Why North Korea Is Hiding This Hotel
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2023
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There is a gigantic, mysterious hotel in North Korea that has been empty for more than 30 years. What is the 'Hotel of Doom' all about? Will it ever welcome a guest?
Original (in German): • Das verfluchte Hotel i...
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I love how you actually looked into them, and gave a specific example of how different media covered a recent event which is relevant to the video, rather than vague descriptions.
Really intresting how you put the "own opinion" label in the corner. I wish more youtubers do this, so often youtubers intertwine fact and opinion a way that borders on miss information.
They have started doing this on their german channel while being associated/supported by the national broadcast in germany. It's a given in good journalism and i totally agree with you, more youtubers should do that!
Well said. I totally agree.
ask miss information if she has any advice for you 🤔
It's a thing that still comes from the time when the German channel was still part of German state media. It's more or less an established thing in the RUclips section of our state media
A Indian youtuber Dhruv rathee does that
The fact that this channel sprung up a few months ago and is already making documentaries comparable to prime time TV specials is absolutely insane.
They have a past ;) @simplicissimus @romulushoog
this video is just a translated version of the one on their german channel @simplicissimus from a few months ago.
I mean, its not like its their first time doing this. Look at Hoog, Simplicissimus, Reasy and 2 Bored Guys.
@@konstantink07Not only. They also make new videos i think.
@@LasseHelbling I didn't say otherwise...
My grandfather is an Ex-Diplomat. He tells a story of being present for negotiations between North & South Korea in the DMZ. At nights the North Korean's started breaking in to the meeting rooms and using saws to shorten the height of the South Koreans chairs so that in the meetings the North Koreans would sit slightly higher at the table. Sort of like a petty form of dominance. It doesn't surprise me at all that they would build a taller building just to one up the South Koreans 😂😂
LOL
When you said "in the heart of Pyongyang" it fits really well how the building in the heart of the capital, despite seeming glamorous and shiny, is actually the most empty, hollow behemoth - it kinda describes the country as a whole and what a rare visitor might see there.
What’s really cringe is that the idiot of s leader they have still builds all this stuff and tries to show off everything his country has when the whole world around him knows that the people are poor af and nobody uses any of the buildings he builds. Like bro the show has been over for decades the gig is up. Nobody cares about you and thinks you’re just a grown baby.
I hope tourists stop going there. I like the tourists that send balloons filled with money to mess up their economy and actually help the poor NKs in the slums.
This channel provides such high quality videos on such interesting topics, you earned a new sub!
Imagine if south korea built a 1:1 copy of it in Seoul just because they can
That would be funny.
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that would piss Magin Buu
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@@holymess what
2:47 Fun fact: South Korea for a while was ruled under a military dictatorship. And it was the poorest country on earth just after the Korean war. Now it is one of the richest
And it has the cash injection from, and the pegging to the currency of, the United States to thank for it. I always find coverage of Korea to be woefully lacking context. South Korea was the more agrarian peninsula, North Korea was more fit for industrialization. Both were extremely poor for most of their history. Both were generationally scarred and mutilated by the occupation of Japan. Only the North faced the firebombs of the Korean War, though. And only the South had a major financial ally once the Soviet Union dissolved. It really is no wonder that the South was *only* able to truly surpass the North in terms of development when the North lost its biggest ally *and* became the most sanctioned country on Earth.
@@parkerdavis7859exactly, i forgot the exact percentages but around 82% of north Korean infrastructure was destroyed, during the korean war around 25% of north Korean population was killed.
80% S.Korea owned by foreign companies and that is a FACT TOO....
@@parkerdavis7859What do they expect will happen when your entire society is based on lies. Do you see what they teach their school children? What a mind-Fk!
Its not one of the richest. According to what measure its supposed to be one of the richest?
I think that section from 2:42 makes it sound like South Korea is a democracy due to US involvement when the reality is that it's a democracy in spite of US involvement. After all, the US backed the South Korean dictatorship for more than 40 years, right up until the USSR started to show serious signs of being at the verge of complete decay.
Good point! People shouldn't forget that the USA supports dictatorships.
The south is still a country because of the United States, the thousands of US Marines, and the nuclear capability the US provides the south.
US helped. Don’t lie
@@zayzay4405 US didn't help democracy in SK. US helped capitalism. The US backed a dictatorship in SK up through the fall of the Soviet Union, and only then allowed it to be toppled so that free elections could take place.
It was SK's people that toppled the dictatorship and enabled sustained democracy in its place, *despite* US foreign pressure.
@@zayzay4405he is not lying, you are just ignorant
Thanks for the video. One little side note: At first I was a bit surprised at how fast you were going through South Korea's history, with it, after the division, "ultimately develop(ing) into a democracy". I find it at least worth mentioning that there were some years of military dictatorship between this. I know that this is not the main topic here, but nevertheless I'd find it important to know when already talking about Korea's history.
Well the video topic is not South Korea is it? The fact is American influence did lead South Korea to democracy or rather the necessity to keep ties to the West kept South Korean governments from ever going full totalitarian, and even fostering democratic periods and movements as well as organized civilian political activities, resulting in entities like the Second Korean Republic. Moreover, the point of the phrase as used in the video is literally to illustrate the influence other countries had in the political destinies of the Koreas - by South Korea being able to democratize implicitly implies that it was not a democracy from the outstart.
@@serebii666 The way it is phrased it could be interpreted like SK became a democracy and that's why the war with NK broke out. It's not the topic of the video, but an extra half sentence and some rephrasing could have helped a lot.
@@danielgstohl9993also they aren’t that democratic. All bribes and other company influence
Which is why some South Koreans reverse defected to the North during the cold war till 1970s only to terribly regret it. Nonetheless North Korea was way more industrialized and developed than the South during the Japanese occupation up until the Korean war started by North Korean dictators.
South Korea may be a democracy, but it is one of the most corrupt democracies on the planet. Good paying jobs are vanishing. It's gotten so bad that young people are simply refusing to have kids.
I love this channel! I think it was a great idea for you to join forces and upload so frequently, you guys are really talented.
Love your videos! Subscribed since the pilot hijacking video and great to see the great content is continuing
Such a great channel you are! High level production and story telling!
wow.. it's crazy that they built all of that only to never to get to really use it..
You make such high quality, entertaining, engaging, and interesting content. I've watched all your videos and every single one of them is amazing. Keep it up!
No he doesnt, this sucker is just stealing, they do it:
ruclips.net/video/I7OLDwxEIq8/видео.html
Please keep releasing these high quality videos, this channel deserves to blow up.
this channel will have 10M subs soon, mark my words
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incredible production, round of applause! 👏
Amazing video. Excited to see what you do with this channel
Amazingly interesting content and such elegant animations.
Looks like the base of some very obvious supervillain that the superheros are trying to find 😂
Quite insightful thanks for this informative content
Great video. Thank you.
Informative stuff dude
Nice video and very good quality!
Feels like i’m watching a documentary, good job!
This channel is such a joy to watch.
The production and visuals are really good and engaging. Sweet video
Another Simplicissimus original
Happens when They are Partners 😂
Fern is the english channel of Simplicissimus, where they make new videos and sometimes translate older ones from the german Simplicissimus Channel
yes i know, it was not a prejudice
Nice video! The bldg is an epitome of beauty with underlying failure, mismanagement, poverty and selfish dictatorship. Architectural-wise, it makes the skyline prettier at night when lit. Even unfinished this monument is something great to view at.
Even the sponsors are quali , amazing job guys
Brand new here. The "well dones" have it, thanks. World news and intrest is v.i.p. I always feel one do the research then make an educated opinion or impactive facts. Much appreciated. Miles Dei.
Nice to see this Channel grow :)
500k subs, nice. Keep growing guys!
just want to say that the sound design/fx in this video are great. shoutout the editor who did em!
fern videos are so well made!
A hotel for who?????
Damn…
For Kim imo
It’s funny that they try to build the tallest hotel ever when barely anyone is allowed to visit the country.
great video!
I remember learning about this place by browsing Google Maps and finding this huge thing in the middle of Pyongyany, thinking: "What the HECK is this monstrosity???"
I love how these videos will still be relevant in 5 years or more. Like they are timeless
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Cause north Korea's situation probably won't change for awhile
The Ryugyong Hotel or Yu-Kyung Hotel don’t know where you got tower of doom from. Is a 330 meter super-tall skyscraper in Pyongyang. Meant to be the tallest hotel on earth and for the Olympics but they where never held in North Korea and the Arduous March famine halted the construction to feed the people. After the construction it stayed a concrete shell until glass was put on it and recently they must of added floors because I’ve seen numerous people go to the top of it.
This channel provides the best info style animations on the internet
Can't call it a hotel when there's never been guests. It's just... a building.
Quality is insane in this video👍🏻
I was about to skip this one because I already knew a lot about the hotel, and tbh I didn't learn anything new. However I did appreciate what you did with 'Own Opinion', and I think it's something other creators should do.
Beautiful video. What would be a good tutorial to learn how to do such style of animations?
@fern-tv Great video script and visuals. Unfortunately the audio seems to stutter/skip ahead (for example around 5:16).
I've noticed the same issue in other of your videos and makes it quite annoying to listen to with headphones.
One of the problems with the hotel is the concrete foundation is too heavy and it’s sinking as well
This is really good journalism
We have a tower in Macau called Macau tower that is taller than this but it is just a tower and only the top has stuff…it also has a restaurant on the top that rotates too
Already watched in german :)
Thats the third time that i watch this video, but i cannot stop cause your channels deserve more attention
Nice video 🎉
Have loved everything since subscribing but feeling spoilt tonight, North Korean content is a favourite of mine. I wish this one was longer, such a fascinating country, please include them more. I love your channel!
I love the detailed animations
fern and IMPERIAL are 2 very underrated channels
This channel is top tier
It truly is a monument for the ages. A dark and sad one, but monumental nevertheless.
It will be glorious to see it crumble, hopefully through revolution
How much longer do you plan to upload translated videos from Simplicissimus? Some original content would be nice.
Nothing like drinking a cup of coffee when watching fern
Where do you get your video ideas from?
Dunno but this video is translated from the same video on the channel Simplicissimus led by the same guys (I think)
This is a basic af idea that's had yearly same old articles on it for over a decade now. P.s. most youtube content is via mainstream articles, although i liked this channel before cause dug into niche areas, this isn't their finest work sadly
@@d.b.cooper1 so all their content is from news articles?
your informative video is always amazed me, but this map part is a bit color tricky. at first glance, I thought the grey area was somewhere land in europe 2:00
Great channel truly tells people whais really going on in the world. Thr wold is becoming a scary place now🙁
Fern can talk about anything and still watch the video
Thats the longest time ive ever listened to someone call someone broke
I have this weird idea that Kim Jong-un will eventually turn it into his new headquarters and the cone on the top will be his main office hahaha
This would have been a great 3 minute story.
I would love it, if you would make a video about black rock and investment companies in general. I think its a really interesting topic
nice sharing
You can check in anytime you like, but you can never go.
Thanks 😊
If they ever get any regime change it would be cool to perhaps split it in 3 and use each wing separately for offices, private apartments and a hotel or many other uses
I don't see any problems with the statics - metal ring on each floor and deep bored piles closed on the sides
along the foundation, as well as the supports, it has been standing for a long time and is still there, I think.
Of course the hotel isn't structurally sound since they used the bones of children instead of rebar.
Wow amazing Video
I'm sure this video is great. As much as fern videos always are. But how many more channels are gonna make videos on this damn hotel?
More than one. This video is also like some others here a remake from the german channel simplizissimus
@@Teyupumeyeah, this channel is a collaboration between Simplicissimus and Hoog
@@konstantink07 jep, I am following simply for a few years now and this expansion is really good
Great and very interesting video ! Just a small mistake you made : you said the Eiffel Tower is 300m when it's actually 330m 😁
Depends on what you measure.
Architectual height is 300.
Height to the tip of the tower is 330.
Top floor is at 276m.
@@maximilian_k.2453man u bored
in Azerbaijan, Baku theres restaurant like that in a TV tower, where it rotates as well, 310 meters ;-)
Concrete over food for the people, great work!
Imagery over the practical essentials, such is the style of modern autocrats.
One of the opening lines 'what would it cost, for you to stay at the hotel'! Probably with your life, as it has no windows.
beautiful 3d visuals
Bro forgot South Korea was a dictatorship until the 1990s and only became richer than North Korea in the 1990s.
Great video. Something about that buildings design kinda creeps me out. Anyone else?
Nice Video
Title, They're hidding a building. 20 seconds in : you can still see the building from several kilometers away. 😂
My first thought! It may be an embarrassment but it is hardly invisible.
I've watched a few North korean tourists videos lately.. and the one thing i see is all the huge building's but hardly any people and even the building look fake , the people walk around like background extras in a movie..
Insane.. Mind to share how you guys create that kind of animation? Like 0:30
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love the „own opinion“ label! please keep that!
Good Video❤
Since i wanted to comment to push this video i had to point out...at 2:38 was just me thinking the black colour should have been the sea and the grey should have been land? (Not looking for hate comments, just asking if i was the only one who got confused with this illusion)
Whoever is reading this, I hope this day will be a great day.
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thanks for showing us the inside, like you said at the start of the video... oh wait.
Good Video
Oh man wieder ein Video was ich schon kenne 😕
Imagine you've to tell Kim Il Sung that the hotel build is going to be delayed.
Building looks perfect in led!
This building will never look like anything other than the best supervillain base ever to me. If Kim Jong Un doesn't visit it only a weekly basis to wear a feet long cape with extra tall neck, red on the inside and black outside of course, to laugh maniacally while drinking expensive whine with a white cat in his lap, I'll be very disappointed.