🚀 The Strange Land of North Korea (DPRK) 👮
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
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This is a film about a traveller in the strange land called North Korea or officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Tours to the DPRK are tightly scheduled and normally include a visit to the demilitarised zone, museums and statues to Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il, Pyongyang’s amusements parks, chandelier-laden metro system and showcase entertainment facilities such as the Circus and the SchoolChildren's Palace. In addition to these, I took a flightseeing flight on a Mi-17 helicopter over the DPRK's capital city of Pyongyang. As well, as my tour was an extended one, it also went the northeast of the DPRK to the tri-country area around the Rason Special Economic Zone where the DPRK, China and Russia conjoin.
The cult of the Kims is perhaps the most extraordinary feature of the DPRK. Images or statues of Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il are found everywhere. These graven images are effectively worshipped. This film shows scenes of the veneration of the Kims (Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il) that were witnessed.
The government guides control both what you can see and also what you can take photographs of. If you take a photograph of the military, construction or something that they feel does not portray the DPRK in a positive light then they force you to delete the photograph. On exiting the country, the border guards also reviewed photographs to see if they conformed to the aforementioned standards. Despite these restrictions, this film contains images that accurately portray the state of the country as I saw it.
-- Table of Contents --
00:08 Overview of trip to North Korea (DPRK)
00:52 Beijing International Airport
01:40 Air Koryo to Pyongyang
02:31 US Navy visits the DPRK too
02:49 Pyongyang International Airport
03:13 Traffic policewoman directing traffic
04:09 Map of Pyongyang
04:19 pollution in Pyongyang
05:50 Chollima (mythical flying horse)
06:07 Arch of Triumph
07:04 Traffic policewoman in traffic
08:01 trolley bus ride
09:14 Pyongyang Metro System
11:56 Yanggakdo Hotel
13:19 6AM city wakeup call for Pyongyang
14:12 stockpiling gravel for construction
15:17 women encouraging hard work
16:07 Monument to Party Founding
16:39 Victorious War Museum (Korean War)
21:22 May Day in Moran Hill Park
21:53 Kaeson Youth Park
22:25 Mangyongdae Funfair
24:04 propaganda in Pyongyang
24:35 Mangyongdae Children's Palace
27:09 helicopter fightseeing over Pyongyang
30:07 Pyongyang Circus Theatre
32:43 Juche Tower
33:30 Kim Il Sung Square
34:20 Grand People's Study House
35:10 traffic policewoman
35:58 Jang Chon Model Cooperative Farm
37:29 luxury department store
37:58 peasants ploughing with oxen
39:22 Veneration of the giant Kim statues
43:18 Pyongyang at night
45:10 Mirae (Future) Scientists Street
45:48 Science and Technology Centre
47:14 View out over Pyongyang
48:05 Reunification Highway to Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
49:59 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
52:39 Kaesong
59:00 Tomb of King Kongmin
1:01:10 Sokdamgugok (Sokdam Ravine)
1:01:40 Haeju
1:03:30 Suyangsan Falls
1:04:04 Sariwon
1:06:50 Mt. Jongbang
1:08:33 village visit
1:09:37 model pig farm
1:11:00 Mt. Kuwol
1:09:42 Sinchon Massacre Museum
1:11:39 Nampo
1:12:40 West Sea Barrage
1:15:32 Arch of Reunification
1:15:48 north to Myohyangsan (International Friendship Exhibition)
1:17:40 Myohyangsan
1:18:06 International Friendship Exhibition
1:19:42 Pohyon-sa Korean Buddhist temple
1:21:01 Flying to Rason Special Economic Zone
1:21:22 Ilyushin IL-18 (1968) to Orang
1:22:15 Yombun Revolutionary Site
1:23:12 mushroom farm
1:24:32 Chongjin Russian War Cemetary
1:24:41 Chongjin - veneration of giant Kim statues
1:26:09 Chongjin - school visits
1:27:43 Rason area
1:29:29 Pipha Island
1:29:50 shellfish diver
1:30:23 Rajin garment factory
1:30:56 Port of Rajin
1:31:48 Tri-country region (DPRK-China-Russia)
1:32:27 train to Russia via the Friendship Bridge
1:33:36 Conclusions
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Note: Travelogues and more videos available on my UA-cam channel ( / tletter .
I'm a dedicated subscriber. And this is by far your most informative and interesting video to date. Your extensive knowledge is very impressive. Very surprised you had so much access to the country outside Pyongyang. Keep up the good work. Well done! I will be sharing this on my social platforms. With all the U.S. interest regarding the escalation of the nuclear program, more people need to see this to really understand the oppression these people endure everyday.
+Troy EZ
First off thanks for subscribing. I did my best to capture what I observed during my journey through the DPRK and then to put a film together that reflects my observations of that country. So it's good to hear that you found it interesting.
+CroDan
It's generally agreed that the DPRK finances its weapons programs by means of trade with China; money earned by North Korean labourers sent abroad; and various types of illicit activities.
Please check the current prices with one of the tour companies offering such trips.
tletter thank you in my book this is way better than the BBC documentary made.years ago.
Grateful foryour work and uploading this.
Blessings.
I linked everyone on my Twitter page to this film, in fact.
do you think that country has no income because NK believe in some considerably odds by western view , they are doing their best by limited resources , you didn't visit germany
I'm officially addicted to North Korea documentaries
Same here! God know how I came across them but I'm glad I did!
Ok not just me
lol i am too! i'd love to go visit
Me too, almost learned Korean. Like a Bulgarian man, I know very well what a communistic totalitarian regime is:(
I think this in nearly the 10th one I have watched since being in Quarantine haha
I've never seen a more comprehensive video on the DPRK. These poor people are like animals who were born in a zoo. They have no idea they're held captive or what's just outside their cage.
North koreans and Palestinians deserve freedom 😢
This is by far the most extensive video I have seen about a visit to North Korea. Well done.
I’m surprised that they allowed you to not bow to the Kim statues. I have massive respect for you for standing up for your beliefs in one of the most repressive countries in the world.
I mean it's a bit silly considering you are directly funding the regime. What a crazy country.
I don't know how they will ever come out of this to be honest. I think it will only come from an internal revolt.
He's extremely lucky he didn't get arrested, over there you're not aloud to film any military activity, which it's almost impossible to do filming without capturing some soldiers on film
@@harrymarsh3912bro the guys balls are massive to pull this shit off look at that guy who took a poster
I wouldn't have bowed either. Those are considered false idols.
@Krcutb yeah. Otto took it to a whole new level
This video is way much better than National Geographic documentaries. Great job!
+Raul R
Thanks for the compliment but realistically, I'm only one man producing films, unlike the extensive team used by National Geographic.
No unnecessary bloat via pompous music and/or special effects. I really like raw documentaries and you did a fanstastic job. :)
Don't underestimate the great work you did here, I found this documentary one of the best I've seen. Gives a good scope of the country outside of what typically shown of DPRK. Well done and thanks.
The NatGeo is technically superior but I am sure he meant the information value of your video being so much better. I think absolutely the same.
Many people think of NK as a dark grey gulag, with undernourished people like from a concentration camp looking out from barrack windows with bars.
We see there are people just like you and me, and they are not as closed as some western propaganda wants to make us believe.
Some of the women are stunningly beautiful.
If you allow me some criticism, the music is often to loud and too much.
+Peter Kroll
>the music is often to loud and too much.
I appreciate you taking the time to mention this and I’ll endeavour to make a change in future films. Unfortunately if I fire the sound editor, I’ll also be firing the cameraman, the director, the story editor, the researcher, the narrator and the film editor :)
honestly the best DPRK documentaries available. the details, the explanations, the quality and quantity is all here. thank you for this!
This is 100% the best doc available on DPRK and most accurately shows what appears to be a really awesome itinerary that way exceeds the simple, boring 3-day and 4-night itineraries most tourists select that only visit the cliché Pyongyang sites and the DMZ. Boring. This is so much cooler.
A UNKNOWN THAT I HAVE HAD FOR DECADES,...BECAUSE YOU NEVER SEE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS...OR WITH CRUTCHES...OR THE BLIND WITH A WHITE CANE OR PEOPLE WITH ANY WHITE CANE ON THE STREETS OR IN LARGE POPULAR PARTIES IN NORTH KOREA. ANOTHER MOTOR OR MENTAL DISABILITY??' IS THERE...SOMEONE WHO ANSWERS ME??
I love you didn't bow! Huge balls my friend, much respect.
I loved the pollution arrow. Thanks for the laugh. Lol.
Hats off for not bowing to the Kim statues like every single tourist does. The best and most honest documentary about this backwards country. May these people one day be free.
By far, one of the most interesting videos I have ever watch about N. Korea! Thank you for sharing.
+Alfonso Portugal
Good to hear - thanks for commenting.
Being a traffic girl in North Korea looks mind-numbingly boring. A traffic cop with no traffic is a perfect metaphor for this creepy place!
Although a poor country it is very beautiful there and seems very clean . Now if they had food to eat and a better leader , I would have to say this would be a great place
I became addicted to this video, I often use my phone while this video playing in the background. Your voice is soothing and choice of music is excellent, content is very informative. Thank you for making this video from the bottom of my heart.
+Smalsheh
Wow, thank you!
@@tletter wish you all the best brotha, keep up the great work!
Some of the best footage of North Korea that I have seen. Well done! Amazing stuff!
I love the nonchalance with which you are able to film, and later point out, military structures, isolate them in editing, and show where and what they are. If I didn’t know any better, this is a half-tourist / half-espionage video.
I watch this among other videos on NK at least once a year. I find NK interesting, in a morbid curiosity way I suppose. Ty for the great video
Spectacular video! This took a ton of work, and it is greatly appreciated.
+Matt Williams
Indeed it did. Thanks for commenting.
That creepy morning melody gets me everytime!
Meh, I have livec in several Islamic countries, and morning prayers are creepy, as are the broadcasted propaganda of communist countries, though I have not yet been to North Korea, might never get there, but it is on my list.
@@owenshebbeare2999 how is morning prayers creepy
@@owenshebbeare2999 i mean the ones that are on 4 and 5 am kinda creepy if you're staying awake that long but the rest is okay
Very inspiring music. Would rather listen to that than some of the horrible rap music we hear in America. Bleh!
@@ArchYeomans rap is not music
Probably the best tour by film of Pyongyang and DPRK I have seen. I seen many of the ones made by tourists and of course they are all about the same. But you have labeled and identified so much more than I have ever seen before...Wonderful!
+iworkout
Thanks, I do try to make my films worthwhile viewing.
iworkout I was thinking the same thing, until he said “a hundred and story”. Not really sure what that meant.
Vice news did a great one on north korea but what they saw was all staged by their government
@@alphavader951 thats what faux news and bbc told you huh?
@@alphavader951 after you being there, having spoken with the people, you should be an expert on north korea, why dont ytou show us your film
I'm amazed at the access you managed to get. Filming from a helicopter tour of Pyongyang, didn't think that was possible. And a quite extensive bus tour, most just go to the border and back to Pyongyang again. Quite possibly the best and most detailed travel video from North Korea I have seen. Thank you!
+zap fan
Unlike most visitors, I took an extended tour of the DPRK to get a better feel for the country. Thanks for commenting.
@@tletter did you have any fears while visiting? What was your favorite part? What was the worst part? Did you have to acquire permission before filming specific things? Did anyone speak English, or did you learn their language?
@Ben Lewis sad situation. I recently watched Joe Rogan with NK refugee Yeonmi Park. She tells of horrible conditions for the people of the country
@@ext93 hi best korea here. HAHAHAHAHAH YOU WATCH YEOMI PARK LUL. YOu know right shes a fucking joke? shes very famous for lying about litteraly everything about the dpk like all defectors dprk experts and specialists and other defectors say shes a liar. her words always sound scripted and staged. and this is all barley the tip of the iceberg. and even if all of what she said was true. LOYALTY TO THE STATE NO MATTER WHAT.
@@ext93 She completely changes her story all the time bruv wouldn't trust these so called defectors of NK as South Koreas government literally offers 800k for NK defectors to round up a story since they are technically still at war.
This is one of the best films I've seen that give you a insight to North Korea. Often, you see films that offer just small glimpses of this country. But here the film makers presents everything straight up matter and to the point!
WOW.. This is the best video I have seen on You tube about North Korea.. The details were amazing also.. GREAT JOB TLETTER
+Sam Thompson
Good to hear that you enjoyed and thanks for commenting.
This is the BEST documentary on dprk that I've ever watched. Thank You.
This is the most detailed documentary into North Korea I have ever seen... You even went to places that are not visited by most other tourists. Great stuff!
Long live Kim Jong Un, our glorious leader !!!!
A UNKNOWN THAT I HAVE HAD FOR DECADES,...BECAUSE YOU NEVER SEE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS...OR WITH CRUTCHES...OR THE BLIND WITH A WHITE CANE OR PEOPLE WITH ANY WHITE CANE ON THE STREETS OR IN LARGE POPULAR PARTIES IN NORTH KOREA. ANOTHER MOTOR OR MENTAL DISABILITY??' IS THERE...SOMEONE WHO ANSWERS ME??
Your audio commentary and on screen text is hilarious! Great video,seriously one of the best in respect to visiting North Korea.
+topper2142
Good to hear.
Ive watched quite a lot of peoples videos of their visits to North Korea and yours has a lot of content. I am suprised actually how much content you managed to capture that I was under the belief you would never be allowed to take out of the country, for example of the population that live outside of Pyongyang. I actually learnt a lot from your video that I didnt know before.
+Kittyowlblu
Good to hear.
Absolutely fantastic filming. You give Vice a run for their money.
FOR SPYING OR FOR BEEN A UNGRATEFUL GUEST. when you visit another men's world respect or don't even go there in the first place. Do you even see the streets of Los Angels and New York . May be you should look in that and see how many people dies for drug and hunger
Having watched dozens upon dozens of videos made by a tourist who visited North Korea, this one is by far the most in-depth showing places gone to I have never seen from other visitors. Very entertaining and enjoyable!
A UNKNOWN THAT I HAVE HAD FOR DECADES,...BECAUSE YOU NEVER SEE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS...OR WITH CRUTCHES...OR THE BLIND WITH A WHITE CANE OR PEOPLE WITH ANY WHITE CANE ON THE STREETS OR IN LARGE POPULAR PARTIES IN NORTH KOREA. ANOTHER MOTOR OR MENTAL DISABILITY??' IS THERE...SOMEONE WHO ANSWERS ME??
Thanks for sharing such a detailed account of your trip. It was fascinating and allowed me to visit DPRK vicariously through you, which I very much enjoyed!
+George Costanza
Thanks George, I enjoyed your performance in Seinfeld 🙂
I've watched dozens of North Korea documentaries/travelogues on youtube. This is one of the best I've seen. The time lapse of the venerations and obeisances to the Kim statues was fascinating. Great editing and narration. It captures several points of beauty in this desolate totalitarian state. Thank you for not bowing to the Kim statues. Quite a journey. Subscribed.
+Paul Lewis
I found the veneration of these Kim statues deeply disturbing. Thanks for watching, commenting and subscribing.
Did you not get noticed or in trouble for not bowing to the statues? As if I visited the country, I'd probably bow out of fear of punishment.
How dare you encourage not bowing to the great Kim Dong ill. Blasphemy!
Little bit of a hypocrite there. Travelling to North Korea, having no problem in funding their tourist industry, but not following their customs by bowing to their leaders statues who basically provided and approved your tour. If you are so righteous then dont go travelling to North Korea at all !
+Alquimista Boi
South Korea had extensive businesses operating in the DPRK, e.g. the Kaesong industrial complex which provided the DPRK with about $100 million in hard currency a year. Compared with that, tourism is small change. Hence your comments are better directed against the countries that have extensive business dealings with the DPRK including China. Furthermore according to a report by Congressional Research Service, the United States provided the North over $1.3 billion in assistance, mostly food aid and energy assistance, between 1995 and 2008. The U.S. also sent the assistance to the DPRK in January 2016. So perhaps you should be contacting Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama and raging against them rather than the handful of tourists who visit the DPRK.
If as you believe, tourism was such an important source of funds for the DPRK then governments including the U.S. and U.K. ones would have banned travel there years ago and the UN sanctions would have imposed a travel ban. However, they did not, so perhaps you should write your government about imposing a complete travel ban and to stop sending aid to the DPRK regime.
I travelled to North Korea for 4 days a couple years ago and now I live in Seoul. Can’t believe both countries are “korea”.
I was fascinated to watch North Korea documentaries back in the 1990s and 2000s, when even limited access and secretive recordings were a big thing, but now any videos that come online are nothing more than than virtually the same places and sites, just revisited in more current times. I do applaud the work put into this video by the originator. It’s really hard not to shake one’s head and laugh here and there when seeing various images and hearing the North Korean version of life and history as everyone on the outside knows what’s truth and what’s North Korean fiction. The Kim dynasty continues its ways in building up their military to keep South Korea and Japan on edge, while hiding the fact that even with covert help and materials from outside countries, they still have a third world military. This goes on while citizens continue to starve and die, malnourishment is rampant, imprisonment is frequent all while the jolly and fat dictator, gets fatter and lives the best capitalist life, everyday.
5:09 *Everyone using the bridge to cross the street. My boy with the bicycle thinking outside the box*
Outstanding! Amazing amount of video access. Excellent and accurate commentary as well. One of the best Ive ever seen
+Bill Gaydon
I'm glad that you enjoyed my film.
This is still one of my favorite North Korean videos even though it's nearly two and a half years old. It feels very personal yet informative as a documentary. There is plenty of commentary, yet it is directly related to your experience. I love the emphasis on the boots-on-the-ground, through-my-own-eyes sort of presentation. The mix of video and stills are quite good, and you are definitely not trying too hard to make it into a certain "look." And the choice of music immersed the viewer into the narrative. The narration/voice over also isn't too formal, which makes it feel like a travel journal rather than a documentary.
I love it too, but it's not like anything has changed in these years (or the last 50 for that matter). I would never even cough in the direction of North Korea. That place scares me more than anywhere else
A UNKNOWN THAT I HAVE HAD FOR DECADES,...BECAUSE YOU NEVER SEE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS...OR WITH CRUTCHES...OR THE BLIND WITH A WHITE CANE OR PEOPLE WITH ANY WHITE CANE ON THE STREETS OR IN LARGE POPULAR PARTIES IN NORTH KOREA. ANOTHER MOTOR OR MENTAL DISABILITY??' IS THERE...SOMEONE WHO ANSWERS ME??
This is the best video on the DPRK that I've seen. Well photographed, well narriated. Thank you .
+Peter Hawthorne
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is really incredible. Great job on the documentation on this hermit kingdom. I said to myself how are there still videos of NK I haven’t seen yet. Your documentary was very well detailed with other places in Pyongyang I haven’t seen in other videos.
Thank you for a very wonderful presentation of DPR Korea!
That morning wake-up music is like the soundtrack to HELL!
You said it brother. I mean EVERY FUCKING MORNING OF YOUR LIFE??!! FUUUCK THAT SHIT!!
@@mickmcloughlin1646 You'll eventually get used to it lol
It's a bit like the call to prayer,
Like the Mekong Delta towns in Vietnam
Say a prayer for our brothers and sisters in NK even if you aren't religious
What a wonderfully put together video of your experience in the DPK.
Excellent views and very informative kept me interested throughout it's entirety.
Two thumbs up!
👍👍
+Non Ya
Glad you enjoyed it!
A UNKNOWN THAT I HAVE HAD FOR DECADES,...BECAUSE YOU NEVER SEE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS...OR WITH CRUTCHES...OR THE BLIND WITH A WHITE CANE OR PEOPLE WITH ANY WHITE CANE ON THE STREETS OR IN LARGE POPULAR PARTIES IN NORTH KOREA. ANOTHER MOTOR OR MENTAL DISABILITY??' IS THERE...SOMEONE WHO ANSWERS ME??
I want to congratulate you on providing the most comprehensive look into North Korea that I have EVER seen. I am a Canadian who lived in Seoul as an English Teacher for three years. I went to the DMZ and travelled throughout South Korea. I have always been intrigued by North Korea and now thanks to you I feel like I have been there. Well done!
IMO this is the best NK video on UA-cam. I have watched over 50 vlogs of people's travels through the hermit kingdom and yours is by far the most detailed and factual. You must have put much time into creating this fabulous content. I thank you!
Really eye-opening and well done. I find and devour stuff on the DPRK, and this was somehow refreshingly new.
May I add something? A friend at my church is married to a NK defector. She got out with her older brother at the age of 17. The backstory is that it was just the 3 of them, mother having died when she was 5 years old. Her father was highly talented artist and was rewarded for that. They lived quite well by NK standards. When the father was diagnosed with malignant and spreading lung cancer, he arranged for the two kids to get out through China. They had about 25,000 U.S worth of gold on them when they left. The father, she said, had obviously been setting this up, because it went off hitchless. She said that she and her brother knew nothing until the day before they left. Her father was an amazing man who, even though riddled with terminal cancer, was surely tortured terribly before he was granted death. She said he shamelessly explained to her the uncomfortable way she would have to hide the gold pieces when going through China. And she told me that her father said that life in the West would be worth any suffering … That if things didn't go right and she was faced with rape that the brother was not to lose his life defending her honor. She said he told them to just get to America at any cost. Her brother married a girl in Soul and lives there now where he is a college professor. She is a curator and expert restorer at the Chicago Art History Museum.
But I digress. I started the story because of the narrator's comment on the elevator rules in Pyongyang. Sue, my Korean friend's name, said that they lived in Pyongyang high-rise, but said that if you were in 10 floor building then you had no lift. And that many old and sick are either carried up and down or they don't go out.
+Dave Crockett
An interesting story - thanks. The lack of elevators would restrict the lives of many.
You dumb ass! Don't you know N.Korea tracks down defectors to punish them? Now you gave them something to go on, "good job" nincompoop!
@@horsewithnoname8795 north korea isn't going to track anyone down in South Korea or in Chicago. They're only going to do that if they go back to North Korea, which no one will do. There's plenty of defectors who are highly visible and openly critical. Those would be the ones they try to track down. But they're not going to.
A UNKNOWN THAT I HAVE HAD FOR DECADES,...BECAUSE YOU NEVER SEE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS...OR WITH CRUTCHES...OR THE BLIND WITH A WHITE CANE OR PEOPLE WITH ANY WHITE CANE ON THE STREETS OR IN LARGE POPULAR PARTIES IN NORTH KOREA. ANOTHER MOTOR OR MENTAL DISABILITY??' IS THERE...SOMEONE WHO ANSWERS ME??
this the BEST docu about NK I have ever seen. Congrats
Well this has to be the best and most informative video about North Korea I have watched. Good how you captured all manner of things in this video - from architecture to flowers. Thanks for posting this fantastic video.
+MarkFromEastleigh
Glad that you enjoyed it - thanks for commenting.
I'm genuinely surprised you were able to get this much footage out of the country. Most network NK documentaries don't have a fraction of what you captured. Excellent work, and thank you for sharing your trip.
+moosey
Good to hear that you appreciate the effort involved.
@moosey completely agree! And I've seen a lot about NK (perhaps u too:)
At least they knew one amusement park wasnt enough. I agree with that 100%.
A lot of that has to do with the fact that all major and minor networks are state subsidized to some capacity, and have an agenda to present in exchange for that funding. Seriously, everyone from HBO to Fox and CBS receive government subsidies, and there are very specific rules and stipulations in place that one must follow if they want more government money.
There is a propagandic goal in mind when Western media create a "documentary" on a state enemy like the DPRK, Cuba, Venezuela or Angola. They want to present an image of North Korea as far more dystopic and brutal than it actually is.
North Korea is not a communist paradise, but considering what they went through as a country from 1951 onwards to today (especially in the 90s with the March of Suffering) they're doing significantly better than the West depicts them to be. They'd be doing a lot better though if we peeled back the trading sanctions, but of course we can't have a successful socialist North Korea existing right above a competing (and currently failing) capitalist South Korea.
@@JeBubbieSpubbies looks like we've found the resident North Korean youtube commenter...
This is wonderful!! You have done such a fine job Great photography and really great commentary.
+Longfordboy
Good to hear that you enjoyed my film.
I have watched a lot of documentaries about North Korea and the amount of footage you have outside of Pyongyang is incredible! Thank you for sharing your adventure!
A UNKNOWN THAT I HAVE HAD FOR DECADES,...BECAUSE YOU NEVER SEE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS...OR WITH CRUTCHES...OR THE BLIND WITH A WHITE CANE OR PEOPLE WITH ANY WHITE CANE ON THE STREETS OR IN LARGE POPULAR PARTIES IN NORTH KOREA. ANOTHER MOTOR OR MENTAL DISABILITY??' IS THERE...SOMEONE WHO ANSWERS ME??
I’m
Addicted to hearing about everyone’s experiences…
The DPRK only shows you the tourists the same things so I’m always interested in how the visitor explains their visit. This one was pretty great
A UNKNOWN THAT I HAVE HAD FOR DECADES,...BECAUSE YOU NEVER SEE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS...OR WITH CRUTCHES...OR THE BLIND WITH A WHITE CANE OR PEOPLE WITH ANY WHITE CANE ON THE STREETS OR IN LARGE POPULAR PARTIES IN NORTH KOREA. ANOTHER MOTOR OR MENTAL DISABILITY??' IS THERE...SOMEONE WHO ANSWERS ME??
Great vid of the DPRK. One of the best I've seen. Thanks for uploading.
+Lost Dutchman
Good to hear as I tried to give an accurate impression of this country despite the challenges involved.
This is truly one of the best documentaries on North Korea on UA-cam. Keep up the good work.
I echo many of the comments left here, and wanted to add that I'm so glad there's no headache dance music / intrusive sound fx in the background. Fabulous work, I'm relieved you got alive.
It's amazing to see all the banned sites and the beautiful sites of North Korea in this video, this is the best video made on North Korea in my opinion
This is the only N.Korean documentary that has given me the real insight into the daily life and real feel of N.Korea. Especially the feel that it's a 50s time warp. Peculiar and astonishing place in our social history.
What an excellent amateur video footage of DPRK. Best I've seen. Well done and thank you for the hard work putting it together!
Stumbled upon this after years of watching North Korea videos out of sheer curiosity. This might be the best one I’ve seen.
The most detailed and well done video on North Korea. This must be the 10th time I've watched it lol
This is the best documentary on DPRK!Very impressive how you maintained your respect for the country inspite of its obvious flaws.
+H W
Good to hear - thanks for commenting.
It's like something that should be a fictional horror movie, but isn't.
that move already done called Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Long live DPRK! 🇰🇵🚩🌾⚒️
I’ve watched about every North Korean documentary and use them for sleep. This has to be one of my favorites!
I have to admit I love their traffic police, not sure if it's the uniform, the fluid motions, or the seriousness of their faces but... pretty cool
Best documentary on North Korea DPRK I’ve seen to date. Very good job! The closest I’ve come to understanding the Hermit Kingdom before this was a blog entry titled 1stop North Korea. Going there must feel like going back in a time machine. I’ll watch this again!
such a thorough video. much better captions and illustrations compared to other videos ive seen. great editing. watched every second of it. thanks for the insight!
+EVOxdream
Good to hear - thanks for commenting.
From all the North Korean documentaries I’ve watched I’ve come to learn almost EVERYTHING is choreographed - from the people on the streets, subways, busses full of people, and cars on the roads. It has to be exhausting. 😢
+ronwilliams1094
Some is but lots clearly isn't, especially if one gets out of the towns and cities, e.g. nothing choreographed at ua-cam.com/video/_TReGTYE_gc/v-deo.html
I just became your lifetime Subber. I don't travel like you and I have a heavy heart and envy that you are able to. So Thank You for bringing the world to me to see right here! You have some great content, breathtaking pictures/landscapes and the such, also unique content and good documentary quality videos as well! 🙂 Very well done!
By the way, the look on the Groom's face is priceless! @27:06
One thing I was curious about, was there any beach or pool areas to do any swimming at all? How would it get in the summer months? Just curious. This video blew me away and I'm the type to never be that engaged much in things attentionwise, but this really took my breath away.
+Bubblegum 1
We weren't offered any chance to swim, although we saw some attractive beaches, e.g. ua-cam.com/video/_TReGTYE_gc/v-deo.html
I hope that you do get to travel some in the future. Personally, I waited too long to start my traveling.
@@tletter --- Oh I see, wow!...So they do have some nice beaches. Cool.
Thank you for your response! It's truly an honour hearing from you! And, I'm really enjoying your videos like no one's business!
LoL! 👍
It's one of the best North Korea Documentaries that I have ever seen, I liked it.
+Lucho Garcia
I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Same here. I'm impressed. I did not know the DPRK preserved the old temples. The nature scenes and local enjoying themselves took the edge off the barrage of statues and posters. I don't know how they took to you not bowing to their statues, but I'm glad you got back safely.
Yes, absolutely.
+ JOEY RIVERA ... You call someone a brainwashed idiot, you need to learn that if you are calling someone an idiot then you need to do it properly. Not "Lucho Garcia your a brainwashed idiot" but "Lucho Garcia you're a brainwashed idiot". Otherwise you end up looking like the idiot.
Not to mention LEARN HOW TO SPELL the word, "You're", hahaha!
Wow, fantastic editing combined with informative narration. Great video and probably the best North Korean video currently on UA-cam.
+John Palmer
Thanks - Glad to hear that you enjoyed my film.
This is a brilliant documentary about North Korea. So thorough and informative, it is well narrated with exceptional photos/videos throughout. You give a balanced view of life in this country and you certainly saw plenty of it. Prior to watching the video I thought North Korea was a communist state, but it’s not. It’s a dictatorship. My dad lived under a dictatorship in São Paulo many years ago and he said there was no crime - people were far too afraid of the military and the retribution they would experience for breaking laws.
What a contrast between the fields and farming work, which was like stepping back 100 years and the modern, pristine architecture and life in the capital. I liked the fact that there was no litter dumped in the streets, everywhere was clean with big, wide pavements and people didn’t abuse alcohol, deface buildings or roam around in gangs getting into fights. I would have felt safe here. Everyone in the city was dressed smartly and it felt as if they were united with the same goal, the same purpose in life. I guess the impression they want to give is of one big family with shared ideals.
If it wasn’t for the Kims, it could be a good place to live, but I could never venerate one (or two) people the way the North Koreans do. What is so fantastic about these two people that causes them to be treated like gods? The only thing they look as if they do well is eat, which is disgusting when you see how many citizens don’t even get the bare minimum of nutrition.
A UNKNOWN THAT I HAVE HAD FOR DECADES,...BECAUSE YOU NEVER SEE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS...OR WITH CRUTCHES...OR THE BLIND WITH A WHITE CANE OR PEOPLE WITH ANY WHITE CANE ON THE STREETS OR IN LARGE POPULAR PARTIES IN NORTH KOREA. ANOTHER MOTOR OR MENTAL DISABILITY??' IS THERE...SOMEONE WHO ANSWERS ME??
Pyongyang, 1961 (colorized)
I have watched more UA-cam videos about the DPRK than I can count! You did a fabulous job on this! I can tell you took your time on this video and it shows! Great job!!
+Summer Khristian
Good to hear - thanks for commenting.
Absolutely loved this presentation! What amazing footage and photos you got!
When you know the truth and details that make up the real North Korea, this video is at once terribly sad and absolutely terrifying!
Great video, the most informative video on North Korea I have seen by far! Thanks for sharing.
+21kaligirl
Glad that you found my film of interest.
Amazing video, had me hooked from the first minute
+Jacob walters
Good to hear that you were hooked🐬
Very nice video bruhh 👌👌👌😍
I'm always impressed with this country, thanks for sharing this.
+The Wanderer
Thanks for watching & commenting.
Impressed? In which way?
The best documentary on DPRK till date. You beat them all hollow!
Keep it up Sir. Love from India 🇮🇳.
agreed.
The most immersive travel video I have ever watched. Absolutely incredible.
Lots to take in. But one I totally get why you did not bow to the statues. But I worried you might get arrested. Second. To go into Russia to get "freedom" is very telling. Last but not least. Wonderful video ! Thank you for going and posting.
+Texas Born
Good to hear that you enjoyed my film in the Lone Star State. Regards.
That's one of the top 5 documentary about the DPRK on youtube
What's the other 4?
Great job! Great footage and excellent commentary! You should do this for a living!
+Phas Low
Thanks it’s a nice thought but I'm afraid that I'd go hungry if I did this as a living :)
This video es just IMPRESSIVE. Beautifully made and edited. Ohh my God💯💯💯💯💯 Thank you.
@JorgeRiverosTales
Encantado de que lo hayas disfrutado.
Thanks for sharing this documentary... The DPRK's history is very tragic and I hope to visit it soon enough aswell...
The most informative, fulfilling and captivating film about DPRK ever!
The BEST🏆🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I enjoyed this film immensely!
THANK YOU!👍
Two thumbs up, and I'm subsscribing to your channel with big enthusiasm!👍✌
+Edward Andrews
I've travelled a bit and the DPRK is definitely a unique country in my experience.
Excellent. Thanks for being so matter-of-fact. A rare quality these days.
This is a fabulous documentary. Completely objective and unbiased, despite what some comments suggest. I am not sure I'd be brave enough to visit in person, so thank you for your effort in producing and presenting this.
wow such an amazing video! i can hardly find any detailed documentaries than this.
+boredom
First off, glad it wasn't boring 😉
I tried very hard under difficult circumstances to capture exactly what I saw - both the good, the bad, and the curious. Glad you enjoyed it.
Well done! Our DPRK travel vlog in romanian got plenty of views, but that in english did not so well. Congrats for the giid quality and for your effort! We know how hard it is to film there.
+EveryDay HoliDay
Indeed it is hard to film scenes that show something more than they want you to record. Cele mai bune gânduri.
Well... that was about depressing! Thank heavens I wasn't born into that life. Thank you for a great documentary.
If you were born into that life, you would likely be content in the knowledge that there is nothing much better.
@@CrankCase08 Well yes, but that is an illusion nonetheless
@@Hjw511 That depends on what you - or anyone else - would consider to be better. People tend to be most comfortable within their own culture.
@@CrankCase08 Well sure, but I'm sure most North Koreans would prefer having a more prosperous economy than what they have now.
@@Hjw511 That goes just as much for the inhabitants of all countries.
North Korea always reminds me of a UK Television series in the 1980's called "The prisoner" staring actor Patrick MacGoohan. The premise of the film was everything and everyone appeared normal on the surface except for one thing. No-one was ever allowed to leave. It was for all purposes an "internment Camp" If you tried you were captured, interrogated and brought back. No-one ever left.... North Korea looks for like a giant internment camp ..Its so sad that no-one is allowed to think for themselves and they will never be free.
Incredible document of this country. Thank you.
@tletter: The very best travel documentary in DPRK I have seen so far. It’s much much better than some official documentaries by big TV channels spending big money on it. I liked very much all your arrows and online explanations! Furthermore your interesting time lapse captures are great as well! Excellent job! Big like!
It's all fun and games till you realize what's outside the city.
You don't have to travel outside any major U.S. city to realize anything just take a tour away from the downtown area and hope you make out alive.
@Adam Arguin /s ?
@@edp4638 Take your propaganda and STOW IT!.
I live in a LARGE CITY we go DOWNTOWN ALL THE TIME TO EAT!,There is crime un every city but not bad as your trying to make it!. Better than this fake shit!.
@@packingten will you STFU I'm from the states as well.. 🐑
@Adam Arguin love this comment!!
Thanks for the excellent doco……watching footage like this reaffirms that I’ve been
blessed to be a native of the greatest country on the face of this earth.
John-Philadelphia 🇺🇸
I couldn't agree more.
This is the BEST documentary that I have seen about DPRK. Thankyou so much!.😊
+CA 소린애
Glad you enjoyed it!
It's like a giant movie set and these people think they are fooling everyone and I'm fascinated by it
Mr. Brightside: Well, at least the traffic isn't too bad, right?
I do not know why but I want to go there and visit
Truman show
@@8584zender very :)
just like US , big show for the rest of the world , with 22 trillion dollars in debt, over 30 million with no health insurance, over 60% not having 400 bucks for emergencies etc .. pretty shitty show if you ask me
This was definitely better than most of the other documentaries I’ve seen on the same subject combined! The nature shots are beautiful too 💕
+cat_cupcakes
The DPRK is beautiful in the springtime.
This is incredible, im amazed you managed to get so much footage of the country
Thank you for providing this interesting look into life in North Korea, it was very fascinating and entertaining to watch this.
what you've done is amazing my friend i would recommend this video for any of my collage history classes
You would recommend this as a history? Probably. Americans have a weird idea of what history actually is given their staple diet of bullshit.
What "collage" do you uh-tend?
@@sundersidhai7002 👍🏾
@@sundersidhai7002 How do you even know he's American?
@@dejaporter7338 Thumbs up for what? We have no idea where Mike Smith is from.