How North Korea Makes Money

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  • @mumkeymaan4600
    @mumkeymaan4600 5 лет назад +13845

    Top 3 worst Swiss atrocities:
    1. Importing Nazi gold
    2. Escalating diabetes with chocolate
    3. Not selling ski lifts to North Korea

    • @AB-gz9yb
      @AB-gz9yb 5 лет назад +145

      Tom Riddle lol

    • @seannolan9857
      @seannolan9857 5 лет назад +296

      4. Nuking Bedrock.

    • @matrich1983
      @matrich1983 5 лет назад +67

      "Type 2 diabeties"

    • @seannolan9857
      @seannolan9857 5 лет назад +74

      Billy: It's a reference to an old DOS game called DEFCON 1.

    • @scottyovgy2
      @scottyovgy2 5 лет назад +5

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @maschinen181
    @maschinen181 5 лет назад +21783

    "famine killed somewhere around 200,000 or 3 million people"
    Damn son whoever did the counting didn't wanna get it wrong

    • @VanillaHorror
      @VanillaHorror 5 лет назад +1676

      I thought the same thing. its almost like they dont know how many ppl died lol

    • @mqayyum9226
      @mqayyum9226 5 лет назад +1051

      He had a government job. He didn't care

    • @elbalalaw1781
      @elbalalaw1781 5 лет назад +1347

      Well it's really hard making a precise guess in a country so closed to the outside world

    • @Djuntas
      @Djuntas 5 лет назад +531

      Erhm...its of course a joke, but these estimates cant be accurate due to the complete censorship in the country. Information dosent get out of the country that much ;)

    • @zoravar.k7904
      @zoravar.k7904 5 лет назад +64

      Good enough for government work!

  • @ltreno2753
    @ltreno2753 3 года назад +4608

    I burst out laughing when he said that north korea considered Switzerland not selling them ski lifts was a serious human rights violation lmao

    • @sub-zero5433
      @sub-zero5433 3 года назад +82

      yup kim jong un is a dumb shit

    • @i_am_bored7719
      @i_am_bored7719 3 года назад +162

      I always found kim jung un egoistic, but never childish... until the video mentioned this 🤣😂

    • @luiswonder2101
      @luiswonder2101 3 года назад +20

      @@sub-zero5433 I totally agree, kim jong un is the worst piece of shit in the planet

    • @إمبراطورية-ع2و
      @إمبراطورية-ع2و 3 года назад +3

      Same 😂

    • @wdwd8352
      @wdwd8352 3 года назад +14

      same he is the worst human ever

  • @shayas6731
    @shayas6731 5 лет назад +9959

    Swiss: * doesn't sell Chairlifts*
    North Korea: thats a serious human rights abuse.

    • @niensaddestofthesad8151
      @niensaddestofthesad8151 5 лет назад +369

      Also north korea: PRAY TO ME AND GIVE ME ALL YOUR FOOD

    • @zac5572
      @zac5572 5 лет назад +44

      Not funny

    • @Kydenius
      @Kydenius 5 лет назад +213

      It's like they are getting nagged by every single other country besides China how barbaric they are, and then they must annoy back like a little sister "no u" even though it doesn't make sense at all

    • @michelbruns
      @michelbruns 5 лет назад +70

      Zac it is

    • @agletbrimstone9638
      @agletbrimstone9638 5 лет назад +91

      @Gary Oak three things: 1 this isn't reddit it's called a like though I'm not surprised as your attitude screams angry redditor, 2 people like to know that other people have similar senses of humor and fine joy in the acknowledgement of their shared interest and three your comment just makes you seem petty and jealous and I can almost guarantee this isn't the first time you've attacked someone else over a simple comment.

  • @doggoboi5538
    @doggoboi5538 4 года назад +3822

    Swiss ski company: doesn't supply chair lifts
    North Korea: thats a serious human rights abuse
    Swiss ski company: dude wtf

    • @zang2349
      @zang2349 4 года назад +135

      Pawel Jakuszyk Also North Korea: *publicly executes citizens because they insulted kim jung un*

    • @spasplash156
      @spasplash156 4 года назад +12

      Austria 🇦🇹 not Swiss 🤦‍♂️

    • @doggoboi5538
      @doggoboi5538 4 года назад +12

      @@spasplash156 Ok

    • @presidentwhale2365
      @presidentwhale2365 4 года назад +45

      @@spasplash156 bruh

    • @shaggysneakyamulet874
      @shaggysneakyamulet874 4 года назад +51

      @@spasplash156, I’d recheck if I was you.

  • @worldmapping4895
    @worldmapping4895 4 года назад +760

    "his education was poor" *gives 3 stars* uhh ok
    "his korean was mediocre" *gives 2 stars* bruh

    • @lexo6987
      @lexo6987 4 года назад +21

      I mean he doesn't really interact with his citizens

    • @nabilahmadsiddiqui345
      @nabilahmadsiddiqui345 3 года назад +83

      @@lexo6987 I think the point he is making is how can "poor" be given 3 stars while "mediocre" is given 2. Technically, "mediocre" is better than "poor".

    • @FrancescoBedini
      @FrancescoBedini 3 года назад

      @@nabilahmadsiddiqui345 no its the other way around

    • @sub-zero5433
      @sub-zero5433 3 года назад +4

      joe kung >>>>> owen biden

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 3 года назад +1

      Saying bruh is normie

  • @1999twan
    @1999twan 5 лет назад +2634

    How North Korea actually makes money:
    *Getting sponsored by Curiosity Stream*

  • @Subscriberswithoutvideos-mp4bk
    @Subscriberswithoutvideos-mp4bk 5 лет назад +7251

    If you ever feel useless
    Remember
    North Korea has a prime minister

    • @firstnamelastname2218
      @firstnamelastname2218 5 лет назад +492

      Did not know that until now, thanks for the info.

    • @angsern8455
      @angsern8455 5 лет назад +469

      Mr Cool Guy he gets money while doing little to nothing.

    • @CoffeeSuccubus
      @CoffeeSuccubus 5 лет назад +48

      Fuck Prime Ministers.

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 5 лет назад +151

      @@angsern8455 HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT TO OUR POLITICIANS????

    • @angsern8455
      @angsern8455 5 лет назад +77

      @@odoggow8157 ours should do something, theirs have no obligation to do anything. Also, I'm not American.

  • @suntzuch.5199
    @suntzuch.5199 4 года назад +1769

    Ironically, nearly everybody in there has to practice Capitalism just to live

    • @TheMrKeksLp
      @TheMrKeksLp 3 года назад +330

      Almost like capitalism actually works

    • @nanoman8
      @nanoman8 3 года назад +49

      Accept you are applying it to a fake communist nation

    • @YusuffYT
      @YusuffYT 3 года назад +181

      @@nanoman8 and the real communist countries live in extreme poverty (Venezuela) or have been disolved, like the Soviets.

    • @nanoman8
      @nanoman8 3 года назад +11

      @@YusuffYT those are fake too...you want a real one look at norway

    • @garygordon9243
      @garygordon9243 3 года назад +234

      @@nanoman8 The Scandinavian countries do implement free market solutions. So not even entirely socialist. Do your research chief.

  • @MGFBrasil
    @MGFBrasil 5 лет назад +2234

    "How North Korea works"
    Spoiler alert: It doesn't, so Black Market

    • @moodist1er
      @moodist1er 5 лет назад +39

      How doesn't it work? What's a black market? Where you shop when the US issued sanctions meant to destroy your economy and cause civil unrest won't let you use amazon? You're an idiot

    • @artemesaulkov2010
      @artemesaulkov2010 5 лет назад +11

      O Mundo de Gelo e Fogo you’re obviously braindead

    • @MGFBrasil
      @MGFBrasil 5 лет назад +118

      Looks like I've triggered some of Kim Jong Un's baby bitches right here
      So sad

    • @ellejendario97
      @ellejendario97 5 лет назад +78

      Well, black market is true free market

    • @MGFBrasil
      @MGFBrasil 5 лет назад +49

      @@ellejendario97 Pretty much

  • @alshahriardihan1976
    @alshahriardihan1976 5 лет назад +3488

    Watched the entire video, still don't know how North Korea makes money -.-

    • @sHmAaa
      @sHmAaa 4 года назад +890

      Business with China and Bombing threats if aid isn't sent to their country.

    • @andresmc210
      @andresmc210 4 года назад +476

      They also sell slave labour to Russia and other countries.

    • @seraby7151
      @seraby7151 4 года назад +65

      China

    • @sharadowasdr
      @sharadowasdr 4 года назад +369

      They make money by selling coal and other natural resources. They also have very limited foreign investments where they run sweatshops near the Chinese border. You'd know this if this were an objective video that doesn't view North Korea with anti-commie blinkers on, but then again most videos like these on NK aren't truthful. The place still sucks though xD

    • @stefanodanovaro8140
      @stefanodanovaro8140 4 года назад +7

      hahahaha bro comeonnn 😂

  • @Derah_OG
    @Derah_OG 3 года назад +722

    9:35
    This was done in my homeland too. I'm from Venezuela, which is pretty much Latin America's version of North Korea in all but name. For years I was saving up money so I could flee the country, only for the government to render that money useless by slicing off five zeroes off of our currency. Effectively making everyone's savings be worth pennies under the new denomination. It ruined nearly 3 years of hard savings but I learned my lesson and so did the rest of the country. Most transactions are done in dollars these days, and when I resumed saving money, I would exchange it, at outrageously inflated rates, to US Dollars to preserve their value.
    It was worth it, I eventually managed to break free by the tail end of 2019

    • @justanelk2096
      @justanelk2096 3 года назад +14

      interesting

    • @JonPeerless
      @JonPeerless 3 года назад +46

      Why do you type in perfect US English? Impressive.

    • @mr.thompson8223
      @mr.thompson8223 3 года назад +10

      @CableTvTomato Comunist states don't work partly because of the international sanctions and media demonización perpetrated by the US as a result of not paying tributes to them (politically speaking).
      I'm not saying comunism Is the answer, nor I like it. But I realize what happens when you deviate from the influence of the imperium.

    • @Mageroeth
      @Mageroeth 3 года назад +5

      @CableTvTomato well to be fair thier has never been a communist state to be allowed to exist and survive on its own without capitalist powers trying to destroy it.

    • @Mageroeth
      @Mageroeth 3 года назад +1

      @CableTvTomato the only communist power to ever attempt that was the ussr, china is not communist.

  • @bcnom
    @bcnom 4 года назад +2508

    I was surprised Austria would sell ski lifts to NK after the Swiss refused. Turns out your video was misleading: the ski lifts are Austrian made but supplied to NK by China.

    • @AlamoOriginal
      @AlamoOriginal 4 года назад +131

      Of course they are supplied by China, what so misleading about that?

    • @ZWang-gf7vi
      @ZWang-gf7vi 4 года назад +25

      Kim's family has close relationship with Europe. Kim II's medical team was from France.

    • @parakeetiscool7647
      @parakeetiscool7647 4 года назад +61

      You’re high if you think an EU member would sell NK something

    • @socracle2774
      @socracle2774 4 года назад +84

      @@parakeetiscool7647 EU members sell China their countries so why not sell material to NK

    • @parakeetiscool7647
      @parakeetiscool7647 4 года назад +16

      Socracle the reason they like China is because China has money. NK has a lack of money.

  • @Zenzy
    @Zenzy 5 лет назад +616

    So what I learned from 2:00 to 2:54 is that North Korea is your average over-hyped clickbaity RUclips channel. They need relevency to survive.

    • @weatheranddarkness
      @weatheranddarkness 5 лет назад +17

      It's a little different but entirely that. Think of it this way: is there another country on earth that has been forced to rely on so little trade outside its borders? Even the sanctions against Cuba are less draconian. Also keep in mind that the Korean war is technically not over yet! When you don't have international trade you have to rely entirely on the resources within your borders, that can leave you with deficits in all sorts of things if you want to develop your technology, and it's really bad when it comes to growing an economy, so DPRK has to make do with an economy that grows very very little if at all. Relevance, or, not being squeezed by the United States at all times, is their ticket out of being a backwater that needs to do secret things in order to acquire resources it does not have within its borders.

    • @dnickaroo3574
      @dnickaroo3574 5 лет назад +6

      Kim Sung Un has noticed what is happening to Iran. Looks like we will be hearing a lot more about North Korea soon.

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 5 лет назад

      😂😂😂

  • @barjosefthomas
    @barjosefthomas 4 года назад +158

    I know I'm late but it's important to mention, that the Swiss government prohibited the delivery last minute, not the company itself (as said at 0:37). They even had the contract with North Korea signed already... :-)

  • @h.t.awesome3822
    @h.t.awesome3822 5 лет назад +475

    Switzerland: *Not selling ski lifts*
    Kim: It’s treason, then

  • @WillJackDo
    @WillJackDo 5 лет назад +570

    Me: Finally "NOT" a china video..
    5 minutes later: oh wait...

    • @felipejnnt
      @felipejnnt 5 лет назад +17

      jack will China videos are great though

    • @WillJackDo
      @WillJackDo 5 лет назад +3

      @@felipejnnt yeah sure all the videos are great but diversifying is better...

    • @robezy0
      @robezy0 5 лет назад +7

      He literally mentioned China in his 4th sentence

    • @titanlim8303
      @titanlim8303 5 лет назад +10

      Wendover Productions has planes
      RealLifeLore has Toyota Corollas
      Polymatter has China

    • @刘涛-x7g2i
      @刘涛-x7g2i 5 лет назад

      @Caner Birgül 🌝

  • @Zlonk7
    @Zlonk7 4 года назад +200

    Swiss: * don't want to sell their ski lifts *
    DPRK: *that's a violation of human rights*

    • @GrustaniaNicko
      @GrustaniaNicko 3 года назад +1

      DPRK: * doesn’t let people to leave their country *
      UN: *that’s a violation of human rights*

  • @Je.rone_
    @Je.rone_ 5 лет назад +740

    * whenever you're having a bad day just remember that you weren't born in North Korea oh, and if you were you're not there now* 💪🎭

    • @luxembourgishempire2826
      @luxembourgishempire2826 5 лет назад +33

      Kim Jong Un: Am I a joke to you?

    • @alexandrub8786
      @alexandrub8786 5 лет назад +5

      What of they are still there but use a vpn?

    • @nicholase4850
      @nicholase4850 5 лет назад +5

      @K9hobo productions wouldn't that be a good thing for their citizens?

    • @fyyyrestar4506
      @fyyyrestar4506 5 лет назад +23

      K9hobo productions I don’t think they even have normal healthcare. Conditions there look deplorable. Thousands of deaths due to disease and uncleanliness that could be solved with simple antibiotics and treatment

    • @ViniSocramSaint
      @ViniSocramSaint 5 лет назад +6

      ...then I remember why the day was bad, that I am richer than average Ncoreans but struggle with bills because wasn't born actually rich, my job is meaningless and I get one while already thinking how to get another when I lose it due to crisis, I am constantly remembered of my existance's fragility where if anything happen I can become one of these buns asking for pennies, or a dead corpse that needed someone to pay so I could rot inside a buried box, then I remember if I try to cope with it I could get addicted on something else, etc...
      then I get depressed again, think of Ncoreans again and the cycle continues

  • @hereLiesThisTroper
    @hereLiesThisTroper 5 лет назад +610

    Q: why is Kim Jong Un so cruel?
    A: because he doesn't have a Seoul.

  • @asd49789
    @asd49789 3 года назад +161

    11:25 I understand the metaphor, however as an engineer I would like to add that: most industrial machines have a few specific parts that do wear significantly over time, but the rest is designed to last virtually forever - and older machines were made even longer lasting. However, they are becoming relatively less efficient compared to newer machines

    • @asd49789
      @asd49789 3 года назад

      ​@@user-Prometheus I have a BSc degree in Industrial design engineering, and have worked in automotive related industry as intern

    • @callumcartini
      @callumcartini 2 года назад +2

      they used the word 'like' which makes its not a metaphor but a simile. im veryyyyyyy fun at parties

  • @djartyom924
    @djartyom924 5 лет назад +180

    “And it just works”
    - Todd Howard

  • @goob569
    @goob569 4 года назад +389

    They called the Swiss not giving those chair lifts to them a “serious human rights abuse”
    They should take a look at their own country

    • @erickveraurra3497
      @erickveraurra3497 4 года назад +9

      That applies to every country

    • @dkwhattouseasusername1012
      @dkwhattouseasusername1012 4 года назад +9

      @@erickveraurra3497 mhm but not as worse

    • @ShHor
      @ShHor 4 года назад +6

      No I think the swiss got too far

    • @borgir6368
      @borgir6368 3 года назад +4

      @@erickveraurra3497 commies will.go as far as they could to defend their ideology lol

    • @cthulhu7156
      @cthulhu7156 3 года назад +1

      @@borgir6368 and capitalists will act like every implementation of their system works and that there totally aren’t capitalist countries living in atrocious states. i mean for crying out loud, Cuba, a communist country, was doing fine with fidel castro until the US decided to economically cripple them with embargo’s and even assassination attempts on castro

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  • @rowde8203
    @rowde8203 5 лет назад +236

    "Empty buildings"
    I saw that, that subtle wink to 'Half As Interesting'

    • @1schwererziehbar1
      @1schwererziehbar1 5 лет назад +16

      Many channels have reported on the empty hotel - not just that one show you watch.

    • @adee7h
      @adee7h 5 лет назад +4

      @@1schwererziehbar1 yup lmao

    • @rowde8203
      @rowde8203 5 лет назад +6

      @@1schwererziehbar1 Yeah, but most of those video's have been around for at least a year. I bet most people had forgotten about it if they had even heard about it. If HAI hadn't made a video about it recently I bet it wouldn't have been in this video either. There are many "fun" facts about NK he could've mentioned instead.

    • @nonamenolastname8600
      @nonamenolastname8600 5 лет назад +1

      Empty buildings will be given later to as free capital after marriage or with little cost, don't worry their empty buildings

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 5 лет назад

      THINK ABOUT THE LOGIC
      A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS HOMELESS PPL BUT TOO FEW BUILDINGS(UK,USA,ETC)
      A GOVERNMENT TOO MANY BUILDINGS MORE THAN REQUIRED
      WHICH ONE IS BETTER PREPARED AND DOING A BETTER JOB??????
      MERICAN PROPAGANDA WILL TAKE ANYTHING AND SPIN IT INTO A WEAPON OR SOME FOR OF ATTACK!
      NORTH KOREANS ARE FUKED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF AMERICAS GREED AND CORRUPT MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

  • @rainbowpuke232
    @rainbowpuke232 5 лет назад +207

    How North Korea makes money?
    Raid shadow legends

  • @67marlins81
    @67marlins81 3 года назад +98

    As an American I found this interesting, thanks for posting.
    One thing that fascinates me is that the average North Korean citizen would probably have a somewhat similar understanding of personal economics and money as most Americans.

    • @deewd5673
      @deewd5673 2 года назад +1

      Its the faul of us and Soviet Union at the sametime it created a ballance in the world thats the reasob why i support russia as a german

  • @helpmereach690subscribers3
    @helpmereach690subscribers3 4 года назад +84

    Kim: our country makes money? When did this happen?
    *turns to his generals*
    “How could we have missed this?”

    • @mehrad4907
      @mehrad4907 3 года назад +1

      when communists discover capitalism

  • @uss_04
    @uss_04 5 лет назад +271

    “The resort has 4 and a half stars”
    Not anymore

    • @dokuro_69
      @dokuro_69 5 лет назад +13

      don't lie to me pl.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g3685359-d7171236-Reviews-Masik_Pass_Ski_Resort-Kangwon_Province.html#REVIEWS

    • @Nova-ge4lp
      @Nova-ge4lp 5 лет назад +1

      Why is in polish (according to the translate feature on google with tabs)

    • @projektb4rd0n53
      @projektb4rd0n53 5 лет назад +2

      @@Nova-ge4lp "pl.tripadvisor"

    • @kbhasi
      @kbhasi 5 лет назад

      @@Nova-ge4lp remove "pl." from the address

    • @Nova-ge4lp
      @Nova-ge4lp 5 лет назад

      @@kbhasi I did not post that link

  • @OrigamiMaster06
    @OrigamiMaster06 3 года назад +53

    Switzerland: *Not* *selling* *to* *a* *cult* *pretending* *to* *be* *a* *country*
    NK: Now this is avengers level threat

  • @tuimeep4871
    @tuimeep4871 5 лет назад +76

    A new Polymatter AND HAI video in one day, what a beautiful day to be alive.

  • @anunayasingh3621
    @anunayasingh3621 5 лет назад +326

    I thought North Korea earned money through Skillshare

  • @DeViceCrimsin_
    @DeViceCrimsin_ 3 года назад +36

    Lol, this actually put a new perspective on things. It sounds like the “problem” will resolve itself if we wait long enough. 8:00 - 9:40

    • @obama7792
      @obama7792 3 года назад

      just leaving a reply because i like your pfp.. toshino kyokoooo

  • @davinator_peepo2102
    @davinator_peepo2102 5 лет назад +229

    “How North Korea makes money”
    *Well yes, but actually no*

  • @Horesmi
    @Horesmi 5 лет назад +426

    North Koreans be like:
    Stonksnt

    • @full-timepog6844
      @full-timepog6844 5 лет назад +7

      *STONKAINT*

    • @TheFibrewire
      @TheFibrewire 5 лет назад +1

      LMAO

    • @Anonymous-bh9om
      @Anonymous-bh9om 5 лет назад +2

      Zoomers get the rope first

    • @Horesmi
      @Horesmi 5 лет назад

      @@Anonymous-bh9om are you a tankie? I'll assume you are cuz you got triggered at the joke about North Korea. How does it feel to see every single "successful" "long-standing" revolution return to capitalism by the vanguard itself?

    • @seaotter4439
      @seaotter4439 5 лет назад +1

      *Stinks

  • @mikelauritt4587
    @mikelauritt4587 3 года назад +2

    This is, hands down, the best video on this subject i have ever seen. Going to be sharing this whenever it comes up in conversation.

  • @aidan8698
    @aidan8698 5 лет назад +23

    I love these videos so much. they dive deep into topics that aren't really covered by the media and it covers an interesting part of the world that is very closely censored

  • @michaelriccio6012
    @michaelriccio6012 5 лет назад +23

    Great move including creators by name and putting film channels in the commerical. You're honestly the first person to convince me that I would like curiosity stream

  • @M4NDOL4NDO
    @M4NDOL4NDO 3 года назад +11

    A couple of years ago I actually was in Masik Resort… it was the last week of December, the resort has somewhat like 200+ rooms. There was just my 6 members group… and a German family! But the food was great and staff very kind, TripAdvisor don’t lie!

  • @AntonWongVideo
    @AntonWongVideo 5 лет назад +62

    Sometimes, I watch JUST for the sponsor transitions

  • @darth_cole9581
    @darth_cole9581 5 лет назад +483

    How North Korea Earns money:
    They dont

    • @TheWempor
      @TheWempor 5 лет назад +11

      Korea is in the title... How did you misspell it?

    • @shotelco
      @shotelco 5 лет назад +33

      @@TheWempor He is speaking about North Bali *Koria* village in Nalbari Tehsil, Assam India. They too don't earn money, but wish PolyMatter would do a video on them as well.

    • @ronniebon7163
      @ronniebon7163 5 лет назад +3

      Same way Kim-Jong-Un's mother does.

    • @fionafiona1146
      @fionafiona1146 5 лет назад

      The Kim family gets rich tho.

  • @doge7831
    @doge7831 3 года назад +6

    that transition to the sponsor was extremely smooth

  • @b3nsu
    @b3nsu 5 лет назад +72

    In short: they are sponsored by RAID SHADOW LEGENDS

  • @Tesswrench111
    @Tesswrench111 5 лет назад +20

    8:55 for a bit more detail - the way it functions is that the husband works a government job which gives the family housing and access to schools etc, women work for money which is used to support the family within this infrastructure.

  • @ws5273
    @ws5273 3 года назад +115

    When you’re so communist that you realize capitalism is the best option

    • @ws5273
      @ws5273 3 года назад +6

      @Noah Castro mfw Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Ceascescu etc. we’re all communist authoritarian dictators

    • @MarcusBlueWolf
      @MarcusBlueWolf 3 года назад +1

      @Robert Lee Spain was never communist

    • @Aecrim1
      @Aecrim1 3 года назад +2

      @Robert Lee yugoslavian regime was much better than all countries listed tbh lol

    • @FatGouf
      @FatGouf 3 года назад +3

      Capitalism can integrate a bit socialism if it wants to, but Socialism can never survive w/o Capitalism.

    • @ifyouseekay1000
      @ifyouseekay1000 3 года назад +2

      @@Aecrim1 Yugoslavia secret police were more brutal than the kgb lol

  • @dinosore4782
    @dinosore4782 5 лет назад +57

    “Near perfect puppet”
    Five seconds later .
    “So they immediately started playing China and Russia off eachother”

  • @OmarExplains
    @OmarExplains 5 лет назад +49

    Good job Evan. Let me know if you ever plan to visit the middle east.

    • @Nietabs
      @Nietabs 3 года назад

      First time seeing a verified comment not getting that much like, but still. I wanna see that middle east topic

  • @mrsalwaysright6478
    @mrsalwaysright6478 3 года назад +8

    The fact that we get free documentaries on RUclips by PolyMatter is truly a gift 👍

  • @georgewilson7432
    @georgewilson7432 5 лет назад +182

    "Their genius is self-sufficiency".
    "Three million dead in the famine".
    Okay.

    • @tropinnka
      @tropinnka 5 лет назад

      George Wilson well, people need time to learn and adapt

    • @Vict0r1984
      @Vict0r1984 5 лет назад +7

      That was in the 90s, and it's one of the major events that forced them to become very self-sufficient. Nowadays the only claims of starvation in North Korea you'll see are in clickbaity titles and propaganda pieces - even according to the CIA World fact book they are actually fairing much better than other countries with similar GDP per capita levels...
      Edit: Of course there is scarcity of certain goods in North Korea, part of it due to the regime's not-giving-a-fuck-about-the-people "military first" policy and part from international sanctions, but scarcity of specific goods is a much more mild issue than, you know, mass starvation...

    • @georgewilson7432
      @georgewilson7432 5 лет назад +2

      It's always the CIA. Those pesky little spooks. I hope you are not defending the Kims for free, little buddy.

    • @Vict0r1984
      @Vict0r1984 5 лет назад +8

      @@georgewilson7432 those are facts even the CIA, the biggest enemies of the Kim regime, accept. If you do not, you are the one denying reality here my friend. Nobody is "defending the Kims", but there is a lot of stupid propaganda about North Korea out there on the Internet and few facts. As I said, if you think they are experiencing mass starvation nowadays you have just bought into that propaganda...

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 5 лет назад

      GEORGE YOUR AN ABSOLUTE IDIOT YOUR GREED IS A DIRECT CAUSE OF THEIR SUFFERING AND ANYONE IN THE WEST THAT IS TOO BLIND OR STUPID TO UNDERSTAND THAT FACT NEEDS TO GO GET A FUKING BRAIN AND A BETTER SENSE OF MORALS

  • @RamonaThePessst
    @RamonaThePessst 5 лет назад +52

    About Kim Il sung - what does "education was poor, Korean mediocre" mean? I'm sure the man spoke fluent Korean so what does that mean exactly?

    • @wannabehistorian371
      @wannabehistorian371 5 лет назад +43

      Actually, I think he spent most of his life away from Korea. As such, his Korean was poor.

    • @RamonaThePessst
      @RamonaThePessst 5 лет назад +5

      @@wannabehistorian371 Ahhh. Thanks

    • @TheSameYellowToy
      @TheSameYellowToy 4 года назад +15

      Maybe it could also simply mean that his grammar, spelling, reading comprehension, etc. sucked? Lots of native speakers of a language have poor grammar, spelling, or reading.

    • @user-pf7rx9cd8g
      @user-pf7rx9cd8g 4 года назад +5

      The man almost didnt speak any korean

    • @doraaaa0613
      @doraaaa0613 4 года назад +1

      did he seriously barely speak korean o.o

  • @Piperdogloveshats
    @Piperdogloveshats 2 года назад +11

    I JUST stumbled on this channel and I'm so excited to go deep down this rabbit hole. This is only my 2nd video.
    Your videos are so well done!
    Thank you for such great content!!

  • @elpi2804
    @elpi2804 5 лет назад +163

    "How North Korea make Money?"
    Me: They make money?

    • @LiezAllLiez
      @LiezAllLiez 5 лет назад +6

      Im still in shock that NK has electricity.

    • @Kenshi876
      @Kenshi876 5 лет назад +10

      @Golden Eagle Many people don't know the south used to be in much worse condition. But the USSR fell while the USA rose farther than ever completely reversing things.

    • @dnickaroo3574
      @dnickaroo3574 5 лет назад

      The suicide rate in South Korea is amongst the highest in the world. In North Korea they smoke Cannabis & chill out.

    • @KasparOnTube
      @KasparOnTube 5 лет назад

      @@dnickaroo3574 no wonder everybody calls NK the best Korea!

  • @QFGEE
    @QFGEE 5 лет назад +12

    That ad at the end was one of the most seamless I've ever seen.

  • @aesampah
    @aesampah 3 года назад +71

    I don’t understand how can someone accuse “a serious human right abuse” just because they don’t want to sell you stuff?

    • @BigDogRenzel
      @BigDogRenzel 3 года назад +7

      Ask the bakery who didn’t want to sell the cake

    • @AChannelFrom2006
      @AChannelFrom2006 3 года назад +2

      Usually when someone holds prior prejudice against a group of people and therefore will not engage with them in commercial activity (work, trading, etc) with them solely on that reason it can be seen as a human rights abuse.

    • @Ben4A
      @Ben4A 3 года назад +1

      Water , food , medicine, CHAIRLIFTS etc...

    • @1990-w1l
      @1990-w1l 3 года назад

      @@Ben4A if you dont have money, you cannot by anythink

  • @CodingWithAsad
    @CodingWithAsad 5 лет назад +20

    PolyMatter:makes a video about north korea
    Kento Bento : its look like i need to make a video about china then.

  • @BeastinlosersHD
    @BeastinlosersHD 5 лет назад +54

    I've always admired how they are able to maintain such a status quo.

    • @chenyeanmingtakumi9033
      @chenyeanmingtakumi9033 3 года назад

      yea, but North Korea is actually trying to brea the status quo, yet everyone doesn't know this

  • @MrZZooh
    @MrZZooh 3 года назад +7

    Kudos to the creator of this video for acknowledging North Korea's self sufficiency. That takes balls.

  • @early7strikeland996
    @early7strikeland996 5 лет назад +129

    China and North Korea: *exsist*
    This Channel: *it's free real estate*

  • @jacktran3516
    @jacktran3516 5 лет назад +68

    When you’re so early the only comment is “when you’re so early there’s no good comments”

  • @ninjaswordtothehead
    @ninjaswordtothehead 4 года назад +14

    Giving in every time someone throws a fit and makes demands will totally solve things and definitely not set a precedent of lowering standards and slowly turning into the very thing we were fighting.

  • @PopcornColonelx
    @PopcornColonelx 5 лет назад +7

    Thank you for making this video. It was one of your best yet imo, and corrected a lot of my misconceptions.

    • @goguryo11
      @goguryo11 Год назад

      Nice video!!
      Thank you very much.
      And welcome to my @goguryo11
      There a lot of korean scenary and temple. etc.

  • @thatchamtmd5033
    @thatchamtmd5033 5 лет назад +17

    That was one of the best of your videos i've seen. You must have had been on many wild goose chases through the reseach for it. Well done!

    • @hackerbrinelam5381
      @hackerbrinelam5381 5 лет назад

      Agreed

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 5 лет назад

      RESEARCH???????????????????
      THIS IS RUclips OR DID I TURN LEFT WHEN I WAS SUPPOSE TO TURN LEFT????

  • @yeppeunsalam
    @yeppeunsalam 3 года назад +1

    that ad was smooth af

  • @michaelanthony4750
    @michaelanthony4750 5 лет назад +9

    Thank you for making these videos. The mainstream media makes it so hard to tell what's actually going on outside.

  • @gordok167
    @gordok167 5 лет назад +20

    Well how would you feel if you had to walk all the way up a mountain each time you wanted to go skiing?

  • @Paul1510WB
    @Paul1510WB Год назад

    This has to be the best summary of how North Korea works on RUclips.

  • @rockstar450
    @rockstar450 5 лет назад +8

    Damn this is a good video. Very respectable journalism 💖

  • @reyhanhussain5922
    @reyhanhussain5922 5 лет назад +31

    North Korea is like Kim Jong Un's Disney World

    • @henk-3098
      @henk-3098 5 лет назад +3

      yeah, and just like in Disney World, normal people can't afford the merchandise and food.

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 5 лет назад

      ONLY IN UR WEE AMOEBA SIZE BRAIN, ARE U SERIOUSLY THAT STUPID???? COULD YOU DO A BETTER JOB???? I VERY MUCH DOUBT IT

  • @typicalchineseguy5818
    @typicalchineseguy5818 4 года назад +4

    As a country that could have disappeared from the world map in anytime, I must say that their ways of making money to keep the nation and its regime alive is impressive.

  • @grimgrieves
    @grimgrieves 5 лет назад +11

    This could’ve been a way shorter vid. North Korea are sponsored by Raid: Shadow Legends

  • @jayjones9225
    @jayjones9225 4 года назад +6

    This was a great analysis! Well done and thanks

  • @lentedmaxi1832
    @lentedmaxi1832 3 года назад +26

    People are ignorant of profitability in bitcoin investment and that has been the major issues limiting their investment

    • @Stephen-bg8wh
      @Stephen-bg8wh 3 года назад +1

      You're right, people will be kicking themselves in few weeks if they miss the opportunity to buy and invest in Bitcoin as it's retracing

    • @jamesanderson6629
      @jamesanderson6629 3 года назад

      2021 online stock market is just difficult and unbelievable, I rather invest my money on crypto

    • @davidcampbell9000
      @davidcampbell9000 3 года назад +5

      Bitcoin is the future, Investing in it now will be the wisest thing to do especially with the current rise

    • @anthonydouglas5528
      @anthonydouglas5528 3 года назад

      Despite the economy crisis it's still a good time to invest in gold and crypto

    • @adamsscott4564
      @adamsscott4564 3 года назад

      Stocks are good too

  • @gabtroublemaker
    @gabtroublemaker 5 лет назад +5

    As a Venezuelan, this hits too close to heart. Too many parallels!

    • @odoggow8157
      @odoggow8157 5 лет назад

      THE WESTS GREED SINCE WE GOT NUKES HAS DONE IT TO THE WHOLE WORLD! ITS SICK HOW PPL THEN PUT THE BLAME ON THOSE LEFT TO SORT THEIR COUNTRIES AFTER WE RAPE OR PILLAGE THEM

    • @gilbertozambrano6182
      @gilbertozambrano6182 3 года назад

      This is exactly the current situation in our country, only that Venezuela doesn't have nukes, we have the UN and other internacional institutions filled with a lot of dumb pseudo-socialist corrupt politicians

    • @uselessthing3429
      @uselessthing3429 3 года назад

      @@gilbertozambrano6182 There is no socialism and there is no capitalism
      *its just corruption*

    • @solmoman
      @solmoman 2 года назад

      What, did the swiss refuse to sell you ski lifts as well?

  • @wakawaka1976
    @wakawaka1976 5 лет назад +4

    One of the only non Chinese speakers who pronounces yuan correctly. Yuan= yu-en. I appreciate that.

  • @zamasuawaken1908
    @zamasuawaken1908 4 года назад +1

    So from what i understood North Korea is the beggar with the glock

  • @emilyb7867
    @emilyb7867 5 лет назад +5

    Hi Polymatter,
    A nice and informing video as always! You are really talented!
    Will you make a video about transitioning countries, it would be nice to learn about the process of changing from a closed system to a whole new open one.

  • @ravinchowdhury5215
    @ravinchowdhury5215 4 года назад +21

    0:28 why does the right flank of the hotel look like it's falling

  • @MrShenable
    @MrShenable 3 года назад

    I watched two ads and then you advertise curiosity stream straight after. Thanks

  • @arcticflower7223
    @arcticflower7223 4 года назад +11

    Switzerland makes everything difficult.

  • @coconutboy8198
    @coconutboy8198 3 года назад +8

    Swiss: sorry I can't sell the skilifts
    Kim Jong Un: nuke them, NOW!

  • @M1nimalWis
    @M1nimalWis 3 года назад +1

    Him:How north Korea makes money
    Me:Don't they just print money?

    • @somecuriousperson2233
      @somecuriousperson2233 3 года назад

      If they do have inflation then it's another possible reason why people want to leave

  • @evanmiles2652
    @evanmiles2652 4 года назад +14

    1:38 the Dennis Rodman signed basketball is a great addition

  • @chrissytheconqueror7049
    @chrissytheconqueror7049 5 лет назад +5

    I've just started watching. My anticipated answer, seeing as this is a PolyMatter video: China.

  • @ridwanwase7444
    @ridwanwase7444 2 года назад +1

    nicw video btw i would suggest you to explain in more simplifying informal english as other geopolytical youtubers explanation is more easier to grasp

  • @ionknow9191
    @ionknow9191 5 лет назад +54

    I honestly really really hope that one day, a revolution happens in North Korea. The citizen's will, at some point, have a revolution. The sooner, the better, but of course in a realistic view point, it won't be happening anytime soon. I of course could be wrong, there is always that chance. I just hope someday the citizen's form a small group that begins the start of a revolution. It only takes one human soul, to start something that can make history, and grab the world's eyes and hearts, that one soul, grabbing the attention and gaining the trust of others to finally want change. Will spark something the entire world will be watching in hope of good news. The world would hear and see possible killings of the innocent. It takes guts, blood, and tears to make change, a change for the history books to be remembered by the human race.

    • @1whannibalr428
      @1whannibalr428 4 года назад +10

      It won't happen. the neighbors will prevent it

    • @matthewmcclain1316
      @matthewmcclain1316 4 года назад +5

      @@odoggow8157 you alright? The dude was just trying to say something positive but realistic. I could pretty it up for you:
      Someone will overthrow the merciless dictatorship with kind words and they'll all live happily ever after. That better?

    • @brandinho125
      @brandinho125 4 года назад +1

      Odog Gow ok

    • @xexpaguette
      @xexpaguette 4 года назад +1

      @@odoggow8157
      Negatives: Violence and Bloodshed for about a few months or years.
      Positives: Freedom and Peace for the many generations to come, for decades.
      You choose if it's worth it, but the majority thinks it is. Also, if there's no revolution, The people will continue to suffer.
      Like I said, your choice.

    • @bethanyeq
      @bethanyeq 4 года назад +1

      Odog Gow u good ?

  • @ronbo8956
    @ronbo8956 5 лет назад +4

    You are a great writer. Great presentation!

  • @alexeton
    @alexeton 3 года назад

    swiss cheese,bad haircuts and empty buildings,that is a great and very funny opening.

  • @pinkgiraffe378
    @pinkgiraffe378 3 года назад +8

    It's so heartbreaking that people are trapped living in North Koreo under poverty and no freedom at all. 💔

  • @MumbaiAkki
    @MumbaiAkki 5 лет назад +4

    History about South Korea and North Korea should have been also described in brief as it is very relevant.

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  • @rivalun7696
    @rivalun7696 3 года назад +2

    "It just works" - Todd Howard

  • @keithyoungs9435
    @keithyoungs9435 4 года назад +14

    The Korean war technically never ended

  • @asneecrabbier3900
    @asneecrabbier3900 5 лет назад +11

    you know i bought curiositystream from reallifelore a week before the collab with nebula started lucky me

  • @ContactBaroqueHall
    @ContactBaroqueHall 3 месяца назад +2

    This is cynical. The reason why North Korea doesn’t trade normally with the world is because of our sanctions, rather than anything specific to their culture itself.

  • @labresponsive7161
    @labresponsive7161 4 года назад +4

    This misses how they are a criminal enterprise dealing drugs, rhino horn, hacking, and financial crimes like the heist of Bengali banks

  • @leonleon2021
    @leonleon2021 5 лет назад +14

    Where did China learn to manage NK?
    From skillshare!

  • @ber5hamby63
    @ber5hamby63 3 года назад +2

    watching this as north Korea is in a food shortage

  • @awesomecosmopolite1521
    @awesomecosmopolite1521 3 года назад +6

    I think I once heard something like, "Trade was the thing that contributed to the outcompetition of the Homo Sapiens against other human species. " "It contributed greatly to human development." China also once did the ridiculous thing of forbidding trade and I read in a novel about the inconvenience and agony such insanity caused.

  • @denjivibes
    @denjivibes 3 года назад +5

    That Swiss company must've been an absolute horror to deal with if North Korea calls the sales process a human rights abuse.

    • @solmoman
      @solmoman 2 года назад

      "Wh- can you say that again? I gotta record this and show it to everyone during lunch break!"

  • @TheEmperorYt
    @TheEmperorYt 4 года назад +1

    While people are dying in hunger ..he is doing rocket science

  • @gabunomigrl
    @gabunomigrl 5 лет назад +32

    "how nk makes money"
    nk gov't: ...it just does lol