I had always perceived most defectors were poor is because the books which I had read are authors who came from poor families. Thank you for shedding some light ono the matter
Maybe during the 90’s when they had famine, but now I would imagine rich people and people with specialized skills are much more likely to defect since their standard of living would improve more drastically and they have the means to defect. It would be more challenging for a poor person to defect and even if they made it, their overall standard of living would only be marginally better.
@Dawn Afton How could you possibly know if there’s a famine there right now? The only information about life on the inside either comes from defectors(which can be a bit shady) and foreigners who’ve worked there(which is also unreliable since they are mostly in Pyongyang)
You need to bribe people if you want to defect. If you slam $ 2000 onto the table you can literally walk straight through the DMZ. For $ 100 or 150 the soldier at the Yalu river won't see you. For a few hundred $ someone will bring you straight through China. If you have nothing you may either end up being shot, or for a women, being sold. If you are not shot but caught, you family can still pay to reduce your punishment, or prevent you being raped or beaten up every day. May be the prices are being somewhat outdated by now.
They are not from poor families. They are from average North Korean families. Which is yes, very very poor. But of course, for more rich person it's much easier to defect
It is so good to see North Koreans as individual people like this. Since there isnt a lot of information availible it can be hard not to stereotype ignorantly. Love from Bolivia 🇧🇴
Why is there prejudice from South Koreans against North Koreans. Both are brothers and sisters who have been separated by border, war and conflict. They are basically the same except one has better rights, freedom and access to things while the other works everyday and gets little to no food and has the worst human rights in the world. Hope the Korean people can unite and take down the Kim Regime.
It's just the way humans are. Even though Germany was only parted for 40 years, people here in the West still have a superiority complex over people from the Eastern side.
Leo Bri How? Explain yourself. Are North Koreans having a good life? South Koreans don’t really hate them but don’t like them either. They ignore them as if they’re nothing.
it's heartbreaking to see the guy saying fact that he had no choice but to be born in nk, identity should never be the reason for others to blame anyone
I wish these guys (and their families) all the best, they are all so sweet, I'm happy they're not in NK anymore and hopefully they can find a true fulfilling peaceful life wherever they are now 💚 So sad a whole nation lives the way NK lives and feeling powerless 😢
I’m from Texas and I lived in France for 2 years. A lot of French people asked me, “What’s the name of your horse?” They would also ask me, “How many guns do you have?” A lot of them would just assume that I had any of these things. My answer was, and 20 years later still is, “I don’t have a horse nor own a gun.”
That's just annoying stereotypes, like other people thinking the French just wear berets and eat baguettes and frog legs all day. I get that it's similar in the way that different cultures are curious about other people, but it's also completely different for Koreans.
An also, 'Korea' is a western word arbitrarily chosen (nobody really knows why we call them like that). In korean is Choson for the north region and Hanguk for the south.
@thales souza @黃櫻桃 Thank you for telling me, wow that is so interesting! ill remember that from now on :) I was just saying because where I'm from (the north of Ireland) there are two different football teams for the north and south and people would ask who I'm rooting for and I always say the whole island of Ireland! I don't like to differentiate between north and south here. Sorry if I was insensitive with my comment!
@@leobri6133 At least then they'd know what they're missing, instead of thinking NK is the best country in the world and that they're practically living in paradise, without having anything to compare it to.
🥰Stereotyping is common, I am just glad that people traveling from place to place get to share their experiences that give information and makes other understand about their misconceptions. 🥰
But you guys also cant blame others when they get shocked about assuming you guys live i very poor conditions because anyone grown up in the west is taught that that is how NKoreans live. So when they hear that you have access to a bowl of rice with meat they are supeised because in most peoples minds A North Korean doesnt have any of those foods. Just like how thr probably teach all western kids grow up dirt poor as
They maybe had a lot of hardships in their country but it seems they were taught how to be kind. They are not as radical like the people of some countries in Africa.
Huh the thoughts about thinking Korea is hungry and poor seem true.... And you can pretend you were going to be a Party rockstar and I can pretend I was going to be an actual rockstar.... Praising the dear leader is ignorant... etc etc etc. Not even trying to hate or be rude. How would you say it? Would you point to the homelessness and poverty of south korea and make a comparison with a straight face?
And then the thought of being asked which team you're rooting for... DPRK vs S. Korea etc... Like that isn't an insinuation you're not one of us? You can move to my country and still root for teams from your motherland? I'm not going to think differently of a Canadian-American when they root for Canada during Olympic Hockey.
I had always perceived most defectors were poor is because the books which I had read are authors who came from poor families. Thank you for shedding some light ono the matter
Maybe during the 90’s when they had famine, but now I would imagine rich people and people with specialized skills are much more likely to defect since their standard of living would improve more drastically and they have the means to defect. It would be more challenging for a poor person to defect and even if they made it, their overall standard of living would only be marginally better.
Nate H right now they are having a terrible famine it’s honestly horrible how bad it is over there at the moment
@Dawn Afton
How could you possibly know if there’s a famine there right now? The only information about life on the inside either comes from defectors(which can be a bit shady) and foreigners who’ve worked there(which is also unreliable since they are mostly in Pyongyang)
You need to bribe people if you want to defect. If you slam $ 2000 onto the table you can literally walk straight through the DMZ. For $ 100 or 150 the soldier at the Yalu river won't see you. For a few hundred $ someone will bring you straight through China. If you have nothing you may either end up being shot, or for a women, being sold.
If you are not shot but caught, you family can still pay to reduce your punishment, or prevent you being raped or beaten up every day.
May be the prices are being somewhat outdated by now.
They are not from poor families. They are from average North Korean families. Which is yes, very very poor. But of course, for more rich person it's much easier to defect
It is so good to see North Koreans as individual people like this. Since there isnt a lot of information availible it can be hard not to stereotype ignorantly. Love from Bolivia 🇧🇴
Love you guys God bless
loved this!!! wish i could interact with them, i want to hear so much of what they have to say!!
Why is there prejudice from South Koreans against North Koreans. Both are brothers and sisters who have been separated by border, war and conflict. They are basically the same except one has better rights, freedom and access to things while the other works everyday and gets little to no food and has the worst human rights in the world. Hope the Korean people can unite and take down the Kim Regime.
It's just the way humans are. Even though Germany was only parted for 40 years, people here in the West still have a superiority complex over people from the Eastern side.
NitroFireGaming / TV Wow. 70% of your comment is just plain wrong.
Because race isn’t real nor actually matters it’s just a thing humans created to bully one another.
@@jungkooks_microwavephobia No the idea of racism was created to justify colonialism and to divide the working class.
Leo Bri How? Explain yourself. Are North Koreans having a good life? South Koreans don’t really hate them but don’t like them either. They ignore them as if they’re nothing.
Very interesting to hear! Much love from the Netherlands!
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it's heartbreaking to see the guy saying fact that he had no choice but to be born in nk, identity should never be the reason for others to blame anyone
I wish these guys (and their families) all the best, they are all so sweet, I'm happy they're not in NK anymore and hopefully they can find a true fulfilling peaceful life wherever they are now 💚 So sad a whole nation lives the way NK lives and feeling powerless 😢
Did you not watch the video
I enjoy your conversations and hope one day you can return to your home.
I’m from Texas and I lived in France for 2 years. A lot of French people asked me, “What’s the name of your horse?” They would also ask me, “How many guns do you have?” A lot of them would just assume that I had any of these things. My answer was, and 20 years later still is, “I don’t have a horse nor own a gun.”
Naw man who stole your horse and gun? Where you sleeping around a campfire when it happened?
You should have said you have 20 horses and 50 guns haha
That's just annoying stereotypes, like other people thinking the French just wear berets and eat baguettes and frog legs all day. I get that it's similar in the way that different cultures are curious about other people, but it's also completely different for Koreans.
Lol can’t be worse than talking to people when you’re from Kentucky. That’s literally all we’re known for.
4:28 They're not even allowed to not vote for him, let alone a full-blown rebellion
for the soccer match he should have said "i'm cheering for korea!"
lol
Asharaf Abdul Salam in English that works but in korean there’s no word for just one Korea, it’s either south or north
An also, 'Korea' is a western word arbitrarily chosen (nobody really knows why we call them like that). In korean is Choson for the north region and Hanguk for the south.
@thales souza @黃櫻桃
Thank you for telling me, wow that is so interesting! ill remember that from now on :) I was just saying because where I'm from (the north of Ireland) there are two different football teams for the north and south and people would ask who I'm rooting for and I always say the whole island of Ireland! I don't like to differentiate between north and south here. Sorry if I was insensitive with my comment!
Whenever i think about north and south korea my mind thinks abt india and pak. There r very similar in many ways.
In North Korea, normal citizens can legally only enter 28 websites using internet. Thats sad now.
kpop 4ever If your definition of social wellbeing comes from how many internet sites you can access, you’re delusional.
@@leobri6133 It doesn't. It shows that they aren't exposed to the world like we are.
@@kpop4ever201 And that's fortunate. If they were, they would be bombarded with western propaganda the same way that south Koreans have been.
@@leobri6133 you should have the freedom to form an opinion instead of being told what to think
@@leobri6133 At least then they'd know what they're missing, instead of thinking NK is the best country in the world and that they're practically living in paradise, without having anything to compare it to.
🥰Stereotyping is common, I am just glad that people traveling from place to place get to share their experiences that give information and makes other understand about their misconceptions. 🥰
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But you guys also cant blame others when they get shocked about assuming you guys live i very poor conditions because anyone grown up in the west is taught that that is how NKoreans live. So when they hear that you have access to a bowl of rice with meat they are supeised because in most peoples minds A North Korean doesnt have any of those foods. Just like how thr probably teach all western kids grow up dirt poor as
They maybe had a lot of hardships in their country but it seems they were taught how to be kind. They are not as radical like the people of some countries in Africa.
Huh the thoughts about thinking Korea is hungry and poor seem true.... And you can pretend you were going to be a Party rockstar and I can pretend I was going to be an actual rockstar....
Praising the dear leader is ignorant... etc etc etc. Not even trying to hate or be rude.
How would you say it? Would you point to the homelessness and poverty of south korea and make a comparison with a straight face?
And then the thought of being asked which team you're rooting for... DPRK vs S. Korea etc... Like that isn't an insinuation you're not one of us? You can move to my country and still root for teams from your motherland? I'm not going to think differently of a Canadian-American when they root for Canada during Olympic Hockey.
Hey young north Korean lady, could you talk to the camera, we were watching you
So they can't talk without seeing each other face and can't take their eyes off to one who are talking...