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"They were shooting me with fake guns, it was pretty fun to interact with the kids". Yea this dude was scared to say anything negative. I would be too.
It’s important to remember all his content was reviewed by the government to ensure it was ALL positive. Edit: the voiceover is under his control, however the footage was likely all reviewed and wouldn’t show anything bad.
The more positive he talked, the more unsettling and eerie the video felt. I don’t know why I was so concerned about the Bermuda Triangle as a little kid, when North Fucking Korea is the way that it is.
@@daleksauce2544 It's not "western bias". That's always the BS excuse. You can find information/videos of people who've escaped. You can find clips of people being shot at for trying to escape over the border. The North Korean leader is a dictator. The people have no freedom to do anything and with extreme punishments, if caught.
Make no mistake - these are not the North Korean People - these are the props for visitors. The countryside is where the people are; starving to survive, working day in and day out to provide resources for the props to perpetuate the facade.
@@clockwork6973 Of course our governments will try to make it look as bad as possible, but there are many independent sources confirming this. I mean, "props for visitors" is a bit harsh maybe, but its fairly well known that there is a "rich" side of north-kora that is almost first-world like, and then a much larger poor side of north-korea on which the first world side is build upon. And obviously they are gonna show the rich side to tourists. Realistically speaking, while there of course also is manipulation going on on our side, we have to remember that we live an a culture that is much larger and that values freedom. When governments try to manipulate us they have to do so indirectly and its much harder and more limited since here everyone can just publicly disagree and they couldn't do much. In North-Kora however they can directly manipulate the masses and physically stop people who go against their agenda. Also they are a far smaller and more isolated community which makes manipulation far easier. Its is always important to note that there is more manipulation happening in our culture than many might be aware of, but its still not comparable to a dictatorship like North Korea. And also, there are more and more people here that arguably OVERestimate how much manipulation is happening here. because as I said, manipulating a culture like ours is far more messy and difficult, by no means impossible, but very much limited.
It's important to remember that, Pyongyang is a city almost exclusively for the rich and elite of the country. I heard rumors that most people are selected. This makes sense for how relaxed it seems. The people are trained to be 'perfect' and to fully follow the rules. I can guarantee if you went to a town in the country, you will be escorted with every step you take.
You read that on Western media. You think a whole city of people were 'selected'? What major city isn't more rich than the rural people? You think if you went to rural North Korea you would find places more akin to the streets filled with dead people stacked on top of each other as is depicted by western media?
@@julieherz8909 It actually makes sense to select the people you want to live in the city when you are a supreme dictator. They're likely smarter, which means they're more of an asset, which means they can benefit the government. Government offers you better housing conditions, food, quality of life, etc. in exchange for unquestionable obedience and doing whatever work they need done. Once they are selected to live there, they immediately have too much to lose if they screw up so they do exactly as they're told. You honestly think everything that happens in North Korea are western media lies? Why the hell would you defend North Korea?
@@shotguncamping because 90% of the information about north Korea is supplied by the 'defectors', who are very heavily monitored and controlled by the south Korean government. they get paid to go on TV and lie about North Korea.
seeing all those kids is just the biggest damn reminder than you dont get to choose where you are born... they are so innocent yet their lives were striped away from freedom the moment their hearts started beating inside the womb...
I knew a guy who was in a band that went there and he says he was in his room and mentioned there not being an iron, and then a few minutes later someone brought an iron to his room.
What they go through... according to who? USA tells you the truth about a counrty that was able to resist its terrible "democracy". Might be time to wake up
Everything is clean because when tourists aren’t there no one else is there. It’s like the Truman show. I forgot I watched this 10 months ago. I just watched the part where he mentioned how clean the metro system was; went to comment pretty much the exact same thing I commented 10 months ago. Had a good chuckle when I saw my old post.
I honestly think that the place for the tourist are filled with like spies to watch the tourist, like the truman show... kinda like to show the tourist that north korea is okay
Pyongyang is actually like what you are seeing all the time, as its their holy land of their supreme leader, now when you leave the city is when you see how the majority of the citizens live. Every person you see in this video in Pyongyang is considered upper class in their country.
He is so careful to not say anything negative or critical. Must have been scary knowing how much trouble you can get into for a perceived wrong. Fuck that man, you're brave. I'd never go.
He could tell whatever he wanted. He's an American and uploaded this video on RUclips after he left NK... Nobody would get him here even if he said something he really thinks...
7:38 As a South Korean, I can understand what they said. "How dare you come here!" "You American freak!" "You American!!" and you just said "thanks" you got bullied by them
@@yosephrezahe2534 yep, they do. I went there for a 1 week job and didn't feel comfortable. I got told to stand elsewhere when I was just hanging out on the street. Oh, and they can smoke, but yell at you when u do.
The trains in the metro are discarded subway trains from the 70s/80s from East Berlin. And were sold to North Korea between 1993 and 1997. Type GI (Gisela).
The children reminded me of when I visited South Korea. My knowledge of the Korean language is very very limited, so when I visited Seoul, I had hoped that some people would know a little bit of English, but this wasn't the case. Almost no adults spoke English in Seoul. I guess Seoul isn't really the tourist destination that Busan or other places are, but I didn't know any better and I'm a city person. Anyway, during my visit I went to the national war museum and there were school groups visiting that day. I remember a school group coming up to me and saying Hello, I'm from Korea. And when I replied back in Korean to say I'm from the UK their faces lit up and they were so happy. They were the only people to speak English to me the entire time I was in Seoul, I really appreciated it and it helped me feel less lonely.
I’ve lived in Korea for seven years and almost every establishment I’ve been to has made efforts for foreigners(English speaking ones). If you’d been to the popular spots of Seoul such as myeongdong, dongdaemun, insadong, itaewon, namdaemun, yongsan, Gangnam, yeungdeungpo, and many others, you would have encountered many English speaking koreans. You didn’t mention the length of your stay so I wonder if you might be harshly generalizing a very populated and large city based off a short, rushed experience.
@@naomimeisenheimer1614 I stayed there for 8 days. I stayed in a nice hotel where the reception concierge spoke English. I went to a variety of different eateries from low priced to medium/high priced places, with English menus but to which the waiter/waitress that served me could not speak English nor could they understand my poor attempts at Korean. I went to local shops where they did not speak English. I used public transport to travel and largely made my own way, however, at one point I needed directions and the guy politely walked me/pointed in the right direction afted I showed him which train I wanted on my phone. I went to tourists attractions though I did not need to interact with staff there. I went to a PC Bang as well and couldn't communicate without google translate. I am not trying to say it as an insult. I cannot speak other languages very well myself, but I was just explaining my experience. I am going back to Korea next month and will see how my experience differs :) Edit: I stayed in Yongsan
@@zakrs130I didn’t have any trouble with language in Seoul. It’s was by far the most English accommodating. Unsurprisingly since it’s the capital and has almost 3 times as many people as the next biggest city. Busan and Daegu were hit or miss but overall pretty good. I can count on 1 hand the number of people who spoke English outside of the ROK marines over the course of about 40 days that I was there. The person at their DMV when I got my Korean driver’s license, a crane operator, and a restaurant owner on the docks. Literally everyone else was hand gestures or google translate. Didn’t find a single person in Gyeongju who spoke English. Granted, I was only there for less than 6 hours. If you don’t believe any of this, just do a simple google search. It would be ridiculous to think Seoul doesn’t have many English speakers. Haha
Nah it was probably exactly as he said it was the thing is that they made sure that he doesn't see how NK actually is because that's only a part of the capital so probably the other cities and towns are pretty fucked up
stumbled upon this video, and im happy i did. i can't believe north korea still looks the same as it looked in photos even years ago. my mind can't fully grasp life there.
When he started talking about how clean everything was felt so forced, just a nod to the fact that everything he says is being monitored by the government.
Considering how nasty European and US metros are, seeing theirs being so pristine sure is very weird and fascinating, and defintely worth mentioning. I don't see how it could seem forced. Guess strict rules and punishments are at least good for keeping the place in order.
@@juvecro He visited places like that so he wouldn't think its a bad place. Remember North Korea has political camps for prisoners with different beliefs, you can go to jail for just about anything there. Even for showing disrespect.
@@juvecro i think it's because all soldiers have a license to shoot and kill. So you better not disrespect the country and litter or dirty their capital
3.5 million people and it looks like a ghost town. Read between the lines people, don't get flustered at the footage that he was *allowed* to leave with. He did everyone a service by risking his own well-being to bring us what he could.
@@whatshisname2497 Working ! I'm not joking, in communist/ dictatorial countries, everybody works. Skipping/ evading to have a job gets you a nasty beating and plenty of jail time. I know this because this is how my country was (Romania, communist regime from 1946-1989).
Most all people on official tours are completely fine as long as you don’t say or do anything stupid. But yes the risk of something catastrophic happening are still many, many times more than any other country.
How can somebody be so fucking ignorant and stupid? Did you at least watch the video? Do you really believe that soldiers are gonna fckn kill you if you say something they don't like? Where is that hellscape you're ranting about?
I'm not a NK supporter, but that's how I feel when I look at Americans in clips or YT vids compared to Europeans, or Indians, or Chinese. they have this wierd jobber look on thier faces, a kind of poverty. Much happier than the NKs in this vid, but a different kind of sadness on their faces. For comparison, look at people in the middle East, like Qatar, bharain, maybe Saudi, they are the loveliest and liveliest people I've ever seen, if one of you ever go there, just look at thier faces and honestly tell me what you think compared to Americans.
@@godfather7339 life beats you down in America. We've got it tough over here, the rampant heart disease, and the entire population of Illinois living within our borders. It's almost as bad as Canada.
You are smart, you know that the footage will be reviewed and complimented everything and compared it to other countries if its bigger or better in any way. Props to you. I'm so sorry for this children...
The second he said “they shot me with fake guns it was super cool to interact with the kids” is when you can tell it’s gets really uncomfortable to not say anything bad
@@divinechannel3240 they were calling his a “western bastard” and “pale pig,” essentially mocking him for being european and for lying down which is seen as disrespectful in front of other elders
@@l0g4nn As soon as he mentioned he was lying down on the grass I was like "Bitch! The FUCK you doing lying down on the grass in North Korea?!?!? Even in the better part of it I would have just sat down waiting. I mean unless you actually see other people lying down on the grass but like.....I seriously doubt it."
Those kids were just doing what they are used to seeing, and that's being on the ground with guns pointed at you for disobeying. What a dismal country to be in
Other than extremely rare occasions that I've seen in other videos, yeah I doubt they are ever used. Same fore the other rides. Usually, in other videos I've seen, they are all open when Kim Jong Un is riding them.
I can imagine this guy going to Berlin in 1937 and leasurely talking about how well the Nazis kept the streets clean, how delicious the food was and how wonderful it was that the trains ran on time. Meanwhile, the concentration/death camps were working overtime, while he's having a self described."great time"
@mattnortham300 The comment stated "death camps", and the mass systematic extermination is what defines the holocaust, which started in the middle of ww2, so not 1937. That's about it. No need to discuss this over nothing. If he had said "during ww2" instead he'd be right.
He has to say that. He'd probably rather not be tortured and killed. He's one brave guy. I can feel the 'walking on eggshells' feeling just watching this.
Being born here is a curse. You cannot leave and cannot even take a vacation in another country and are forced to live under strict rules all the time. Although I have to say, Pyongyang is a beautiful city.
Imagine people from the countryside seeing this video. Seeing how their leader is feeding tourists delicious foods while they have to live with grass and insects.
I dont know how he can eat while knowing the entire nation is dying of hunger or just poor conditions and hes been served all of that food just to build an image.
@@peep9345 what about the Americans that flee to North Korea? All countries deliver one sided propaganda. Which is a debate in Multiple european countries. Western countries deliver more propaganda than north Korea so stfu and see the country for yourself
He makes North Korea seem like it’s not that bad. But we know that it’s very restricted. It’s still a country like the USA but it just has a different way of governing.
wdym "seem" its not that bad and thats fact. sure you may not be able to say certain things or leave the country but so what? people make it seem like the country kills people for fun bro. theres bowling amusement parks everything you could ever need there, if i was north korean i would see no reason to leave.
@@vladie2000 you obviously never listened to some refugee stories like Yeonmi Park talking about it, they escape and tell whats going on that travelers are not allowed to see
To be fair, if you've ever ridden the subway in a big city like New York or Chicago then you'd notice a lot of the people you see have the same expression. I'm not trying to justify North Korea at all. I'm just saying that after a full day of work you're just gonna want to go home and you'll probably look the same as those people on your way back home. Plus a decent number of them had their heads down cause they were looking at their phones.
@@HUGOAUDITORE117 ummm...has nothing to do with culture sweetheart. Documented visits from Lisa Ling, Dennis Rodman, and countless other journalists have been there and showed the world the truth. People act very differently when they know someone's watching. Go undercover with hidden cams and then show me how things went down.
Apparently Otto wasn’t even at the hotel at the time the CCTV footage supposedly shows him attempting to steal the propaganda poster. People who were on the tour with Otto, say they were out partying to celebrate New Year’s. Otto was in a coma for 15 of the 17 months he was imprisoned in North Korea. His parents should’ve told him "no” to going to North Korea. I hate how the tour company he used Young Pioneer Tours basically abandoned him in North Korea.
@@Sam-pv7bdI heard he stayed back when his tour group wanted to party claiming he was too tired? Also I heard the company guide stayed behind with Otto until NK sent him back without allowing him to see Otto. Supposedly he was taken last minute by authorities while the rest of the group was boarding the flight. Not sure what they could’ve done. All my information is from other people not my own research so I could be wrong???
I have no idea why this video popped up in the catalog, but since I was curious about North Korea I clicked on it. I'm a South Korean who is currently living in the USA, so I could understand what the kids were saying in the part when you were lying down (7:38). They were saying "Die American freak!", "You Americans.." It gave me goosebumps the moment they started to talk. Those poor children... Just getting traumatized to hate the world...
@@SNB_1985 I've only heard of it in North Korea. I didn't really do a whole lot of looking into it. Surly turn documentaries on North Koreans escaping to South Korea or wherever and telling you their stories. It's so unbelievable.
I think that id kill myself first before I even attempted to escape I think. I don't think I'd have the courage to do it, but then again I've lived in a very first world country all my life. I don't know what it's like to live in such a controlled area.
Zerg Fx they literally have and entire village of nice homes built close to the South Korean border that is empty just to show the “beautiful quality of life” it’s even called the happiness village.
I feel like being in North Korea would make me feel like I was at my grandparents’ house as a kid. Don’t touch anything or say the wrong thing. Only over there you’d get in more trouble
Well done! You got some great footage, but I know that your hotel room was probably bugged and they were listening to every word that you said. I would never go there, so mad props to you.
Yeah and United Nations funds the system. Without United Nations Iran and North Korea would be the richest countries in the world. Actually they have less poor people than most countries even know, the sanctions don't work. I mean they do but people don't give a fuck and they continue their life. Even Nato is better organization than UN. UN is devil, they made this happen. blame them. send them e-mail or something
Things that didn’t surprise me at all: lack of life in peoples eyes, not a single smile from a kid that looks genuine, overly beautiful buildings, the looks from the Koreans at you. As if they’ve never seen a white person.
I read a travel advisory about north korea and it was level 4: meaning do not travel. And even if you have validation to enter north korea the travel advisory suggests that you should draft a will before you go
"My country told me that it's not safe to go to another country whose ideology is axiomatically opposed to our own, and they said you'll literally die if you go there!!!!" lmfao this is just peak propaganda. Insane what people will take at face value from a government who played a primary role in decimating virtually all of their buildings and infrastructure. Of course USA would have a vested interest in keeping most of their citizens out of the country they bombed the sh*t out of, in living memory! Our government bans us from traveling and doing business in NK, not the other way around. DPRK doesn't ban Americans from visiting, and American nationals are free to visit as long as they travel through another country first. Kind of funny how they're branded as a hermit state, when the reality is that most countries are permitted to travel within Korea, but are discouraged in a multitude of ways by their own "free and democratic" governments.
@Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas this might sound ignorant but what happens outside the city? i mean obviously i know that north korea is a terrible place to live in and it’s very controlling but what do they do that makes it so bad?
Well I'm not telling you are wrong but I'm not telling you your right either. We really shouldn't look for all this deeper meaning in one video. There people like you and I, and our cultures I'm sure a vastly different.
Ur probably right but u should remember that these ppl live in north North Korea there entire life so i would assume whats "horrible and isolated and strict" to us is normal to them Its like living in medieval times when we look back we realize how horrible there life must have been but to them its just "ehhh another day" I don't know whether these ppl are sad and depressed (because it all depends on what they are going through individually) But yeah this country is pretty depressing to our eyes
@@ByrgenworthGraduate perfectly worded. I recently finished the book, “Utopia” by Thomas More, and it’s very difficult not to automatically assume that a society with a different structure and morals is even just while reading it. Most people in this comment section annoy me, because they are seeing something through a completely different glass. We call them unfree, depressed, and tied down, but they would only say the same about us, because that’s how they grew up. There is no fundamental idea of what a society should look like, and it seems that some people can’t place themselves on both sides of the subject. Nationalism is a funny thing!
No, I mean North Korea have people smiling 9:25, 9:12 2:08 7:28 Do you smile when your walking alone in your city? Most of the people portrayed in this video are alone or course they are not going to smile for nothing. Well me I don't smile for nothing when I'm walking alone, I live in Canada.
Noticing that every single woman there was wearing the same exact style really made me realize how much controlled everything is. I’ve read about it online casually but never actually saw it. Really unsettling
@Dima Q because i’m america your have the ability to wear just about anything you want. In NK you aren’t aloud to. If you do, you’re published. Their County is so controlled people don’t have the ability to be anything other than what the government allows. Not to mention the people of NK do not have a single say or how the government controls them and they have to live life as if they’re in some sort of simulation and have to do anything and everything they’re told. So yeah, it’s completely different from America. Be thankful you don’t have to live that way and try to speak up and make a change about the way they’re treated rather than comparing it to a country nothing like so.
I was stationed in Korea for a year. I took a tour of the dmz. I was in the jsa room so I stepped 15 feet in north Korea in my class a's. I walked up to this window and looked out and I thought wow I'm technically in north Korea. So, on the other side of the window this north Korean soldier walks up to me and looks down right in my eye. Had this look on his face like he wanted go through the window and strangle me. I walked back over to the south Korean side of the room. That was as close to north Korea as I'll ever get.
I imagined that had to be intense. With their huge propaganda machine, not that we dont have our own, I'm sure he we was taught all his life to hate anything American.
9999 00 Propaganda: information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. Yes, this is propaganda. Please know the definitions of words and do some research before making snarky comments like this.
7:40 im a South Korean and im pretty sure that few of these kids said "You fucking American!" in this part, but they are smiling.. this is EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
They had toy guns pointed at him shooting. They are trained and taught that westerners are their enemies. That they might have to kill them. I wouldn't be surprised if they were laughing at how easy it was to "kill" him.
They're terrified. They want nothing to do with being on a foreigner's video... You can get in trouble for ANYTHING and that could result in you and your family being severely punished like sent to a concentration camp.
@@THISissockwormadness I got a laugh out of this as a Londoner but that's just from London being an antisocial place by nature, this shit is genuine fear.
Uugh. It exhausts me to read comments. But what stood out for me on the video was the following. 1) Everything (ur allowed to see) is massive. The monuments, the highways, the "social areas". But it was a ghost town. 2) No one else was bowling. When did they go? 3am? 3) The highways were EMPTY. 8 lanes each way & no traffic at all? 4) The community areas were the same. Enormous open spaces with a smattering of people walking around. 5) In the subway, no one was speaking to each other. In the whole place there wasn't 1 pair of friends or co-workers with anything to say to each other? 6) Again, the aerial view shows NO vehicles or people moving about freely in the WHOLE city. None of this is normal! That's what the guy making the video was showing us. I thought it was chilling for what it portrayed.
If this is the first time you’ve seen this, there are at least 5 full length documentaries on North Korea. Vice News did a long special that was made into a documentary, following Dennis Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters to N. Korea for a friendly game of basketball. I’m sure it’s on RUclips somewhere. The particular doc is one of my favorites because of some of the first time access they get. I was able to find one version here on RUclips: m.ruclips.net/video/IrCQh1usdzE/видео.html
Every time I get a glimpse of the society these people live in I thank god every day I was born in the U.S. South Koreans are super lucky they were born just a few miles south.
And there's hairlip brainless pieces of trash that kneal during the pledge of allegiance and get triggered by a US flag and completely disregard the ones who died for this freedom we have. Those people need to be beaten to a pulp and shipped to North Korea.
I looked up North Korea on google earth and the only places you can actually see like street view, are the exact places they took this guy. Most of North Korea is definitely not like this they are trying to hide what it’s like from the world. So scary, I’m very grateful to live where I do.
For the blatant unaware; any sign of negativity or disrespect from citizens or tourist will get you throw into a work-camp. Your nation's government can't save you.
I love how much North Korea talks about America in every aspect of their daily lives…like they have this weird obsession with us and we just literally could not care less about them lol
@@ispeakmandarinyes that’s true. Friend of mine been there and they check devices when you arrive and when you leave. Also you can’t go anywhere you want. You always have a guide watching you
@@ispeakmandarinNot really, if you're flying. However, they will check it if you're taking the train. They won't see what you left with, but they will see what you're entering with.
sirroxalot dam it crazy most countrys call white people devil's that must be some truth in that lol. but they sure to like to get shit from the devil but that temptations for you.
I only spotted one North Korean smile a bit amongst all others down at the metro. The children looked tired and there was no real joy anywhere to be seen... I appriciate living in Denmark where you live free and people hug each other when they greet! ♥
It’s a bit hard to understand what they are saying, and you have no idea how much anything costs from asking, but after many wars we swedes have realised they are still pretty decent neighbours
I'm not completely fluent in korean but I do understand it a bit. It gave me chills because I hear the little girl say "He's an American man (Miguk namja)" and they pretend to shoot him... idk if I'd call it a fun interaction. I feel bad for the brainwashed kids :( @7:40
What’s more scary is NK disdain and pure hatred for Americans that they would by default assume anyone white looking is from America as if America is the only country that exists outside of NK. I guess it wouldn’t surprise me since the peasants in that country don’t have access to internet and are taught from an early age to hate Americans.
8:25 My initial reaction when I saw these trains was: wait a second, these look like recolored trains we have in Berlin today. Super interesting that their trains were made in Germany. I think the ones in Berlin were also used in the DDR in sowjet times - so thats probably when they were made for North Korea. Very interesting. Crazy that they shipped them all the way.
You saw the North Korea they wanted you to see, man... the starving people, dilapidated buildings, and empty city blocks are on the other side of the fence.
@@Kerbin-kb7nj You should consider the fact that Un is a very controlling man, and doesn't like opposition. It is natural for the government officials to follow him, even if they don't agree, because they value their jobs or lives. I.e. the killing of his uncle and other family members
@@waifuw3566 It isn't the people that that is evil, it's the government. Same mistake people make when referring to pretty much any war or country ran by an oppressive government.
Someone said that this place feels like the Truman show and I feel like that's a really good way to put it. The whole place is meant to give the impression of happiness and liveliness, but the people all look depressed and inexpressive. The place just looks way too organized everywhere, like at 11:31 what is going on there?? That shot of the subway really freaked me out, it looks like a set... Everyone and everything is in the right place. The music playing on the train even sounds like it's supposed to be patriotic. The mosaic of all the leaders just sickens me, it's such an egomaniacal and expensive display of propaganda. Seeing this grandiose portrayal of the countries dictators looking over their people being smiley and warm, when in actuality they are depressed and drained of any individuality, is fucking revolting and condescending. Ever wonder why everyone seems to have the same haircuts? It's because there is literally a only a small catalogue of hairstyles approved by the leader for men and women. The entire city just screams "CONFORM. EVERYTHING IS NORMAL. YOU ARE HAPPY. PRAISE THE SUPREME LEADER OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES."
North Korea is an evil place with an evil leader. I've seen and heard that citizens there have speakers in there houses that play every hour of every day something in Korean that I believe translates to "Honor your leader, for he is mighty." Or something along those lines. It's truly sad because you can see how unhappy the North Koreans are there.
melanie grenon Aswell I don’t know if you’ve watched the ‘good place’ but it is also kind of like that - the perfect place where there is everything but it ironically makes it feel like hell. I’d recommend you watch it
I really don't know how in freaking 2019 these kind of places still exist. How is that even allowed ! This piece of shit is enslaving a whole country !
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Indigo Traveller holy shit I thought you were taken to the prison camp. (Lucky you bro )
What were you thinking so what if you are a traveler please be very very careful if you are in a place like that again
Leander Herman he’s not American you twat
"They were shooting me with fake guns, it was pretty fun to interact with the kids". Yea this dude was scared to say anything negative. I would be too.
@-:- HayHay -:- that's exactly what it translates to.
I did it the same he done when i visited this hermitage country..not to mention the compulsory visit to the statues to pay them respect...
-:- HayHay -:-
They literally called him a bastard and a filthy swine 💀
For real?! You guys ain't screwing with me are you?! Those little kids were really saying that shit?😮
Abraham Velasco That's immediately what I thought 😂😂
It’s important to remember all his content was reviewed by the government to ensure it was ALL positive.
Edit: the voiceover is under his control, however the footage was likely all reviewed and wouldn’t show anything bad.
facts and if he said the slightest / smallest thing they would’ve held him hostage 🤦🏽♂️
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Not sure if actually serious or just kidding
Finnfsf I’m definitely serious
Simon wilsons vlogs seemed different.
The more positive he talked, the more unsettling and eerie the video felt. I don’t know why I was so concerned about the Bermuda Triangle as a little kid, when North Fucking Korea is the way that it is.
Agreed
Yeah, I feel like he was purposely saying this stuff so we see the real message, the opposite
No. You're just brainwashed... Can you watch a video without western bias?
@@daleksauce2544 It's not "western bias". That's always the BS excuse. You can find information/videos of people who've escaped. You can find clips of people being shot at for trying to escape over the border. The North Korean leader is a dictator. The people have no freedom to do anything and with extreme punishments, if caught.
@@daleksauce2544 found the brainwashes nk supporter
Make no mistake - these are not the North Korean People - these are the props for visitors. The countryside is where the people are; starving to survive, working day in and day out to provide resources for the props to perpetuate the facade.
Or maybe they just brainwashed us thinking this?
You do realize they still have somewhat of an economy, right?
@@clockwork6973No. What Krismm2003 said is pretty well known in South Korea. This is coming from a Korean that's been there multiple times.
@@bobachii yeah south korea would never have any reason to comply with American propaganda
@@clockwork6973 Of course our governments will try to make it look as bad as possible, but there are many independent sources confirming this. I mean, "props for visitors" is a bit harsh maybe, but its fairly well known that there is a "rich" side of north-kora that is almost first-world like, and then a much larger poor side of north-korea on which the first world side is build upon. And obviously they are gonna show the rich side to tourists.
Realistically speaking, while there of course also is manipulation going on on our side, we have to remember that we live an a culture that is much larger and that values freedom. When governments try to manipulate us they have to do so indirectly and its much harder and more limited since here everyone can just publicly disagree and they couldn't do much. In North-Kora however they can directly manipulate the masses and physically stop people who go against their agenda. Also they are a far smaller and more isolated community which makes manipulation far easier. Its is always important to note that there is more manipulation happening in our culture than many might be aware of, but its still not comparable to a dictatorship like North Korea. And also, there are more and more people here that arguably OVERestimate how much manipulation is happening here. because as I said, manipulating a culture like ours is far more messy and difficult, by no means impossible, but very much limited.
It's important to remember that, Pyongyang is a city almost exclusively for the rich and elite of the country. I heard rumors that most people are selected. This makes sense for how relaxed it seems. The people are trained to be 'perfect' and to fully follow the rules. I can guarantee if you went to a town in the country, you will be escorted with every step you take.
You read that on Western media. You think a whole city of people were 'selected'? What major city isn't more rich than the rural people? You think if you went to rural North Korea you would find places more akin to the streets filled with dead people stacked on top of each other as is depicted by western media?
@@julieherz8909 It actually makes sense to select the people you want to live in the city when you are a supreme dictator. They're likely smarter, which means they're more of an asset, which means they can benefit the government. Government offers you better housing conditions, food, quality of life, etc. in exchange for unquestionable obedience and doing whatever work they need done. Once they are selected to live there, they immediately have too much to lose if they screw up so they do exactly as they're told.
You honestly think everything that happens in North Korea are western media lies? Why the hell would you defend North Korea?
@@shotguncamping because 90% of the information about north Korea is supplied by the 'defectors', who are very heavily monitored and controlled by the south Korean government. they get paid to go on TV and lie about North Korea.
@@thumpted8417 I get the feeling you watch Joe Rogan daily
@@shotguncamping How is that relevant? He just had a north Korean defector on his podcast. You must not pay any attention to any defectors stories
seeing all those kids is just the biggest damn reminder than you dont get to choose where you are born... they are so innocent yet their lives were striped away from freedom the moment their hearts started beating inside the womb...
i really get angry to their parents, like, don't bring another human being to this hell. but their mentality is so much different of course
@@rhowie.dearest they have no choice, you must have children as a women in north korea
@@Argechi i mean, what?
@@violet_19 they will kill you if you dont
i wonder people bother making babies in north korea because its just cruel to have a child grow up in such a country
They 100% have his room bugged and he knows it
No wonder he was whispering whenever he’s in the hotel room!
whatever3210 yea mean I'd be pretty terrified of going but I still would. If I dont feel scared or anything then I'm dead
I knew a guy who was in a band that went there and he says he was in his room and mentioned there not being an iron, and then a few minutes later someone brought an iron to his room.
Michael Adams That's crazy !! It kinda weirds me out that they do that but I guess because North Korea is about respect it makes a bit of sense
at 1:23 that hole in the wall looks suspicious...
I am getting so many chills just by watching this, its horrifying of what these people go through.
it is, But you have to remember these people have lived it like this probably all of their lives, so its all they know really.
@@Sycethtrue
What they go through... according to who? USA tells you the truth about a counrty that was able to resist its terrible "democracy". Might be time to wake up
And this is what the government WANTS you to see. Imagine the Horrors in the countryside. People starving, living in poverty.
@@Atlantic-Gamer-Officialexactly
Everything is clean because when tourists aren’t there no one else is there. It’s like the Truman show.
I forgot I watched this 10 months ago. I just watched the part where he mentioned how clean the metro system was; went to comment pretty much the exact same thing I commented 10 months ago. Had a good chuckle when I saw my old post.
I honestly think that the place for the tourist are filled with like spies to watch the tourist, like the truman show... kinda like to show the tourist that north korea is okay
Yeah also they would be killed if they graffiti or littered
Or is it just Pyongyang?
@@thearacadz That would be pointless because tourists have to be approved in the first place, do they not?
Pyongyang is actually like what you are seeing all the time, as its their holy land of their supreme leader, now when you leave the city is when you see how the majority of the citizens live. Every person you see in this video in Pyongyang is considered upper class in their country.
He is so careful to not say anything negative or critical. Must have been scary knowing how much trouble you can get into for a perceived wrong. Fuck that man, you're brave. I'd never go.
Yeah but it would be easy to just take videos and photos then do a voice over once he's back home in his country
@@JesusisLord254 Jesus ain’t a god
@@jkb8982 but Shrek is
He could tell whatever he wanted. He's an American and uploaded this video on RUclips after he left NK... Nobody would get him here even if he said something he really thinks...
@@jkb8982 Jesus is Lord
7:38 As a South Korean, I can understand what they said. "How dare you come here!" "You American freak!" "You American!!" and you just said "thanks"
you got bullied by them
I don’t know Korean but I can guess that they are bullying you.
😂😂😂 “you got bullied by them”
They are innocent brain washed kids, if anything they are being bullied by North Korea propaganda.
They are brainwashed
@@gokucanfly4593 what is orientalism?
The power of indoctrination
I only saw 1 person smile in the whole video. Very telling of what it's like there. Even you weren't as cheerful as usual, and it showed.
this man was trying so hard to not say anything bad i swear
Well yeah he wanted to make it home alive
You could see in his face the stuff he wanted to say. He looked as if he was forcing ok things to come out of his mouth.
@Zeidane Hall no, no you wouldn’t. You would be shitty you’re pants.
@Zeidane Hall well feel free to say whatever you want here but trust me it would be suicidal to actually say that stuff there
@Zeidane Hall they would litteraly hold you hostage 🤷♂️
Now make a video talking about your actual experience free of bugs and hidden cameras.
Pedro Dumper why America? He’s from New Zealand
@Pedro Dumper this pathetic looser just thinks thats a real girl
He may want to go back and not be tortured.
This is his experience. The government li.its westerners from travelling around the country freely.
@@gordonblo6338 uhhhh
The lack of local interaction and eye contact speak a thousand words
Um, you know they do the exact same thing in South Korea right
@@yosephrezahe2534 yep, they do. I went there for a 1 week job and didn't feel comfortable. I got told to stand elsewhere when I was just hanging out on the street. Oh, and they can smoke, but yell at you when u do.
They do the same in NY. Lol
That happens in sweden too.
Some cultures dont place value in smiling and eye contact. It doesnt mean they are sad or they hate you...
The trains in the metro are discarded subway trains from the 70s/80s from East Berlin. And were sold to North Korea between 1993 and 1997. Type GI (Gisela).
This dumb pampered WHITE BOY wouldn’t know THAT: he’s too concerned about his own pretty boy self.
The Hubris is disgusting 🤢.
this feels illegal to watch
True😂
cuz it is..
@@ok-ud9lu no it’s not wtf
Feels illegal to like ur comment
@@poosonballs it’s illegal in North Korea
Dudes just casually vlogging in North Korea
I would
Haruhi Fujioka sure you would bud
@@dexterjettster2746 I find pyonyang to be really cool. Plus some of its country side is really pretty. I really wanna visit TBH.
Haruhi Fujioka same tbh
Haruhi Fujioka when you want to be sent to a prison camp
I’d be scared to blink in North Korea tbh
Yeah no kidding.
A blink is like a mila sec so no fear
@@Abi_B. you should be scared to blink in America.
r/woooosh @@isabelh7719
@@andyramirez7115 idiot
The children reminded me of when I visited South Korea. My knowledge of the Korean language is very very limited, so when I visited Seoul, I had hoped that some people would know a little bit of English, but this wasn't the case. Almost no adults spoke English in Seoul. I guess Seoul isn't really the tourist destination that Busan or other places are, but I didn't know any better and I'm a city person. Anyway, during my visit I went to the national war museum and there were school groups visiting that day. I remember a school group coming up to me and saying Hello, I'm from Korea. And when I replied back in Korean to say I'm from the UK their faces lit up and they were so happy. They were the only people to speak English to me the entire time I was in Seoul, I really appreciated it and it helped me feel less lonely.
Seoul is definitely the place where you’d find the most English speakers…
@@niahniah123 Are you speaking from experience or assumption? Have you been to the tourist destinations in Korea?
I’ve lived in Korea for seven years and almost every establishment I’ve been to has made efforts for foreigners(English speaking ones). If you’d been to the popular spots of Seoul such as myeongdong, dongdaemun, insadong, itaewon, namdaemun, yongsan, Gangnam, yeungdeungpo, and many others, you would have encountered many English speaking koreans. You didn’t mention the length of your stay so I wonder if you might be harshly generalizing a very populated and large city based off a short, rushed experience.
@@naomimeisenheimer1614 I stayed there for 8 days. I stayed in a nice hotel where the reception concierge spoke English. I went to a variety of different eateries from low priced to medium/high priced places, with English menus but to which the waiter/waitress that served me could not speak English nor could they understand my poor attempts at Korean. I went to local shops where they did not speak English. I used public transport to travel and largely made my own way, however, at one point I needed directions and the guy politely walked me/pointed in the right direction afted I showed him which train I wanted on my phone. I went to tourists attractions though I did not need to interact with staff there. I went to a PC Bang as well and couldn't communicate without google translate. I am not trying to say it as an insult. I cannot speak other languages very well myself, but I was just explaining my experience. I am going back to Korea next month and will see how my experience differs :)
Edit: I stayed in Yongsan
@@zakrs130I didn’t have any trouble with language in Seoul. It’s was by far the most English accommodating. Unsurprisingly since it’s the capital and has almost 3 times as many people as the next biggest city. Busan and Daegu were hit or miss but overall pretty good. I can count on 1 hand the number of people who spoke English outside of the ROK marines over the course of about 40 days that I was there. The person at their DMV when I got my Korean driver’s license, a crane operator, and a restaurant owner on the docks. Literally everyone else was hand gestures or google translate. Didn’t find a single person in Gyeongju who spoke English. Granted, I was only there for less than 6 hours.
If you don’t believe any of this, just do a simple google search. It would be ridiculous to think Seoul doesn’t have many English speakers. Haha
Very weird seeing an entire country held hostage
What?
Fr
@@yosup5178 What do you mean what? 😂
@@isokessu Well my friend, that would be America.
weirder is a so called "educated,democratic" country having a guy like trump as their leader
I feel blessed to be born in a country with individuals rights and freedoms ...
You don't have any rights lol. This is a misconception.
@@John_Oldman You good?
@@John_Oldman you are the one who misconception
Where @👀
@@John_Oldman are you for real dude
since he isn’t held hostage anymore, tell us what it was actually like.
Ikr☠️☠️☠️☠️
Exactly
Wait what?
Nah it was probably exactly as he said it was the thing is that they made sure that he doesn't see how NK actually is because that's only a part of the capital so probably the other cities and towns are pretty fucked up
He is probably still being watched
stumbled upon this video, and im happy i did. i can't believe north korea still looks the same as it looked in photos even years ago. my mind can't fully grasp life there.
It'd be interesting to see some rural - and poorer - parts of North Korea. But I guess tourists are only allowed in the tourist friendly areas.
The ‘friendly’ areas look like hell how would the poorer ones look 💀💀💀
@@jadhatem4563 like fallout 3
@@jadhatem4563 it would be extra-hell
@@ruslanyakushev4107 do you know his name? Or could you provide a link pls?
There are pics and blogs of the rural parts. Just look them up
7:38 "Kill the Western Devil! Die!"
This dude:They were so adorable!
CursedDealer I thought I was the only one who noticed that 😂
Is that what they truly said or you just fucking? Lol
@@yosammy1746 I'm wondering the same
I thought to myself "Imagine if they had guns."
@subu tai fuckkkkkk
All of those people looked like they were secretly screaming for help
Some of them are like that but some of them too are giving up and they think this is their whole life supposed to be
But I hope someone help those all people out from that country Even the soldier/guards out there
Honestly to me some of them just looked almost empty or emotionless
Esp. that police woman
Only the Elite is allowed to live in Pyongyang. Those people have a relatively good live
It almost feels dystopian, I get liminal space feelings from this, it’s uncomfortable but beautiful
there is nothing beautiful about oppression
it's literally dystopian brotha
100%
it is dystopian
“Almost feels dystopian” it is 😂
When he started talking about how clean everything was felt so forced, just a nod to the fact that everything he says is being monitored by the government.
But everything was clean though
@@knowtorious5509 ikr
Considering how nasty European and US metros are, seeing theirs being so pristine sure is very weird and fascinating, and defintely worth mentioning. I don't see how it could seem forced. Guess strict rules and punishments are at least good for keeping the place in order.
@@juvecro He visited places like that so he wouldn't think its a bad place. Remember North Korea has political camps for prisoners with different beliefs, you can go to jail for just about anything there. Even for showing disrespect.
@@juvecro i think it's because all soldiers have a license to shoot and kill. So you better not disrespect the country and litter or dirty their capital
Am I the only one that feels like the whole place is staged for tourists?
A little way too clean
same!! I feel like all those places and people he showed are staged. it just doesn’t seem natural to me at all
They do direct tourists to the “nicer” part of it as propaganda to show how “nice” it really is.
tourist arent even really allowed here lol
cause it's really design for tourists, place outside Pyongyang is really experiencing from extreme poverty and oppression from the government
It is staged but in north Korea it jas to be clean by law if your spotted trowing things in the ground u could be taken to jail
3.5 million people and it looks like a ghost town. Read between the lines people, don't get flustered at the footage that he was *allowed* to leave with. He did everyone a service by risking his own well-being to bring us what he could.
Ducaso so true
Ducaso True tho..
I know right. Where the hell is everyone at?
@@whatshisname2497 Working !
I'm not joking, in communist/ dictatorial countries, everybody works. Skipping/ evading to have a job gets you a nasty beating and plenty of jail time. I know this because this is how my country was (Romania, communist regime from 1946-1989).
maybe people are working or they are in schools and not taking drugs on every corner like they do in western countries?
The number of times he used the adjective "fascinating" is truly fascinating.
I’d never even consider stepping foot inside. You literally risked your life to show us not even 5% of this hellscape. Props to you.
Most all people on official tours are completely fine as long as you don’t say or do anything stupid. But yes the risk of something catastrophic happening are still many, many times more than any other country.
How can somebody be so fucking ignorant and stupid? Did you at least watch the video? Do you really believe that soldiers are gonna fckn kill you if you say something they don't like? Where is that hellscape you're ranting about?
PEOPLE IN NORTH KOREA ARE HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER THAN IN USA.
@@rebecca1431 they’re literally starving
@@rebecca1431 "Blink twice if somebody is holding you at gunpoint"
Cuz that is the biggest load of bullshit i've ever read
Gosh!! they're calling you *"서양 악마 "* It means western devil.
LMAO SO TRUE
The kids?!
@@keylatorres19 yeah and honestly i believe them bc of how bad the brainwashing is over there :/ its sad to see really
THE comment I’ve been waiting to see
😳😳😳
you can just see the sadness on everyone’s faces. that place gives such an off atmosphere.
@Dima Q 💀
I'm not a NK supporter, but that's how I feel when I look at Americans in clips or YT vids compared to Europeans, or Indians, or Chinese.
they have this wierd jobber look on thier faces, a kind of poverty. Much happier than the NKs in this vid, but a different kind of sadness on their faces.
For comparison, look at people in the middle East, like Qatar, bharain, maybe Saudi, they are the loveliest and liveliest people I've ever seen, if one of you ever go there, just look at thier faces and honestly tell me what you think compared to Americans.
@Dima Q lol
@@godfather7339 life beats you down in America. We've got it tough over here, the rampant heart disease, and the entire population of Illinois living within our borders. It's almost as bad as Canada.
@@godfather7339 it's because we think having 400 flavors of ice cream is freedom. But dont say anything that goes against tHe sCiEnCe.
You are smart, you know that the footage will be reviewed and complimented everything and compared it to other countries if its bigger or better in any way. Props to you. I'm so sorry for this children...
The second he said “they shot me with fake guns it was super cool to interact with the kids” is when you can tell it’s gets really uncomfortable to not say anything bad
The kids were probably saying die American die and other slanderous remarks 😣
@@divinechannel3240 they were calling his a “western bastard” and “pale pig,” essentially mocking him for being european and for lying down which is seen as disrespectful in front of other elders
@@l0g4nn As soon as he mentioned he was lying down on the grass I was like "Bitch! The FUCK you doing lying down on the grass in North Korea?!?!? Even in the better part of it I would have just sat down waiting. I mean unless you actually see other people lying down on the grass but like.....I seriously doubt it."
@@l0g4nn are you serious? This is the comment I was looking for. Holy cow.
Those kids were just doing what they are used to seeing, and that's being on the ground with guns pointed at you for disobeying. What a dismal country to be in
I bet those roller coasters don't even get used and are just for show
Other than extremely rare occasions that I've seen in other videos, yeah I doubt they are ever used. Same fore the other rides. Usually, in other videos I've seen, they are all open when Kim Jong Un is riding them.
I believe they actually take pride in their amusement parks and do run full time
I feel like the whole city is just for show. It feels so fake.
This shit is like the movie The Interview
I’ve heard that the rollercoasters are used by the crazy far kid or the King un John
looks like such a quiet country, like there’s so many people but in the biggest crowds there’s only a few whispers, looks sad
It’s because everyone there has a manager essentially, and they aren’t far away. It’s like always being at work and having to be on you best behavior
It's sad
@@austinbevis4266 like youre always at work only you never get paid. this is a great way to describe it
Yeah not enough loud mouth arrogant people for my taste. No one twerking over a burning city block or anything.
I can imagine this guy going to Berlin in 1937 and leasurely talking about how well the Nazis kept the streets clean, how delicious the food was and how wonderful it was that the trains ran on time. Meanwhile, the concentration/death camps were working overtime, while he's having a self described."great time"
At 1937 the holocaust hadn't started yet. I get your point but please learn some history first.
@mattnortham300 The comment stated "death camps", and the mass systematic extermination is what defines the holocaust, which started in the middle of ww2, so not 1937. That's about it. No need to discuss this over nothing. If he had said "during ww2" instead he'd be right.
@mattnortham300 Yeah, again, it said "full working death camps", and that started in 1941 and ended in the 45. So no, not in the 37. Now stfu.
He has to say that. He'd probably rather not be tortured and killed. He's one brave guy. I can feel the 'walking on eggshells' feeling just watching this.
Imagine going to North Korea and then they banned international travel.
o god
That’s a terrifying thought.
Oh noooo
Looks like we're starting a revolution.
ian the conqueror please elaborate
Being born here is a curse. You cannot leave and cannot even take a vacation in another country and are forced to live under strict rules all the time. Although I have to say, Pyongyang is a beautiful city.
God I would hate to live in that dictator place Kim Kong needs to lose some weight that fat ass
BG21 it ain’t beautiful enough to get stuck in I know that
Cash Money did you go there?
BG21 y
Kim ju wu is a piece of shiy
Imagine people from the countryside seeing this video. Seeing how their leader is feeding tourists delicious foods while they have to live with grass and insects.
They will never see like this video’s,
I dont know how he can eat while knowing the entire nation is dying of hunger or just poor conditions and hes been served all of that food just to build an image.
Yo just don’t believe everything you see on the news
@@yuuto4086 just watch the videos of yeonmi park. She is a north korean defector and then you'll know
@@peep9345 what about the Americans that flee to North Korea? All countries deliver one sided propaganda. Which is a debate in Multiple european countries. Western countries deliver more propaganda than north Korea so stfu and see the country for yourself
As an American, I pray for the people of North Korea every day. Especially the children. I hope the people can be free of their slavers at some point.
He makes North Korea seem like it’s not that bad. But we know that it’s very restricted. It’s still a country like the USA but it just has a different way of governing.
At the kids part we can already guess the behnd the scenes is pretty bad
wdym "seem" its not that bad and thats fact. sure you may not be able to say certain things or leave the country but so what? people make it seem like the country kills people for fun bro. theres bowling amusement parks everything you could ever need there, if i was north korean i would see no reason to leave.
@@vladie2000 you obviously never listened to some refugee stories like Yeonmi Park talking about it, they escape and tell whats going on that travelers are not allowed to see
@@OMGITSZAYA you do realise refugee stories can be faked to fit the western media's impression of north korea as fucking satan's playground
@@vladie2000 if you're not being sarcastic im glad you finally understand. if you are then you should think again lmao
Everyone on that escalator looked so depressed and unhappy, damn.
Magic Jelly they just looked like they had no point
To be fair, if you've ever ridden the subway in a big city like New York or Chicago then you'd notice a lot of the people you see have the same expression. I'm not trying to justify North Korea at all. I'm just saying that after a full day of work you're just gonna want to go home and you'll probably look the same as those people on your way back home. Plus a decent number of them had their heads down cause they were looking at their phones.
They're tired
Juicy Potatos I’m in New York, and I was going to say the same thing.
Bruh go to a new york city subway and tell me everyone doesnt look more unhappy there. Its literally the same, their going to work lol.
Everything seems so artificial and fake in north korea, spooky
Why? Because they have a culture? Only showing to the tourist the nice part is common all around the world, what do you mean with artificial?
Just like 95% of the posted comments on YouBoob, which includes yours.
Just like 95% of the posted comments on YouBoob, which includes yours.
GOTHY 332 they have no culture other than fear, everything is just an attempted imitation of normal life
@@HUGOAUDITORE117 ummm...has nothing to do with culture sweetheart. Documented visits from Lisa Ling, Dennis Rodman, and countless other journalists have been there and showed the world the truth. People act very differently when they know someone's watching. Go undercover with hidden cams and then show me how things went down.
I will never go, i feel so anxious watching this video. Otto Warmbier, always on our minds 🕊️
Apparently Otto wasn’t even at the hotel at the time the CCTV footage supposedly shows him attempting to steal the propaganda poster. People who were on the tour with Otto, say they were out partying to celebrate New Year’s.
Otto was in a coma for 15 of the 17 months he was imprisoned in North Korea.
His parents should’ve told him "no” to going to North Korea.
I hate how the tour company he used Young Pioneer Tours basically abandoned him in North Korea.
@@Sam-pv7bdI heard he stayed back when his tour group wanted to party claiming he was too tired? Also I heard the company guide stayed behind with Otto until NK sent him back without allowing him to see Otto. Supposedly he was taken last minute by authorities while the rest of the group was boarding the flight. Not sure what they could’ve done. All my information is from other people not my own research so I could be wrong???
@@winter-wb7cf you'll never really know the full truth.
I have no idea why this video popped up in the catalog, but since I was curious about
North Korea I clicked on it. I'm a South Korean who is currently living in the USA, so I could understand what the kids were saying in the part when you were lying down (7:38). They were saying
"Die American freak!", "You Americans.." It gave me goosebumps the moment they started to talk.
Those poor children... Just getting traumatized to hate the world...
WHAT????
This video was just recommended to me
I thought they were saying nice things to him
i dont understand korean but i knew what they meant
Holy crap... Is he even american anyway??
Just imagine laying down on the grass and all of a sudden these children surround you with fake guns, pretending to shoot you.
Honestly that sounds pretty normal for children
@@paulghencea9037 Yeah it is, but still 😂
@@paulghencea9037 yeah but the children were saying some pretty racist things. It's really sad tbh
They're kids playing.
@@danniwool6102 children saying racist things also sounds like something children wold do
Imagine finish eating your noodles and reveal the photo of the leaders at the bottom of the bowl.
a lot of places actually do that but its not on the bottom as that is disrespectful, it usually clipped onto the side of the bowl.
Eric Swansboro what places do that? Is it only in North Korea or do they do that in other places as well?
@@SNB_1985 I've only heard of it in North Korea. I didn't really do a whole lot of looking into it. Surly turn documentaries on North Koreans escaping to South Korea or wherever and telling you their stories. It's so unbelievable.
Eric Swansboro yea I’ve seen so many documentaries about people who escaped North Korea. It is unbelievable how they managed to do it.
I think that id kill myself first before I even attempted to escape I think. I don't think I'd have the courage to do it, but then again I've lived in a very first world country all my life. I don't know what it's like to live in such a controlled area.
The fact the barber has a Toni and guy cutting cape shows they are way more in tune with western culture than they would ever lead us to believe
The themed park was totally empty. Shows that things are probably just for the show.
Zerg Fx I’ve heard there reserved for the crazy fat kid only
Zerg Fx they literally have and entire village of nice homes built close to the South Korean border that is empty just to show the “beautiful quality of life” it’s even called the happiness village.
@@jaimefox7762 Quite hollow happiness that is.
@Jaspar Brook because almost everything they do in their country is unethical and inhumane in the eyes of the rest of the world
I feel like being in North Korea would make me feel like I was at my grandparents’ house as a kid. Don’t touch anything or say the wrong thing. Only over there you’d get in more trouble
Damn your granddad was Kim jon un
I think those kids racially abused you fam
yessir lmfaoo
David Riddle were I didn’t see it
Freddy Aguilar watch after 7:30
they actually did lol
Lmaooo
Well done! You got some great footage, but I know that your hotel room was probably bugged and they were listening to every word that you said. I would never go there, so mad props to you.
I think he was scared about saying anything negative in these videos lol
Justin Khoury anyone would be if u say the wrong thing you could be dead
@@aydenthompson9918 have u finished loading yet?
@@aydenthompson9918 man it's been 3 days!
@@aydenthompson9918 dammm it
@@aydenthompson9918 what about now?
its literally like visiting a human zoo, with the exception that you get killed when you disrespect the zookeeper 😂
😂 omg
Yeah and United Nations funds the system. Without United Nations Iran and North Korea would be the richest countries in the world. Actually they have less poor people than most countries even know, the sanctions don't work. I mean they do but people don't give a fuck and they continue their life. Even Nato is better organization than UN. UN is devil, they made this happen. blame them. send them e-mail or something
@@isokessu congrats on the brainwashing kid, keep it strong !
isokessu the tyranny and torture casts a shadow over your claims of the nationalism being of holy intent.
@@isokessu they have something like 40% population addicted to meta-aphetamine.
Things that didn’t surprise me at all: lack of life in peoples eyes, not a single smile from a kid that looks genuine, overly beautiful buildings, the looks from the Koreans at you. As if they’ve never seen a white person.
They haven’t
Oh yeah, there was one set of smiles that looked VERY genuine, when the kids were 'killing' him. What a disgusting place.
The building arent THAT beautiful. Not like Dubai or NYC beautiful modern architecture. The look so outdated and dystopian.
@@doeeyes2 NYC doesn't exactly help your case considering how crappy it is in other respects.
A lot of them haven't. The country is an isolated one.
I read a travel advisory about north korea and it was level 4: meaning do not travel. And even if you have validation to enter north korea the travel advisory suggests that you should draft a will before you go
"My country told me that it's not safe to go to another country whose ideology is axiomatically opposed to our own, and they said you'll literally die if you go there!!!!" lmfao this is just peak propaganda. Insane what people will take at face value from a government who played a primary role in decimating virtually all of their buildings and infrastructure. Of course USA would have a vested interest in keeping most of their citizens out of the country they bombed the sh*t out of, in living memory!
Our government bans us from traveling and doing business in NK, not the other way around. DPRK doesn't ban Americans from visiting, and American nationals are free to visit as long as they travel through another country first. Kind of funny how they're branded as a hermit state, when the reality is that most countries are permitted to travel within Korea, but are discouraged in a multitude of ways by their own "free and democratic" governments.
you know there’s a problem when they feed the tourists more then their people
That's how it is for most countries, a lot of countries with resorts and stuff are in heavy poverty
@Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas this might sound ignorant but what happens outside the city? i mean obviously i know that north korea is a terrible place to live in and it’s very controlling but what do they do that makes it so bad?
@@enzl4493 look up a YouTiber named Yeonmi Park. She is an escapee North Korean, living in Chicago. Amazing stuff.
@@glengamble526 Didn't she also live in NY?
International Children’s Day : Amusement Parks Closed
They never open they are propaganda
North koreas abandon amusement part, Kim even said his self that he is disgusted at the state it's in but believe it or not sometimes it is running
@@antonliesvirta1902 It runs rarely and was allegedly updated in recent years. Patrons are bussed in
Blink twice for help!!!!!👀👀👀
With one eye, that's flirting XD
OH MY GOD
MelaninMe Asmr LMFAO HE LIKED IT IM DONE
*Seizure
Wait he liked it... does that mean he needs help
It's pretty amazing what the kid on the unicycle did 😊
I see depression and sadness. I mean really look deep into those peoples eyes almost everyone in the video has that look. Let me know if I'm wrong.
Well I'm not telling you are wrong but I'm not telling you your right either. We really shouldn't look for all this deeper meaning in one video. There people like you and I, and our cultures I'm sure a vastly different.
Ur probably right but u should remember that these ppl live in north North Korea there entire life so i would assume whats "horrible and isolated and strict" to us is normal to them
Its like living in medieval times when we look back we realize how horrible there life must have been but to them its just "ehhh another day"
I don't know whether these ppl are sad and depressed (because it all depends on what they are going through individually)
But yeah this country is pretty depressing to our eyes
@@dreamink1741 yeah lots of ppl tend to do that
@@ByrgenworthGraduate perfectly worded. I recently finished the book, “Utopia” by Thomas More, and it’s very difficult not to automatically assume that a society with a different structure and morals is even just while reading it.
Most people in this comment section annoy me, because they are seeing something through a completely different glass. We call them unfree, depressed, and tied down, but they would only say the same about us, because that’s how they grew up. There is no fundamental idea of what a society should look like, and it seems that some people can’t place themselves on both sides of the subject. Nationalism is a funny thing!
No, I mean North Korea have people smiling 9:25, 9:12 2:08 7:28 Do you smile when your walking alone in your city? Most of the people portrayed in this video are alone or course they are not going to smile for nothing. Well me I don't smile for nothing when I'm walking alone, I live in Canada.
I would like to read a book one day about someone’s experience growing up in North Korea
Read "1984" from George Orwell. It comes pretty close to that.
@@az639 I was just about to recommend her. Yeonmi Park, she’s an angel
Yes yeonmi park!
@@Mao_Dedong came to write the same lol
Every Falling Star By Sungju Lee
Noticing that every single woman there was wearing the same exact style really made me realize how much controlled everything is. I’ve read about it online casually but never actually saw it. Really unsettling
yea you can't have long hair as a woman when you're married
Yep. And women only have a small selection of specific hair styles they can choose from.
@Dima Q because i’m america your have the ability to wear just about anything you want. In NK you aren’t aloud to. If you do, you’re published. Their County is so controlled people don’t have the ability to be anything other than what the government allows. Not to mention the people of NK do not have a single say or how the government controls them and they have to live life as if they’re in some sort of simulation and have to do anything and everything they’re told. So yeah, it’s completely different from America. Be thankful you don’t have to live that way and try to speak up and make a change about the way they’re treated rather than comparing it to a country nothing like so.
@Dima Q what do you mean meh?
@Dima Q you're looking for argument?
Chills watching this you are so brave!! Your doing your best to stay positive!!! So thankful I am born an raised in Amsterdam wauw!!
Het heet friet :)
I was stationed in Korea for a year. I took a tour of the dmz. I was in the jsa room so I stepped 15 feet in north Korea in my class a's. I walked up to this window and looked out and I thought wow I'm technically in north Korea. So, on the other side of the window this north Korean soldier walks up to me and looks down right in my eye. Had this look on his face like he wanted go through the window and strangle me. I walked back over to the south Korean side of the room. That was as close to north Korea as I'll ever get.
I imagined that had to be intense. With their huge propaganda machine, not that we dont have our own, I'm sure he we was taught all his life to hate anything American.
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@@TheBaconBasket1 you shoulda flipped him off
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Yeah bro you not supposed to do that
They aren’t closed for the day lol it’s propaganda, there never open lol
lol I think he knows that. He was being followed
@@billybobbobson5346 ugh
9999 00 North Korea is full of propaganda tho 😂
9999 00 Propaganda: information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Yes, this is propaganda. Please know the definitions of words and do some research before making snarky comments like this.
@@billybobbobson5346 how do you know if their first language was english, it could be tagalog or mandarin
Also I am rucky mutton
7:40 im a South Korean and im pretty sure that few of these kids said "You fucking American!" in this part, but they are smiling.. this is EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
XD
They are gonna be supreme leader one day
I’m American and that’s exactly what i was thinking. They may look like friendly kids laughing but what are they actually saying.
They had toy guns pointed at him shooting. They are trained and taught that westerners are their enemies. That they might have to kill them. I wouldn't be surprised if they were laughing at how easy it was to "kill" him.
@@retronig74 Wolfeinstein The new Korea
How they made it that tourists get the feeling that the people have a good life over there is crazy (except the kids clapping for 3 hours)
Sir, those kids weren’t being friendly whatsoever. If those were real guns they would have pulled the trigger without hesitating :/
Notice he never says anything bad about the country. He knows those kids were playing "kill the American" he just cant say it.
He knew what was happening there, but he wanted this video posted so he pretended it was a fun game.
He's not american, most countries don't focus on them, at all
@@andym8557 but hes a white man in north korea, their first thought would be american, they dont like us
Stop talking shit
I want Logan Paul to visit Pyongyang.
That is a gem
I was just thinking that! He'd be arrested within minutes.
I want your mind to visit the real world....thnx
I wish that happens soon, youtube will be cleansed.
everyday bro
Damn those people going up the escalator just looked sad.
They're terrified. They want nothing to do with being on a foreigner's video... You can get in trouble for ANYTHING and that could result in you and your family being severely punished like sent to a concentration camp.
Time stamp?
@@k4zzy194 7:58
You ever been to the London Underground? It’s exactly the same lmao
@@THISissockwormadness I got a laugh out of this as a Londoner but that's just from London being an antisocial place by nature, this shit is genuine fear.
Ngl apart from the background music everything seemed pretty eerie. Props to you man for taking such a huge risk and making this video Thanks.
Uugh.
It exhausts me to read comments.
But what stood out for me on the video was the following.
1) Everything (ur allowed to see) is massive. The monuments, the highways, the "social areas". But it was a ghost town.
2) No one else was bowling. When did they go? 3am?
3) The highways were EMPTY. 8 lanes each way & no traffic at all?
4) The community areas were the same. Enormous open spaces with a smattering of people walking around.
5) In the subway, no one was speaking to each other. In the whole place there wasn't 1 pair of friends or co-workers with anything to say to each other?
6) Again, the aerial view shows NO vehicles or people moving about freely in the WHOLE city.
None of this is normal! That's what the guy making the video was showing us. I thought it was chilling for what it portrayed.
Exactly!
good perception
I actually liked it. I mean not the reason why the city is so empty but rather the fact you can walk as it was night during the day.
If this is the first time you’ve seen this, there are at least 5 full length documentaries on North Korea. Vice News did a long special that was made into a documentary, following Dennis Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters to N. Korea for a friendly game of basketball.
I’m sure it’s on RUclips somewhere. The particular doc is one of my favorites because of some of the first time access they get.
I was able to find one version here on RUclips:
m.ruclips.net/video/IrCQh1usdzE/видео.html
It was a national day and a vacation.
7:38 the kids was literally cursing at him saying such "crazy guy" "western bastard" and he was like "haha thanks" i can't 😭
LMAO 🤣
hahahaha no way 😅😅😅
they called him a bitch too
After what western said about their country of course they been made i guess🤷♂️
😂
Every time I get a glimpse of the society these people live in I thank god every day I was born in the U.S. South Koreans are super lucky they were born just a few miles south.
And there's hairlip brainless pieces of trash that kneal during the pledge of allegiance and get triggered by a US flag and completely disregard the ones who died for this freedom we have. Those people need to be beaten to a pulp and shipped to North Korea.
Capital G
@@devinstorm5778 flag worship much?
Something about the replies and the original comment bothers me and idk why
Probably because you're a communist
I looked up North Korea on google earth and the only places you can actually see like street view, are the exact places they took this guy. Most of North Korea is definitely not like this they are trying to hide what it’s like from the world. So scary, I’m very grateful to live where I do.
The amount of food they prepared for you is staggering. Everyone is starving in North Korea except for a few people 😳
@Raghav Dinesh fun fact: your funny
@@user-mk4qo9ff4y Fun fact: you are a Professional Brady hatef
they staged it for him to make him think north korea isn't bad
The miserable hypocrites want those dollars/euros, they will give you the world for actual, real money.
Just like America.
This video was on a whole new level of eerie and terrifying, the positive talk gave me shivers
People are being kind and respectful. Place is clean. What video are u watching?
@@Seanfilmedthis nah it still sucs tho
@Malia Kallas sure, but OC is talking about this video specifically.. I didn’t see anything eerie or terrifying, whatsoever
For the blatant unaware; any sign of negativity or disrespect from citizens or tourist will get you throw into a work-camp. Your nation's government can't save you.
@Malia Kallas worse things happen in the US, yet somehow everyone glosses right over that, too.
I got scared of the kids saying western devil tbh
Ikrr💀
Buy a gun. They can’t.
@@Clever1976 huh
Wish he knew and like smiled and nodded to them. Lmao imagine he put his fingers up as horns. But before any of the adults saw lmao.
Spook them little shit talkers
I love how much North Korea talks about America in every aspect of their daily lives…like they have this weird obsession with us and we just literally could not care less about them lol
He's choosing his words wisely. Respect to this guy.
Maybe because all videos tourists shoot will be checked by local policemen before they leave
@@ispeakmandarinyes that’s true. Friend of mine been there and they check devices when you arrive and when you leave. Also you can’t go anywhere you want. You always have a guide watching you
you realize it is a voice over, right?
@@glorihol6803was 1:20 a voiceover too? 😒
@@ispeakmandarinNot really, if you're flying. However, they will check it if you're taking the train. They won't see what you left with, but they will see what you're entering with.
7:39. They're saying, "Die, White Western devil! Die!" Yeah, they're adorable.
do they really say that? that's hilarious
sirroxalot dam it crazy most countrys call white people devil's that must be some truth in that lol.
but they sure to like to get shit from the devil but that temptations for you.
awww so cuuuuute
WOMBO COMBO
U little devil! 😈
I only spotted one North Korean smile a bit amongst all others down at the metro. The children looked tired and there was no real joy anywhere to be seen... I appriciate living in Denmark where you live free and people hug each other when they greet! ♥
I hope Denmark preserves its beautiful culture.. all these immigrants flooding in is terrifying.
I have been in Denmark and I didint find it a particularly happy place
It’s a bit hard to understand what they are saying, and you have no idea how much anything costs from asking, but after many wars we swedes have realised they are still pretty decent neighbours
So sad !
What a horrible country!
Hello my friendly Dane from America
I admire his bravery just for entering North Korea! I wouldn’t have the balls to do it.
Meanwhile those kids were pretending to assassinate an american. 😂😂
@@danshazam8511 wtf you psychopath
@@danshazam8511 lol bro
@@danshazam8511 I- 999, police please
Dan Shazam85 What the actual hell-
@@danshazam8511 nigga what?
Props to you for not saying anything bad so you don’t get killed bro
LMAO
😂😂😂
Actually he’s not aloud to say anything bad because the video might have gotten reviewed by the government
@@lukamegurine3939 that's literally what the comment said
@@maevefitzsimons2506 haha u funny
I'm not completely fluent in korean but I do understand it a bit. It gave me chills because I hear the little girl say "He's an American man (Miguk namja)" and they pretend to shoot him... idk if I'd call it a fun interaction. I feel bad for the brainwashed kids :( @7:40
Oh shit, I had no idea that's what they were saying! That's scary af
he had to call it a fun interaction if he wanted to leave the country, they check over all footage.
I had a feeling it was more like that. Especially since he was laying down.
So I guessed correctly
What’s more scary is NK disdain and pure hatred for Americans that they would by default assume anyone white looking is from America as if America is the only country that exists outside of NK. I guess it wouldn’t surprise me since the peasants in that country don’t have access to internet and are taught from an early age to hate Americans.
8:25 My initial reaction when I saw these trains was: wait a second, these look like recolored trains we have in Berlin today. Super interesting that their trains were made in Germany. I think the ones in Berlin were also used in the DDR in sowjet times - so thats probably when they were made for North Korea. Very interesting. Crazy that they shipped them all the way.
They weren't made for north Korea ..they are literally hand me downs that Germany used like 40 years ago
You saw the North Korea they wanted you to see, man... the starving people, dilapidated buildings, and empty city blocks are on the other side of the fence.
yup. There's a big Dookie Turd 💩 steaming over the hill.
@@waifuw3566 No, don't nuke them! That would mean killing thousands of innocent people!
@@Kerbin-kb7nj You should consider the fact that Un is a very controlling man, and doesn't like opposition. It is natural for the government officials to follow him, even if they don't agree, because they value their jobs or lives. I.e. the killing of his uncle and other family members
@@waifuw3566 It isn't the people that that is evil, it's the government. Same mistake people make when referring to pretty much any war or country ran by an oppressive government.
Kerbin5150 YT it’s not the people you should hate, it’s their government and dictatorship. Calm down lad.
Someone said that this place feels like the Truman show and I feel like that's a really good way to put it. The whole place is meant to give the impression of happiness and liveliness, but the people all look depressed and inexpressive. The place just looks way too organized everywhere, like at 11:31 what is going on there?? That shot of the subway really freaked me out, it looks like a set... Everyone and everything is in the right place. The music playing on the train even sounds like it's supposed to be patriotic. The mosaic of all the leaders just sickens me, it's such an egomaniacal and expensive display of propaganda. Seeing this grandiose portrayal of the countries dictators looking over their people being smiley and warm, when in actuality they are depressed and drained of any individuality, is fucking revolting and condescending. Ever wonder why everyone seems to have the same haircuts? It's because there is literally a only a small catalogue of hairstyles approved by the leader for men and women. The entire city just screams "CONFORM. EVERYTHING IS NORMAL. YOU ARE HAPPY. PRAISE THE SUPREME LEADER OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES."
melanie grenon true
"CONFORM. EVERYTHING IS NORMAL. YOU ARE HAPPY. OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES." And the consequences are to become as decadent and as jealous as Americans.
North Korea is an evil place with an evil leader. I've seen and heard that citizens there have speakers in there houses that play every hour of every day something in Korean that I believe translates to "Honor your leader, for he is mighty." Or something along those lines. It's truly sad because you can see how unhappy the North Koreans are there.
melanie grenon Aswell I don’t know if you’ve watched the ‘good place’ but it is also kind of like that - the perfect place where there is everything but it ironically makes it feel like hell. I’d recommend you watch it
I really don't know how in freaking 2019 these kind of places still exist. How is that even allowed ! This piece of shit is enslaving a whole country !
"International Children's Day" - so they close the parks and roller coasters. 😂😂😂
Those are like kids under 10...
International brainwashing day.
@@whitealliance9540 I rode space mountain when I was 5
Lmaooo
I think those roller coasters are always closed
the fun fair in the baking heat with the mini-child Olympics looks anything but fun.
Must be weird for kim jong un to be the only chunky person in the country.
Dunne. Only person with access to enough food probably
wow congrats on getting the joke
Alex Moorehead im just bitching that he gets all this food. No shit it’s a joke lol
Dunne. stop fat shaming him, it's can't be easy being the only punchline of every fat jokes told in your country
A few of his generals that walk next to him all the time are also fat
If this place wasn’t completely depressing and insanely strict I imagine it would be a really good place for tourism
If it wasn't depressing & strict, we would call it Korea.
One Korea for everyone to travel to enjoy is what i look forward to no matter how long it takez.
So basically South Korea without dictatorship...
Imagine if there was west and east Divided States of America?
@@LastChanceHomie imagine if the confederacy actually won the Civil War...
It's sad to know that all those kids are growing up in a horrible country
What's really sad is your perspective.
@@small_ed ?? Sorry I can't fix stupid
It is sad, but at the same time fuck those kids. They'd kill you if they could.
@@Herp234 If your parents and entire country raised you to hate and told you lies from birth, you'd be the exact same way. They're brainwashed.
@@mh6541 I understand that. But fuck those kids.