks for the people of North Korea. The world needs to find a way to liberate the north and reunite it with South Korea.

    • @FrostedSeagull
      @FrostedSeagull 3 роки тому +12

      A ndrew,
      I vehemently agree.
      Unfortunately, even though the North Korean tyrant is an embarassment to China, the CCP ruling elite. want North Korea as a physical, geograohical buffer against the USA.
      Don't forget that Japan is also economically and now militarily strong.
      South Korea is equally economically strong and militarily stronger, including nuclear missiles and artillery.
      This is too much for the Chinese.
      The North Korean people are used as pawns.
      People say they are Communists but the Kim regimes are closer to Nazi Germany. T hese poor brain washed people are political, socio-economic slaves.
      Even the then Soviet Politburo members and Generals were stunned at the one man worship of those truly evil Kim's.

    • @neuropakho
      @neuropakho 2 роки тому +23

      Because they're just being parrots of old recordings. As you can see, what they do is not transform their thoughts into words aloud, improvising a conversation and creating words on their own. They memorized and rehearsed those words, that are recorded somewhere, and they repeat them. It's actually creepy to see them do so well something so useless. It means they have dedicated hours and hours on end to something useless for them as individuals, but useful for that State to put on the show their ruling class needs. Revolting.

    • @fakeaccount1720
      @fakeaccount1720 2 роки тому +14

      I saw another documentary on North Korea where they mentioned how they learn English pronunciation. Basically, they have recordings of Americans saying random phrases (the one shown in the video was "I like riding my bike. I rode my bike yesterday") and the children repeat the phrase. Then, the teacher will make comments on how they could pronounce it better. Then, the recording will play again and this whole process will repeat for however long the teacher feels necessary..

    • @andrewvernon4664
      @andrewvernon4664 2 роки тому +6

      @@fakeaccount1720 That's so sad. So they aren't even taught what the words/phrases even mean? Their pronunciation is really good, but that's basically useless if you don't understand what it means. My heart absolutely breaks for the North Koreans. I shouldn't watch so much about them because I feel so terribly for them and there isn't really anything I can do personally. It's literally painful to watch. There are numerous studies that show how the same brain areas associated with physical pain are activated during emotional distress, and I can feel it when I see these videos.

    • @fakeaccount1720
      @fakeaccount1720 2 роки тому +2

      @@andrewvernon4664 I have no reason to think they do not know what the phrases mean and I have seen some footage (like the girl shown here) where North Koreans spontaneously come up with English phrases. I just know this is how they practice pronunciation.

  • @RJFPme
    @RJFPme 3 роки тому +21

    Their English is very good. It would be great to open up the county more.

  • @SleggarLawlz
    @SleggarLawlz Рік тому +3

    This is such an old documentary and doesn't reflect the country now. It would have been better to stipulate that.

    • @Jehovahsway
      @Jehovahsway 3 місяці тому

      Is North Korea thriving now ?

  • @ratapookie
    @ratapookie Рік тому +1

    I dont know if anyone else noticed but at 20:19 you can see almost every person in the audience when laughing leaning foward and clapping like they were tought how to or something

  • @matthewteasdale5376
    @matthewteasdale5376 3 роки тому +43

    What's surprising about this documentary is that compared to more present day material normal people can actually be interviewed and talk about their perspectives, not just reiterate party dogma. Wonder if anyone who speaks Korean can confirm that the subtitles are good?

    • @arajoaina
      @arajoaina 3 роки тому +15

      Speak their mind freely! You have been duped by their propaganda machine!

    • @blah23vr234v
      @blah23vr234v 3 роки тому

      checkout "My Brothers and Sisters in the North" documentary on UA-cam, and you can also checkout Felix Abt's "A Capitalist in North Korea" - most of the Western media coverage is exaggerated. It's poor, and there are horrible things that go on there, but in reality, it's still better off than a ton of the poor world. When you start reading/watching those things, you start seeing that actually NK public opinion is also more nuanced. Everyone is not dying to leave or whatever.

    • @sb-tb1oh
      @sb-tb1oh 2 роки тому +3

      They are North Korean refugees speaking from the comfort of South Korea. The one N.Koren girl was very careful with her words and I'm sure her words were carefully vetted.

    • @dubyabalthazar4598
      @dubyabalthazar4598 2 роки тому +1

      I heard north korean n south Korean languages had such different dialects, it's often hard for south koreans to understand north koreans. Idk how accurate this is.

    • @eboyd2478
      @eboyd2478 Рік тому

      That’s a facade

  • @number1enemyoftheuseless985
    @number1enemyoftheuseless985 2 роки тому +4

    Show's like this should be played for elementary school kids across the nation.

    • @areguapiri
      @areguapiri Рік тому

      For high school kids. They will actually understand it.

  • @PKr_0
    @PKr_0 2 роки тому +8

    Sad that the doctor that spoke about the train accident is probably long gone.

    • @paulanderson7796
      @paulanderson7796 2 роки тому +3

      I suspect you are right. The state wouldn't tolerate that.

  • @averyedwards6321
    @averyedwards6321 Рік тому +2

    I loved this doc. 👍

  • @DEEPAKMISHRAA
    @DEEPAKMISHRAA 3 роки тому +40

    I have seen many documentaries on NK , in all one thing is same they all looks malnutrition, i think they eat only 1 time in a day.

    • @ace_bean7011
      @ace_bean7011 3 роки тому +3

      I saw a refugee talk about daily life for middle class in NK and she said they had 2-3 meals. children and adults eat break fast after morning work which depends on the season then going to school/work. Schools don't have cafeterias so they either get something from home or starve. In the afternoon they eat dinner which is earlier in winter because they don't have electricity 24/7 and candles are too expensive. In winter they also have to share their food with pets (she was talking about her rabbits) because they don't sell food for them and they have to pick the plants themselves.

    • @balafama2120
      @balafama2120 3 роки тому +5

      @@ace_bean7011 honestly wish i could send the loads of chocolates,cookies ,ice cream hamburgers and orange juice

    • @YouTubeSpareTime
      @YouTubeSpareTime 3 роки тому +5

      Huh? Over 800,000,000 won't eat today. It happened in India, Russia, South Africa, Belgium, America and many, many, more nations.

    • @MakerInMotion
      @MakerInMotion 3 роки тому +8

      @@UA-camSpareTime Not so much America. The poorest Americans tend to be the most obese. They have plenty to eat, its just junk. A nutritious diet costs more.

    • @GaiusCaesarAugustusGermanicus.
      @GaiusCaesarAugustusGermanicus. 3 роки тому

      @@MakerInMotion I think he's referring to the economic downturn prior to WW2

  • @trevorslinkard31
    @trevorslinkard31 3 роки тому +15

    Old documentary but provides good backdrop to current events

  • @donaldround160
    @donaldround160 Рік тому +1

    Every time you see the military hierarchy with so many medals pinned to their chests that they have trouble standing up straight you have to wonder what did, in such an isolated country to win all those medals?

  • @jasonmolihan61
    @jasonmolihan61 2 роки тому +2

    I don't know how I feel about the woman wanting to tell other parents not to raise their children with a firm hand when she abandoned her own.

    • @saintultra2737
      @saintultra2737 Рік тому +2

      Is woman likely could not feed her family with her doctor salary, as they are paid poorly in North Korea (often due to the inability of the doctors to do anything). She sends money back home to care for them. This is likely how she keeps them alive.

  • @kam0406
    @kam0406 2 роки тому +16

    Look at the interview of the woman who escaped from North Korea on Joe Rogan's show. It is horrific. People starve. People freeze to death because there is no electricity. There are dead bodies lining the streets and floating in the river. Death is all around and just a "normal " part of daily life.
    This documentary doesn't tell of how horrific the circumstances are. The people are suffering.

    • @naturalblockade3412
      @naturalblockade3412 2 роки тому

      Keywords - "woman who escaped from North Korea"

    • @Jenseduca
      @Jenseduca Рік тому +1

      Cmon, you can't be THAT gullible)) People are saying things that the westerners want to hear, nothing more nothing less.

    • @Candies69
      @Candies69 Рік тому

      @@Jenseduca you can't be dumb enough to think North Korea isn't suffering 💀

    • @Jenseduca
      @Jenseduca Рік тому

      @@Candies69
      Some N.Koreans do, some do not just like everywhere else

    • @zanzah_
      @zanzah_ Рік тому

      Ms Park is a proven sammer

  • @jamesprovoost8069
    @jamesprovoost8069 3 роки тому +9

    i agree with kay Aime and sanctions should not be placed upon medical equipment

    • @sb-tb1oh
      @sb-tb1oh 3 роки тому +3

      Sanctions hit everything. If health care or food or whatever are not prioritized by the regime, then that is the fault of the Kim regime, not the fault of the West, not the USA, not South Korea. Maybe Kim-jung il, or kim jung un should have diverted spending from Cognac and other personal luxuries to the health and nutrition needs of the people.

    • @nedifar-haunts-you
      @nedifar-haunts-you 2 роки тому

      @@sb-tb1oh No. The DPRK government consider food as a human right, and during the famine, they asked for food aid, join the IMF, or the international market to have necessary goods for the people, but the West said no because of the sanctions, they only accepted food assistance that was a relief for the people, but not enough to fix the situation. Conditions of life are a priority for DPRK government. It's a fact that sanctions have a bad impact on the situation of the people who live in misery, Healthcare and food, and prevent NGOs to give the aid in time. The UN acknowledged that, so yes, they are responsible, period. They should recognize NK nuclear weapon instead of wishing for a denuclearisation that will never happen.
      So yeah, blame the sanctions and every countries that support it. The story of Kim jung il with cognac is just a rumor, nothing more. In a case or another, it's a fact that sanctions are the main problem in this case.

  • @Lifeinbelize
    @Lifeinbelize 2 роки тому +1

    What an eye opening video. Thank you

  • @1219serena
    @1219serena 2 роки тому +4

    18:09 luckily she became a doctor in South Korea-she studied all again in S.korea- and his son could escape from N.k and lives with her.

  • @FragileBitch
    @FragileBitch 3 роки тому +47

    27:55 ......By god.... The accent!! They sound even more American than the American in nowaday

    • @venus_envy
      @venus_envy 3 роки тому

      They sound like they're learning from English, not American, accents to me.

    • @melissahouse3488
      @melissahouse3488 3 роки тому

      They are so Cute!! They sound convincingly American, like old television programs ☺ This is the second doc I've watched where the poor young there are very skilled with conversating in English. These kids are very young & already understand & speak it. Like my friend Rose from China, who was here studying before the pandemic, extraordinarily intelligent!! They use more vast vocabulary & articulate different wording than the everyday Americans I know. Who are used to mainly using the same pattern words, thinking, terms, etc.... I appreciate the effort so much & have tremendous respect!!!! I would love to see such potential as a people, to choose good over evil & let their capabilities lead them to a peaceful & prosperous nation and one that will most surly contribute vast progress for this world!!!! Their problem is politics, death to politics & the evils of power/ mind wash.

  • @duartesimoes508
    @duartesimoes508 2 роки тому +1

    One thing is certain: the USS Pueblo is amazingly well maintained! Hadn't the ship be seized, she would have been scraped many years ago!

  • @drewyoung3885
    @drewyoung3885 2 роки тому +1

    Its the People that can take that Phat Phuck and string Him high. Its change. Fearless and the fearfull dont mix

  • @byrddog2495
    @byrddog2495 3 роки тому +25

    Speaking of the north... In my heart it angers me that such a beautiful culture has been brain washed, and ruined by one family that thinks they are above all. World wide above.. How awful would it be to ones self and all others around you to have a disproportional ego that huge?!

    • @mattmolloy636
      @mattmolloy636 3 роки тому +3

      The people of the United States are equally brainwashed, it’s just a different format of brainwashing that plagues our country.

    • @MisterBurger2
      @MisterBurger2 3 роки тому +3

      @@mattmolloy636 if you see trump and Biden supporters they arent really different from the north korean people with the support they give to their leader.

    • @hazahae
      @hazahae 3 роки тому +1

      @@mattmolloy636 Nope, people in america are clearly brainwashed you can tell by trumpies, pledge of alliance bs, american flag in practically every room but it doesn’t compare to this honestly. people in nk are so incredibly sheltered they don’t know what’s going on in the rest of the world.

    • @cucumber623
      @cucumber623 3 роки тому +6

      if donald trump was a country this would be it

    • @byrddog2495
      @byrddog2495 3 роки тому +1

      @@cucumber623 I guess everybody has an opinion.

  • @dougn2350
    @dougn2350 2 роки тому +6

    This documentary is at least 20 years old. NK is even more isolated than ever

  • @rdk5854
    @rdk5854 2 роки тому +2

    25 year old documentary but very enlightening.

  • @Indian_Girl_Aarini.
    @Indian_Girl_Aarini. Рік тому +2

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  • @necrophagus9
    @necrophagus9 Рік тому +1

    My grandfather was in the Korean war, he married a Korean lady. I met her once seemed nice enough. He's dead now but I got to listen to a few stories from him.

  • @mesropmadzharyan6727
    @mesropmadzharyan6727 3 роки тому +18

    They are stuck in 1960s

    • @lukalucas8939
      @lukalucas8939 3 роки тому +1

      1960S? I wish it was 1960s.

    • @mesropmadzharyan6727
      @mesropmadzharyan6727 3 роки тому +1

      @@lukalucas8939 u wish it’s in 1960s in America I am guessing not Russia or NKorea

    • @MisterBurger2
      @MisterBurger2 3 роки тому +1

      @@mesropmadzharyan6727 most russians i talked to want the USSR back because of the failed economy and other major city's being left to rot. USSR gave most russian city's enough money to make it look decent and good to live in. Now those city's are being left you alone and no one lives there anymore.

    • @riverlady982
      @riverlady982 3 роки тому +2

      1960s where? Most of them have no electricity and lack sewer and water systems. From what I can tell most of what we are allowed to see is a facade and the rest live in a practically medieval way.

    • @hazahae
      @hazahae 3 роки тому +1

      reminds me of communist europe

  • @dannycrockett9878
    @dannycrockett9878 3 роки тому +15

    31:48 Do you know how privileged you must be as a teenager in the DPRK to have braces? Most kids with crooked legs wouldn't get braces for those, much less their teeth. I would love to know what this kid's dad does for the party

    • @tilly_khanx2219
      @tilly_khanx2219 3 роки тому +2

      Or mother bet they sold there soles for her education and healthcare

    • @00loudog
      @00loudog Рік тому

      Thank you ! Haven’t seen any other comments saying this I was shocked when I saw them on her had to pause it and look harder

    • @lisaweinmann9245
      @lisaweinmann9245 Рік тому

      Isn’t that an orphanage?

  • @pkspalding
    @pkspalding Рік тому

    This is the best doc I have seen regarding the DPRK, and I've seen hundreds of them. Bravo

  • @businessman8090
    @businessman8090 Рік тому +1

    That girl was very smart and she knew what to say. She should be the freaking leader this country would explode... in a good way

  • @Bulletguy07
    @Bulletguy07 3 роки тому +4

    36:46 There certainly were echoes of East/West Germany in this. Once the partying was over and the euphoria calmed down, the hard work began.