How North Korea Makes Money

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  • @maschinen181
    @maschinen181 5 років тому +21628

    "famine killed somewhere around 200,000 or 3 million people"
    Damn son whoever did the counting didn't wanna get it wrong

    • @JustJanitor
      @JustJanitor 5 років тому +1656

      I thought the same thing. its almost like they dont know how many ppl died lol

    • @mqayyum9226
      @mqayyum9226 5 років тому +1039

      He had a government job. He didn't care

    • @elbalalaw1781
      @elbalalaw1781 5 років тому +1331

      Well it's really hard making a precise guess in a country so closed to the outside world

    • @Djuntas
      @Djuntas 5 років тому +531

      Erhm...its of course a joke, but these estimates cant be accurate due to the complete censorship in the country. Information dosent get out of the country that much ;)

    • @zoravar.k7904
      @zoravar.k7904 5 років тому +64

      Good enough for government work!

  • @mumkeymaan4600
    @mumkeymaan4600 4 роки тому +13683

    Top 3 worst Swiss atrocities:
    1. Importing Nazi gold
    2. Escalating diabetes with chocolate
    3. Not selling ski lifts to North Korea

    • @AB-gz9yb
      @AB-gz9yb 4 роки тому +142

      Tom Riddle lol

    • @seannolan9857
      @seannolan9857 4 роки тому +293

      4. Nuking Bedrock.

    • @matrich1983
      @matrich1983 4 роки тому +67

      "Type 2 diabeties"

    • @seannolan9857
      @seannolan9857 4 роки тому +74

      Billy: It's a reference to an old DOS game called DEFCON 1.

    • @scottyovgy2
      @scottyovgy2 4 роки тому +5

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @doggoboi5538
    @doggoboi5538 4 роки тому +3783

    Swiss ski company: doesn't supply chair lifts
    North Korea: thats a serious human rights abuse
    Swiss ski company: dude wtf

    • @zang2349
      @zang2349 4 роки тому +135

      Pawel Jakuszyk Also North Korea: *publicly executes citizens because they insulted kim jung un*

    • @spasplash156
      @spasplash156 4 роки тому +12

      Austria 🇦🇹 not Swiss 🤦‍♂️

    • @doggoboi5538
      @doggoboi5538 4 роки тому +12

      @@spasplash156 Ok

    • @presidentwhale2365
      @presidentwhale2365 4 роки тому +45

      @@spasplash156 bruh

    • @shaggysneakyamulet874
      @shaggysneakyamulet874 4 роки тому +51

      @@spasplash156, I’d recheck if I was you.

  • @shayas6731
    @shayas6731 5 років тому +9895

    Swiss: * doesn't sell Chairlifts*
    North Korea: thats a serious human rights abuse.

    • @niensaddestofthesad8151
      @niensaddestofthesad8151 5 років тому +369

      Also north korea: PRAY TO ME AND GIVE ME ALL YOUR FOOD

    • @zac5572
      @zac5572 5 років тому +44

      Not funny

    • @Kydenius
      @Kydenius 5 років тому +213

      It's like they are getting nagged by every single other country besides China how barbaric they are, and then they must annoy back like a little sister "no u" even though it doesn't make sense at all

    • @michelbruns
      @michelbruns 5 років тому +70

      Zac it is

    • @agletbrimstone9638
      @agletbrimstone9638 5 років тому +91

      @Gary Oak three things: 1 this isn't reddit it's called a like though I'm not surprised as your attitude screams angry redditor, 2 people like to know that other people have similar senses of humor and fine joy in the acknowledgement of their shared interest and three your comment just makes you seem petty and jealous and I can almost guarantee this isn't the first time you've attacked someone else over a simple comment.

  • @neoxenoz3262
    @neoxenoz3262 4 роки тому +4238

    Russia: *Gives supplies*
    China: *Gives more supplies*
    North Korea: I am no longer friends with russia, now china is my friend.

    • @generalkenobi5173
      @generalkenobi5173 4 роки тому +191

      Russia: Suka Blyat!

    • @KeeBui
      @KeeBui 4 роки тому +19

      Nice reference!

    • @trent6112
      @trent6112 4 роки тому +82

      it was because of the collapse of the soviet union tho

    • @DeedoDoop
      @DeedoDoop 4 роки тому +7

      NeoXenoZ wait isn’t this the indian friend incident internet historian quote?

    • @nicknamenick9448
      @nicknamenick9448 4 роки тому +2

      Jonathan de Kock why?

  • @ltreno2753
    @ltreno2753 3 роки тому +4486

    I burst out laughing when he said that north korea considered Switzerland not selling them ski lifts was a serious human rights violation lmao

    • @sub-zero5433
      @sub-zero5433 3 роки тому +82

      yup kim jong un is a dumb shit

    • @i_am_bored7719
      @i_am_bored7719 3 роки тому +158

      I always found kim jung un egoistic, but never childish... until the video mentioned this 🤣😂

    • @luiswonder2101
      @luiswonder2101 3 роки тому +20

      @@sub-zero5433 I totally agree, kim jong un is the worst piece of shit in the planet

    • @إمبراطورية-ع2و
      @إمبراطورية-ع2و 3 роки тому +3

      Same 😂

    • @wdwd8352
      @wdwd8352 3 роки тому +14

      same he is the worst human ever

  • @1999twan
    @1999twan 5 років тому +2592

    How North Korea actually makes money:
    *Getting sponsored by Curiosity Stream*

  • @Zenzy
    @Zenzy 5 років тому +601

    So what I learned from 2:00 to 2:54 is that North Korea is your average over-hyped clickbaity UA-cam channel. They need relevency to survive.

    • @weatheranddarkness
      @weatheranddarkness 5 років тому +16

      It's a little different but entirely that. Think of it this way: is there another country on earth that has been forced to rely on so little trade outside its borders? Even the sanctions against Cuba are less draconian. Also keep in mind that the Korean war is technically not over yet! When you don't have international trade you have to rely entirely on the resources within your borders, that can leave you with deficits in all sorts of things if you want to develop your technology, and it's really bad when it comes to growing an economy, so DPRK has to make do with an economy that grows very very little if at all. Relevance, or, not being squeezed by the United States at all times, is their ticket out of being a backwater that needs to do secret things in order to acquire resources it does not have within its borders.

    • @dnickaroo3574
      @dnickaroo3574 5 років тому +6

      Kim Sung Un has noticed what is happening to Iran. Looks like we will be hearing a lot more about North Korea soon.

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 4 роки тому

      😂😂😂

  • @Derah_OG
    @Derah_OG 3 роки тому +705

    9:35
    This was done in my homeland too. I'm from Venezuela, which is pretty much Latin America's version of North Korea in all but name. For years I was saving up money so I could flee the country, only for the government to render that money useless by slicing off five zeroes off of our currency. Effectively making everyone's savings be worth pennies under the new denomination. It ruined nearly 3 years of hard savings but I learned my lesson and so did the rest of the country. Most transactions are done in dollars these days, and when I resumed saving money, I would exchange it, at outrageously inflated rates, to US Dollars to preserve their value.
    It was worth it, I eventually managed to break free by the tail end of 2019

    • @justanelk2096
      @justanelk2096 3 роки тому +12

      interesting

    • @JonPeerless
      @JonPeerless 3 роки тому +44

      Why do you type in perfect US English? Impressive.

    • @mr.thompson8223
      @mr.thompson8223 3 роки тому +10

      @CableTvTomato Comunist states don't work partly because of the international sanctions and media demonización perpetrated by the US as a result of not paying tributes to them (politically speaking).
      I'm not saying comunism Is the answer, nor I like it. But I realize what happens when you deviate from the influence of the imperium.

    • @Mageroeth
      @Mageroeth 3 роки тому +5

      @CableTvTomato well to be fair thier has never been a communist state to be allowed to exist and survive on its own without capitalist powers trying to destroy it.

    • @Mageroeth
      @Mageroeth 3 роки тому +1

      @CableTvTomato the only communist power to ever attempt that was the ussr, china is not communist.

  • @bcnom
    @bcnom 4 роки тому +2487

    I was surprised Austria would sell ski lifts to NK after the Swiss refused. Turns out your video was misleading: the ski lifts are Austrian made but supplied to NK by China.

    • @AlamoOriginal
      @AlamoOriginal 4 роки тому +128

      Of course they are supplied by China, what so misleading about that?

    • @ZWang-gf7vi
      @ZWang-gf7vi 4 роки тому +25

      Kim's family has close relationship with Europe. Kim II's medical team was from France.

    • @parakeetiscool7647
      @parakeetiscool7647 4 роки тому +61

      You’re high if you think an EU member would sell NK something

    • @socracle2774
      @socracle2774 4 роки тому +84

      @@parakeetiscool7647 EU members sell China their countries so why not sell material to NK

    • @parakeetiscool7647
      @parakeetiscool7647 4 роки тому +16

      Socracle the reason they like China is because China has money. NK has a lack of money.

  • @alshahriardihan1976
    @alshahriardihan1976 4 роки тому +3463

    Watched the entire video, still don't know how North Korea makes money -.-

    • @sHmAaa
      @sHmAaa 4 роки тому +890

      Business with China and Bombing threats if aid isn't sent to their country.

    • @andresmc210
      @andresmc210 4 роки тому +473

      They also sell slave labour to Russia and other countries.

    • @seraby7151
      @seraby7151 4 роки тому +64

      China

    • @sharadowasdr
      @sharadowasdr 4 роки тому +363

      They make money by selling coal and other natural resources. They also have very limited foreign investments where they run sweatshops near the Chinese border. You'd know this if this were an objective video that doesn't view North Korea with anti-commie blinkers on, but then again most videos like these on NK aren't truthful. The place still sucks though xD

    • @stefanodanovaro8140
      @stefanodanovaro8140 4 роки тому +7

      hahahaha bro comeonnn 😂

  • @barjosefthomas
    @barjosefthomas 4 роки тому +154

    I know I'm late but it's important to mention, that the Swiss government prohibited the delivery last minute, not the company itself (as said at 0:37). They even had the contract with North Korea signed already... :-)

  • @MGFBrasil
    @MGFBrasil 5 років тому +2214

    "How North Korea works"
    Spoiler alert: It doesn't, so Black Market

    • @moodist1er
      @moodist1er 5 років тому +39

      How doesn't it work? What's a black market? Where you shop when the US issued sanctions meant to destroy your economy and cause civil unrest won't let you use amazon? You're an idiot

    • @artemesaulkov2010
      @artemesaulkov2010 5 років тому +11

      O Mundo de Gelo e Fogo you’re obviously braindead

    • @MGFBrasil
      @MGFBrasil 5 років тому +118

      Looks like I've triggered some of Kim Jong Un's baby bitches right here
      So sad

    • @ellejendario97
      @ellejendario97 5 років тому +76

      Well, black market is true free market

    • @MGFBrasil
      @MGFBrasil 5 років тому +49

      @@ellejendario97 Pretty much

  • @Subscriberswithoutvideos-mp4bk
    @Subscriberswithoutvideos-mp4bk 5 років тому +7213

    If you ever feel useless
    Remember
    North Korea has a prime minister

    • @firstnamelastname2218
      @firstnamelastname2218 5 років тому +492

      Did not know that until now, thanks for the info.

    • @angsern8455
      @angsern8455 5 років тому +468

      Mr Cool Guy he gets money while doing little to nothing.

    • @CoffeeSuccubus
      @CoffeeSuccubus 5 років тому +48

      Fuck Prime Ministers.

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 5 років тому +149

      @@angsern8455 HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT TO OUR POLITICIANS????

    • @angsern8455
      @angsern8455 5 років тому +76

      @@odoggow8157 ours should do something, theirs have no obligation to do anything. Also, I'm not American.

  • @worldmapping4895
    @worldmapping4895 4 роки тому +737

    "his education was poor" *gives 3 stars* uhh ok
    "his korean was mediocre" *gives 2 stars* bruh

    • @lexo6987
      @lexo6987 3 роки тому +21

      I mean he doesn't really interact with his citizens

    • @nabilahmadsiddiqui345
      @nabilahmadsiddiqui345 3 роки тому +80

      @@lexo6987 I think the point he is making is how can "poor" be given 3 stars while "mediocre" is given 2. Technically, "mediocre" is better than "poor".

    • @FrancescoBedini
      @FrancescoBedini 3 роки тому

      @@nabilahmadsiddiqui345 no its the other way around

    • @sub-zero5433
      @sub-zero5433 3 роки тому +4

      joe kung >>>>> owen biden

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 3 роки тому +1

      Saying bruh is normie

  • @h.t.awesome3822
    @h.t.awesome3822 5 років тому +468

    Switzerland: *Not selling ski lifts*
    Kim: It’s treason, then

  • @goob569
    @goob569 4 роки тому +385

    They called the Swiss not giving those chair lifts to them a “serious human rights abuse”
    They should take a look at their own country

    • @erickveraurra3497
      @erickveraurra3497 4 роки тому +9

      That applies to every country

    • @dkwhattouseasusername1012
      @dkwhattouseasusername1012 3 роки тому +9

      @@erickveraurra3497 mhm but not as worse

    • @ShHor
      @ShHor 3 роки тому +6

      No I think the swiss got too far

    • @borgir6368
      @borgir6368 3 роки тому +4

      @@erickveraurra3497 commies will.go as far as they could to defend their ideology lol

    • @cthulhu7156
      @cthulhu7156 3 роки тому +1

      @@borgir6368 and capitalists will act like every implementation of their system works and that there totally aren’t capitalist countries living in atrocious states. i mean for crying out loud, Cuba, a communist country, was doing fine with fidel castro until the US decided to economically cripple them with embargo’s and even assassination attempts on castro

  • @asd49789
    @asd49789 3 роки тому +157

    11:25 I understand the metaphor, however as an engineer I would like to add that: most industrial machines have a few specific parts that do wear significantly over time, but the rest is designed to last virtually forever - and older machines were made even longer lasting. However, they are becoming relatively less efficient compared to newer machines

    • @asd49789
      @asd49789 2 роки тому

      ​@@user-Prometheus I have a BSc degree in Industrial design engineering, and have worked in automotive related industry as intern

    • @callumcartini
      @callumcartini 2 роки тому +1

      they used the word 'like' which makes its not a metaphor but a simile. im veryyyyyyy fun at parties

  • @WillJackDo
    @WillJackDo 5 років тому +566

    Me: Finally "NOT" a china video..
    5 minutes later: oh wait...

    • @felipejnnt
      @felipejnnt 5 років тому +17

      jack will China videos are great though

    • @WillJackDo
      @WillJackDo 5 років тому +3

      @@felipejnnt yeah sure all the videos are great but diversifying is better...

    • @robezy0
      @robezy0 5 років тому +7

      He literally mentioned China in his 4th sentence

    • @titanlim8303
      @titanlim8303 5 років тому +10

      Wendover Productions has planes
      RealLifeLore has Toyota Corollas
      Polymatter has China

    • @刘涛-x7g2i
      @刘涛-x7g2i 5 років тому

      @Caner Birgül 🌝

  • @djartyom924
    @djartyom924 5 років тому +176

    “And it just works”
    - Todd Howard

  • @suntzuch.5199
    @suntzuch.5199 4 роки тому +1760

    Ironically, nearly everybody in there has to practice Capitalism just to live

    • @TheMrKeksLp
      @TheMrKeksLp 3 роки тому +329

      Almost like capitalism actually works

    • @nanoman8
      @nanoman8 3 роки тому +49

      Accept you are applying it to a fake communist nation

    • @YusuffYT
      @YusuffYT 3 роки тому +180

      @@nanoman8 and the real communist countries live in extreme poverty (Venezuela) or have been disolved, like the Soviets.

    • @nanoman8
      @nanoman8 3 роки тому +11

      @@YusuffYT those are fake too...you want a real one look at norway

    • @garygordon9243
      @garygordon9243 3 роки тому +232

      @@nanoman8 The Scandinavian countries do implement free market solutions. So not even entirely socialist. Do your research chief.

  • @davinator_peepo2102
    @davinator_peepo2102 5 років тому +226

    “How North Korea makes money”
    *Well yes, but actually no*

  • @helpmereach690subscribers3
    @helpmereach690subscribers3 4 роки тому +82

    Kim: our country makes money? When did this happen?
    *turns to his generals*
    “How could we have missed this?”

    • @mehrad4907
      @mehrad4907 3 роки тому +1

      when communists discover capitalism

  • @Zlonk7
    @Zlonk7 4 роки тому +199

    Swiss: * don't want to sell their ski lifts *
    DPRK: *that's a violation of human rights*

    • @GrustaniaNicko
      @GrustaniaNicko 3 роки тому +1

      DPRK: * doesn’t let people to leave their country *
      UN: *that’s a violation of human rights*

  • @Je.rone_
    @Je.rone_ 5 років тому +738

    * whenever you're having a bad day just remember that you weren't born in North Korea oh, and if you were you're not there now* 💪🎭

    • @luxembourgishempire2826
      @luxembourgishempire2826 5 років тому +33

      Kim Jong Un: Am I a joke to you?

    • @alexandrub8786
      @alexandrub8786 5 років тому +5

      What of they are still there but use a vpn?

    • @nicholase4850
      @nicholase4850 5 років тому +5

      @K9hobo productions wouldn't that be a good thing for their citizens?

    • @fyyyrestar4506
      @fyyyrestar4506 5 років тому +23

      K9hobo productions I don’t think they even have normal healthcare. Conditions there look deplorable. Thousands of deaths due to disease and uncleanliness that could be solved with simple antibiotics and treatment

    • @ViniSocramSaint
      @ViniSocramSaint 5 років тому +6

      ...then I remember why the day was bad, that I am richer than average Ncoreans but struggle with bills because wasn't born actually rich, my job is meaningless and I get one while already thinking how to get another when I lose it due to crisis, I am constantly remembered of my existance's fragility where if anything happen I can become one of these buns asking for pennies, or a dead corpse that needed someone to pay so I could rot inside a buried box, then I remember if I try to cope with it I could get addicted on something else, etc...
      then I get depressed again, think of Ncoreans again and the cycle continues

  • @rainbowpuke232
    @rainbowpuke232 5 років тому +205

    How North Korea makes money?
    Raid shadow legends

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  • @hereLiesThisTroper
    @hereLiesThisTroper 5 років тому +605

    Q: why is Kim Jong Un so cruel?
    A: because he doesn't have a Seoul.

  • @Tesswrench111
    @Tesswrench111 4 роки тому +20

    8:55 for a bit more detail - the way it functions is that the husband works a government job which gives the family housing and access to schools etc, women work for money which is used to support the family within this infrastructure.

  • @67marlins81
    @67marlins81 3 роки тому +97

    As an American I found this interesting, thanks for posting.
    One thing that fascinates me is that the average North Korean citizen would probably have a somewhat similar understanding of personal economics and money as most Americans.

    • @deewd5673
      @deewd5673 2 роки тому +1

      Its the faul of us and Soviet Union at the sametime it created a ballance in the world thats the reasob why i support russia as a german

  • @tuimeep4871
    @tuimeep4871 5 років тому +75

    A new Polymatter AND HAI video in one day, what a beautiful day to be alive.

  • @anunayasingh3621
    @anunayasingh3621 5 років тому +325

    I thought North Korea earned money through Skillshare

  • @DeViceCrimsin_
    @DeViceCrimsin_ 3 роки тому +35

    Lol, this actually put a new perspective on things. It sounds like the “problem” will resolve itself if we wait long enough. 8:00 - 9:40

    • @obama7792
      @obama7792 3 роки тому

      just leaving a reply because i like your pfp.. toshino kyokoooo

  • @aidan8698
    @aidan8698 5 років тому +22

    I love these videos so much. they dive deep into topics that aren't really covered by the media and it covers an interesting part of the world that is very closely censored

  • @michaelriccio6012
    @michaelriccio6012 5 років тому +23

    Great move including creators by name and putting film channels in the commerical. You're honestly the first person to convince me that I would like curiosity stream

  • @mikelauritt4587
    @mikelauritt4587 2 роки тому +2

    This is, hands down, the best video on this subject i have ever seen. Going to be sharing this whenever it comes up in conversation.

  • @rowde8203
    @rowde8203 5 років тому +233

    "Empty buildings"
    I saw that, that subtle wink to 'Half As Interesting'

    • @1schwererziehbar1
      @1schwererziehbar1 5 років тому +16

      Many channels have reported on the empty hotel - not just that one show you watch.

    • @adee7h
      @adee7h 5 років тому +4

      @@1schwererziehbar1 yup lmao

    • @rowde8203
      @rowde8203 5 років тому +6

      @@1schwererziehbar1 Yeah, but most of those video's have been around for at least a year. I bet most people had forgotten about it if they had even heard about it. If HAI hadn't made a video about it recently I bet it wouldn't have been in this video either. There are many "fun" facts about NK he could've mentioned instead.

    • @nonamenolastname8600
      @nonamenolastname8600 5 років тому +1

      Empty buildings will be given later to as free capital after marriage or with little cost, don't worry their empty buildings

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 5 років тому

      THINK ABOUT THE LOGIC
      A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS HOMELESS PPL BUT TOO FEW BUILDINGS(UK,USA,ETC)
      A GOVERNMENT TOO MANY BUILDINGS MORE THAN REQUIRED
      WHICH ONE IS BETTER PREPARED AND DOING A BETTER JOB??????
      MERICAN PROPAGANDA WILL TAKE ANYTHING AND SPIN IT INTO A WEAPON OR SOME FOR OF ATTACK!
      NORTH KOREANS ARE FUKED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF AMERICAS GREED AND CORRUPT MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

  • @Horesmi
    @Horesmi 5 років тому +423

    North Koreans be like:
    Stonksnt

    • @full-timepog6844
      @full-timepog6844 5 років тому +7

      *STONKAINT*

    • @TheFibrewire
      @TheFibrewire 5 років тому +1

      LMAO

    • @Anonymous-bh9om
      @Anonymous-bh9om 5 років тому +2

      Zoomers get the rope first

    • @Horesmi
      @Horesmi 5 років тому

      @@Anonymous-bh9om are you a tankie? I'll assume you are cuz you got triggered at the joke about North Korea. How does it feel to see every single "successful" "long-standing" revolution return to capitalism by the vanguard itself?

    • @seaotter4439
      @seaotter4439 4 роки тому +1

      *Stinks

  • @M4NDOL4NDO
    @M4NDOL4NDO 3 роки тому +11

    A couple of years ago I actually was in Masik Resort… it was the last week of December, the resort has somewhat like 200+ rooms. There was just my 6 members group… and a German family! But the food was great and staff very kind, TripAdvisor don’t lie!

  • @AntonWongVideo
    @AntonWongVideo 5 років тому +62

    Sometimes, I watch JUST for the sponsor transitions

  • @uss_04
    @uss_04 5 років тому +269

    “The resort has 4 and a half stars”
    Not anymore

    • @dokuro_69
      @dokuro_69 5 років тому +13

      don't lie to me pl.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g3685359-d7171236-Reviews-Masik_Pass_Ski_Resort-Kangwon_Province.html#REVIEWS

    • @Nova-ge4lp
      @Nova-ge4lp 5 років тому +1

      Why is in polish (according to the translate feature on google with tabs)

    • @projektb4rd0n53
      @projektb4rd0n53 4 роки тому +2

      @@Nova-ge4lp "pl.tripadvisor"

    • @kbhasi
      @kbhasi 4 роки тому

      @@Nova-ge4lp remove "pl." from the address

    • @Nova-ge4lp
      @Nova-ge4lp 4 роки тому

      @@kbhasi I did not post that link

  • @aesampah
    @aesampah 3 роки тому +70

    I don’t understand how can someone accuse “a serious human right abuse” just because they don’t want to sell you stuff?

    • @BigDogRenzel
      @BigDogRenzel 3 роки тому +7

      Ask the bakery who didn’t want to sell the cake

    • @AChannelFrom2006
      @AChannelFrom2006 3 роки тому +2

      Usually when someone holds prior prejudice against a group of people and therefore will not engage with them in commercial activity (work, trading, etc) with them solely on that reason it can be seen as a human rights abuse.

    • @Ben4A
      @Ben4A 3 роки тому +1

      Water , food , medicine, CHAIRLIFTS etc...

    • @1990-w1l
      @1990-w1l 3 роки тому

      @@Ben4A if you dont have money, you cannot by anythink

  • @b3nsu
    @b3nsu 5 років тому +71

    In short: they are sponsored by RAID SHADOW LEGENDS

  • @dinosore4782
    @dinosore4782 5 років тому +57

    “Near perfect puppet”
    Five seconds later .
    “So they immediately started playing China and Russia off eachother”

  • @ninjaswordtothehead
    @ninjaswordtothehead 3 роки тому +14

    Giving in every time someone throws a fit and makes demands will totally solve things and definitely not set a precedent of lowering standards and slowly turning into the very thing we were fighting.

  • @BeastinlosersHD
    @BeastinlosersHD 4 роки тому +54

    I've always admired how they are able to maintain such a status quo.

    • @chenyeanmingtakumi9033
      @chenyeanmingtakumi9033 3 роки тому

      yea, but North Korea is actually trying to brea the status quo, yet everyone doesn't know this

  • @OmarExplains
    @OmarExplains 5 років тому +49

    Good job Evan. Let me know if you ever plan to visit the middle east.

    • @Nietabs
      @Nietabs 3 роки тому

      First time seeing a verified comment not getting that much like, but still. I wanna see that middle east topic

  • @OrigamiMaster06
    @OrigamiMaster06 3 роки тому +51

    Switzerland: *Not* *selling* *to* *a* *cult* *pretending* *to* *be* *a* *country*
    NK: Now this is avengers level threat

  • @CrixusHeart
    @CrixusHeart 5 років тому +51

    About Kim Il sung - what does "education was poor, Korean mediocre" mean? I'm sure the man spoke fluent Korean so what does that mean exactly?

    • @wannabehistorian371
      @wannabehistorian371 4 роки тому +42

      Actually, I think he spent most of his life away from Korea. As such, his Korean was poor.

    • @CrixusHeart
      @CrixusHeart 4 роки тому +4

      @@wannabehistorian371 Ahhh. Thanks

    • @TheSameYellowToy
      @TheSameYellowToy 4 роки тому +14

      Maybe it could also simply mean that his grammar, spelling, reading comprehension, etc. sucked? Lots of native speakers of a language have poor grammar, spelling, or reading.

    • @user-pf7rx9cd8g
      @user-pf7rx9cd8g 4 роки тому +5

      The man almost didnt speak any korean

    • @doraaaa0613
      @doraaaa0613 4 роки тому +1

      did he seriously barely speak korean o.o

  • @ravinchowdhury5215
    @ravinchowdhury5215 4 роки тому +21

    0:28 why does the right flank of the hotel look like it's falling

  • @doge7831
    @doge7831 3 роки тому +6

    that transition to the sponsor was extremely smooth

  • @CodingWithAsad
    @CodingWithAsad 5 років тому +19

    PolyMatter:makes a video about north korea
    Kento Bento : its look like i need to make a video about china then.

  • @theempireofkinshasa5431
    @theempireofkinshasa5431 4 роки тому +16

    0:40 yeah and they’re “totally” the only one who’s abusing human rights here

  • @mrsalwaysright6478
    @mrsalwaysright6478 3 роки тому +8

    The fact that we get free documentaries on UA-cam by PolyMatter is truly a gift 👍

  • @michaelanthony4750
    @michaelanthony4750 5 років тому +9

    Thank you for making these videos. The mainstream media makes it so hard to tell what's actually going on outside.

  • @darth_cole9581
    @darth_cole9581 5 років тому +482

    How North Korea Earns money:
    They dont

    • @TheWempor
      @TheWempor 5 років тому +11

      Korea is in the title... How did you misspell it?

    • @shotelco
      @shotelco 5 років тому +33

      @@TheWempor He is speaking about North Bali *Koria* village in Nalbari Tehsil, Assam India. They too don't earn money, but wish PolyMatter would do a video on them as well.

    • @ronniebon7163
      @ronniebon7163 5 років тому +3

      Same way Kim-Jong-Un's mother does.

    • @fionafiona1146
      @fionafiona1146 5 років тому

      The Kim family gets rich tho.

  • @ws5273
    @ws5273 3 роки тому +113

    When you’re so communist that you realize capitalism is the best option

    • @ws5273
      @ws5273 3 роки тому +6

      @Noah Castro mfw Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Ceascescu etc. we’re all communist authoritarian dictators

    • @MarcusBlueWolf
      @MarcusBlueWolf 3 роки тому +1

      @Robert Lee Spain was never communist

    • @Aecrim1
      @Aecrim1 3 роки тому +2

      @Robert Lee yugoslavian regime was much better than all countries listed tbh lol

    • @FatGouf
      @FatGouf 3 роки тому +3

      Capitalism can integrate a bit socialism if it wants to, but Socialism can never survive w/o Capitalism.

    • @ifyouseekay1000
      @ifyouseekay1000 3 роки тому +2

      @@Aecrim1 Yugoslavia secret police were more brutal than the kgb lol

  • @ionknow9191
    @ionknow9191 5 років тому +54

    I honestly really really hope that one day, a revolution happens in North Korea. The citizen's will, at some point, have a revolution. The sooner, the better, but of course in a realistic view point, it won't be happening anytime soon. I of course could be wrong, there is always that chance. I just hope someday the citizen's form a small group that begins the start of a revolution. It only takes one human soul, to start something that can make history, and grab the world's eyes and hearts, that one soul, grabbing the attention and gaining the trust of others to finally want change. Will spark something the entire world will be watching in hope of good news. The world would hear and see possible killings of the innocent. It takes guts, blood, and tears to make change, a change for the history books to be remembered by the human race.

    • @1whannibalr428
      @1whannibalr428 4 роки тому +10

      It won't happen. the neighbors will prevent it

    • @matthewmcclain1316
      @matthewmcclain1316 4 роки тому +5

      @@odoggow8157 you alright? The dude was just trying to say something positive but realistic. I could pretty it up for you:
      Someone will overthrow the merciless dictatorship with kind words and they'll all live happily ever after. That better?

    • @brandinho125
      @brandinho125 4 роки тому +1

      Odog Gow ok

    • @xexpaguette
      @xexpaguette 4 роки тому +1

      @@odoggow8157
      Negatives: Violence and Bloodshed for about a few months or years.
      Positives: Freedom and Peace for the many generations to come, for decades.
      You choose if it's worth it, but the majority thinks it is. Also, if there's no revolution, The people will continue to suffer.
      Like I said, your choice.

    • @bethanyeq
      @bethanyeq 4 роки тому +1

      Odog Gow u good ?

  • @rockstar450
    @rockstar450 4 роки тому +8

    Damn this is a good video. Very respectable journalism 💖

  • @MrZZooh
    @MrZZooh 2 роки тому +7

    Kudos to the creator of this video for acknowledging North Korea's self sufficiency. That takes balls.

  • @jayjones9225
    @jayjones9225 4 роки тому +6

    This was a great analysis! Well done and thanks

  • @PopcornColonelx
    @PopcornColonelx 5 років тому +7

    Thank you for making this video. It was one of your best yet imo, and corrected a lot of my misconceptions.

    • @goguryo11
      @goguryo11 Рік тому

      Nice video!!
      Thank you very much.
      And welcome to my @goguryo11
      There a lot of korean scenary and temple. etc.

  • @Piperdogloveshats
    @Piperdogloveshats 2 роки тому +11

    I JUST stumbled on this channel and I'm so excited to go deep down this rabbit hole. This is only my 2nd video.
    Your videos are so well done!
    Thank you for such great content!!

  • @grimgrieves
    @grimgrieves 4 роки тому +11

    This could’ve been a way shorter vid. North Korea are sponsored by Raid: Shadow Legends

  • @jacktran3516
    @jacktran3516 5 років тому +68

    When you’re so early the only comment is “when you’re so early there’s no good comments”

  • @typicalchineseguy5818
    @typicalchineseguy5818 4 роки тому +4

    As a country that could have disappeared from the world map in anytime, I must say that their ways of making money to keep the nation and its regime alive is impressive.

  • @thatchamtmd5033
    @thatchamtmd5033 5 років тому +17

    That was one of the best of your videos i've seen. You must have had been on many wild goose chases through the reseach for it. Well done!

    • @hackerbrinelam5381
      @hackerbrinelam5381 5 років тому

      Agreed

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 5 років тому

      RESEARCH???????????????????
      THIS IS UA-cam OR DID I TURN LEFT WHEN I WAS SUPPOSE TO TURN LEFT????

  • @gabtroublemaker
    @gabtroublemaker 5 років тому +5

    As a Venezuelan, this hits too close to heart. Too many parallels!

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 5 років тому

      THE WESTS GREED SINCE WE GOT NUKES HAS DONE IT TO THE WHOLE WORLD! ITS SICK HOW PPL THEN PUT THE BLAME ON THOSE LEFT TO SORT THEIR COUNTRIES AFTER WE RAPE OR PILLAGE THEM

    • @gilbertozambrano6182
      @gilbertozambrano6182 3 роки тому

      This is exactly the current situation in our country, only that Venezuela doesn't have nukes, we have the UN and other internacional institutions filled with a lot of dumb pseudo-socialist corrupt politicians

    • @uselessthing3429
      @uselessthing3429 3 роки тому

      @@gilbertozambrano6182 There is no socialism and there is no capitalism
      *its just corruption*

    • @solmoman
      @solmoman 2 роки тому

      What, did the swiss refuse to sell you ski lifts as well?

  • @pinkgiraffe378
    @pinkgiraffe378 3 роки тому +8

    It's so heartbreaking that people are trapped living in North Koreo under poverty and no freedom at all. 💔

  • @QFGEE
    @QFGEE 4 роки тому +12

    That ad at the end was one of the most seamless I've ever seen.

  • @ronbo8956
    @ronbo8956 4 роки тому +4

    You are a great writer. Great presentation!

  • @awesomecosmopolite1521
    @awesomecosmopolite1521 3 роки тому +6

    I think I once heard something like, "Trade was the thing that contributed to the outcompetition of the Homo Sapiens against other human species. " "It contributed greatly to human development." China also once did the ridiculous thing of forbidding trade and I read in a novel about the inconvenience and agony such insanity caused.

  • @early7strikeland996
    @early7strikeland996 5 років тому +129

    China and North Korea: *exsist*
    This Channel: *it's free real estate*

  • @georgewilson7432
    @georgewilson7432 5 років тому +180

    "Their genius is self-sufficiency".
    "Three million dead in the famine".
    Okay.

    • @tropinnka
      @tropinnka 5 років тому

      George Wilson well, people need time to learn and adapt

    • @Vict0r1984
      @Vict0r1984 5 років тому +7

      That was in the 90s, and it's one of the major events that forced them to become very self-sufficient. Nowadays the only claims of starvation in North Korea you'll see are in clickbaity titles and propaganda pieces - even according to the CIA World fact book they are actually fairing much better than other countries with similar GDP per capita levels...
      Edit: Of course there is scarcity of certain goods in North Korea, part of it due to the regime's not-giving-a-fuck-about-the-people "military first" policy and part from international sanctions, but scarcity of specific goods is a much more mild issue than, you know, mass starvation...

    • @georgewilson7432
      @georgewilson7432 5 років тому +2

      It's always the CIA. Those pesky little spooks. I hope you are not defending the Kims for free, little buddy.

    • @Vict0r1984
      @Vict0r1984 5 років тому +8

      @@georgewilson7432 those are facts even the CIA, the biggest enemies of the Kim regime, accept. If you do not, you are the one denying reality here my friend. Nobody is "defending the Kims", but there is a lot of stupid propaganda about North Korea out there on the Internet and few facts. As I said, if you think they are experiencing mass starvation nowadays you have just bought into that propaganda...

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 5 років тому

      GEORGE YOUR AN ABSOLUTE IDIOT YOUR GREED IS A DIRECT CAUSE OF THEIR SUFFERING AND ANYONE IN THE WEST THAT IS TOO BLIND OR STUPID TO UNDERSTAND THAT FACT NEEDS TO GO GET A FUKING BRAIN AND A BETTER SENSE OF MORALS

  • @Aygo84
    @Aygo84 3 роки тому +5

    1:30 - 2:15... Isn't that the exact same attitude the USA has whenever someone else denies them access to oil, I mean, whenever they feel needing to "implement democracy" somewhere else?

  • @reyhanhussain5922
    @reyhanhussain5922 5 років тому +31

    North Korea is like Kim Jong Un's Disney World

    • @henk-3098
      @henk-3098 5 років тому +3

      yeah, and just like in Disney World, normal people can't afford the merchandise and food.

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 5 років тому

      ONLY IN UR WEE AMOEBA SIZE BRAIN, ARE U SERIOUSLY THAT STUPID???? COULD YOU DO A BETTER JOB???? I VERY MUCH DOUBT IT

  • @wakawaka1976
    @wakawaka1976 5 років тому +4

    One of the only non Chinese speakers who pronounces yuan correctly. Yuan= yu-en. I appreciate that.

  • @coconutboy8198
    @coconutboy8198 3 роки тому +8

    Swiss: sorry I can't sell the skilifts
    Kim Jong Un: nuke them, NOW!

  • @elpi2804
    @elpi2804 5 років тому +163

    "How North Korea make Money?"
    Me: They make money?

    • @LiezAllLiez
      @LiezAllLiez 5 років тому +6

      Im still in shock that NK has electricity.

    • @Kenshi876
      @Kenshi876 5 років тому +10

      @Golden Eagle Many people don't know the south used to be in much worse condition. But the USSR fell while the USA rose farther than ever completely reversing things.

    • @dnickaroo3574
      @dnickaroo3574 5 років тому

      The suicide rate in South Korea is amongst the highest in the world. In North Korea they smoke Cannabis & chill out.

    • @KasparOnTube
      @KasparOnTube 4 роки тому

      @@dnickaroo3574 no wonder everybody calls NK the best Korea!

  • @Kayvon12321
    @Kayvon12321 5 років тому +4

    Swiss: *no chairlifts for you*
    North Korea: *It’s treason, then.*

  • @giomari4246
    @giomari4246 4 роки тому +2

    Thanks for this video, I learned a lot.

  • @emilyb7867
    @emilyb7867 5 років тому +5

    Hi Polymatter,
    A nice and informing video as always! You are really talented!
    Will you make a video about transitioning countries, it would be nice to learn about the process of changing from a closed system to a whole new open one.

  • @evanmiles2652
    @evanmiles2652 4 роки тому +14

    1:38 the Dennis Rodman signed basketball is a great addition

  • @Reluk5
    @Reluk5 4 роки тому +5

    They seem to be back at step 1: raise tensions (1:44) and we'll see how it plays out this time.

  • @gordok167
    @gordok167 4 роки тому +20

    Well how would you feel if you had to walk all the way up a mountain each time you wanted to go skiing?

  • @arcticflower7223
    @arcticflower7223 4 роки тому +11

    Switzerland makes everything difficult.

  • @chloelynch8174
    @chloelynch8174 3 роки тому

    Like your channel, objective and informative

  • @leonleon2021
    @leonleon2021 5 років тому +14

    Where did China learn to manage NK?
    From skillshare!

  • @asneecrabbier3900
    @asneecrabbier3900 5 років тому +11

    you know i bought curiositystream from reallifelore a week before the collab with nebula started lucky me

  • @jonkallas7326
    @jonkallas7326 3 роки тому +2

    11.49s - one of the best segways I've ever seen. Kudos on the video but that transition into the CTA at the end was genius. Haha. Peace.

  • @chrissytheconqueror7049
    @chrissytheconqueror7049 5 років тому +5

    I've just started watching. My anticipated answer, seeing as this is a PolyMatter video: China.

  • @mintydewdrops
    @mintydewdrops 5 років тому +32

    "how nk makes money"
    nk gov't: ...it just does lol

  • @ridwanwase7444
    @ridwanwase7444 2 роки тому +1

    nicw video btw i would suggest you to explain in more simplifying informal english as other geopolytical youtubers explanation is more easier to grasp

  • @joshs.6426
    @joshs.6426 5 років тому +6

    1:16 WOW, such real typing.

  • @JaldaboathIrghen
    @JaldaboathIrghen 5 років тому +7

    Wait, aren't your vids released on Nebula first?

  • @yeppeunsalam
    @yeppeunsalam 3 роки тому +1

    that ad was smooth af

  • @MumbaiAkki
    @MumbaiAkki 5 років тому +4

    History about South Korea and North Korea should have been also described in brief as it is very relevant.

    • @topcareerpodcast2034
      @topcareerpodcast2034 5 років тому

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  • @keithyoungs9435
    @keithyoungs9435 4 роки тому +14

    The Korean war technically never ended

  • @zamasuawaken1908
    @zamasuawaken1908 4 роки тому +1

    So from what i understood North Korea is the beggar with the glock

  • @민주한-g2i
    @민주한-g2i 5 років тому +8

    Todd Howard: "It just works"