Why North Koreans were shocked for the first time in America!
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- Today, we interviewed 'Jungkook, a former international student' from North Korea, about his first visit to the United States.
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00:00 Preview
00:18 Today's Guest
00:47 the study life of North Korean defectors
09:38 his North Korean defector story
16:57 His first time in America
Damn, he must've really disliked the guy when the prospect of having to have lunch with him made him decide he'd rather flee XD
You should see him eat.
The guy was probably a handler of sorts, keeping an eye on him.
80's/90's kid detected
@@adamk.7177 what makes you think that?
Maybe he feared retaliation or being sent back to NK unexpectedly and that made him extremely paranoid and fearful. He is smart for following his gut instinct. Because I doubt "The Dictators handlers" notify students ahead of time when they are being sent back to NK to be re-brainwashed.
This man defected from north Korea to get out of a social engagement, legendary behavior.
It would be, if that were true and that was what happened. But that wasn't the reason.
He's a social vegan - he avoids meet at all costs.
I know what you mean about the sky in the US. When I first came here from S. Korea, that's one of the things that struck me. A huge wide open sky, not a small bits & pieces of it in between high rises or mountains blocking the view, but just a wide big open sky as far as eyes can see. A friend from Korea saw pictures of sky I had sent her and she thought it almost looked scary seeing sky so open and big 😂
I really liked this interview. He's had so many twists and turns in his life. From a Russian major to communications to architecture???? From North Korea to France to South Korea???? Wow!
Plus speaking four languages.
I'm sure he didn't choose his major in North Korea. But outside to see different buildings after that hideous soviet era block style, architecture must have been irresistible.
"I looked like a dried squid."
Now _there's_ a mental image. LOL
He has a great imagination and a good sense of humor. 😂
These people seem so kind and fun to be around. I'd love to meet and talk to a North Korean person someday.
"Abs like chocolate." Best description ever.
His self esteem went through the roof that day 😄
That's the first time I've heard it, and dude must be a LEGEND under that shirt wwww
Almost all restaurants in the USA will provide salt-free French fries/fried potatoes. You just have to ask for it.
A lot of them will just tell you it's salt free even though they just salt all of them right at the fryer, it all depends where you go and who's working
I'm an American. I don't have much of an issue with french fries since I don't eat them often, but pretty much every kind of prepared food is salty. "Healthy" microwave entrees, pasta sauce, deli meat, bread, condiments, most canned food, etc. Even things like Oreo cookies have a lot of salt. Restaurant entrees are often far worse. I have some leftover duck paella that was quite expensive, but it's a challenge to finish because it is so incredibly salty.
When I cook, which is unfortunately somewhat rare, I try to use ingredients and canned food with no added salt. I often use some kind of hot sauce or salsa, and finding low sodium versions of such sauces/salsas is quite a challenge. It takes very little time to adjust to eating food with less salt, where it essentially just tastes normal.
European here. You're delusional. On my travels to America, I almost had a kidney failure, I vomited every day, that's how much salt you use. No wonder you're drinking 4 gallons a day of water.
In order to get the freshest fries you ask for salt free. They make a new batch, serve you, and then salt the rest. Then, ask them for some salt packets if you want salt.
If you want guaranteed fresh fries at a fast food place tell them you want no salt fries. Then just ask for a salt packet 😂❤
I'd give it a "thumbs up" if the Video Title were changed. The content is about a North Korean studying in France, eventually defecting to South Korea, and a side trip to the USA.
I'm glad you tasted freedom. I hope someday everyone will join us!
Ya, join us (USA) in freedom but not in person we are full ATM and soon to deport the illegal law breakers. Come here the right way, not by overstaying your visa or crossing the border illegally!
Freedom is very salty in the USA.😂
MOST countries are free. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid. Even South Korea is "free".
Glad to hear your free and enjoyed the USA 🇺🇸 👍
She is very pretty; well done, Kim. Glad you both got out!
You may not know, but Kim is his last name. His name is actually Jeongguk/Jungkook (you can spell it either way.) In Korea their surname comes before their given name 🙂
An honest explanation of his life and decision process. So many NK are desperate and run knowing their family will suffer.. compounding the pain.. But his experiences were showing amother view.
I didn’t know North Koreans were allowed to study abroad.
I wonder if their families are punished when their children defect?
Harshly
yes north korea sends out select students to study abroad what theyr leadership wants and the reverse is also true , i met a austrian teacher in viena subway once which went on trips to north korea to teach music with violin if i remember correctly
On the one hand it is amazing hearing about the people that escape North Korea, on the other you have to wonder what was done to their family afterward.
In the past, families remaining in North Korea had to face really bad things.
But now there are so many people escaping that I don't care if it's not a senior official.
Even because of the money that escaped people send to their hometowns, managers acquiesce.
@yjchang4226 That's interesting. Out of sheer corruption and, let's be honest, desperation, DPRK officials have stopped punishing peoples families? I'm curious how you know that. I don't disbelieve you, but it is so hard to truly know anything about North Korea.
@@yjchang4226 I wish I could believe that.
@@shaneg9081yea I don’t buy if they probably “interrogate” the families at least
There always seems to be the question of what they thought of America in these interviews (even when they've lived in other countries) but I'd really like to know what his first thoughts were of which ever country they first went to (France in this case) out of North Korea. And also, what he thought of South Korea when he first went there.
He went to LA and then went on to say how much he liked the fresh air, clear skies and whatnot of America... I sure hope LA was not his only destination cause that is so inaccurate lmao
Then there was a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge which is in San Francisco, hella north of LA.
@@maj0rsquish The quality of San Francisco's air and skies isn't much far removed from LA
8:25 Wow! Koreans use "arbeit," the German word for "work," to mean "part time job," just like in Japanese! That word really got around a lot over there, with that very unique meaning.
I noticed that as well. I assume came in to Korean from the Japanese colonial days. The word for "architecture" also sounded Japanese.
@@marcinna8553 Yeah, I was worried it might have been brought over during that time. That was rough.
@@Subjectivity13 I have been watching film from this period in the Japan Archives. Interesting and dark: www.youtube.com/@NFAJ_PR
French here: I don't know to which restaurant he went in Paris, but you can definitely find good steak for less than 50€! It's too bad he didn't experience other food too haha
He did say it was a "fancy" restaurant, so the prices would be fancy too.
Probably no better place to study architecture than France! I can imagine leaving that beauty and going back to that dilapidated college campus was a nasty shock.
Hitting the gym every day is about the only way to not get fat on an American diet. So im not surpised he went that route. Good for him.
Exercise is of almost no use whatsoever in losing weight. The amount of Calories used by exercise is tiny since the body also uses Calories when not exercising. The only way to lose weight is to eat less.
@@mikemondano3624true true, but also when exercising that fat and weight you get from eating can turn into muscle when you put effort into it
No, you just don't eat bullshit ultra processed food.
She liked it too.....😊
@@mikemondano3624 You say eat less I say count calories and hit the gym or get involved in sports. It's how I lost 35 lbs, I eat whatever I want so long as it fits in my caloric "budget" and I do my exercises at the gym. Muscle burns more calories than fat does, so I got to build up that muscle.
I lived in Korea for a few years. I developed a deep love for the Korean people. These defection stories always get to me. I met people who had relatives living in the North, and listened to their desire to see reunification. That was 30 years ago and I'm sure most have passed on. I'm always happy to hear of people escaping the Kim Family dictatorship, but it saddens me deeply to think of all the people who will never escape the mind prison that is North Korea.
What boggles my mind is that 40% of US Citizens under 30 have a "favorable view" of communism/socialism.
This guy lived in the best part of luxury in Korea and decided to leave. That should tell you something.
He was born in North Korea and he did not know anything about luxury until he finally got to South Korea. The people in North Korea have very hard lives. They live on a very low calorie diet because they can't grow enough food for their people.
North Korea is not South Korea 😂
@@genespell4340 But he lived in Pyongyang (the capital; the only real city), which is only for the elite.
Listening to this interview, I realize that we potentially come across people in our country every day that we could help to better acclimatize to our country (France) without knowing it. It's a shame because there are for example so many restaurants to try without it costing you 50 euros. 😅
It takes time for foreigners to actually understand other countries. Especially when most tend to hang around only people from their own country. It’s especially hard to break past stereotypes.
Their relationship is adorable, I really enjoyed hearing about his escape and the time he spent in other countries.
This is awesome man. Seize the day!
This interview was very good. Thank you!
Very interesting interview.
Should he ever decide to live full-time in the States, I’d be absolutely honored to have him as my American brother!
Love and light to he and his!
Inspiring chat. You are a good interviewer.
Glad you foubd your freedom my dude, regardless of who you are or where you are from or what you believe in, being free to choose for yourself is a human right.
How do us average humans know if we are truly free? For all we know we may not have true freedom our selves, we don’t know whats out there hidden from us.
They say if you enslave a set of people for 500 years, by the 200th year these people will think they have freedom. Simply because they can not perceive real freedom as it was taken away from them
@@chopsquotes9326 Oh, unanswerable philosopical questions? Shrodingers box style even? Very nice, howecer unlike those this question has been asked before and everyone has a different answer. Would you rather be aware of the truth and miserable or ignorant and happy?
@@chopsquotes9326 but to answer your question, everyone in every culture has the freedom of choice. That is the question you asked, the question you meant to ask is are the people brainwashed inyo thinking they are free and the answer is yes ans no. They are truly free but are brainwashed enough to just blindly follow like a heard of sheep. But just one bubble in their limited views and once again said sheep regardless of still being in the heard can choose again.
What a wonderful story I'm so glad you are enjoying your life in South Korea and living with a lot of freedom
"I looked like a dried squid." Lol!!!😂 Wow, what a journey he had.😮😊
Brave you, we fight to have a vegan diet and be healthier and happier and live the real kindness that we all need so much. Good Luck, Ahimsa, Peace ❤🎉😊
What happened to his family back home though? :(
You don't want to know.
I love watching these interviews.
Very interesting story! Well told.
Our sky and clouds here in America are my favorite thing also.
Very very interesting video👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
His wife is so funny "Your abs were like chocolate!"
I need to stop talking my free life for granted. He is a great at telling his story.
Travel does expand one's appreciation of his environment. I live in a free country yet I yearn to travel to places.
Nice Discussion!❤️♾
What a CUTE pair!! 19:55 dude should be so proud of the work he put in to get that reaction from her
The Honey Butter chips are fab. I take a trip to the Korean grocery store just to get some bags of those. lol
Very brave of you!
lol he’s making the original Gym Rat Kim Jong Kook proud 😂
Title should have been "France got me adicted to Freedom, I deserted North Korea" 🎉🎉🎉
He really hated that guy. He defected to avoid having a meal with that guy.
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my fun request: Koreans react to Tractor pulls (normal and fails/wild-rides compilation)
Oh that would be delightful!
I love that he came to America and started eating and working out and got huge. Its the classic American story.
I'd love to have the chance to speak with these North Koreans. Maybe even host some of them for a visit.
He seems awfully happy... His family back in North Korea likely are not.
If you had free access to the internet, I wonder how it felt finding out what the world is REALLY like in comparison to what the North Korean government had been telling you your whole life. I'm actually surprised to hear that North Korea even let you out of the country to study in France. I guess they use your friends and family as reasons to make you come back when you're done studying?
What I don't understand is that people in N. Korea think living in a controlled society is normal. It goes to show that for everyone, "normal" is just what we observe the world to be when we are children. "The influence of the past" is created during childhood.
Please come to England, we would love you here:)
But he's gotten used to good food. :)
@@DavidLS1😂😂
A nice steak dinner in America costs half that.
미국의 멋진 스테이크 저녁 식사 비용은 그 절반입니다.
a nice steak in a restaurant costs that much or more. the sky is the limit with great steaks -- can be hundreds of dollars.
@@romulus_ At that point, you're not paying for the steak. You're paying for the "exclusivity".
@@romulus_ I was thinking more along the lines of a Longhorn Steak House or a Sizzler.
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LMAO my man escaped North Korea when he found out he had to be in an awkward situation with someone he didn't like. He's is literally the North Korean Larry David.
What were the repercussions for his family? Are they now in a Labor Camp?
Come to Canada.
I do agree that a lot of American foods are too salty. I have been known to order french fries with no salt because they put too much salt on the fries
00:33 - Hello I'm Jeonkook's Waifu, Na Minhee!😄😍
I truly hope that North Korea gets its freedom someday and that more people find happiness and never have to suffer or endure hardship.
Cute couple.🇺🇸
Can someone please tell Kim jung Kook that he can order fries without salt. 🍟 -🧂= ❤
That dude he was going to have lunch with symbolized everything he wanted to get away from, everything he resented about NK.
They've certainly picked up some South Korean words. "Arbeit", "Ticket", "Wife" ;)
What really sucks is hearing about how the US paid for his vacation around the country but I still have school loans and can't see a doctor without going bankrupt.
Try to see beyond your own self. There is an extremely high value in teaching America's democracy to people from dictatorships. That value just may (!) be a higher value than supporting one American's (your) education and medical needs with government funds. Maybe continue to work on that education, so that you can see and understand the world around you better. The fact that you are watching this video does say something positive about you.
@@loveandabcs "The world around me" is other Americans struggling to survive. And they're all disgusted by the fact that a handful of foreigners are getting free vacations while we can't afford groceries. What good is there in spreading American style democracy if that means American style capitalism comes with it to destroy their lives as well as ours? I suggest you continue working on an education and stop being a smug, self-righteous traitor.
Are there good things from North Korea I would like to know?
Thank you.
What happened to his family back home?
I've always been interested in how one can flee North Korea. I wonder if this is typical of how most do it ? This was so interesting.
This is not typical at all. He was one of the lucky ones. First of all he was born in pyongyang (only the elites live there, government officials, party members and their families, diplomats and privileged workers) , second he was able to go to university, third he had access to technology (even if its controlled, he had a cellphone, laptop, etc) fourth he was selected to study abroad in France with a 700 euro scholarship per month (when the average salary in n korea is like 5 dollars a month) and finally he just had to call the S korean embassy to defect (since s korea recognizes all Koreans as citizens).
Look up "how the only people to escape North korea in 2023 made it out" to see how a low class family had to escape.
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한국에있는 한국 식당 음식이 더 짜던데.
how could Min tease us about his body and not show a picture?
What happened to your family, back in North Korea?
Interesting story, for sure, but what happened to his family? Decisions have consequences when you're dealing with a barbaric regime. That has to weigh on him.
“If we go out, we are going to McDonald’s” freedom intensifies 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅
RED on Black captioning is too tough to bother reading.
As European I can confirm, American food is far too salty. No wonder they constantly have to drink 10 liters of water a day to not dehydrate.
When you eat out, to sell drinks it is, and often MSG added. The food you actually cook at home is not.
this is the case with a great deal of restaurant food in europe too -- salt is flavor. fat is flavor.
It's no saltier than restaurant food in Western Europe. And all Americans don't drink 10 liters of water a day, 😅. Some Americans drink water for health reasons. There are over 340 million people in the US. We are not all the same. Some Americans have low-sodium diets. Many of us don't like food that is overly salted. As an American I can confirm that America is a diverse country and you can't paint us all with the same broad brush. I've noticed that some Europeans are very quick to judge and to say they are superior to Americans. I don't think you are. In fact, Americans are among the most creative and innovative people in the world. Maybe you think our food is too salty and we drink too much water, but you are only able to express that opinion online because Americans invented the internet. And wifi... and electricity, and just about everything else of note in the last 200 years. You're welcome!
FOUR HOURS IN THE GYM PER DAY what
Kim Jung is a really unfortunate name when you're from NK haha
They should visit the East Coast. NYC, Boston, and DC. Might even add Chicago in there. LA isn’t really pretty.
There are so many fun things to do in SoCal. Mountains. Beaches. Desert. They have it all. Also the largest Korean population in the world outside of Korea.
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Wish you had a version with English speaking voices for us Americans! It's distracting reading so many subtitles. 😞
Really? Try harder, maybe?
I would really love them to visit America, but not go to NYC or LA.
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So after a long story, he finally gets to the US and wasn't very impressed. This should have been titled "My trip from France to South Korea, oh and I gambled, ate and worked out in the US, for free, after that."
Why are you mad
It's always better when Uncle Sam pays for it .. even when you're not defecting to the U.S.A.. America, Land of the Free... ( stuff )
I see that statement differently I suppose. I ate at an Applebee's in Kuwait city. While differences in some dress what different .. the restaurant .. and the young persons outside talking, laughing with music blaring from the cars .. to me means that in France and South Korea he had already seen a modern society so the US didn't jump out and impress him. I understand what he was saying .. some people need to do some traveling around the world and learn a bit more than who is the big name in Hollywood at the time .. or what the Kardashian's are up to.
Not much to be impressed by in the US. When you get off a plane from Europe or Korea, you think you must have travelled back in time 20 years because the US is so backward, dirty, and in disrepair.
It gets worse if you talk with an American. They'll ask where you're from, but are so uneducated that they won't know where that is, anyway.
@@mikemondano3624 That's true in many cases. The story was 90% living in France and traveling to South Korea. The teaser says he was "shocked" for the first time in America. What shocked him? Was it that America was dirty or people uneducated or what? Just sayin America didn't have much to do with the story. Kind of clickbait title.
California and Las Vegas are not America. Please come back and go elsewhere. Not NYC!!!
That wasn’t his point though. He essentially said that he had already experienced first world countries with freedom, so the US didn’t shock him like it would on someone who went from North Korea to South Korea & US.
Why isn't California America?
@@DavidLS1Why bother talking to such an ignorant person?
@@asynchronicity You're right, of course. I shouldn't let people like that get to me.
@@DavidLS1 I’m working on getting better at that also, brother!
The US pays for what now?? As an American citizen that just made me mad. The US government gives money to any and everyone BUT their own citizens. Clearly their policy isn’t America first, it’s everyone but American citizens first. Taiwan, North Koreans, their favorite country Israel, Ukraine, etc. Like what th??
Huh? The government gives out unemployment, welfare, food stamps, medicade, etc to citizens.
There are small programs for others too who meet certain criteria, such as this exceptional case.
Did you really listen to this guy's story and come out of it jealous of what he got to experience in the US? As a tax paying US citizen myself, I'm glad he got to experience the US for a short time.
And we're giving money to Taiwan and Ukraine to help them fight our enemies in a proxy war. We aren't sending Ukrainian citizens to college. It's a tactical decision. It's defense spending.
we give plenty to our own citizens. stop hyperbolizing based on this single account and remember all the benefits given to the elderly, the poor, the sick etc. it's there.
When I was 14, I made a bet with my friends that I could eat 10 Big Macs, I ended up with 12. Ok, I'm 196 cm tall and I haven't grown since I was 13. My parents always said it was cheaper for me to buy clothes than food. At the age of 44, I weigh 90 kg and no matter how much I eat, it is always the same. Devilish metabolism. Every day at work I eat 2 jumbo doner for my second breakfast and have been doing so for a year. At McDonald's, the standard is 4 Big Macs, an apple cookie, a Coke and vanilla ice, then I have peace in my stomach for 3 hours. In North Korea I would starve to death after 3 hours. Or I would ruin Kim's nuclear program.