+hifijohn I presume you have never seen satellite night photos of the DPRK? Most of the country is dark....no lights showing. Then compare that to China, the ROK or Japan.
+rampking1 yes Ive seen many videos of this city and the first thing that strikes me is how deserted it is(the library,airport,stores), Its more like a small farming community than a very large city(im assuming the largest in the country)
The traffic has actually increased a lot compared to my previous visit in 2012. It's still on a very low level compared to other cities in Asia but the development is clear.
Looks like a provincial city in China - minus 95 pct. of the traffic and minus 80 pct. af the pollution. Could easily be Shenyang, Harbin or Dalian, architecture-/building-wise. But with WAY less people, ads, commercials and shops around on the streets.
Very stark and bleak. No trace of advertisements, billboards, flashy lights or pop-culture. This literally reminds me of 1970's dystopian sci-fi movies! Eerie!
We in Russia had A FUCKING LOT of advertisements at some point. They were so omnipresent you could barely see a city behind them. So it took some government regulation to remove most of them. And I can't say I miss them, you know. There should be some balance between ads and architecture. But yes, I find Pyongyang rather bleak and lifeless, too. I guess, time will change things around. Kim is kinda wise leader not to throw DPRK into "shock therapy" we encountered after USSR dissolved. That drastically influenced the wealth of people in a very bad way, that was economic catastrophe that we only now started to crawl out from.
Maybe I'm living two different dreams. One being a thriving advertising environment and another being absolutely NO ads at all! I prefer the latter but looking at NK vids it looks so miserable. Like it's forced to be that way. I'm American and 100% for complete socialism but I want people to be happy and do art and dance in the streets. NK looks like a prison.
+bikerscout2012 i agree. But there were times when some forms of public behavior - like kissing in public or overly noisy joy were considered inappropriate - not by the government, but by the people. Maybe Koreans are kinda consertvative on their own? I don't know :)
Hallo, danke für die interessanten Einblicke. Vielleicht habe ich es nur nicht mitbekommen, aber was hat es mit diesen großen Gruppen von Menschen am Straßenrand auf sich? Also die so sehr gedrängt sitzen? Vielen Dank
6:55 У кого-то надо отобрать права. При таком трафике умудриться выехать через две сплошные. Ещё из наблюдений: светофоры установлены за перекрёстком и иногда над встречной полосой :) на 0:22 хорошо видно.
Я сколько видео не смотрел оттуда, пешеходы всегда уступают автомобилям на переходах. Какой смысл тогда в переходах, непонятно. Ещё многие переходы через очень широкие 6- и даже 8-полосные улицы, что очень не безопасно. При этом ширина полосы в некоторых местах метров 5, наверное, т.е. безумной ширины. Впрочем, в наших городах до поры до времени тоже так было, потом поняли, что придётся сужать полосы и делать безопасными пешеходные переходы.
@@lukdmi835 С пешеходами и у нас, в советское время, также было. А в Корее усугубляется иерархичностью общества (у кого больше денег и власти - тот более уважаем), в Южной, кстати, тоже пешеходам не уступали, только недавно ситуация стала меняться.
@@lukdmi835 И экипажами ГАИ "пасущих" переходы. Я жил в СССР и помню, что переходы были чисто номинальной вещью. Люди подходили к дороге и переходили только когда не было машин. Оповещение прилетело - чего бы не ответить🙂
Bus drivers actually GET PAID for driving round those empty streets where nobody will attack them!! It's like a dream come true to the rest of humanity. The problems come when you fail to use your blinkers and get banged up with the other hardened criminals for 50 years.
+Johannes Jansen that's the point, though. Pyongyang has 2,5 million people, lots of buildings, large roads, but no cars, no movement. That's the strange part. In a way, makes me believe that all those huge buildings have nothing on the inside. It's just the governments propaganda to make NK look like it's doing just fine on it's own.
+João Pedro Peixoto Nah,the streets are empty because of the lack of cars since production of veichles in north korea is really unecessary for anyone besides important people
there is something wrong here, everything, is set up everyone wears the same clothes,...no traffic build up no advertising, everyone looks like they are in a movie, all given parts, like puppets,,,its a setup so wrong,,,,,lit stinks,,,,,weird....
Looks like it was a foggy day... but I could spot a guy joggin' around; looks like some people doesn't disregard their training despite living in North Korea 😆😆😆
Doesn't look right! No coffee shops or stores. That would be hard to fake; hundreds of businesses pretending to make money. 🙂🙂 Is that SMOG or just morning FOG?
its alright, i dont mind it, but it doesnt give me an insight into N Korea, all capital citys look similar, film in the countryside and talk to the locals there please, this is not insightful. This could be almost anywere, the buildings are impressive, but so are most capital citys !
a city of 2.5 million and this is all the traffic?????
+hifijohn I presume you have never seen satellite night photos of the DPRK? Most of the country is dark....no lights showing. Then compare that to China, the ROK or Japan.
+rampking1 yes Ive seen many videos of this city and the first thing that strikes me is how deserted it is(the library,airport,stores), Its more like a small farming community than a very large city(im assuming the largest in the country)
The traffic has actually increased a lot compared to my previous visit in 2012. It's still on a very low level compared to other cities in Asia but the development is clear.
A Farming Community? are you blind or stupid?
Looks like a provincial city in China - minus 95 pct. of the traffic and minus 80 pct. af the pollution.
Could easily be Shenyang, Harbin or Dalian, architecture-/building-wise. But with WAY less people, ads, commercials and shops around on the streets.
I've not been to Shenyang, Harbin or Dalian yet, but I guess there are some commonalities.
Mikkel Madsen well at least there’s an economy that’s alive and people (most of them) aren’t starving (anymore)
Yes, can look similar to some chinese cities...back in the 60's or 70's maybe 😒
To me it looks more like a Soviet city than a Chinese city.
Very stark and bleak. No trace of advertisements, billboards, flashy lights or pop-culture. This literally reminds me of 1970's dystopian sci-fi movies! Eerie!
actually this was the Soviet Union in the 70s too today if you go to Moscow ads are worse than in New York believe me I was in both cities
We in Russia had A FUCKING LOT of advertisements at some point. They were so omnipresent you could barely see a city behind them. So it took some government regulation to remove most of them. And I can't say I miss them, you know. There should be some balance between ads and architecture. But yes, I find Pyongyang rather bleak and lifeless, too. I guess, time will change things around. Kim is kinda wise leader not to throw DPRK into "shock therapy" we encountered after USSR dissolved. That drastically influenced the wealth of people in a very bad way, that was economic catastrophe that we only now started to crawl out from.
Maybe I'm living two different dreams. One being a thriving advertising environment and another being absolutely NO ads at all! I prefer the latter but looking at NK vids it looks so miserable. Like it's forced to be that way. I'm American and 100% for complete socialism but I want people to be happy and do art and dance in the streets. NK looks like a prison.
+bikerscout2012 i agree. But there were times when some forms of public behavior - like kissing in public or overly noisy joy were considered inappropriate - not by the government, but by the people. Maybe Koreans are kinda consertvative on their own? I don't know :)
Hallo, danke für die interessanten Einblicke. Vielleicht habe ich es nur nicht mitbekommen, aber was hat es mit diesen großen Gruppen von Menschen am Straßenrand auf sich? Also die so sehr gedrängt sitzen? Vielen Dank
Die warten auf die Übungen für das Jubiläum der Arbeiterpartei.
All those retro cars are pretty great.
I wonder how many coaches there are ...
Btw. Pjöngjang is a beautiful city!
Why are they unable to drive in a straight line, are the steering wheels all loose?
Why would the emergency vehicles need flashing coloured lights? Nobody is on the road to get in the way.
Czy tam na pasach nie wolno przechodzić ?
6:55 У кого-то надо отобрать права. При таком трафике умудриться выехать через две сплошные.
Ещё из наблюдений: светофоры установлены за перекрёстком и иногда над встречной полосой :)
на 0:22 хорошо видно.
Я сколько видео не смотрел оттуда, пешеходы всегда уступают автомобилям на переходах. Какой смысл тогда в переходах, непонятно. Ещё многие переходы через очень широкие 6- и даже 8-полосные улицы, что очень не безопасно. При этом ширина полосы в некоторых местах метров 5, наверное, т.е. безумной ширины. Впрочем, в наших городах до поры до времени тоже так было, потом поняли, что придётся сужать полосы и делать безопасными пешеходные переходы.
@@lukdmi835 С пешеходами и у нас, в советское время, также было.
А в Корее усугубляется иерархичностью общества (у кого больше денег и власти - тот более уважаем), в Южной, кстати, тоже пешеходам не уступали, только недавно ситуация стала меняться.
@@DimaC153 да, я тоже помню это, хотя в СССР не жил. В Москве это камерами вылечили.
P. S. Удивлен, что ответили через 5 лет 😄
@@lukdmi835 И экипажами ГАИ "пасущих" переходы.
Я жил в СССР и помню, что переходы были чисто номинальной вещью. Люди подходили к дороге и переходили только когда не было машин.
Оповещение прилетело - чего бы не ответить🙂
Porque essa quantidade de pessoas sentadas na calçada ?
look at the people walking...they're like robots
+Tyler Iccarys Their walking actually looks quite normal to me :-)
+Mikkel Madsen Maybe it's just a difference of culture. Where are you from?
Well to be honest, look at people in any other city in the early morning rush hours. Not much difference there.
Tan B. How are people supposed to walk lol I mean it’s a weird country but walking is still just walking
thank you for your video
At least there aren't any traffic jams..
now traffic lights everywhere? videos only a few years older show some girls in the middle
Exactly. This was one of the major differences.
9:14 legendary volga 24
Bus drivers actually GET PAID for driving round those empty streets where nobody will attack them!! It's like a dream come true to the rest of humanity. The problems come when you fail to use your blinkers and get banged up with the other hardened criminals for 50 years.
Gak ada lampu merah disana bang
beautiful !
Very nice city but less traffic. Would be nice to live in a city with no traffic jams ;-)
+Johannes Jansen that's the point, though. Pyongyang has 2,5 million people, lots of buildings, large roads, but no cars, no movement. That's the strange part. In a way, makes me believe that all those huge buildings have nothing on the inside. It's just the governments propaganda to make NK look like it's doing just fine on it's own.
Well, good organized smaller cities seldom have traffic jams. So it is possible...
+João Pedro Peixoto Nah,the streets are empty because of the lack of cars since production of veichles in north korea is really unecessary for anyone besides important people
+João Pedro Peixoto Most people use taxi or eletric bus
9:13 That HAS to be owned by a Government official. A Volga? No freakin way.
he won north koreas lotery
Soviet cars are very common in NK since many were imported. There is also in NK UAZ and GAZ along with volga
how can y post video in Pyongyang? Internet is banned there
I've uploaded the video after returning home.
What are those groups of people sitting on street in front of apartments?
koreans
this is similar atmosphere When our country has curfew
What are those little kiosks all over the place? Are they police stations to watch for people with illegal haircuts?
a touch of capitalism,they sell things like ice creams,pancakes,take away food all sorts of little goodies.
There are lots of cars in the street ;)
Yes, many more than on my previous trip.
No pollution on the street, no many car accident, no fat people :))
So move there and see how you like it.
there is something wrong here, everything, is set up everyone wears the same clothes,...no traffic build up no advertising, everyone looks like they are in a movie, all given parts, like puppets,,,its a setup so wrong,,,,,lit stinks,,,,,weird....
looks like china did in the 70’s
Looks like it was a foggy day... but I could spot a guy joggin' around; looks like some people doesn't disregard their training despite living in North Korea 😆😆😆
The quality of the roads are much better than many European Roads. Also where are all the Refugees, Plenty of room in North Korea for them.
Well atleast it's not as crazy as beijing
Not yet...
Schöne Aufnahmen
Danke!
it looks like all these high rise bulidins, are empty;//
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this is world best berdership..
Doesn't look right! No coffee shops or stores. That would be hard to fake; hundreds of businesses pretending to make money. 🙂🙂
Is that SMOG or just morning FOG?
its alright, i dont mind it, but it doesnt give me an insight into N Korea, all capital citys look similar, film in the countryside and talk to the locals there please, this is not insightful. This could be almost anywere, the buildings are impressive, but so are most capital citys !
mcpartridgeboy you are not allowed to communicate with the locals, guides are assigned to you and they watch you like a hawk
thank you for your video, read show more, welcome to the DPRK/North Korea, have a nice ride
+gfdghsdth dfhgdfhd be polite with our leader and us
+Northkorean kp (DPRK) lololol
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Depressing and outdated!