DPRK City Planning EXPLAINED | City Planning & Design in North Korea

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  • Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
  • Cities in the DPRK are often planned around a few core tenets of socialist-oriented design. Whether that be wide tree-lined boulevards, micro-districts, or the prevalence of public parks, the landscape and history of a city often presents unique design challenges to those designing the country's city layouts.
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    • DPRK City Planning EXP...
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    Chapters:
    00:00 Intro
    01:14 City Planning Theory
    04:56 National Administrative Divisions
    08:51 Kaesong
    11:20 Chongjin
    14:03 Sinuiju
    15:39 Kanggye
    17:30 Children's Traffic Parks
    18:06 Modern Pyongyang
    19:52 Outro
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 139

  • @davidhalasz1974
    @davidhalasz1974 Місяць тому +240

    cities skylines players: write that down!!

    • @itacom2199
      @itacom2199 Місяць тому +12

      It really do be like that 😅😅😅

    • @JW-bx8ss
      @JW-bx8ss Місяць тому +21

      More like workers and resources: soviet republic players

    • @itacom2199
      @itacom2199 Місяць тому

      @@JW-bx8ss what?

    • @JW-bx8ss
      @JW-bx8ss Місяць тому +5

      @itacom2199 it's another game for city planning but it's more realistic and had a stronger resource management element, plus a socialist style

    • @itacom2199
      @itacom2199 Місяць тому +1

      @@JW-bx8ss Is it on steam?

  • @Brick-Life
    @Brick-Life Місяць тому +151

    This is great to learn the DPRK style of city planning

  • @artnfrodo7260
    @artnfrodo7260 Місяць тому +89

    As an urban planning student I really like small little insights in other countries practices ^^

    • @ayuh8911
      @ayuh8911 2 дні тому

      $5 the US makes no sense. I bet when you look at industry it's nonsensical. Shorts and shirts factories next to car manufacturers. I bet you can see we do not work we mostly sell.

  • @emptywaterbottle6973
    @emptywaterbottle6973 Місяць тому +49

    I love the traffic parks, what a wonderful idea if you think about it.

  • @lyri-kyunero
    @lyri-kyunero Місяць тому +54

    The second phase of Hwasong District construction is going to be completed very soon.

  • @thatponybro6940
    @thatponybro6940 Місяць тому +16

    i unironically would love to visit the DPRK one day, i love me a good walkable city

  • @ryandepp7640
    @ryandepp7640 Місяць тому +9

    Would be great if you could make a video on the DPRK’s national park system and the country’s environmental bureaus

  • @OfficialUSKRprogram
    @OfficialUSKRprogram Місяць тому +6

    YES!
    Detailed communist city planning explanations are so hard to find!

  • @SaxophoneChihuahua
    @SaxophoneChihuahua Місяць тому +26

    you can never tell if a video of north korea was taken in 1988, 2002, or 2024

  • @crystaluwu1012
    @crystaluwu1012 Місяць тому +82

    Its really a shame that despite being Korea's oldest and longest surviving city, Pyongyang has lost majority of its ancient buildings to bombing,imagine all the Goguryeo and Gojoseon ancient houses, walls and pavillions being sorounded by a sprawling city like how Kaesong is, the USA and South Korea didn't even hold back on bombing the first and only surviving city which gave birth to the Korean civilization and heralded the first centralized authority in the Peninsula, but war is war so we can't do anyrhing about that.

    • @stanleybell3857
      @stanleybell3857 Місяць тому +12

      It is a shame. However, it did let people rebuild the city into what it is today, allowing for transport to be efficient, etc.

    • @prodbyNOVAER
      @prodbyNOVAER Місяць тому +6

      @@stanleybell3857 "efficient" transport. Huge empty highways cutting up different districts. No walkability whatsoever. Doesn't seem that efficient to me.

    • @stanleybell3857
      @stanleybell3857 Місяць тому +7

      ​@prodbyNOVAER pyongyang seems walkable from what I have seen, lots of footpaths in the photo i have seen. I'm no expert, but just comparing it to a large amount of my country things look to be better in some respects.

    • @BrakeCoach
      @BrakeCoach Місяць тому +10

      Nah, Gojoseon and Goguryeo era houses would have been wiped out before the Korean War, except for a few notable structures.
      First of all, unlike other ancient cities such as Rome or Athens, most structures were wooden, and not a lot of buildings from either era would be left intact for 3000 years.
      Secondly, when Goguryeo fell, Pyeongyang and its Taedong River remained a buffer zone between Silla and Balhae. Its even recorded that the first king of Goryeo lamented the poor state of the old Goguryeo castles, which have been abandoned in ruin for at least 2 centuries.
      It would be cool if they restored old palaces and towns, and I think it is a good thing that some Goguryeo-era structures are still standing today, such as gates like the Taedong Gate, and the Ulmil Pavilion. These are probably rebuilt over those long periods of time though. Korea had many periods of war, after all. Think of it as the Ship of Theseus.
      This is the case for many cities, including Kaeseong and South Korean ones, where you see Joseon era style architecture in places that are established in ancient periods.

    • @bellatordei3440
      @bellatordei3440 Місяць тому

      😔

  • @avus-kw2f213
    @avus-kw2f213 Місяць тому +42

    Can’t wait to see how great cities are made

    • @sarahrean7174
      @sarahrean7174 Місяць тому +5

      On jaka Parker channel real life in North korea everyday

  • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
    @user-cd4bx6uq1y Місяць тому +21

    I was literally outisde 10 minutes ago and thinking how great it is that in my eastern European country Soviet planning allows quiet spaces just 100 meters away from major crossroads and whatnot

  • @kennyleung2001
    @kennyleung2001 Місяць тому +3

    Urbanist heaven, most individual do not own cars, relies on public transit, mid or low-raise and mixed used building.

  • @yYkillerYy
    @yYkillerYy Місяць тому +27

    What sources have you used for this video? Im really interested

  • @abdullahtshabal9522
    @abdullahtshabal9522 Місяць тому +19

    I love the look of the Songhwa Street Main Tower, it's like straight out of Halo

  • @bryanc8861
    @bryanc8861 Місяць тому +29

    Thank you for covering interesting and more niche topics!
    Been a viewer since the railroad video, glad to see you're still making new ones

  • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
    @user-cd4bx6uq1y Місяць тому +5

    Finally we got North Korean aesthetic

  • @Welgeldiguniekalias
    @Welgeldiguniekalias Місяць тому +23

    Looking at the footage, the main design principle appears to be that nobody owns a car. If this was America or Russia, those wide boulevards would be chock-a-block and all the wide open public spaces would be turned into parking lots.

    • @RedBird7
      @RedBird7 Місяць тому +9

      Yah because of sanction and a small population that is similer to Finland population

    • @fabio4465
      @fabio4465 Місяць тому +20

      Well, maybe they realised public transport works and grew up to stop playng with big boys toys, they leave that to the kids.
      They do have cars by the way, why would you think is the purpose of having childrens traffic parks?

    • @crystaluwu1012
      @crystaluwu1012 Місяць тому +9

      ​​@@RedBird7aside from that i think North Korea did it in purpose, cars produce pollution, and in a book written by KIS as far as i can remember he clearly states that they wanted Pyongyang to look green and like a huge par when they were rebuilding the city after the war, cars obviously go counterintuitive to that, but i suppose a little of them won't be bad, since DPRK still needs to fullfill transportation needs especially on areas where public transport is not readily available. They limit cars as much as possible their.

    • @RT-qd8yl
      @RT-qd8yl Місяць тому

      @@fabio4465 Public transport only works in cities and for certain things. How am I going to use a city bus to go pick up a refrigeration compressor at 4 in the morning?

    • @Wockes
      @Wockes Місяць тому +7

      @@RT-qd8yl As someone from Stockholm/Sweden we just use home delivery here.

  • @SlapStyleAnims
    @SlapStyleAnims Місяць тому +23

    We need some children’s traffic parks here in the US! Our drivers are terrible!

    • @Ggdivhjkjl
      @Ggdivhjkjl Місяць тому +2

      Alabama has great drivers.

    • @hexapodc.1973
      @hexapodc.1973 Місяць тому +2

      maybe dont name them childrens traffic parks though, like litterally anything else lmao

  • @marvinparker9151
    @marvinparker9151 Місяць тому +6

    this should be the gold standard after which citys are conceptulized! tho with other architectural styles than these flat slabs please ^^

  • @DTSY_T
    @DTSY_T Місяць тому +9

    Thank you for sharing your insight here. I think this is very interesting yet fitting with the urban development happening all across North Korea with their 20x10 plan and 5 year plan for Pyongyang Development.

  • @vladilenkalatschev4915
    @vladilenkalatschev4915 Місяць тому +5

    Puongyang is absolutely beautiful city

  • @alinapopescu872
    @alinapopescu872 Місяць тому +19

    Great and fascinating information, thank you!

  • @nateb9768
    @nateb9768 Місяць тому +5

    Absolutely love these videos. You should make more looking at different regions. Let's say, California, the Philippines, Cordoba, Spain. The possibilities are endless!

  • @ThnbAnimatrll
    @ThnbAnimatrll Місяць тому +10

    Would you some day make a podcast or something telling the story of how this channel came to be? I'd love to hear your stories

    • @DPRKExplained
      @DPRKExplained  Місяць тому +7

      Thinking of a Q&A at 50K subscribers

    • @ThnbAnimatrll
      @ThnbAnimatrll Місяць тому +2

      @@DPRKExplained Counting on it!

  • @EulaliaDaisy
    @EulaliaDaisy Місяць тому +27

    I've been waiting for this my guy, thank you for delivering 🙏🙏🙏
    I find it fascinating that they have so many children's traffic parks. I think that's both amazing and very curious. I mean it makes sense, it teaches children from a young age how to drive safely.

  • @christopherkelly577
    @christopherkelly577 Місяць тому +12

    This is outstandingly informative 👏 🇰🇵⭐️

  • @kueller917
    @kueller917 Місяць тому +9

    I'm curious how local commerce fits into these city structures. Is it all mixed use or are there centralized areas too?

  • @tmortis001
    @tmortis001 7 днів тому +1

    Dprk buildings are so damn cute! This video is amazing

  • @SkipRoche31
    @SkipRoche31 Місяць тому +5

    Extremely very interesting
    this is the side of NK that you would not think about

  • @nightfall3332
    @nightfall3332 Місяць тому +6

    You guys do great work here, keep it up!

  • @EvilSmonker
    @EvilSmonker Місяць тому +3

    Great video; feels surreal actually learning about the country instead of just hearing how evil/stupid/poor they are. Thank you!

  • @ExploreWithMohamed
    @ExploreWithMohamed Місяць тому +5

    fantastic video, learned a lot from this city

  • @localdude3702
    @localdude3702 Місяць тому +1

    Always great videos from you! Manse!

  • @RT-qd8yl
    @RT-qd8yl Місяць тому +9

    Thank you for explaining and mentioning things that I've always been curious about, but never knew enough about to begin with to do any real research (hope that makes sense) 🙂
    Also the Children's Traffic Park looks cute 😄

  • @Elliott_101
    @Elliott_101 Місяць тому +2

    Very informative video, thank you a lot!

  • @historiasmundiais8972
    @historiasmundiais8972 Місяць тому +2

    Amazing content, the music is so good ❤

  • @commenterthe3rd
    @commenterthe3rd Місяць тому +1

    you guys are the best, thank you for clearing the fog around the dprk

  • @user-ft9ul5ul5v
    @user-ft9ul5ul5v Місяць тому +1

    I like the fact that Hamhung still has a railway line running through center of the city. If once the city would want a metro line, they could repurpose this industrial line for such purposes.
    Also, as far as I know, only Belarus from exSoviet countries retained a specific category for heavily industrialized towns, namely, 'agrotown' "агрогородок". Other ex-Soviet countries now have strictly three categories - cities, towns 'пгт' and villages.
    Gorky oblast still also has several 'рп' 'Рабочий посёлок' "workers' town" but this is rather an exception from a general rule.

  • @ethandouro4334
    @ethandouro4334 Місяць тому +5

    Amazing insight

  • @McIntyreBible
    @McIntyreBible Місяць тому +1

    This is a helpful explanation of the subject matter!

  • @DarkSpartan92
    @DarkSpartan92 Місяць тому +1

    Evan Roy. This video was awesome and very informative.

  • @LandgraabIV
    @LandgraabIV Місяць тому +11

    Great video! What's a children's palace though?

    • @parkerdavis7859
      @parkerdavis7859 Місяць тому +18

      Think of a daycare, extracurricular activities hub, and playground, wrapped up and put on steroids. Primary school students will often flock there to learn instruments and dancing, visit a large library and reading center, or meander around the building and play. Search the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace if you want to see more.

    • @LandgraabIV
      @LandgraabIV Місяць тому

      @@parkerdavis7859 thank you!

  • @ProjectMirai64
    @ProjectMirai64 Місяць тому +4

    Very nice!

  • @stanleybell3857
    @stanleybell3857 Місяць тому +2

    I would love to know were you get the videos/information you use from, it is very interesting!

  • @sadsovietspy
    @sadsovietspy Місяць тому +2

    Who else plays Soviet Republic: Workers and Resources? Because I'm going to apply these concepts.

  • @jeffrey8979
    @jeffrey8979 Місяць тому +2

    Man, I wanna visit the children's traffic park

  • @ayuh8911
    @ayuh8911 2 дні тому

    Its crazy how efficient a city/country has to be when it isn't plundering through GDP.

  • @sinthoras1917
    @sinthoras1917 Місяць тому +1

    Really interesting video. My only criticism is that the special buildings being shown on the map were so small, they were really hard to see

  • @BeginnerSkier115
    @BeginnerSkier115 Місяць тому +1

    *Inserts the song "We built this city". I love this.

  • @dominateeye
    @dominateeye Місяць тому +8

    You do know that you now have to create a feature-length documentary going into excruciating detail about every single Children's Traffic Park in the country, right? They're clearly the beating heart of the entire nation. We're not going to just forget about them.
    On a serious note, another extremely interesting and good-faith video! It may not be the direction you want to take this channel, so I understand if it's not going to happen, but as someone who leans anarcho-socialist, I'd be curious to know whether there's room for other socialist ideologies in the DPRK political system (both ones similar to Juche and ones radically different, but still socialist). I think you'd do a good job at giving a fair overview of the situation, not demonizing the government and pointing out why its system has developed the way it has while also giving fair consideration to socialists who don't feel represented in the government (assuming there are any, for any reason). Lots of people (mostly in the West) will take any opportunity they can to criticize the DPRK and wield every issue like a spear, but I think the internet could use more frank but fair analysis of politics in the DPRK as well as other nations that the West usually sees as adversaries.

    • @ayuh8911
      @ayuh8911 2 дні тому

      Anarcho, anchovies, other socialist ideology 😭🤣

    • @ayuh8911
      @ayuh8911 2 дні тому

      anarcho westerners

    • @ayuh8911
      @ayuh8911 2 дні тому

      If those whacko democratic socialist and revisionists had a chance they'd be done for.

  • @rodelycoy1853
    @rodelycoy1853 Місяць тому +2

    Urban planning is really key to buidling great cities.

  • @RICKY-RIKON
    @RICKY-RIKON Місяць тому +2

    At seeing at the future 19:11 ! Because order is progres! Either India can pick a little bit of those receipt??? WONDERFUL !

    • @akhil0113
      @akhil0113 Місяць тому

      What did u mean by India can pick up a little of those receipt?

  • @robertoperez3714
    @robertoperez3714 Місяць тому +2

    One question so the materials to built building r good

  • @Brick-Life
    @Brick-Life Місяць тому +1

    This is much better than City Beautiful's video on Pyongyang

  • @SyaqilHazeeqHasrilSufiantoPl1
    @SyaqilHazeeqHasrilSufiantoPl1 5 днів тому +1

    Can You Do A Video Of The KPA (Korean People's Army ), And The KPRA ( Korean People's Revelutionary Army )

  • @pqlasmdhryeiw8
    @pqlasmdhryeiw8 Місяць тому +2

    Where do you get all that footage from? From the DPRK itself? All these clips of clean, shiny streets and buildings - that must be stock footage, right? A simple tourist could never provide that high-quality of video clips.

    • @Kuricang31
      @Kuricang31 Місяць тому +8

      The state news agency KCNA has a lot of them. You can access them online or try looking at some of the archives from East German and Soviet Union libraries if you're interested

  • @mrrockdaddy100
    @mrrockdaddy100 Місяць тому +2

    It will be nice if you did a cities of South Korea

  • @CodeBoxDE
    @CodeBoxDE Місяць тому +2

    this is how i design my cities in Cities: Skylines ^^

  • @True_NOON
    @True_NOON Місяць тому

    13:56 truely what we are missing (genuienly as there isnt much graspable concepts of driving regulations untill only months before a driving test , tho not sure if idd trade all of our stuff for just the traffic park , wouldve been fun tho)

  • @trainzmarcel2074
    @trainzmarcel2074 Місяць тому +6

    this is so beautiful

  • @naturalcambion3747
    @naturalcambion3747 Місяць тому +10

    This sort of Socialist planning will be the future of the world. It is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. It is also sustainable and environmentally conscious.

  • @inezaa
    @inezaa 27 днів тому +1

    Would love a video on the education/child welfare system in NK

  • @Tovarish_Lenin1922
    @Tovarish_Lenin1922 Місяць тому +2

    Please make a video about North Korean painting 🙏

  • @sebastianpeady5850
    @sebastianpeady5850 Місяць тому +12

    I hope DPRK Explained goes on The Deprogram at some point.

    • @buran-ksmdrm
      @buran-ksmdrm Місяць тому +2

      I'm glad there's intersection between the channels, agreed.

  • @michaeldileo1954
    @michaeldileo1954 Місяць тому +1

    I'd love to play cities skylines with these cities! This was a great video!

  • @avus-kw2f213
    @avus-kw2f213 Місяць тому +8

    13:55 The fact that A lot of them were built at the same time indicates that car ownership was expected to grow

  • @DavidNunezPNW
    @DavidNunezPNW Місяць тому +6

    I love this video and it makes me so excited to visit the DPRK when tourism resumes!

  • @orb3796
    @orb3796 Місяць тому +1

    commenting for the algorhythm

  • @tekaklk928
    @tekaklk928 Місяць тому +5

    i love the music in the background

  • @valeriansamborski5844
    @valeriansamborski5844 Місяць тому

    Children's traffic park! I don't know why I find this so amusing. Maybe because this is so alien to me, or maybe because of its acclaimed commonness in the DPRK. Although, come to think of it, I do vaguely remember a children's traffic park, or what I can only assume was one, (ruin and decay being the norm,) to have been a thing in the soviet days in the village that I spend a good deal of my childhood in, and that place had I'd vaguer, 10k inhabitants in its hay-days at best(?). Maybe "children's traffic parks" are a common "socialist characteristic ". XD

  • @willy.william4582
    @willy.william4582 Місяць тому +6

    Say what you want about socialist ideals, they do plan cities well compared with the american suburban mess

  • @aidanniblock6186
    @aidanniblock6186 Місяць тому +2

    this is a very well done and education video but I had one question watching this. What are your sources and or how you know this and so much about the hermit kingdom?

  • @Hunter_Morgan
    @Hunter_Morgan Місяць тому +1

  • @TranslucentGanon
    @TranslucentGanon Місяць тому

    I GOT IT RIGHT

  • @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions
    @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions Місяць тому

    I wonder what South Korea would be doing with all these cities?

  • @amrit6252
    @amrit6252 Місяць тому +6

    We can truly live like this too. The urban sprawl in the west is outrageous and the development that occurs is purely for profit rather than bettering the lives of the people. The development that focuses on people staying and interacting within their own communities rather than staying inside is so beautiful too, as capitalism breeds this feeling of isolation from the people.

  • @Igorinrussia
    @Igorinrussia Місяць тому +3

    Amazing channel!! Thank you!
    Hope to visit North Korea one day!

  • @donacatanguma
    @donacatanguma Місяць тому +10

    Wonderful. Thanks so much for the knowledge. What are the children’s traffic parks?
    May the DPRK continue to Flourish and Stay Forever Strong 🇰🇵 🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵

  • @brianschmitz9759
    @brianschmitz9759 Місяць тому +3

    I’ve heard of Kaesong

  • @mobileoppressionpalace6728
    @mobileoppressionpalace6728 Місяць тому

    15-minute cities

  • @Alex_FRD
    @Alex_FRD Місяць тому +8

    North Korean architecture > South Korean concrete squares.

  • @user-fd4sh3zl5z
    @user-fd4sh3zl5z Місяць тому

    Billions of cost to built town so

  • @penguinpingu3807
    @penguinpingu3807 Місяць тому +2

    Pyongyang recent development felt like a Chinese city but more in line with socialist principles.

    • @morningstararun6278
      @morningstararun6278 Місяць тому +4

      Chinese cities are also pretty much in line with the Socialist principles, when you compare it with the western cities.

  • @Ggdivhjkjl
    @Ggdivhjkjl Місяць тому +6

    Kaesong is so fortunate to have been freed from Western imperialists during the Fatherland Liberation War.

  • @sinthoras1917
    @sinthoras1917 Місяць тому +1

    USA completely trounced

  • @stephenrobbins9901
    @stephenrobbins9901 Місяць тому +2

    Long live DPRK ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

  • @user-zb7fm6hj2g
    @user-zb7fm6hj2g Місяць тому

    ❤️