A magician in North Korea - smiles against dictatorship

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @YuriNikiforov-o5r
    @YuriNikiforov-o5r Месяц назад +1449

    We need a million of this guy

    • @LeisAbdulbur
      @LeisAbdulbur Месяц назад +62

      We NEED to be like this guy

    • @IronSharpensIronOfficial
      @IronSharpensIronOfficial Месяц назад +8

      We need more people like this guy

    • @Aluttuh
      @Aluttuh Месяц назад +1

      And more ethno states

    • @freeporttraveler
      @freeporttraveler  Месяц назад +32

      @@YuriNikiforov-o5r thanks very much for your brave comment - and in support of Jesper Grønkjær and his work. Also thanking the many viewers appreciating your point of view.

    • @Trendsthismonth
      @Trendsthismonth Месяц назад +1

      It is called Tik Tok

  • @hirokazemistral
    @hirokazemistral Месяц назад +1367

    A good reminder that they're also our fellow human beings on the other side of the border.

    • @emerald1337
      @emerald1337 Месяц назад +14

      Couldnt have said it better

    • @kl4umh
      @kl4umh Месяц назад +27

      ¿Por qué hace falta recordar que son humanos? Creo que es obvio...

    • @ElMamutChiquitito-n9e
      @ElMamutChiquitito-n9e Месяц назад +20

      @@kl4umh você mora na coréia do sul? já ouviu o discurso por lá??? ou pelos EUA?? só veem inimigos.

    • @kl4umh
      @kl4umh Месяц назад +8

      @@ElMamutChiquitito-n9e eu sinto meu português, ainda estou aprendendo.
      e sim, estou ciente de como falam dos cidadãos norte-coreanos! sempre que eu leio os comentários, 99% das pessoas que comentam são inglesas dizendo "eles também são humanos"... como se fosse algo maluco de se pensar!! que desumanização existe, eles nem os veem como pessoas... é assim que justificam as sanções e querer matá-los, eu acho.

    • @Hexishu
      @Hexishu Месяц назад +21

      I think it's more about the government, instead of the people.​@@ElMamutChiquitito-n9e

  • @AnuragPatelAtheist
    @AnuragPatelAtheist Месяц назад +910

    This is what I pay my internet bills for

  • @Der.Geschichtenerzahler
    @Der.Geschichtenerzahler Месяц назад +1048

    I don't even know how this is possible, but congratulations my friend to bring some smiles to these children

    • @RuprechtMilet
      @RuprechtMilet Месяц назад +1

      Das ist möglich weil man nicht jede Propaganda des Westens eins zu eins glauben darf... wie man eigentlich heutzutage wissen müsste. 🤔

    • @RuprechtMilet
      @RuprechtMilet Месяц назад +17

      Es ist möglich, weil die Umstände dort wohl nicht die sind, die man uns erzählt. So wie der Wertewesten das halt tut.

    • @Der.Geschichtenerzahler
      @Der.Geschichtenerzahler Месяц назад +30

      @RuprechtMilet Das glaube ich nicht. Das Video selber zeigt, dass sie ihn in seinem Zimmer eingeschlossen haben. Wenn Nordkorea so gut wäre, könnten die Menschen dort einfach rein- und rausgehen, wann immer sie wollen

    • @SuamanMandal
      @SuamanMandal Месяц назад +39

      accually they are not that sad, cause they are living in capital , only the rich people can live there, there life is similar to europians life in 1950s , so its not that bad, think about children living outside capital, they are litrally startving

    • @Der.Geschichtenerzahler
      @Der.Geschichtenerzahler Месяц назад +13

      @@SuamanMandal that's what I thought. If the capital looks like that I don't wanna see the countryside.

  • @menikmati789
    @menikmati789 Месяц назад +514

    I spent a week in North Korea and apart from a few people in the distance pointing and laughing in disbelief at our tour group, we never had any interactions with the locals; it almost felt like we were ghosts that the locals couldn’t see or acknowledge. This is the first video I’ve ever seen of North Koreans interacting, and laughing with a tourist. Amazing!

    • @ciro_costa
      @ciro_costa Месяц назад +1

      Maybe you're just anti social.

    • @OutragedPufferfish
      @OutragedPufferfish Месяц назад +4

      You don't seem to respect North Korea very much, why did you travel there?

    • @menikmati789
      @menikmati789 Месяц назад +129

      @ you’re right, I don’t have much respect for a totalitarian dystopic regimes; for sneaks n giggles I guess

    • @OutragedPufferfish
      @OutragedPufferfish Месяц назад +14

      @@menikmati789 I don't believe you really traveled to North Korea. You're just making it up for attention. Lame.

    • @menikmati789
      @menikmati789 Месяц назад +69

      @ young pioneer tours, March 2015, but I also don’t care if you believe me or not, sooo

  • @Aight7
    @Aight7 Месяц назад +259

    Seeing North korean kids smile of pure joy makes me feel joyous too... Thank you. And thanks youtube recommendations. Best xmas gift... 💜

  • @valentin0432
    @valentin0432 Месяц назад +250

    Many of the RUclips videos I saw about North-Korea was about just filming the crazy dictatorship and make viewers shocked. But you had also a humble goal with this trip, and you put a smile on the people's faces. Big respect!

    • @ElanaVital83
      @ElanaVital83 Месяц назад +21

      Nobody is actually getting angry at the ordinary people of North Korea. It's the government that has been cruel

    • @UhtredOfBamburgh
      @UhtredOfBamburgh Месяц назад

      Its hard not to smile in North Korea

    • @nerb63
      @nerb63 22 дня назад

      Yeah smug westerners banging on about how the people are brainwashed.they seem nice people to me

  • @arvilkarmakar1436
    @arvilkarmakar1436 Месяц назад +211

    Smile was consistent while watching this. Wholesome

  • @Frietuurs
    @Frietuurs Месяц назад +159

    The LUT used on this video and the whole design of North Korea makes it feel like I’m in the 60’s. It’s crazy.

    • @bedeckt
      @bedeckt Месяц назад +2

      what is LUT?

    • @facundocampos
      @facundocampos Месяц назад +15

      @@bedeckt It stands for Look Up Table. It essentially is a "filter" that is applied to the image to give it a certain look.

    • @lonelyberg1808
      @lonelyberg1808 Месяц назад +4

      0:06 Yes I thought it was an old video from the 80s with the haircuts

    • @James-e9g
      @James-e9g 26 дней назад +1

      Modern life for most humans isn't great by the way

    • @mehallica666
      @mehallica666 23 дня назад

      ​@lonelyberg1808 NK citizens are only allowed a very limited choice of hairstyles by law.

  • @ZalmiMalziFan
    @ZalmiMalziFan Месяц назад +402

    The fact that this guy risked his actual life just to see people smile is what tells me he's the kindest man I know alive.

    • @granie300
      @granie300 Месяц назад +39

      How did he risk his life? It was an organized group tour

    • @ciro_costa
      @ciro_costa Месяц назад +12

      What risk? Are you out of your mind?

    • @ZalmiMalziFan
      @ZalmiMalziFan Месяц назад +1

      @ciro_costa I know it's a mistake but why be like that? Everyone makes mistakes.

    • @ZalmiMalziFan
      @ZalmiMalziFan Месяц назад +25

      @granie300 they took away his passport and he was locked in the hotel for like a few days

    • @ZalmiMalziFan
      @ZalmiMalziFan Месяц назад +6

      @ciro_costa two guards were also watching him on the train

  • @Aight7
    @Aight7 Месяц назад +69

    I have no words i end up crying... Thank you so much for bringing happiness into n.koreans' hearts. So pure... may your soul be blessed...

  • @PeripheralVvV
    @PeripheralVvV Месяц назад +78

    It’s so nice to see the officers smiling and laughing too

    • @McCarthy1776
      @McCarthy1776 29 дней назад

      Deep down they're all human. Just indoctrinated. They are probably thinking "I know westerners are evil but this guy must be an exception" lol

    • @McCarthy1776
      @McCarthy1776 29 дней назад +15

      Its like my old racist grandpa. Racist against black people but he was chill with every black person he met. They all just happened to be "one of the good ones" his mentality was essentially that he just got lucky and never met the bad ones hahaha. He didn't hate black people, he hated a mythical boogie man he was raised to believe in that doesn't even exist but loved the actual black people he knew.
      Or on the flip side in todays era I read about a survey of black people in the US and the questions were like "do you think the US is racist' and stuff like that then asked if they've ever encountered significant racism in their life. And like a majority of black people believed that most blacks face racism but the majority of them also said they had been lucky and hadn't encountered it themselves.
      Just making a point about human psychology and how we rationalize things to fit with our world view.

    • @Chadrick2
      @Chadrick2 28 дней назад +1

      @@McCarthy1776 Statistically and scientifically he's right I would say around 20% are actual good genuine people maybe he has just got lucky and found the good ones or he picks and chooses filters out all the bad ones and only talks to the good ones.

    • @thepify3539
      @thepify3539 26 дней назад

      @Chadrick2 ...uh?

    • @tusk4339
      @tusk4339 25 дней назад

      ​@Chadrick2 This not it bro

  • @bolchong-lou4084
    @bolchong-lou4084 Месяц назад +129

    It is clear that North Korea is easing up a little. He would never have been permitted into schools to "do his stuff". He would not have been "followed", he would have had a "guide" with him at every moment. Well done Jesper! Marvellous video which unfortunately was too short :-)

    • @killawhale112ORC
      @killawhale112ORC Месяц назад +29

      When Jong-Un took power we thought the same thing because the security on the border became very lax and more and more people could defect, but he changed his mind at some point and spent a lot of money (for DPRK standards) on raising security on the border with China, and now yearly defectors are at an all time low.
      Bottom line, the Kim regime, the Juche philosophy must fall.

    • @ciro_costa
      @ciro_costa Месяц назад +4

      How would you go to a country you don't know and you don't speak the language of without a guide?

    • @utarionzo3099
      @utarionzo3099 Месяц назад +29

      The point of a guide in North Korea isn’t about being a tour guide, but instead a government appointed chaperone that directs where you can or cannot go, will note what you say and review what you record, and otherwise is there to ensure you only see and experience what the State will allow you to. They’re less tour guide and more intelligence agent and part of the propaganda machine

    • @ciro_costa
      @ciro_costa Месяц назад +3

      @utarionzo3099 have you interacted with any person that has been to north Korea?

    • @bolchong-lou4084
      @bolchong-lou4084 Месяц назад +3

      @@ciro_costa I do not understand your question. How ? Probably by airplane 😀

  • @sentboumaster3436
    @sentboumaster3436 Месяц назад +137

    I almost thought this guy was that Danish footballer Jesper Grønkjær retired to become travelling magician lol

  • @TheNinjutsuAlchemist
    @TheNinjutsuAlchemist Месяц назад +20

    People are people everywhere. Thanks for sharing some lovely smiling faces in N Korea. And the clip of the dance festival was beautiful too

  • @thatverseguy
    @thatverseguy Месяц назад +68

    An amazing video. I love to see North Koreans smiling, we need more kindness in this world ❤

  • @Sjalabais
    @Sjalabais Месяц назад +28

    Beyond beautiful. People are people, no matter what their leaders try to make out of them.

  • @furyspec
    @furyspec 28 дней назад +10

    It really is a shame they are closed off from the world..They are beautiful people.

  • @thomassterrett1905
    @thomassterrett1905 Месяц назад +12

    A full documentary on this man and his adventures would be amazing.

    • @freeporttraveler
      @freeporttraveler  Месяц назад +6

      @@thomassterrett1905 thank you. It will be coming on our channel soon. Pls subscribe to support our work.

  • @MyGrassIsGreenest
    @MyGrassIsGreenest Месяц назад +18

    Judging by the smiles on the kids' faces, he might've created a few future magicians on this trip

  • @日本ジョリーン
    @日本ジョリーン Месяц назад +9

    Thank you for spreading happiness, especially in the places that need it most ❤ Humanity needs more people like you. We're all connected, the same, and worthy of love and happiness.

  • @KoreaWandering
    @KoreaWandering Месяц назад +6

    This is the first video of the North I’ve seen since the pandemic, great video! It’s a hard situation, but glad to see the smiles.

  • @vffncl0
    @vffncl0 Месяц назад +28

    I could watch this kind of stuff for hours

  • @Existenciallvy
    @Existenciallvy Месяц назад +16

    Man, this is so sweet! Incredble video, really

  • @philipstarris1469
    @philipstarris1469 Месяц назад +3

    Thanks for the inspiring video! It's truly wholesome to watch you spread joy among our fellow humans. Much love from Denmark☺🇩🇰

  • @renanv.1354
    @renanv.1354 Месяц назад +5

    Thank you very much for this video. It made me laugh and emotional for their country!
    You made my day!!!

  • @gsti6423
    @gsti6423 19 дней назад +1

    Not only he was so kind, this might even be core memories for those kids who had never seen such attractions their whole life.
    Props to you for spreading kindness and making smiles around the world mate!

  • @ChristianSasso
    @ChristianSasso Месяц назад +9

    Wow, why doing something as simple as that feels like it must take a lot of courage and it is such an achievement? Congratulations to Jesper for spreading hope around the world!

  • @user-ib8re9pq7z
    @user-ib8re9pq7z Месяц назад +7

    Great human being
    A true Ambassador of good will

  • @projectorates
    @projectorates Месяц назад +3

    truly, compassion is the power we all need.

  • @mohitsawant956
    @mohitsawant956 Месяц назад +2

    This was really beautiful video buddy seeing kids smiling like that for a change really melted my heart ❤️

  • @putatoee
    @putatoee Месяц назад +3

    sometimes the things are that good that I don't have words to explain on it.
    this is one such thing.
    loved it

  • @damm1t_b0bby
    @damm1t_b0bby Месяц назад +10

    I hope those two guards watching him got to drop their act for just a second to just enjoy the performance like everyone else

  • @jennyb7745
    @jennyb7745 24 дня назад +3

    This is wonderful & really made my day,but it seems he was only allowed to visit the most privileged of the NK society,not those that are living on scraps & extreme poverty.The most suppressed ppl on earth,living in constant fear.

  • @JoseCamposSegovia
    @JoseCamposSegovia Месяц назад +4

    Good to see you do this and show the world that these are also people too.

  • @xakbata120
    @xakbata120 16 дней назад +1

    Brilliant work bro. This world need smile Thank u

  • @rickn4166
    @rickn4166 Месяц назад +2

    Most wonderful video I've seen in a long time!

  • @pensamientosyrock
    @pensamientosyrock 20 дней назад +1

    Whau!! not only great
    Bringing smiles and showing us another side of North Korea is fantastic. Congratulations from Mexico

  • @hindinyoakomaloloko
    @hindinyoakomaloloko 19 дней назад +1

    This is so amazing! Continue what you do coz it is what we need.

    • @freeporttraveler
      @freeporttraveler  18 дней назад

      @@hindinyoakomaloloko thank you😊 please do subscribe

  • @ColdRain_123
    @ColdRain_123 Месяц назад +31

    why do i feel like the film is took 40 years ago

    • @JesusLovesEVERYTHING
      @JesusLovesEVERYTHING Месяц назад +2

      Like you, this looks like this could either be the early 2000s, the 90s or the 80s. This video makes me feel all types of weird

    • @bruhmoment748
      @bruhmoment748 4 дня назад

      It's because of how old the infra is

    • @Nnn-j7q
      @Nnn-j7q 4 часа назад

      ​​@@bruhmoment748careful or Ciro Costa will magically appear and defend the regime

  • @Blazer_1265
    @Blazer_1265 Месяц назад +4

    The quality of the video gives such an interesting style to this whole thing

  • @songman3021
    @songman3021 Месяц назад +9

    Why is this not getting millions of views?

    • @freeporttraveler
      @freeporttraveler  Месяц назад +2

      @@songman3021 we hope it will get millions of views, thanks for watching an subscribing to our channel

  • @stickyysteve
    @stickyysteve Месяц назад +2

    Incredible video, Jesper you are an inspiration.

  • @daikoophasianidae
    @daikoophasianidae Месяц назад +15

    bro has no enemies

  • @ricardosantos4900
    @ricardosantos4900 24 дня назад +2

    The best diplomacy is bringing joy to the people.

  • @gagandeepsinghtalwar2498
    @gagandeepsinghtalwar2498 19 дней назад +2

    You have given these children a lifetime worth of memories. North Korea might not get free in the future atleast near future so these little angles might never get to experience the outside world ever. But you have brought them that.

  • @PatrickFrom
    @PatrickFrom Месяц назад +3

    Expected someone to talk english, was greeted with a fellow dane.
    Bringing happiness around 🖖

  • @lasithajayawardana9559
    @lasithajayawardana9559 Месяц назад +5

    Children are children everywhere. And even adults briefly relive childhood the moment they see a real artist in the craft of magic.

  • @TheWaller
    @TheWaller Месяц назад +2

    Detta var så vackert. Tackar

  • @davidvvassallo
    @davidvvassallo Месяц назад +2

    This is so wholesome, thanks for making my day

  • @Sh1znitz
    @Sh1znitz 22 дня назад +1

    Love this so much! God bless my brother!

  • @Lexiz2902
    @Lexiz2902 Месяц назад +1

    I’m an anthropology student who really likes focusing on the humanization of people everywhere past and present. I absolutely love seeing smiles and laughter transverse language and culture. This is what traveling is about- learning, experiencing, and interacting with your fellow humans, despite boundaries real or fake.

  • @Makingthemarks
    @Makingthemarks Месяц назад +11

    Wait can you show us how you did the magic tricks? The ball and cards were super cool 😭

  • @xingzhaolin310
    @xingzhaolin310 Месяц назад +8

    kids and adults, everyone smiling ❤❤❤

  • @Marjannuel
    @Marjannuel Месяц назад +2

    It's so heartwarming to see them smile ❤

  • @YoutubeCensorsYou
    @YoutubeCensorsYou Месяц назад +2

    Kim's magic trick: "hey guys, look how I make his passport disappear!"

  • @Johnnydoenyc
    @Johnnydoenyc Месяц назад +5

    What you do is SOOOO wonderful:)

  • @caudillo9468
    @caudillo9468 Месяц назад +3

    Best video I’ve seen this year

  • @mayazteca
    @mayazteca 28 дней назад +1

    Very beautiful sir, made me smile, thank you!

  • @ikan69123
    @ikan69123 Месяц назад +7

    2:33 woah, passport was taken.

  • @TheMidwesternViking
    @TheMidwesternViking Месяц назад +1

    thank you Jasper For brining a smile and laughter to the North Korean people, even the soldier laughed, Comedy and Magic Have No Borders Everyone needs a good smile in this world and you sir also made me smile and laugh and that means a lot to me....sometime i wonder if i forgot how to smile or laugh, then i see thing like this and people smiling and laughing and it make me happy to see others happy....thank you once again Jasper

  • @Deepak-st9gd
    @Deepak-st9gd Месяц назад +4

    You are a great person❤❤❤❤❤

  • @javiercarmona4979
    @javiercarmona4979 Месяц назад +7

    This is great, where can I watch more videos of Mr. Jesper?

    • @freeporttraveler
      @freeporttraveler  Месяц назад +1

      @@javiercarmona4979 More videos of Jesper, the magic Traveller will be uploaded on our channel, @freeporttraveler. please subscribe to support our work, thanks

  • @numbersandsports4206
    @numbersandsports4206 26 дней назад +1

    3:41 that child's response to be given something awesome was amazing.

  • @KLYTfj7up
    @KLYTfj7up Месяц назад +2

    We don't need a person like him
    We need to be like him

  • @brandonmcclain9988
    @brandonmcclain9988 Месяц назад +3

    Good on you bro 🙏🏾

  • @PcGamerify
    @PcGamerify Месяц назад +5

    So wonderful

  • @damarandi5997
    @damarandi5997 28 дней назад +2

    The greates magic is how he convinced the guard&guide to let him did all of these😁

  • @gromenhauer7403
    @gromenhauer7403 28 дней назад +1

    That's real HUMANITY. Respect from Spain.

  • @miyashita291
    @miyashita291 Месяц назад +2

    They deserve to smile 💖💖

  • @mikulitsi1819
    @mikulitsi1819 23 дня назад +1

    This was awesome to watch

  • @TheCommentingMan
    @TheCommentingMan Месяц назад +2

    I am looking forward to the full documentary!

  • @symphonez
    @symphonez Месяц назад +2

    A living testament of having faith in the humanity

  • @_Hold_My_Beer_
    @_Hold_My_Beer_ Месяц назад +2

    Why cant every nation all just smile and laugh together - its one thing we all have in common.

  • @teamtreklip7527
    @teamtreklip7527 23 дня назад +1

    Defiance in a clever way! Luv it

  • @gunship4720
    @gunship4720 Месяц назад +2

    The giant open spaces with huge monuments and buildings that are pristine, gives me a lot of wonder.

  • @FriedRice3519
    @FriedRice3519 Месяц назад +3

    So wholesome 💕

  • @8964TS
    @8964TS 6 дней назад +1

    Hopefully at least one of those kids saw this and went away thinking “I need to escape to wherever this guy comes from.”

  • @accurategamer7085
    @accurategamer7085 Месяц назад +3

    "They wouldn't let us love. Because love is the one thing they cannot control" 1984

  • @ghostwriter7547
    @ghostwriter7547 13 дней назад +1

    This brings so much hope and shows that with all the repression so much humanity lives on in us that will guide the future. It wasn't just the children who were full of joy. I hope for Korea that freedom will one day come true and that all Koreans can live in freedom, happiness and joy. 🕊🦚☮

  • @TulaneAve
    @TulaneAve 25 дней назад +1

    more power to you. those kids had one good day in their lives

  • @Mellow429
    @Mellow429 Месяц назад +4

    Why does this guy only have this low of views? This is real humanity.

  • @Mee88888
    @Mee88888 Месяц назад +2

    Thanks man!
    Fr fr fr fr

  • @jimmiekarlsson4458
    @jimmiekarlsson4458 25 дней назад +1

    This was wholesome! :)

  • @alwayshappy1979
    @alwayshappy1979 Месяц назад +2

    Fantastic!

  • @taskfroce80th95
    @taskfroce80th95 29 дней назад +2

    People forget that people are people.

  • @YokoshimaSTAR
    @YokoshimaSTAR Месяц назад +2

    I've never cried tears while laughing out of both joy and sadness. Joy for the tricks and their reaction and sadness for their sorrowful state. They'll never be able to watch cinderella like other kids growing up to know the bibity babity boo reference even

  • @tburton2877
    @tburton2877 29 дней назад +1

    Man brought tears to my eyes

  • @bdp6740
    @bdp6740 24 дня назад +1

    God works through this man!!!!

  • @juanDE1703
    @juanDE1703 Месяц назад +3

    very nice video

  • @warrenleezy
    @warrenleezy Месяц назад +2

    The Great and Glorious Magician!

  • @leswhynin913
    @leswhynin913 27 дней назад +1

    Don't need words when you've got magic

  • @brianbadonde8700
    @brianbadonde8700 29 дней назад +1

    They're in an open air prison they can't leave, if they escape they can never come back, its a difficult decision, crazy how this still exists today

  • @Kian.Kermanshahi
    @Kian.Kermanshahi 16 дней назад

    scary to see that they use a good old Berlin train which I used in the eighties.

  • @jakubs1719
    @jakubs1719 Месяц назад +2

    great video

  • @williammcnamara9049
    @williammcnamara9049 29 дней назад +2

    I love this shit so much. People are people no matter what no matter where you go

  • @Feedaphile
    @Feedaphile Месяц назад +2

    This video has done more to humanise the North Korean people than anything else before.

  • @finalname-hs1ov
    @finalname-hs1ov Месяц назад +3

    Millions must smile even billions

  • @lokale9712
    @lokale9712 Месяц назад +1

    I think this is the shiniest gold i've ever found on the internet.

  • @gurkagurkadurka6688
    @gurkagurkadurka6688 24 дня назад

    Those poor, mistreated people have no idea how bad they have it. It's so depressing.