Kim Jong-Un’s New Strategy

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  • @ChenAnPin
    @ChenAnPin 6 месяцев назад +1479

    North Korea's interest in getting its own nukes probably intensified even before Gaddafi's fall from power in 2011, when in 2003 it and the world watched as the US managed to invade and defeat Iraq, which at the time was considered to have one of the largest and most powerful army in the Middle East region. From North Korea's perspective they just watched another country invaded, its military defeated, its leader captured and later put on trial and executed, and perhaps concluded that that same fate could befall them if they didn't have nukes as a deterrence against a similar invasion.

    • @muhammaDEsmustafa
      @muhammaDEsmustafa 6 месяцев назад

      Iraq had a measly army that couldn't threaten anyone after the U.S. supported it in an 8 year long war with Iran. And then followed by bone crushing sanctions from 1991 to 2003. That's pure propaganda. Free yourself.

    • @charlesyang8146
      @charlesyang8146 6 месяцев назад +142

      Finally someone with brains.

    • @hurricanemeridian8712
      @hurricanemeridian8712 6 месяцев назад +43

      ​@@charlesyang8146It does make a lot of sense honestly

    • @2x2is22
      @2x2is22 6 месяцев назад +190

      And this was only reinforced recently when the Russians invaded Ukraine. A state that is not only non-nuclear, but voluntarily became non-nuclear after relinquishing the nuclear weapons it inherited from the USSR.
      From a smaller state's perspective, it's nearly impossible to deny that nuclear weapons are the only way to guarantee not only your security, but your very existence

    • @Xazamas
      @Xazamas 6 месяцев назад +94

      >promise Gaddafi he can stay in power if he gets rid of his nukes
      >invade him later anyway due to what in hindsight was basically a social media outrage*
      >act surprised that North Korean regime will never willingly hand over its nuclear capability
      *Gaddafi did some genuine dictator things in response to "Arab Spring" (also fuelled by social media) but the political pressure within the West to intervene came largely from the general public who only became "experts" in Libya's geopolitical situation when it started trending on their feeds. At the time social media was still bit of a novelty, allowing it to have greater impact. Ever since Gaddafi regime fell, Europe's basically had a constant migrant crisis that occasionally flares up. Russia has weaponised these migrants by helping them cross the border suddenly en masse. People have become stuck long-term in the Polish-Belarusian border zone. Finland recently had to close its border with Russia.

  • @konstantynopolyt6770
    @konstantynopolyt6770 6 месяцев назад +2180

    Bringing McDonald's to North Korea will be the move. Kim's diet needs that extra kick

    • @caseypenk
      @caseypenk 6 месяцев назад +58

      This is the way.

    • @Hadar1991
      @Hadar1991 6 месяцев назад

      Heiress presumptive to North Korean throne is Kim Jong-Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong. And if sources are correct he may be the more liberal and gentle of the two. Killing dictator/monarch always raises the question who will come in his/her place and then we have to think if it will advance our cause or not. :D

    • @tomikexboii5403
      @tomikexboii5403 6 месяцев назад +97

      A kick into cardiac arrest? I can get behind that tbh.

    • @deathdrone6988
      @deathdrone6988 6 месяцев назад +40

      He already has swiss cheese and french wine worth millions, I don't think he'd want that junk. Also, according to North Korea, they invented the hamburger😂

    • @zeinbanda6825
      @zeinbanda6825 6 месяцев назад +4

      that is a child rumor

  • @darkfool2000
    @darkfool2000 6 месяцев назад +656

    This video is ignoring the consequences of one particular fact. North Korea is selling weapons to Russia. Russia needs all the ammunition it can get for its war in Ukraine, and the fact that North Korea doesn't need all that ammunition is actually a really good sign. It means that North Korea is not preparing to fight a war, because if it were, it would stockpiling those weapons, not selling them to Russia.

    • @JoshMathewsofficial
      @JoshMathewsofficial 6 месяцев назад +54

      Yes but North Korea stopped sending shells recently.

    • @The_North_Star_of_Wall_Street
      @The_North_Star_of_Wall_Street 6 месяцев назад +9

      Smart comment

    • @yuliakochenkova8516
      @yuliakochenkova8516 6 месяцев назад +104

      Doesn't the last part of the video kind of address these? NK is getting a lot of money and tech in exchange for cheap artillery shells, shells that they can always produce again. Remember, KJU is still young (assuming he keeps himself healthy), he can live for another 30 to 40 years. Whose to say he won't start a war 10 years from now when NK has a better army after getting the needed resources by selling things to Russia?

    • @darkfool2000
      @darkfool2000 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@yuliakochenkova8516 Nah that's definitely possible, but honestly so many other problems are likely to arise within that time, that if a problem as small as a belligerent North Korea still merits this much attention and concern, then we should consider ourselves lucky.

    • @crocs4304
      @crocs4304 6 месяцев назад

      North Korea will not attack today, in 5 years or even this decade. The most important factor is that South Korea is a demographic timebomb that’s rapidly losing young people and the North is the only East Asian country with a stable birthrate. The North will invade the South again when there simply aren’t any young South Koreans left to defend their country. Idk who will win this war but that seems the most likely scenario

  • @machekesimphiwe
    @machekesimphiwe 6 месяцев назад +808

    So far he managed to avoid being turned into gaddafi

    • @Nhan_nguyen271
      @Nhan_nguyen271 6 месяцев назад +108

      yeah one of gaddafi wrong move is give up his military advantage, dude might not be the nicest guy but in the region back then he is the best they could get

    • @infidelheretic923
      @infidelheretic923 6 месяцев назад +28

      Having nukes is the one card he manages to hold and play.

    • @ChrisNoonetheFirst
      @ChrisNoonetheFirst 6 месяцев назад +17

      Gaddafi wasn't born into royalty

    • @d.b.cooper1
      @d.b.cooper1 6 месяцев назад +86

      Shame, now look at Libya. They literally were so far ahead & a key player for the continent till the invasion. Now it's sadly a desolate land where one of few key industries is migrant trading/slave labour. The region is much less safer including the interests of the west....then again that seems to be the aim of a lot of these coups/overthrows.

    • @iteerrex8166
      @iteerrex8166 6 месяцев назад +10

      But I’m sure we are trying very hard.

  • @Luwoze
    @Luwoze 6 месяцев назад +179

    Video is of suspense and downplayed conclusion. The title and first lines hold the premise of North Korea changing tactics and considered to be more dangerous - based on some military news journal. So called “experts” who are not intel officers. Then the narrator/creator drags on Kin Jong-Un’s political/military play to conclude, feebly, that there is new development in strategy. North Korea has re-initialized some exchange with Russia (ammunition for spy satellitery), would doubt they have intent to wage war. Re-watched the last few minutes and cannot see the point of this exposé. It is not the first time I’m duped in following PolyMatter only to have very little conclusive statement.

    • @grantonator3884
      @grantonator3884 6 месяцев назад +33

      Most of his videos end in an ad read instead of a conclusion.

    • @NaturalExplorerNZ
      @NaturalExplorerNZ 6 месяцев назад +15

      agree, im glad others notice this, didn't touch on weapon sales to russia or any particular new strategy at sll

    • @samueldowney2806
      @samueldowney2806 6 месяцев назад +4

      Agreed. Not sure if something went over my head, or it was a whole lot of nothing.

    • @v.heywood
      @v.heywood 3 месяца назад +1

      I know, right !
      The propaganda machine never stops

    • @nirfan2020
      @nirfan2020 3 месяца назад

      ​@@grantonator3884conclusion of this video clip scripts was prepared by Langley and MOSSTARD...their bossess in the nazionist war house and pantagon...😁

  • @patternwhisperer4048
    @patternwhisperer4048 6 месяцев назад +667

    @PolyMatter, while you do paste sources, I wish you would at least annotate where you reference what

    • @hndrwn
      @hndrwn 6 месяцев назад +150

      While my reader/listener self agree with you, my writer self cry in fear hearing your suggestion. 😂

    • @purewaterruler
      @purewaterruler 6 месяцев назад

      I agree

    • @Sebastian-gf2fk
      @Sebastian-gf2fk 6 месяцев назад +21

      Lol, dont you know. This is publicity, not journalism.

    • @CarlosRuiz-we9ug
      @CarlosRuiz-we9ug 6 месяцев назад

      literally american propaganda@@Sebastian-gf2fk

    • @crazychimp1324
      @crazychimp1324 6 месяцев назад +11

      @@Sebastian-gf2fkpublicity , Journalism , propaganda, explain the difference

  • @PapyrusPundit
    @PapyrusPundit 6 месяцев назад +247

    Polymatter spends more time thinking about North Korea than North Korea does. They should hire him.

    • @224dot0dot0dot10
      @224dot0dot0dot10 6 месяцев назад

      Would North Korea pay him with coal briquettes or sea food or crystal meth or counterfeit $100 bills? North Korea has no real authentic US dollars and I can't think of anything else that North Korea exports to other countries besides coal briquettes, shellfish sea food (North Korea sells sea food to Japan) and North Korea sells meth and counterfeit $100 bills to Chinese triad gangs and Japanese Yakuza and Russian mafia according to the CIA web page

    • @224dot0dot0dot10
      @224dot0dot0dot10 6 месяцев назад +16

      Everytime Polymatter uploads a new RUclips video he will get 20 tons of coal briquettes and a few pounds of frozen fish from Kim

    • @Flawtistic
      @Flawtistic 6 месяцев назад +7

      Yeah, I wonder if he gets any money from defense lobbyists 😂 , wonder how much 💵 trying to get on Johnny Harris’ level of boot licking

    • @PapyrusPundit
      @PapyrusPundit 6 месяцев назад +4

      Harris is easily my least favorite RUclipsr. Classic example of a person pretending to be knowledgeable when his only real skill is 3D map manipulation.

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 6 месяцев назад

      Nah, US Government should hire him to straighten out our foreign policy.

  • @YourChenlambec
    @YourChenlambec 6 месяцев назад +209

    20:11 Two experts. What is their background, what are their incentives, what are the counter arguments, what are the backgrounds and incentives of the counter arguing experts?

    • @j.r.8176
      @j.r.8176 6 месяцев назад

      You're asking too many questions! Just consume your daily dose of CIA funded propaganda and stay quiet!

    • @longiusaescius2537
      @longiusaescius2537 6 месяцев назад +4

      Yup

    • @jannejot9026
      @jannejot9026 6 месяцев назад +8

      Trust me bro

    • @lobachevscki
      @lobachevscki 6 месяцев назад +2

      The sources are in the description

    • @miyahwhite2700
      @miyahwhite2700 5 месяцев назад

      He says their names near the beginning. It's not important anyway it's more of a thought experiment video.

  • @countofmontecristo8369
    @countofmontecristo8369 6 месяцев назад +138

    All I saw was one mention of a monument being destroyed and 10 years of fairly consistent missile tests barring one or two exceptions to support 2 single points of view.

  • @samuelthecamel
    @samuelthecamel 6 месяцев назад +78

    5:47 Poor Kennedy, getting his name cut off like that /j

    • @siangchengpang772
      @siangchengpang772 6 месяцев назад +21

      He's just Ken

    • @224dot0dot0dot10
      @224dot0dot0dot10 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@siangchengpang772 Ken from Street Fighter 2 was president of USA with Ryu as Vice President.... Hadooken !

    • @ssssss-pj6vn
      @ssssss-pj6vn 6 месяцев назад

      Underrated comment 😆​@@siangchengpang772

    • @H8nji
      @H8nji 6 месяцев назад

      It’s not /j for 🇮🇱

    • @Nike_IV
      @Nike_IV 5 месяцев назад

      @@siangchengpang772Anywhere else he’d be a ten.

  • @EspiritualidadCiencia
    @EspiritualidadCiencia 6 месяцев назад +21

    USA: Has never been willing to accept a nuclear North Korea
    North Korea: Is a nuclear nation regardless

    • @NeostormXLMAX
      @NeostormXLMAX 6 месяцев назад +9

      this video is just cope lmao

    • @karunsagar1773
      @karunsagar1773 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@NeostormXLMAX How is it cope when the ending conclusion is that the west should be worried?

  • @dozaarchives2225
    @dozaarchives2225 6 месяцев назад +190

    I don't understand how Russia has sanctions against N. Korea but uses their weapons against Ukraine. Sounds like friends again.

    • @dirremoire
      @dirremoire 6 месяцев назад

      The sanctions are from the UN. In theory, all nations are bound by them. In theory. But smuggling is as old as taxation.

    • @kennyalvarado7578
      @kennyalvarado7578 6 месяцев назад +45

      I thinks it’s a double edged sword. Russia has very few countries willing to sell it arms and ammunition, so it buys from NK out of necessity. On the other hand, Russia cannot afford to be fighting a 2 front war, and NK is inducing conflict with NATO allies right along its eastern border. So I guess the sanctions are to mitigate that scenario.

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 6 месяцев назад +5

      Geopolitics is weird like that

    • @KatyYoder-cq1kc
      @KatyYoder-cq1kc 6 месяцев назад +1

      Correct.

  • @lenowoo
    @lenowoo 6 месяцев назад +220

    We may look at the past 20 years as a golden age. . . . what a terrifying insight.
    For the past years, i began to see that we are just reapeating early 19. . .

    • @2x2is22
      @2x2is22 6 месяцев назад +19

      The post-Soviet world has been a golden age. At least for the USA and its allies in the West and East. Even for China too

    • @john_smith_john
      @john_smith_john 6 месяцев назад +2

      That was talking about north korea, not the whole world.

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 6 месяцев назад +17

      This is only for the west, and a few select countries elsewhere (primarily China and India). The west likes to imagine the world was all sunshine and rainbows with it in charge - that wasn't true of colonialism and it isn't true of this period either. There was plenty of war, it just didn't come home to them. A large chunk of that war came FROM them tho. But it only hurt other nations.

    • @Akislav1990
      @Akislav1990 6 месяцев назад +3

      History doesn't repeat, but if often rhymes

    • @abdiganiaden
      @abdiganiaden 6 месяцев назад +1

      This why multi polar world seems much scarier than uni polar one

  • @namenamenamename7224
    @namenamenamename7224 6 месяцев назад +36

    IDK if I trust this guy's analysis. He isn't Australian and hasn't mentioned Dutch Disease once in 25 minutes.

  • @kevinryan206
    @kevinryan206 6 месяцев назад +15

    North Korea is best understood in terms of its own ideology which it has published at length in multiple languages on the internet and is available for download.

  • @RuruFIN
    @RuruFIN 6 месяцев назад +6

    I didn't even know that the Arch of Reunification was demolished. Sad.

  • @bbslugger8
    @bbslugger8 6 месяцев назад +7

    Its so difficult to make any kind of negotiation regarding nukes. If US allowed North Korea to keep nukes and be integrated into the world economy, then US allies like Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey would all want to get their own nukes. If North Korea gives up nukes then the regime could follow the same pathway as Gaddhafi. The only solution is topple of the government internally but north korea tightened its grip even further on their authoritarian ways. Its a sad situation with only glimmer of hope.

  • @locals7428
    @locals7428 6 месяцев назад +16

    This video could've been 5 mins

  • @mossibility
    @mossibility 6 месяцев назад +6

    I see that Kim Jong Un is still trying to rock that Mao Zedong hairstyle.

  • @prestonjobe
    @prestonjobe 6 месяцев назад +4

    This was very well put together. Amazing video

  • @JoeRogansForehead
    @JoeRogansForehead 6 месяцев назад +4

    Kim rocking the glasses now more is just a way to look like his family you know? He’s trying to look more older and wise

  • @nguyenlamanh2919
    @nguyenlamanh2919 6 месяцев назад +7

    A small mistake, China Vietnam border war was in 1979

  • @MIKAEL212345
    @MIKAEL212345 6 месяцев назад +33

    I really liked this video. It is a new perspective from the usual "North Korea escalates, negotiates then repeats" narrative that seems to be the only one that ever gets talked about.

    • @ChoKwo
      @ChoKwo 6 месяцев назад +9

      Its the only one that gets talked about because speculation like in the video here never pans out. Nothing in the video suggests NK is not doing another attention grabbing bit. The video is purely speculation based off non-South-Korean 2 experts.

    • @MIKAEL212345
      @MIKAEL212345 6 месяцев назад +6

      @ChoKwo I appreciate alternative models that explain the same set of facts, even if they aren't amazing models, because it can help you freshen your mind after looking at the same facts with the same perspective for so long.
      So, even if his video is a wrong way to think about north korea, I still really like it for forcing me to think about things in a new way to engage with his new model.

    • @coshyno
      @coshyno 6 месяцев назад

      are you like uh, stupid ? Can you not do your own research ? This is complete nonsense this video. Unreal. @@MIKAEL212345

  • @andan2293
    @andan2293 6 месяцев назад +200

    We can also see what happened to Ukraine when it gave up it's nuclear arsenal...

    • @babyyoda1898
      @babyyoda1898 6 месяцев назад +14

      Ukraine could never have used them 🤓 Theres noüoint about that

    • @mark0001
      @mark0001 6 месяцев назад +55

      ​@@babyyoda1898Look who we have here, someone who has no idea what nuclear deterrence is

    • @realmaozhedong
      @realmaozhedong 6 месяцев назад +17

      @@babyyoda1898 then why were they asked to give up on those weapons?

    • @SuhbanIo
      @SuhbanIo 6 месяцев назад +18

      @@mark0001 how can you deter when you can't use the nukes?

    • @msergio0293
      @msergio0293 6 месяцев назад +1

      Lol

  • @JoeLocksammich
    @JoeLocksammich 6 месяцев назад +56

    Some commenters seem annoyed that PolyMatter referred to North Korea as a "child", the point was that the dynamic of the relationship between the USA and North Korea is like that of a child throwing a tantrum until they get what they want. North Korea being the child when they blow something up and then want to negotiate for some appeasement so they will settle down for awhile until they do it again.

    • @averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh
      @averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh 6 месяцев назад

      Should have said diabetic chain smoking alcoholic child

    • @omanajz
      @omanajz 6 месяцев назад

      If you are talking about me, I am not annoyed, I was just out of the loop as I'm not an American and English is not my first language, so I didn't understand the analogy at first

    • @nullumamare8660
      @nullumamare8660 6 месяцев назад +15

      Lol, you really think that the people taking issue with it didn't understand the point? We all did mate. We just refuse to comply with this mindset that a sovereign country is a "child" that needs permission and nurturing from another.

    • @nullumamare8660
      @nullumamare8660 6 месяцев назад

      NK doesn't want anything from the US except to leave the korean people alone. They don't need their "dad" that carpet bombed them in 1953.

    • @Aaaa-gs7ww
      @Aaaa-gs7ww 6 месяцев назад +1

      I think it's more about them using the same metaphor for the dynamic repeatedly, I didn't have a problem with it the first time but by the 4th time they used it it felt a little overdone

  • @thatverseguy
    @thatverseguy 6 месяцев назад +118

    I mean, NK integrating itself into the world economy would do it well. It makes sense why giving up nuclear weapons is something to abstain from; look at Ukraine. Regardless, such an aggressive and rebellious nation having such power is scary, to say the least. In my own personal worries, I just want to be able to visit SK without fear of randomly getting nuked. I'm probably worrying too much, but still.

    • @nullumamare8660
      @nullumamare8660 6 месяцев назад +10

      If NK would use nukes, your best bet is being in SK as they would never nuke their own people.

    • @yuyoshida7359
      @yuyoshida7359 6 месяцев назад +10

      @nullumamare8660 Didn’t NK recently revoke the law preventing them from nuking SK?
      I know that doesn’t mean NK will any time soon, but I think its something to note

    • @guardianoffire8814
      @guardianoffire8814 6 месяцев назад +17

      @@nullumamare8660To much time has past. Family connections between those living in either countries have ended. Nothing will hold back South Korea from nuking North Korea if they had nuclear weapons. Its the United States that is opposed to nuclear armed South Korea and North Korea.

    • @leoscareer
      @leoscareer 6 месяцев назад

      What North Korea failed to do during the negotiations with the US is to convince the US that what they really wanted is the same status of Saudi Arabia. They want to be a rich authoritarian with no nukes but has the full backing and support of the US. This is a tough sell given that the US already have major partners and allies in the region with the same ideologies, so an evil partner isn't necessary.

    • @FireRupee
      @FireRupee 6 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@guardianoffire8814"It's the United States that is opposed to nuclear armed South Korea and North Korea." I think the PRC isn't too in favor of it either.

  • @kris.chandra
    @kris.chandra 6 месяцев назад +11

    this is the most chatgpt video from polymatter

    • @takotaw8453
      @takotaw8453 6 месяцев назад +1

      How so?

    • @Larry-Lobster
      @Larry-Lobster 2 месяца назад

      @@takotaw8453So long with such few insights or relevant commentary. Lots of pointless insults without much analysis. Surface-level video on a very deep topic while pretending it is deep.

  • @t0lar
    @t0lar 5 месяцев назад +2

    You know I keep on hearing this narrative that the reason for North Korean provocation is to get some benefits or concession through intimidation, yet I don’t see any evidence of any material benefit of this narrative, what exactly does North Korea get each time they supposedly go through this “cycle”?
    Sanctions on the country has not changed, and I have never ever heard of North Korea receiving international aid from anyone, so you have to pardon my skepticism.

  • @anagram
    @anagram 6 месяцев назад +3

    Painting NK as a bickering child and USA as a responsible parent is so naive and surface-level... I expected more from you.

  • @donaldmaxie5264
    @donaldmaxie5264 6 месяцев назад +3

    "The same tired strategy." The strategy has been working well to keep the Kim family in power. Nothing in North Korea is more important than that. Why should he change?

  • @dragosstanciu9866
    @dragosstanciu9866 6 месяцев назад +185

    Sadly Kim Jong-Un's new strategy does not include freedom and respect for his people.

    • @metallurgico
      @metallurgico 6 месяцев назад +46

      It's common to every politician lol

    • @msergio0293
      @msergio0293 6 месяцев назад +10

      Shocked 😮

    • @donaldmaxie5264
      @donaldmaxie5264 6 месяцев назад +38

      Like most politicians, his new strategy includes staying in power. Without that, nothing else matters.

    • @doppelgangster
      @doppelgangster 6 месяцев назад +12

      What do you know about how his people live? Aside from what Western media feeds you

    • @yuyoshida7359
      @yuyoshida7359 6 месяцев назад

      @doppelgangster Brooo you can’t watch SK dramas in NK, otherwise you’ll get SENT TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT!!!
      What’s life without SK dramas? Only DEPRESSION
      Putting aside the sarcasm, even if North Koreans aren’t nearly suffering as much as the west projects them to, it doesn’t change the fact that the west in general feel threatened by NK’s intentions and capabilities internationally to an extent, enough to want to antagonize them to the public.

  • @hurricanemeridian8712
    @hurricanemeridian8712 6 месяцев назад +46

    Now that I've looked at the sources.... what
    half of it is the wall street journal

    • @EmmaWithoutOrgans
      @EmmaWithoutOrgans 6 месяцев назад +11

      same, i unsubrscribed and will not stick around

    • @wol_ves
      @wol_ves 6 месяцев назад +11

      I'm not quite sure what you're implying with this, but there are more NY times sources than WSJ sources. Do you actually disagree with any of the content here, or do you just not like that the WSJ was cited?

    • @MIKAEL212345
      @MIKAEL212345 6 месяцев назад +8

      The wall street journal is a respected news organization, on the same tier as the NY Times or WaPo. Yes, they have some wacky opinion writers and editorial board writers, but every other article they write is top notch.

    • @ForelliBoy
      @ForelliBoy 6 месяцев назад +8

      @@MIKAEL212345 I was gonna say, WSJ articles are fine but are also severely distinct from WSJ opinion

    • @CarlosRuiz-we9ug
      @CarlosRuiz-we9ug 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@MIKAEL212345 lol lmao

  • @frido_lino
    @frido_lino 6 месяцев назад +96

    Incredible that he studied in switzerland and still goes through with it.

    • @pillpill6885
      @pillpill6885 6 месяцев назад +38

      Yeah to me too he’s seen what a peaceful capitalist country looks like and still he chooses to do what he does

    • @FortuneZer0
      @FortuneZer0 6 месяцев назад +71

      You both see it distorted. This IS the way to become an open and capitalist society, without loosing power.
      Thats the main reason why its this route. Staying in power.

    • @unixtreme
      @unixtreme 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@pillpill6885he's a dictator, he literally only cares about self preservation.

    • @abdiganiaden
      @abdiganiaden 6 месяцев назад

      @@pillpill6885 There’s always airheads like you who think being edgy is a personality

    • @FortuneZer0
      @FortuneZer0 6 месяцев назад +27

      @@Osterochse He went to school im Liebifeld Gymer and a geneva private school. Its a fact. Also why should the swiss goverment exponate itself over this?

  • @NaturalExplorerNZ
    @NaturalExplorerNZ 6 месяцев назад +15

    kinda felt like this one went round in circles for a while and could have been about half the length whilst still conveying the same conclusion

  • @cobaltusa
    @cobaltusa 6 месяцев назад +3

    Great video. Informative and thought provoking. Great work thank you

    • @colinmickelo6205
      @colinmickelo6205 Месяц назад

      They have other really good videos as well. I'm living my best life.

  • @MrGorobu
    @MrGorobu 4 месяца назад +1

    Un scratching his head wondering why nobody respects him, meanwhile everyone respects the achievements to the South. Hardly a conundrum, Kim.

  • @DomyTheMad420
    @DomyTheMad420 6 месяцев назад +20

    0:40 ='(
    I was honestly looking at the past decade of their actions with some optimism.
    There were clear indicators for those versed in people & politics that behind all the agression he was looking to carefully open up his country to "the west" (capitalism) and trying to "pull a China".
    and while that would still put them low on the human rights index, it was a move i'd have supported compared to continued isolation.
    :(

    • @davidk.d.7591
      @davidk.d.7591 6 месяцев назад +12

      The biggest issue is that it was immediately obvious from the start that negotiations would fail. The US only ever cared about getting rid of the nukes. That's something they made very clear and there was absolutely no way Pyongyang was going to give up those nukes

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 6 месяцев назад

      He may have been trying to 'pull a China', but not with the west. More likely with China itself. The west has always been their enemy, and nothing recent has suggested that was ever going to change. Capitalism maybe, but not a western orientation.

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 6 месяцев назад +1

      He may have wanted to pull a China, but not with the west. Likely with China. Capitalism maybe, but not a western orientation.

    • @chinesesparrows
      @chinesesparrows 6 месяцев назад

      He wouldve pulled a china if he denuked, but he chose to starve citizens to fund basicially his own self protection. Never forget China japan south korea etc prospered through trade and investment by being reasonable. China is losing investment trade from being unreasonable with even basic economy analysis being treated as spying

    • @achmedaan
      @achmedaan 6 месяцев назад +1

      China used all the money it gained through trade with the west to arm up and become a belligerent fascist state. I think the current isolationism might be preferable to North Korea performing a similar move.

  • @sshetty623
    @sshetty623 6 месяцев назад +30

    this could have been a 4 min video

  • @Mexican00b
    @Mexican00b 6 месяцев назад +3

    is this a reupload? i've seen long ago...

  • @stefanm886
    @stefanm886 5 месяцев назад +1

    The Gadaffi argument has several flaws:
    1: North Korea had its first nuclear weapons in 2006, Gadaffi was killed in 2011
    2: Gadaffi didn't give up his nuclear weapons program volounterily it was severaly hindered in its progress by the US Navy, and might verry well have suffered the fate of Syria's and Iraq's nuclear weapons programm, be destroyed by air strikes, had he not given in.

  • @Poppy_69
    @Poppy_69 6 месяцев назад +41

    My strategy to survive this world is not to die. 😊

    • @colinmickelo6205
      @colinmickelo6205 Месяц назад

      The Egyptians believe the best thing you could do is 😂

  • @godspeedrebirth
    @godspeedrebirth 6 месяцев назад +31

    Subverting expectations😂
    I wasn’t expecting the “and it’s all true”

  • @Grundewalt
    @Grundewalt 6 месяцев назад +4

    maybe I missed something. While the first part was clear, about NK strategy I mean. What is the new strategy? I thought understanding the real danger NK will start a war, then they sell all those shells to ruzzia, thus telling they do not see a war in the near future. They got satelite, they proved they can reach usa, but they still want normalised relationship that they will never get on their terms (keeping nukes). So what is this new strategy ?? did not get it....

    • @tonyraffetto931
      @tonyraffetto931 5 месяцев назад +1

      Cozy up to russia and china even though they dont like eachother

  • @ukweli1786
    @ukweli1786 6 месяцев назад +4

    Who made america the parents in this theory off yours?

  • @chrisedwards3866
    @chrisedwards3866 6 месяцев назад +5

    The assessment that NK thinks it needs nukes to be taken seriously is debunked by the fact that the US takes SK seriously, even though SK doesn't have nukes. Not to mention many other non-nuclear nations that the US has good relations with.
    The US takes a nation seriously if it has a decently large economy, and if it takes itself seriously - its government is halfway competent and getting things done (even by the low standards of governments).

    • @evilleader1991
      @evilleader1991 6 месяцев назад +1

      SK is a US vassal state 😂

  • @FlakeSE
    @FlakeSE 6 месяцев назад +1

    Narrator: This time was no different.
    DPRK can’t win a war and Kim is not likely to chance losing everything to gain nothing.

  • @FlyxPat
    @FlyxPat 6 месяцев назад +5

    I always wonder if the NK elite couldn’t be bought off to go into exile. I mean who really would want to preside over a brutal poverty-ridden powder keg.

  • @onetruekeeper
    @onetruekeeper 6 месяцев назад +1

    His strategy does not work anymore. But his yes men dare not tell him the truth. The danger is that he may do something that will force SK to respond militarily which will lead to war.

  • @maddiemudd9544
    @maddiemudd9544 6 месяцев назад +5

    I always enjoy your videos

  • @Luka__1
    @Luka__1 6 месяцев назад +2

    This video feels like polymatter has a personal beef with Kim Jong Un, with how he's insulting him

    • @coshyno
      @coshyno 6 месяцев назад

      Are you butthurt ? @@tooltime9260

  • @msasociality
    @msasociality 6 месяцев назад +29

    5 years later another strategy video

    • @gus892
      @gus892 6 месяцев назад +1

      So. If I got this correct .NK Sets off Atom Bomb in Sea , Radiating the fish, which they eat. thereby committing suicide.

  • @Djinnthehuman
    @Djinnthehuman 6 месяцев назад +2

    “Classified” lmao okay

  • @answerman9933
    @answerman9933 6 месяцев назад +10

    I was not aware that Kin Jong-un had a strategy, beyond staying in power.

  • @eek6764
    @eek6764 6 месяцев назад +1

    Initial North Korean nuclear development was not driven by the US considering using nukes during the Korean War. They started development to compete with the (now defunct) South Korean nuclear weapons development program. By the time South Korea ended development, North Korea had made substantial progress and decided it was in their interest to continue.

  • @aamirsandalwala7699
    @aamirsandalwala7699 6 месяцев назад +4

    I think north korea needs a wallmart with a 100 vehicle parking lot. Best deal for it.

  • @corey2232
    @corey2232 6 месяцев назад +2

    The US considered using nukes in 1950... nearly 75 years ago. And why read it the US's job to make NK "feel secure" decades AFTER they already built the bomb?
    You mention Libya, but NK already had nukes by then. NK already had "security" in the USSR & China for decades, so acting like they were fearfully awaiting invasion because nukes were considered *in 1950,* is silly.
    No matter how you spin it, NK KNEW they wouldnt be invaded, if only for their alliance with China alone. The US had a much longer, bloodier, more controversial war with Vietnam (and way more recently) than it ever had with Korea, yet look at how relations steadily improved over time.
    You know why? Because Vietnam wasn't trying to build nukes & wasn't threatening constant nuclear war. But sure, poor little NK just doing all this for purely "defensive" reasons 🙄

    • @justamoroccandude2588
      @justamoroccandude2588 6 месяцев назад

      Both Countries Gave you the Finger and fought you till you Americans Ran away ....
      Vietnam was approached by the USA AFTER the war with China

  • @Tiennuskhan
    @Tiennuskhan 6 месяцев назад +9

    It's surprising to watch content on North Korea that barely mentions the role played by the South...

    • @Disorder2312
      @Disorder2312 6 месяцев назад +1

      Not that surprising when it's a common propaganda of the US imperialists.

    • @alexanderphilip1809
      @alexanderphilip1809 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@Disorder2312 ah yes common propaganda. Which of course North Korea is absolutely innocent of.

    • @alexanderphilip1809
      @alexanderphilip1809 6 месяцев назад

      South Korea is under the US nuclear umbrella. If NK nukes them the US will have to retaliate. An alternative will be for SK to go nuclear if that happens Japan will follow. US will have 3 independent nuclear powers on its western seaboard. That's a no no from them.

  • @Whoiskimb
    @Whoiskimb 6 месяцев назад +1

    The only time I can sympathise with Kim is when he took that 60-hour train ride after failing both his parents that's so brutal😂😂😂

  • @nathanlamberth7631
    @nathanlamberth7631 5 месяцев назад +5

    can't we just cut a deal. Kimmy walks away rich and off the hook. Korea reunites

  • @russellst.martin4255
    @russellst.martin4255 3 месяца назад

    Thank you. People seem to think his motivations are based on reducing sanctions alone, but his regime has found ways to ensure their own wealth regardless, and it's abundantly clear that he couldn't care less about the quality of life of those outside his circle in Pyongyang. This is about gaining respect.

  • @a-pv7sv
    @a-pv7sv 6 месяцев назад +11

    0:42 There was a famine during that period, since the Soviet Union collapsed, and North Korea still has not recovered. That is definitely not North Korea's golden age.

    • @chickenballstv1510
      @chickenballstv1510 6 месяцев назад +8

      There golden age was the 1950s when they where outperforming sk

  • @jimjones1130
    @jimjones1130 6 месяцев назад +1

    Fascinating country such a rich and vibrant culture

  • @taterrhead
    @taterrhead 5 месяцев назад +3

    Last I checked North Korea wasn't commiting a genocide ... North Korea wasn't bombing other country's embassies ...

    • @lygcdr675
      @lygcdr675 Месяц назад +1

      They literally are commuting genocide though within their own borders 😂what are you talking about

    • @bristoled93
      @bristoled93 16 дней назад

      North Korea is supporting Russia invading Ukraine.

  • @sauravsuresh
    @sauravsuresh 5 месяцев назад +1

    You seem to be explaining all this without mentioning the fact that it’s in Americas best interest to topple Kim’s regime

  • @another_alex8738
    @another_alex8738 6 месяцев назад +2

    I mean this video is all in all well made, but it lacks a hell of a lot journalistic standards

  • @Zulu823
    @Zulu823 6 месяцев назад +4

    What sources did you use to make this video? I enjoyed the video but I think this is a very reasonable question to ask, otherwise this is just you making a blank comment that could or could not be relevant. Backing your statements with a good source would be helpful. Speaking about it not just copy pasting would give more power to your message.

    • @motichel
      @motichel 6 месяцев назад

      Sources are in description, seems to just be news articles

    • @Zulu823
      @Zulu823 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@motichel yeah I saw those, my point was that he as to speak about them, otherwise the video can become meaningless, especially because he sounds like he owns the absolute truth, that’s my opinion at least

    • @TheLastScoot
      @TheLastScoot 6 месяцев назад

      @@Zulu823 He does talk about and show the main source for the narrative at 0:18, idk what more you want.

  • @adam.dzwoniarek72
    @adam.dzwoniarek72 6 месяцев назад +4

    ignoring tantrum-throwing children sometimes brings positive effects

  • @Raoul2122
    @Raoul2122 6 месяцев назад +1

    I watch an average of 2.5H of RUclips every single Day. Since 4 Years now, you are by far my favorite RUclipsr of all. Impeccable research! Impeccable topics and storytelling!!

  • @Zapatabone
    @Zapatabone 6 месяцев назад +1

    This video did nothing more than ramble on about North Koreas history only for it to ignore how Russia is giving weapons to North Korea and trading with them intensely.

  • @aviationdesigner0016
    @aviationdesigner0016 6 месяцев назад +4

    No matter how much terrifying this country is, the RUclips channels will continue get the most trending topic until this country exists

  • @shraka
    @shraka 6 месяцев назад +1

    Man this video is absolutely dripping in ideology.

  • @TheFanaticOne
    @TheFanaticOne 6 месяцев назад +32

    PolyMatter be talking as if his mother donated an egg to birth north Korea

  • @TheScotian82
    @TheScotian82 6 месяцев назад +1

    Imagine acting like a petulant child is somehow a "Glorious Leader".

  • @p1mason
    @p1mason 6 месяцев назад +1

    I think it's worth noting that the status quo suits the USA, South Korea, and Japan as well.
    Maintaining a muscular military posture in the East China Sea is something these countries are motivated to do as a counter to China's rise. The DPRK provides a convenient smoke screen for this, which, in turn, gives China the option to read this build up as less provocative than they otherwise might.
    This is not to say that the DPRK is in any way trying to play the US side. It isn't. But it does further show that while noone wants the DPRK, also nobody has any incentive to remove the DPRK either.

  • @Gueroizquierda
    @Gueroizquierda 6 месяцев назад +1

    "1998-2008 may be considered a golden era" Lol what? This guy has no clue

  • @rock3tcatU233
    @rock3tcatU233 6 месяцев назад +6

    All countries have the right to access nuclear technology.

    • @Zeta4
      @Zeta4 6 месяцев назад

      That’s a ridiculous statement

  • @plutoniumpoprocks
    @plutoniumpoprocks 6 месяцев назад +7

    A 'Dumb And Dumber' remake starring Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un. It could work.

  • @Alan_Watkin
    @Alan_Watkin 6 месяцев назад +3

    But it seems at the moment the DPRK is no longer having Russian ships doc at its ports, so it seems they have stopped arming the Russian's... this is fairly fresh news so time will tell on that

  • @chiefmonrovia6691
    @chiefmonrovia6691 6 месяцев назад

    I absolutely love the little detail, what I can only assume is a hidden joke, where you only wrote out Kenn for the JFK admin, whereas everyone else got their full names

  • @evryatis9231
    @evryatis9231 6 месяцев назад +7

    I said it on the first moment I saw they destroyed that arch. I knew it was different this time. Bless you polymatter.

    • @ChoKwo
      @ChoKwo 6 месяцев назад +2

      But, it's not different? Love polymatter but this video is all speculation based on 2 'experts'. While the video suggests something is different, there is nothing to suggest so far this isn't NK just finding another thing to rile up the west. Destroying the unification arch isn't surprising. It's just another tactic to get attention. I doubt we'll see anything outside of the usual pattern for NK. And Russia and China, as said in the video, have no reason to want a stronger NK. If you really listen to the video, despite the title, nothing indicates a change in the status quo. And honestly, unless South Korea itself expresses serious concern, foreign pundits are just buying into NKs next cry for attention.

    • @adurpandya2742
      @adurpandya2742 6 месяцев назад

      The North is preparing the population for a pre-emptive invasion of the south. See my other comment. The Russia-Ukraine war has North Korea paranoid about what South Korea is gonna do soon.

  • @NiftyShifty1
    @NiftyShifty1 6 месяцев назад +1

    Guess it doesn’t involve salad.

  • @RealPeoplePerson
    @RealPeoplePerson 6 месяцев назад +24

    "Rebellious"? It's a sovereign country, not a teenager or a vassal.

    • @nullumamare8660
      @nullumamare8660 6 месяцев назад +1

      To PolyMatter, who seems to think that an entire people are subjects to the US, that doesn't matter. He is like the avarage western racist trying to be "unbiased" about it.

    • @ccdsds3221
      @ccdsds3221 6 месяцев назад +8

      He even refered to USA as “parents” and NK as a “child”…

    • @nullumamare8660
      @nullumamare8660 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@ccdsds3221 He doesn't even try to hide it.

    • @akamal92
      @akamal92 6 месяцев назад +3

      I would argue it's China's client state.

    • @Babigoldfish
      @Babigoldfish 6 месяцев назад

      ​@akamal92 i mean it's way more autonomous than Israel for example

  • @jackmaa3647
    @jackmaa3647 6 месяцев назад +2

    Ukraine develops nuclear weapons once they had not surprises the only way to make Russia withdrawal

  • @opalyasu7159
    @opalyasu7159 6 месяцев назад +3

    Kim Jong Un is the Nikocado Avocado of world leaders: he acts and eats like a spoiled rich kid, but he's always two steps ahead...😰

    • @dustintacohands1107
      @dustintacohands1107 6 месяцев назад +1

      lol yeah his country is doing just wonderful really what a genius lol ok

    • @opalyasu7159
      @opalyasu7159 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@dustintacohands1107 I was referring more to his paranoia if anything

    • @dustintacohands1107
      @dustintacohands1107 6 месяцев назад

      @@opalyasu7159 opps

    • @dustintacohands1107
      @dustintacohands1107 6 месяцев назад

      @@opalyasu7159 OPPs my bad sorry

  • @mosesracal6758
    @mosesracal6758 16 дней назад

    Ironically, the ROK would prefer to keep North Korea alive as well because the alternative is integrating a territory so different from them.
    The DPRK is quite literally that homeless guy across the street.

  • @trefthergom3085
    @trefthergom3085 6 месяцев назад +6

    Did the CIA and DOD sponsor this video?

    • @nullumamare8660
      @nullumamare8660 6 месяцев назад +1

      No, he is doing it for free. That is how he earns money on youtube.

    • @YukariAkiyama
      @YukariAkiyama 6 месяцев назад +1

      no, he gets various sponsors and Google AdSense money

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    @JoseA-wu7ds 2 месяца назад +1

    Love this chanel

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  • @johannjohann6523
    @johannjohann6523 5 месяцев назад

    I never knew the smartest man in the world, and kind beyond measure to his people, ever have a beginning strategy. One that worked. Pretty sure each week is a "new" strategy to conquer and take over the world. His Dad would so be so proud if he did.Still trying to make Dad happy.

  • @feargodkojo6121
    @feargodkojo6121 6 месяцев назад +5

    This video is half nonsense.
    The DPRK sensing the imperialist America and her cronies behaviors knows that she's not safe unless it possesses nuclear weapons.
    The DPRK is blessed to have them.
    It's now untouchable
    Thanks to the wise leadership of comrade Kim Jong Un, she can now safely and securely focus on the economy and the happiness of the people ❤❤❤

  • @ignasmatulevicius7953
    @ignasmatulevicius7953 6 месяцев назад +2

    Could you make a video explaining north korea's economy? Its very foreign and could be very interesting video

  • @johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763
    @johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 6 месяцев назад +3

    Desperate video 😂

  • @Commissar_4735
    @Commissar_4735 6 месяцев назад +10

    sources : american mainstream media

    • @appleratpipe
      @appleratpipe 6 месяцев назад

      Yup, this channel is just USA cesspool

  • @byproductofcheese
    @byproductofcheese 2 месяца назад

    Man you actually make him sound reasonable. In a fictional scenario.

    • @bumlicker1171
      @bumlicker1171 2 месяца назад

      You make him sound unreasonable?

  • @hyperl3ct
    @hyperl3ct 29 дней назад +1

    Amazing video

  • @nonstopjan3219
    @nonstopjan3219 2 месяца назад

    Why does this video seem like advice for parenting saying that north korea acts out for atention because its not taken seriously like a child would

  • @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156
    @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 6 месяцев назад

    Just the fact that Kim Jong-Un was the one to finish the outside of the Ryugyong Hotel tower shows how much he cares about looks and judgements. The works to finish the Hotel's façade were oddly timed with Pyongyang being ridiculed on social media about that big ugly hunk of concrete towering above the city.

  • @supernova7069
    @supernova7069 6 месяцев назад +1

    I think this video is just a week late for upload. Literally a couple of days ago North korea supplied almost Three Million Artillery shells to Russia. This effectively increased the Russian shelling capacity by 10x. There was definitely a big deal made in exchange of this much ammo. we'll just have to wait and see

    • @francoisjackson
      @francoisjackson 6 месяцев назад

      7000 shells is half a day supply at the present rate of Russian use

    • @supernova7069
      @supernova7069 6 месяцев назад +1

      @francoisjackson Sorry man my bad they aparrently sent about 6,700 thousand "containers" full of 3 million Munitions -Aljazeera, DW, (1million CNN) but you get the point

  • @Jmoppelaar
    @Jmoppelaar 6 месяцев назад

    18:25 well that’s EXACTLY friendship. That is called however ‘having an argument’ as well.

  • @zjpdarkblaze
    @zjpdarkblaze 6 месяцев назад +1

    independence to china and russia means closer ties to the west which also means they will have to play by their rules.
    dependence to china and russia means they get to keep nukes.
    this is a no brainer.