@@eduardkaiser48 - PULEEEEZE spare me that Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist crap... I'll be the first one to admit that China and Vietnam have made huge economic strides and are very open economically BY REVERTING TO DE FACTO CAPITALISM BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN THEY ARE NOT FREE POLITICALLY; freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of religion, freedom of movement and free market economics are the rock bottom most basic freedoms that I consider the barest minimum both for myself and for every human being on earth and none of these is present in North Korea; the day any government or political leader pretends to tell me what to think, what to say, what to believe in, what is right, what is wrong, what will make me happy and how to live my life LET ALONE HOW TO DRESS OR HOW TO CUT MY FREAKING HAIR, instead of LETTING ME THINK AND DECIDE FOR MYSELF AS TO ALL THOSE THINGS is the day I grab a gun and take to the mountains and do all I can to bring that government down. "Politically and socially progressive" MY ASS what those people are is politically, socially, economically and ideologically BACKWARD AND REPRESSED. Take it easy on the booze, pal, alcohol IS a killer.
MoVine Buildings are quite modern. But other major urban areas are stuck in the 1970s style and villages are like China in the 1960s, Russia in the 1940s, and South Korea in the 1900s
@@armandocardona4478 One of the things modernisation brings to the world is the modern autocracy whose control and influence can penetrate into society to an extent that was unimaginable in the pre-modern world.
Something about this is so captivating. It's almost exactly what you would see if you time traveled to the 60s or 70s (not taking into account the cars)
Well you should visit some countries like Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan etc when this shit with war is over If you visit smaller cities, not like Moscow or Minsk, you will definitely see "the past"
I get what you mean, that wool sports jacket is looking kinda fresh not gonna life, he even matched it well with a soft pink shirt to contemplate the softness of his jacket.
I’ll take freedom with advertisements over fear of being blown apart by an anti-aircraft gun or interned to hard labor for some stupid minor infraction.
What's fashionable to you? Western women walking on the streets like almost naked? Women in the middle east wear clothes with just their eyes seen. They don't care about fashion.
At 9:22 p.m. on March 26, 2010, the PCC-772 Cheonan, a Pohang-class patrol ship, was hit by a torpedo by a North Korean naval submarine while carrying out its patrol mission and sank. After the attack, 58 people were rescued from the scene by PCC-778 Sokcho, a Pohang-class patrol ship operating in a nearby area, and by Chamsuri-class high-speed ships and coast guard ships in Baengnyeongdo Island, and 46 were killed. Later, during the search operation, Han Ju-ho died on March 30 as a diving soldier, and on April 3, a double-choice civilian fishing boat 98 Geumyangho collided with a merchant ship, killing two people and missing seven, resulting in 10 deaths/indirectly.
most likely that they bribed officials to let him smuggle the footage out of the country. considering this isn't footage of concentration camps or anything that makes north korea look bad and the prospect of foreign money from a rare visitor safe to say they took his offer
@Cal Devans The Cadre Yeah, except you could tell that it's not 80s by looking at cars, buses and people's clothing. Unless you gonna record wall st without anything but buildings.
@Cal Devans The Cadre Just compare it to this video, it looks almost the same, even tho it's not even 1980, it's 1966. My whole point was that NK looks very outdated, there is 0 modernism, it looks like any old communistic country from the past. th-cam.com/video/qvoZjbp9R1w/w-d-xo.html
Well ofc they'd allow the good side of their country to be shown. Makes them good from the outside. I'm sure they'd be much more suspicious of filming in the abundant amount of lower class areas.
The fact that a lot of people don't see anything wrong not realising this is the upper class rich city and not how a majority of North Koreans actually live
Откуда вы знаете, как они живут? Вы там жили? Ни рекламы, ни мусора, ни бомжей, ни наркоманов, ни палаток, ни фриков, ни мужиков в платьях... А неплохо они живут по сравнению с некоторыми?
The vehicles look modern. The way they dress reminds of 1940's to 1950's clothing. But for some reason I'm really surprised to see a bike path with a bike symbol that's so similar to those I see all over in my city.
One of the biggest differences about this place is the lack of advertising. I remember seeing this when visiting Prague not long after the fall of the iron curtain (ca. 1995). I actually found this refreshing !
holy fuck these replies. nothing says “capitalism is a good system” like its adherents berating people for daring to suggest that our cities would be nicer if they didn’t have fuck ugly advertisements plastered all over them.
I'm pretty sure they were couples...I do believe North Korea doesnt put gay people in prison...I could be wrong but I think that's one thing they dont worry to deeply about
@@chelo2407 Hard to know clearly you're LGBT if no one ever told you about it. LGBT people there probably feel "confused" but have to follow the rules anyway.
Your sence of wellness for the world amazes me.Do you really think they are doing well?.I lived in a similar country .Cuba. very Look alike regimen.I most say , probably less worst but a communist sistem at the end.No one.No one is well there.Belive me.Its like daying a little, day by day.A sadness in the heart every day.No hOPE.
Thanks a lot for creating a wonderful video. I really appreciate you for doing this. I’m so proud. I will make sure to not destroy your country when I take over the world.
Pyongyang is full of government and Party officials, as well as scientists, researchers, academics, and media figures (news & entertainment). Not everyone there is 'wealthy' (by North Korean standards) but on the whole the people there live more comfortably than anywhere else in the country by virtue of being so close to the country's elite.
@@guidadiehl9176 Except this is the standard of living in North Korea and has nothing to do with being part of the "elite". Stop throwing around echo-chamber nonsense.
@@MasterExploder61 what? it better be a fucking joke cause most of the country are underfeed, even if you're rich you can't go to Pyongyang, you need a sort of badge for that and then when someone moves out you might be able to have an appartment/house there. you should look up defectors of nk because they're the ones who lived there and have their experiences, rich people wanted to go to south korea bc they couldn't have freedom, poor people couldn't eat
@@user-sg4ov7ng4h Brainwashed zombie of the western media. Why don't you come to North Korea for yourself and see how prosperous they are in reality. Oh wait, America has banned you from entering North Korea. How suspicious, it's almost like Trump doesn't want you to know.
@lina anil | well, anyone who goes there is always supposed to be with guides and are only allowed in specific areas. The only evidence we have is eye witness accounts of people who have left North Korea. And I don't think they torture people and all that, but I think it's just not as easy and nice there. Just rewatch the video again, and look at the traffic lady, as soon as she sees the camera, she starts to literally direct invisible traffic, that must give you some hints to how there is somewhat of a fear there.
@lina anil | It's An Entirely Different Situation If Your Boss Is coming. But don't entirely agree with your statement how people would just pretend to do work if filmed, some may... But I am not sure. You know, whatever North Korea is, it is a place you would rather not be in.
@lina anil | I don't know my dude. Many many things are based on assumptions especially if we don't have any hard evidence, we can only go with the little evidence we do have and assume based on that.
@user-mr8gb3jo4f they in fact do, don't believe those random facebook pages where they say they have limited haircuts or clothing, yes it's an dictatorship state but a lot of what you hear are literal lies
@Corviknight Russia under Putin is as capitalist as it gets. So I don't understand why a capitalist state run media house will defend a communist dictatorship and communist Party run country for any reason. Oh wait.. Y'all are high on western propaganda, so expecting any other response other than standard rhetoric which western Media feeds y'all 24/7 is a big ask
@@ozymandias6644 wtf? China is also capitalist. Wtf are you even talking about?! Keep defending authoritarian regimes and you will turn free countries (Russia and China are NOT free) into dictatorships. The culture, history, economy of Russia are completely different form the West. Are you seriously that brain dead to not realize it?
@@ozymandias6644 Putin is a low key dictator with close relationships with both China and NK. This includes rigged elections and assassinating political rivals. Nice role model you got there.
what people are not understanding is this is the only city in North Korea like this, and these people are all extremely wealthy in comparison to the rest of the country.
These are chosen party members living in this city. What you don't see is the misery and near starvation of the vast majority of the population. You also don't see the death camps. Otherwise know as prisons in the DPRK.
Because it’s a “civilized” city. Most cities prohibit normal people from living there, there’s almost little to no chance that a usual North Korean person would live there. Look at other parts of North Korea that don’t try so hard to look like the country is flourishing for propaganda reasons and you’ll get why people think that North Koreans live in horrible conditions.
These are just the elite of North Korea. Venture outside this one city and you’ll see millions of dying people who suffer from hunger, poverty, illness, and oppression.
Life goes on no matter where you are. Gotta say though, this is very brave of you getting a camera recording inside the DPRK. I don't think the government or it's leader would allow for it to happen if they found out about it.
@@yourfriend8052it has. You're not allowed to record anything without government permission. In best case they will take your memory cards and maybe even cameras. In worst you know what. So if he is recording that openly means that he has the permission
@@yourfriend8052yeah they can definitely see him lmao, as a top comment theres the observation of the traffic lady conveniently using her whistle and “directing traffic” when the cameras pointed at her, she’s definitely trying to look busy
In the US it is legal to film in public except if a privately owned public business like a store forbids it. But in a country with a dictatorship? The people including tourists have very little rights. I don't think you can take pictures in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, they actually regained power as Biden botched up the US troop pullout. And Kim Jong Un has threatened nuclear war with the US.
@@xdz1213 in my opinion, the most depressing place is america. Having all the freedom you want makes u not thrive for anything and life is too empty, theres nothing u can fight for anymore. Especially when u know half ur fortune comes from colonizations
This take is so fucking weird. North Koreans literally just existing and going about their daily lives like normal human beings = clearly staged because muh evil authoritarian 1984 jorge orwall 🤡
@@greggoog7559 It’s literally a fact that NK has environments set up specifically for visitors that NK citizens are not allowed to go in. I love when you morons complain about “western propaganda” but will so willingly buy into commie propaganda. You think America is the only place with a media that’s full of BS? At least they have to hide their agenda in the west, unlike China & NK where it’s blatantly force-fed propaganda.
@@greggoog7559 It’s actually true. The govt recruits who it wants from their schools and place them in the coveted schools and positions in the city. There’s no freedom to pursue individual preferences. And if anyone spoke anything negative on camera, they’d be dead. So there’s no way we’re getting the real picture. There are documentaries on this - they actually do stage for visitors and most of the country is not open to them.
As a chinese citizen，I can tell exactly the taxis and other cars are all import from China ，the colour of these cars are as the same as what it is in Beijing
Let's remind ourselves that pyonyang is the place where only people from the elite live, and where foreigners come to visit north korea, therefore is way more taken care of than other places in north korea
Let's remind ourselves that that's bullshit. Pyongyang is the DPRK's industrial center. It's wealthier then the rest of the country, as is usually the case with capitals, but most of its inhabitants are workers.
@@h0griph That's not true, the DPRK 🇰🇵 doesn't care if you see the countryside. You can even drive by train from northern China to Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. On the train ride you see the entire countryside and it's very nice, but much less developed than China, but much better than western media say.
@@Miaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa nah. i would say both are shit. One side always exaggerated things while the other side bullshit people to think that everything is A-Ok. It's the lesser of 2 devil situation. And a devil is still a devil.
@ah ye elite citizens = close to party or tourist business. The ones usually in these propoganda videos. I bet there are beautiful people in rual areas too but we are not gonna see them cause of obvious reasons.
@@mihaititienar2994 I figured haha I was like idk what the laws are in North Korea about standing in bike lanes but i hope he doesnt get into trouble LOL
At 9:22 p.m. on March 26, 2010, the PCC-772 Cheonan, a Pohang-class patrol ship, was hit by a torpedo by a North Korean naval submarine while carrying out its patrol mission and sank. After the attack, 58 people were rescued from the scene by PCC-778 Sokcho, a Pohang-class patrol ship operating in a nearby area, and by Chamsuri-class high-speed ships and coast guard ships in Baengnyeongdo Island, and 46 were killed. Later, during the search operation, Han Ju-ho died on March 30 as a diving soldier, and on April 3, a double-choice civilian fishing boat 98 Geumyangho collided with a merchant ship, killing two people and missing seven, resulting in 10 deaths/indirectly.
that's a quite dishonest reading of the situation with the north korean government. not saying that the first part of your sentence is false, the second one is.
Не пишите ерунду. Я из СССР. Мы были свободными, весёлыми, жили в достатке. Улыбались, радовались жизни. Макияж, причёски, красили волосы, ногти, ходили в коротких юбках,платьях.Оджда светлая, яркая., модная. Заказывали в ателье и в магазинах все было. И дома в холодильниках.У нас все было замечательно. А здесь замороженные какие-то все.
Amazing footage. And it's important to remember that he or she was specifically allowed to film here. This isn't a random slice of Pyongyang, it's a showcase. Foreigners aren't free to film in random places in North Korea.
@Susuya Juuzou Look up SAO documentary DPRK on TH-cam. It's a person from china filming their time in the city. About 8 very long videos. It's not fake or set up.
Aside from the obvious modern elements (like the vehicles), the whole scene evokes a 1940s aesthetic. I guess this would make sense - almost like it was frozen in time from its founding.
trends in fashion and design most often only exist to make the things you still have, which are in tact and in good condition feel old and obsolete so you keep buying more things every season of every year. that madness, complete waste of resources and environmental pollution is unecessary under communism
This is a Pyongyang propaganda video. No way would a person be so blatant in recording this without intervention. The busier street and very smartly dressed women is a ruse to appear cosmopolitan. Next street the scene would be different.
at 1:00 there is a woman in a bright neon green dress which is quite the fashion statement. At first I thought it was supposed to be the Korean traditional dress (hanbok/choson-ot) but the shape/color doesn't seem to be that
China is going to make Detroit great again. Trump is going to sabotage it by imposing 45% tax on Chinese products. Don't forget, Chinese products are made by American corporations. China will go for tic for tac by banning certain Made in America products. Both ways American businessmen is going to get hit hard. As for Trump he too busy making the "FSA". ISIS and Zionist Israel regime in Palestine great again. No time for Detroit City. Sad !
Ho Pw China is not going to help you, dear! They are only interested in what will benefit them. US is Israel and will never rest in peace because of all tragedies, racism, nuclear bombs and pain that brought to the world. US can develop nuclear weapons but North Korea not? 😃😃
Surely it couldn’t be because we completely leveled their country to the ground by dropping over 500,000 tons of chemical explosives and killing 20% of their population within living memory?
@BetelgeuseM12 why would they? i've been to the DPRK numerous times and have taken the train from Bejing to Pyongyang twice. You think the entire countryside is faked? You absolute clown.
This is a LOT more normal than is portrayed by Western media. Without the constant scary Nationalistic singing in the background It's not bad at all, rather civilized and smart looking actually.
@elza Walker NEVER QUESTION THE NARRATIVE ALWAYS AGREE *BEEP-BOOP-BOP* - NORTH KOREA BAD - *SHHCH* - TRUST THE MEDIA, TRUST THE GOVERNMENT *ERROR-ERROR-LOGIC-DISCREPANCY-FOUND* NPC CORE MELTING DOWN
@Handsome Squidward Thanks for your polite, eloquent and literate response. Please keep posting such well thought out comments, they speak volumes about your character friend.
Well pyeongyang is the only city for foreigners too see.. its probably the best city in north korea and only the rich ones can lives there actually.. u just don't see what another city looks like besides pyeongyang thats why u said thats normal, if u watch north korean defectors video they mostly share the same story, they said that its all about propaganda.. and theres actually a lot poor family in another city.
I know i sound stupid but their outfit looks cool and aesthetics for me, and some of them is handsome and pretty, like the teenagers at 1:06 they look smart and neat
Yes!!! There’s a video on TH-cam of 3 North Korean young men speaking about their escape from North Korea and what they were taught there, they were all so attractive and clean looking and spoke so eloquently. These people who escape from that place are angels on earth
Well it makes sense that everything in NK looks like it is from the 80's because the soviet union collapsed in 1991 and they were their main trading partner. They haven't upgraded anything since then.
You think they haven't imported anytging since 1991? They just have a different style. They stay away from clothing considered "western" like jeans, etc. It's not because they can't produce or import new material or clothes.
@@jake8855 I find this style pretty but the underlining reasoning is wrong and that reasoning should be stopped anywhere outside their country. They will have cloths that they want, but any attempt to spread their (and yours) wrong views on clothes should be stopped in its tracks immediately and cut like darnel. Degenerate or immoral behavior is behavior which if it becomes widespread it has negative effect on society. If everyone is wearing revealing clothes and everyone has a lot of sexual partners before marriage as long as contraceptives are used, there are no unwanted pregnancies, no spreading of diseases, no negative effect on society. This happened more than once, that opinions of the original leaders (founding fathers if you will) on anything and everything are set in stone and won't change. Anyway, it is their country, let them do what they want, I wish them removal of all sanctions, better quality of life and a successful march towards a communist society, but also that such views on such matters don't spread around the world, especially not here where I live. I ja volim pozorište, ali ne u svojoj kući.
@@jake8855 Their style does look really nice though, I don't care whether a style is new or old, just like I don't care whether a piece of music is new or not. Some people have this weird view of if something looks vintage then it is somehow bad, or sad. I don't think like that at all, I don't care from which period some clothing style, music, or anything else is. I like a lot of songs from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and I remember many people looking me weirdly because of that, because I am supposed to only listen to the newest music. I even like some classical music, I don't care that it was made hundreds od years ago. I like some folk songs which nobody even knows how old they are. I have noticed that Westerner son the Internet view TV series the same way. They are shocked when they here we (here in Serbia) are watching TV series from the 1990s or 1980s again. If a series is good, people here will watch it several times, even the older series. I also like some car designs from the 1980s a lot. When it comes to transportation, Trains are a very old way of transport yet they are the most efficient and green way of transport that we know of. Quarantine measures during the pandemic are invented thousands of years ago, yet they are simply the best at fighting against a pandemic. My point is, it is silly to discard something just because it is old.
It is really interesting to see the citizen in Pyungyang has very similar life to our daily life here in Seoul Korea. Students, kids, men in suits, women chatting and smiling.. Taxi, Electric bus, Air-conditioner on the outer wall of building.. although they looks old fashioned.. but quite familiar and friendly to me. I really hope to visit freely Pyungyang and other cities of N. Korea with my father, mom, who are now 80 years and 76, as they were born and grew in N. Korea before war in 1950. Before they pass away, deaming to visit together with my wife and daughter some day, near a very soon. We are one blood, should commute freely as one nation. You know it takes only 30 minutes to move by car from my apartment directly to Pyungyang, when the border control restriction is opened.
At 9:22 p.m. on March 26, 2010, the PCC-772 Cheonan, a Pohang-class patrol ship, was hit by a torpedo by a North Korean naval submarine while carrying out its patrol mission and sank. After the attack, 58 people were rescued from the scene by PCC-778 Sokcho, a Pohang-class patrol ship operating in a nearby area, and by Chamsuri-class high-speed ships and coast guard ships in Baengnyeongdo Island, and 46 were killed. Later, during the search operation, Han Ju-ho died on March 30 as a diving soldier, and on April 3, a double-choice civilian fishing boat 98 Geumyangho collided with a merchant ship, killing two people and missing seven, resulting in 10 deaths/indirectly.
there’s a lot of taxis passing through but not ONE passenger is inside. So it’s true, they’re trying to create the illusion that Pyongyang is a busy city.
My father's hometown is Geumseong-ri, Donghae-myeon, Gilju-gun, North Hamgyeongbuk-do, North Korea When we are unified, the first thing I want to do is run to my hometown
Is it "nice".. hmm. Look at the pink wall stretching for miles and miles. They probably colour code each block to give the eyes something to do in these streets.
Your k-pop Korean idols aren't free either. Plastic surgery, forced to dance and repeat the same choreography all night, sleep for 2, maybe 3 hours of their manager is lenient enough, food is carefully selected to keep the "hot slim Korean dancer" in shape and make the weak American girl scream. Come on now.
![[Full Ver.] Kim Jong-un attends student performance on New Year's Day](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zchUeMN8tlY/mqdefault.jpg)
The police woman saw she was being recorded and all of a sudden started directing invisible traffic.
Hahahahaha
She's always being watched,
Actually me, pretending to work
M00D
Seungyeon from CLC is the best female dancer Me pretending to do work when the teacher walks by 😂😳
patio87 and she waves too
They all looks so vintage in the modern generation
I dont think they struggle with rent or house mortgages, homeless numbers maybe down to a minimum.No outsourcing and everyone has a job.
No. The current generation in the west looks out of style in comparison to other generations, not the other way around.
stfu paris
@@fordgt402
I don't really want any of this if I won't have a simple freedom.
Just the clothes style.The streets are actually pretty modernly made except there are not much cars
looks like they still in 1980s style
Materially and in terms of fashion definitely circa 1980... politically, closer to 1180.
@@armandocardona4478 They are politically and socially more progressive than most countries on earth
@@eduardkaiser48 - PULEEEEZE spare me that Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist crap... I'll be the first one to admit that China and Vietnam have made huge economic strides and are very open economically BY REVERTING TO DE FACTO CAPITALISM BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN THEY ARE NOT FREE POLITICALLY; freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of religion, freedom of movement and free market economics are the rock bottom most basic freedoms that I consider the barest minimum both for myself and for every human being on earth and none of these is present in North Korea; the day any government or political leader pretends to tell me what to think, what to say, what to believe in, what is right, what is wrong, what will make me happy and how to live my life LET ALONE HOW TO DRESS OR HOW TO CUT MY FREAKING HAIR, instead of LETTING ME THINK AND DECIDE FOR MYSELF AS TO ALL THOSE THINGS is the day I grab a gun and take to the mountains and do all I can to bring that government down. "Politically and socially progressive" MY ASS what those people are is politically, socially, economically and ideologically BACKWARD AND REPRESSED. Take it easy on the booze, pal, alcohol IS a killer.
MoVine Buildings are quite modern. But other major urban areas are stuck in the 1970s style and villages are like China in the 1960s, Russia in the 1940s, and South Korea in the 1900s
@@armandocardona4478 One of the things modernisation brings to the world is the modern autocracy whose control and influence can penetrate into society to an extent that was unimaginable in the pre-modern world.
Something about this is so captivating. It's almost exactly what you would see if you time traveled to the 60s or 70s (not taking into account the cars)
If you go to cities in Africa (economicly controlled by west) you will see disorder, mismanagement, filth, poverty)
Well you should visit some countries like Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan etc when this shit with war is over
If you visit smaller cities, not like Moscow or Minsk, you will definitely see "the past"
Damn! Their roads and buildings are better than some ours in 2023's Novosibirsk! Amazing!
But we have more cars that is certain...
(And it is safe now to visit Russia, as long as you do not talk about Ukraine since here we officially only have war in Ukraine, not Russia.)
Is there a possibility of being detained in Russia?
0:28 dude looking kinda fashionable lowkey
I get what you mean, that wool sports jacket is looking kinda fresh not gonna life, he even matched it well with a soft pink shirt to contemplate the softness of his jacket.
@Anti Communist 卐 what the fuck does that have to do with my comment?
@@orangutank626 he was just trying to get attention to avoid his irrelevant existence
Anti Communist 卐 nobody cares? what’s with the likes then?
Swaggin in his tweed jacket and pink turtleneck. He's ahead of the game.
it seems like im watching 70s TV but with colour
akif norsh that’s what I was thinking
70s tv had color
And a better quality
it looks more modern than my country.
@TheNiceDriving PL Chile
This looks just like the 1980s in today. Like everything these people are doing and wearing is 80s style. Kinda sad but also very different.
Look at the other cities in north korea. Looks like its stuck in the medieval ages
North Korea is a time capsule
FYI They don't use regular calendar
@@velderyx2135 you mean that they dont use the Georgian calendar, they use The Juche calendar
80s !! No way!! Haha maybe 50s ...
He is filming front in front of a tourist book store that every tour group visits when in Pyongyang
So a lot of the people walking by are probably actors.
@@SashazurWell not really most of them are the minority "rich people" in pyongyang
@@Sashazurhahaha wtf? Actors? What on earth?
These people would never know that they are on TH-cam
Some probably wouldn’t even know that TH-cam even exists
@@spaghetits1338 Probably all. Even watching a western movie could land you in a concentration camp.
@@boggy6060 I’ve heard very few people had access to youtube but idk if it’s true
@@spaghetits1338 Hope so.
You're not on youtube
Best part is no advertisements...
The political advertisement (little pins on people's chests) is quite prevalent, though.
Only ads there is are "worship your supreme leader or die"
I’ll take freedom with advertisements over fear of being blown apart by an anti-aircraft gun or interned to hard labor for some stupid minor infraction.
Nothing to advertise. Except "great leader".
You have political slogans instead tho
They probably still think that’s the fashion
That is the fashion. Fashion varies from one place to another.
im sure they are brainwash to think they are not in 2020. they also think north korean is the only country in the world
@@sophiahsu2790 you're brainwashed to post that comment
@@masonhales what
What's fashionable to you? Western women walking on the streets like almost naked? Women in the middle east wear clothes with just their eyes seen. They don't care about fashion.
0:15 when you see your boss walking by
They think they’re modern because even their calendar is different from the world
That's a point.
How is their calendar different?
@@diorhobi6443 is the year 109 over there , not Gregorian calendar as everybody.
@@budclay77 WHATTTTT
@@diorhobi6443 yeah it starts on the leader’s birthday I’m pretty sure 🧐
1:14 Get out of the bike lane!
There is a huge empty street and they still desided to have the bike lane go along with the side walk
Huh, even Pyongyang has bike lanes.... unlike a certain city with many years' history on the river Thames....
@@scythal Oxford?
@@iamcleaver6854 you obviously have to be American xD
@@Okoi05 What? I am Russian. What do you mean?
1:13 Doesn't matter where you are in the world, there's always somebody standing in the bike lane!
At 9:22 p.m. on March 26, 2010, the PCC-772 Cheonan, a Pohang-class patrol ship, was hit by a torpedo by a North Korean naval submarine while carrying out its patrol mission and sank.
After the attack, 58 people were rescued from the scene by PCC-778 Sokcho, a Pohang-class patrol ship operating in a nearby area, and by Chamsuri-class high-speed ships and coast guard ships in Baengnyeongdo Island, and 46 were killed.
Later, during the search operation, Han Ju-ho died on March 30 as a diving soldier, and on April 3, a double-choice civilian fishing boat 98 Geumyangho collided with a merchant ship, killing two people and missing seven,
resulting in 10
deaths/indirectly.
:)))
lol such a good point
@@Kimjongun999 ok 🗿
my country doesn’t or I haven’t seen one yet
How is this guy randomly filming in the middle North Koreea?
I was wondering the same thing. Are you allowed to walk free around Pyongyang with a camera??
most likely that they bribed officials to let him smuggle the footage out of the country. considering this isn't footage of concentration camps or anything that makes north korea look bad and the prospect of foreign money from a rare visitor safe to say they took his offer
@@eloiselovesdevi I think so, there's many vlogs of people filming north korea, but whenever some footage comes from there, people say its propaganda
Probably yes, there's many video footages of north Korea
according to someone who posts a lot of nk content on ig, nk's filming rules arent as strict
it looks like they're stuck in the 80s
@Cal Devans The Cadre
If somebody would make a lower quality of this video and title it like ,,video from the 1980s" I couldn't tell the difference.
@Cal Devans The Cadre
Yeah, except you could tell that it's not 80s by looking at cars, buses and people's clothing. Unless you gonna record wall st without anything but buildings.
@Cal Devans The Cadre
Just compare it to this video, it looks almost the same, even tho it's not even 1980, it's 1966. My whole point was that NK looks very outdated, there is 0 modernism, it looks like any old communistic country from the past.
th-cam.com/video/qvoZjbp9R1w/w-d-xo.html
Looks 80's. They are really stuck in the 30's
Well said -sadako- sawako
Ya’know the fact that they dress like it’s the 70’s would be kinda aesthetically pleasing if it weren’t for the other stuff goin on over there lol
Right. They look so proper but their regime is extreme.
Yes, I also like how they dress, and it is nice to see how they are not completely globalized.
They look like nice, decent folks.
They dress like the 80s not 70s lmao
@@amila_ stop.
The fact this recording exists is remarkable.
That's true
@@rft9776 turbo virgin
@@benkelly2161 you just can't handle simple truths. They don't conform to your pre existing prejudices.
If you believe what you're told yeah
Well ofc they'd allow the good side of their country to be shown. Makes them good from the outside. I'm sure they'd be much more suspicious of filming in the abundant amount of lower class areas.
The fact that a lot of people don't see anything wrong not realising this is the upper class rich city and not how a majority of North Koreans actually live
The video isn't about south korea my dude
You misunderstood her...@@FVede
Откуда вы знаете, как они живут? Вы там жили? Ни рекламы, ни мусора, ни бомжей, ни наркоманов, ни палаток, ни фриков, ни мужиков в платьях... А неплохо они живут по сравнению с некоторыми?
@@Sofya897You are free to go and live there if it’s so awesome
@@FVede Duh,,,
"There's no war in Ba Sing Se"
Aang and the others should be in North Korea searching Kim Jong Un xd
BRUH
“Here we are *safe* ...Here, we are *free* “
TOO SOON
😂😂😂
I live in Kyrgyzstan, and we have many Soviet buildings. Pyongyang looks pretty much like a Soviet city
Yeah, it looks a lot like what you'd see in Eastern & Southeastern Europe.
thats because the Soviets paid for all of it
it's so bland and depressing.
@@--Traveler-- Soviet city planning is actually great. A lot of space and room to breathe. Depressing is how I would describe New York.
Grey and soulless
The vehicles look modern. The way they dress reminds of 1940's to 1950's clothing. But for some reason I'm really surprised to see a bike path with a bike symbol that's so similar to those I see all over in my city.
Wow, almost as if people there lived their own everyday life.
Huh.
It's all a masquerade for the camera.
More like 80s business/ formal attire.
@@RABIET100 For me it just drives home a reminder that there's so much a regular person like me isn't being told about the NK people.
Everything looks so good and perfect, like if it wasn’t North Korea
One of the biggest differences about this place is the lack of advertising. I remember seeing this when visiting Prague not long after the fall of the iron curtain (ca. 1995). I actually found this refreshing !
Commie
You should go and live there ffs
@@hahamanin did he fuck your sister in front of you or what?
holy fuck these replies. nothing says “capitalism is a good system” like its adherents berating people for daring to suggest that our cities would be nicer if they didn’t have fuck ugly advertisements plastered all over them.
When North Korea has better bike lanes than the US
pianoman598 When fat Americans said it is better but meanwhile some North Korea defector horrified after escaped the place
pianoman598 Except barely anyone is riding a bike. 🤦🏻♂️
pianoman598 probably can’t afford cars so makes sense lol
LMFAO!! AMERICANS HAVE BETTER BIKE LANES, BIKES, AND HEALTHIER PEOPLE TO RIDE THEM BIKES!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😭🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣
Thi Le Generalizing all Americans as fat how original you ignorant dumbass.
There literally isn’t 1 person walking down the street with a phone in their hand
Because you're not allowed to.
Well if you use a phone you get E X E C U T E D
@@massimilianovitali1156 that is blatantly untrue lmfao
They have phones but is only for calls and sms
That's because owning a smartphone is a privilege very few have
I love how all the girls who are friends hold hands or cling to each other. Seems sweet
right, hold hand friendly. not like lovers.ha,ha.
I'm pretty sure they were couples...I do believe North Korea doesnt put gay people in prison...I could be wrong but I think that's one thing they dont worry to deeply about
@@ptrekboxbreaks5198 a refugee said that they don’t know that lgbtq exist
@@visit4873 They don’t know that there’s a community named LGBTQ but they can still be part of it without knowing
@@chelo2407 Hard to know clearly you're LGBT if no one ever told you about it. LGBT people there probably feel "confused" but have to follow the rules anyway.
Love their fashion style tbh
They look like nice people. Hope they’re all doing well these days
Your sence of wellness for the world amazes me.Do you really think they are doing well?.I lived in a similar country .Cuba. very Look alike regimen.I most say , probably less worst but a communist sistem at the end.No one.No one is well there.Belive me.Its like daying a little, day by day.A sadness in the heart every day.No hOPE.
@@A7xeno %95 good people? Are u guys real? Stop sleepin on dream!
@@A7xeno meh idk about 95%. But yes most people are good
@@A7xeno 21? You said 56 earlier
@@arloc357 The average people you see in videos like this are good people---it's Dear Leader that is the problem in NoKo.
Thanks a lot for creating a wonderful video. I really appreciate you for doing this. I’m so proud. I will make sure to not destroy your country when I take over the world.
Pam RAMITA ANGKITITRAKUL yes he is
@@bluemoon-ln5ck RIP in advance
@@HomerSimpson-iv3ly pressing F in advance for you
Destroy the world in ur dreams u wont stand a chance!
@@hongpam8739 are u stupid
1:37 'Are you listening to me Neo? Or are you looking at the woman in the red dress?'
Look again
LOL
I'm getting some Truman Show vibes from this
so i’m guessing these are the rich upper class of north korea since they live in the capital?
Pyongyang is full of government and Party officials, as well as scientists, researchers, academics, and media figures (news & entertainment). Not everyone there is 'wealthy' (by North Korean standards) but on the whole the people there live more comfortably than anywhere else in the country by virtue of being so close to the country's elite.
@@guidadiehl9176 Except this is the standard of living in North Korea and has nothing to do with being part of the "elite". Stop throwing around echo-chamber nonsense.
@@MasterExploder61 what? it better be a fucking joke cause most of the country are underfeed, even if you're rich you can't go to Pyongyang, you need a sort of badge for that and then when someone moves out you might be able to have an appartment/house there.
you should look up defectors of nk because they're the ones who lived there and have their experiences, rich people wanted to go to south korea bc they couldn't have freedom, poor people couldn't eat
No
@@user-sg4ov7ng4h Brainwashed zombie of the western media. Why don't you come to North Korea for yourself and see how prosperous they are in reality. Oh wait, America has banned you from entering North Korea. How suspicious, it's almost like Trump doesn't want you to know.
Pyongyang is where the privileged live, not middle or lower class
yes, you are right
@lina anil Got It From A Person Who Escaped North Korea
@lina anil | well, anyone who goes there is always supposed to be with guides and are only allowed in specific areas. The only evidence we have is eye witness accounts of people who have left North Korea. And I don't think they torture people and all that, but I think it's just not as easy and nice there.
Just rewatch the video again, and look at the traffic lady, as soon as she sees the camera, she starts to literally direct invisible traffic, that must give you some hints to how there is somewhat of a fear there.
@lina anil | It's An Entirely Different Situation If Your Boss Is coming. But don't entirely agree with your statement how people would just pretend to do work if filmed, some may... But I am not sure. You know, whatever North Korea is, it is a place you would rather not be in.
@lina anil | I don't know my dude. Many many things are based on assumptions especially if we don't have any hard evidence, we can only go with the little evidence we do have and assume based on that.
0:16 Me when I notice my boss looking at me when I’m doing nothing
LOL
lmao relatable
North korean know the leader records to check things.
😂
Lmao 😂
I honestly love the fashion
Lol they have no freedom to wear anything else
@@user-mr8gb3jo4f you are so deluded and brainwashed by capitalist/imperialist propaganda
@user-mr8gb3jo4f they in fact do, don't believe those random facebook pages where they say they have limited haircuts or clothing, yes it's an dictatorship state but a lot of what you hear are literal lies
the approved hairstyles go hard fr but i don’t see a low taper fade in that list unfortunately
Idiot
The most modern and advanced city in the country
Can you imagine how precarious the rest of the country is?
@gabber 0
Shut up commie
@gabber 0 what do you watch?
@Corviknight
Russia under Putin is as capitalist as it gets. So I don't understand why a capitalist state run media house will defend a communist dictatorship and communist Party run country for any reason. Oh wait.. Y'all are high on western propaganda, so expecting any other response other than standard rhetoric which western Media feeds y'all 24/7 is a big ask
@@ozymandias6644 wtf? China is also capitalist. Wtf are you even talking about?! Keep defending authoritarian regimes and you will turn free countries (Russia and China are NOT free) into dictatorships. The culture, history, economy of Russia are completely different form the West. Are you seriously that brain dead to not realize it?
@@ozymandias6644 Putin is a low key dictator with close relationships with both China and NK. This includes rigged elections and assassinating political rivals. Nice role model you got there.
1:14 in germany the biker would shout on you.
Sinan Asci FAHRRADWEEEEG!!
In my country, the biker would kick him out, then spit
Zu Recht
as he should lmao
In India, the biker will drive from inside the building but will maintain the speed..
I haven't seen one person wearing a t-shirt.
the're Koreans, not fat white americans
@@GrexFilms hahahahah
They’re probably banned like a good ol communist nation
george jung maybe it’s simply cold that day
@@GrexFilms racist, but ok
what people are not understanding is this is the only city in North Korea like this, and these people are all extremely wealthy in comparison to the rest of the country.
We are in 21st century but this looks like the real movie scene of 70s
Yes, this looks a bit like a scene from a different time
Still better than South Asia Countries, I thought
Like number 100🤣🤣
More like 1920's.
No this looks like early 2000s.
This comment section seems so impressed that they are normal people that do normal stuff like anybody else
@Cal Devans The Cadre I can smell you from here
@Cal Devans The Cadre is that dirty ass by Calvin Klein?
These are chosen party members living in this city. What you don't see is the misery and near starvation of the vast majority of the population. You also don't see the death camps. Otherwise know as prisons in the DPRK.
Leroy Proud There just farmers...
@@leroyproud294 Haha ok
too be honest its looking very clean n ladies are dress very nicely
Because it’s a “civilized” city. Most cities prohibit normal people from living there, there’s almost little to no chance that a usual North Korean person would live there. Look at other parts of North Korea that don’t try so hard to look like the country is flourishing for propaganda reasons and you’ll get why people think that North Koreans live in horrible conditions.
that's because everyone who lives in pyongyang are from the elite north korean such as executives and huge business owners
Everyone there is rich or important or related to important people that’s why. -_-
These are just the elite of North Korea. Venture outside this one city and you’ll see millions of dying people who suffer from hunger, poverty, illness, and oppression.
they all dress the same
Life goes on no matter where you are. Gotta say though, this is very brave of you getting a camera recording inside the DPRK. I don't think the government or it's leader would allow for it to happen if they found out about it.
You think they didn’t see him recording? I don’t think you understand just how closely that entire city is monitored.
@@benitoloco899 That doesn’t have anything to do with what I said.
@@yourfriend8052it has. You're not allowed to record anything without government permission. In best case they will take your memory cards and maybe even cameras. In worst you know what. So if he is recording that openly means that he has the permission
@@yourfriend8052yeah they can definitely see him lmao, as a top comment theres the observation of the traffic lady conveniently using her whistle and “directing traffic” when the cameras pointed at her, she’s definitely trying to look busy
In the US it is legal to film in public except if a privately owned public business like a store forbids it. But in a country with a dictatorship? The people including tourists have very little rights. I don't think you can take pictures in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, they actually regained power as Biden botched up the US troop pullout. And Kim Jong Un has threatened nuclear war with the US.
Video : people living daily life normally
Comments : hOw dEpReSsInG
Place looks like Russia, or most of Eastern Europe or rural China.
eastern europe is the most depressing region on earth
its all fake in the end.
@@xdz1213 in my opinion, the most depressing place is america. Having all the freedom you want makes u not thrive for anything and life is too empty, theres nothing u can fight for anymore. Especially when u know half ur fortune comes from colonizations
@@flawlessbinary7449 not all of Russia looks like that, especially big cities
Pyongyang reminds me of the USSR, not Russia
1:12, ajumma fashion transcends all borders and is eternal.
FR I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY FOR SOUTH KOREA BUT NOPE LOL
Pretty sure that even Kim Jong Un would be scared to tell them anything 😂
How do you know 아줌마 (ajumma)?
LMAO
@@Merovingian2003 we learn it, duh'-'
It's like a scene out of 1984, almost looks staged and done to look 'normal'
Because it is staged.
@@bowlchamps37 no its not + cope
This take is so fucking weird.
North Koreans literally just existing and going about their daily lives like normal human beings = clearly staged because muh evil authoritarian 1984 jorge orwall 🤡
In 1984 nothing was really staged. All of the buildings were run down.
Idiot lmao
It's such a really sad, melancholic, and gray country (north korea).
It's like the Truman Show where everyone has a specific role around town
🤣🤣
@@greggoog7559 Would you like to go on a tour to NK? 😁
@@greggoog7559 wtf you think they are happy
@@greggoog7559 It’s literally a fact that NK has environments set up specifically for visitors that NK citizens are not allowed to go in. I love when you morons complain about “western propaganda” but will so willingly buy into commie propaganda. You think America is the only place with a media that’s full of BS? At least they have to hide their agenda in the west, unlike China & NK where it’s blatantly force-fed propaganda.
@@greggoog7559
It’s actually true. The govt recruits who it wants from their schools and place them in the coveted schools and positions in the city.
There’s no freedom to pursue individual preferences.
And if anyone spoke anything negative on camera, they’d be dead.
So there’s no way we’re getting the real picture.
There are documentaries on this - they actually do stage for visitors and most of the country is not open to them.
1:09 If he was in south korea he will be an idol
A Aalk agree
Thought the same Hahha
I saw him too, looking mighty cute!
he kind of looks like kim joo muk from crash landing on you only a bit slimmer
Yes because everyone in South Korea is an idol
North Korea is quite literally stuck in the past
Because they aren't glued to their cellphones 24/7?
@@sleepy4586 .....yes
@@Annnto what
@@sleepy4586 agreed
@@Annnto what
As a chinese citizen，I can tell exactly the taxis and other cars are all import from China ，the colour of these cars are as the same as what it is in Beijing
thats cool
00:59 - North Korean Lady Gaga
Haha
good one
You mean the shoulders of her clothes?
1:33 The North Korean lady in red, just like in "The Matrix" 😆
i LOVE most of these women's outfits (blazer and skirt especially)
They are not allowed to wear pants or jewelries
Let's remind ourselves that pyonyang is the place where only people from the elite live, and where foreigners come to visit north korea, therefore is way more taken care of than other places in north korea
Yeah, like any fucking capital city in the world lmao
What the fuck are you talking about?
We are well aware
The same could be said about every city ever
Let's remind ourselves that that's bullshit.
Pyongyang is the DPRK's industrial center. It's wealthier then the rest of the country, as is usually the case with capitals, but most of its inhabitants are workers.
Just to know. Cities were invented to collect as much workers as possible.
Damn home boy was on that bike lane.
Would love to see the countryside
Unfortunately, as a foreigner, north korea barely lets you see that.
@@h0griph That's not true, the DPRK 🇰🇵 doesn't care if you see the countryside. You can even drive by train from northern China to Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. On the train ride you see the entire countryside and it's very nice, but much less developed than China, but much better than western media say.
@@tailung9841 truth or are you just saying that for the sake of being nice?
@@atlasjwilliam7938 probably truth , western media is very biased lol
@@Miaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa nah. i would say both are shit. One side always exaggerated things while the other side bullshit people to think that everything is A-Ok. It's the lesser of 2 devil situation. And a devil is still a devil.
That group of guys that started to appear at 1:07 they all looked so good lol
@@therealremedy wait...have you seen the other 99% or just watched some sensational videos like "all men must have the same haircut in North Korea"?
Though the same lol
It's center of their capital. Ofc you gonna see their elite citizens there
@ah ye elite citizens = close to party or tourist business. The ones usually in these propoganda videos. I bet there are beautiful people in rual areas too but we are not gonna see them cause of obvious reasons.
I was thinking the same thing
Kinda got nervous when you were standing in the bike lane
I didn’t realized I was in e bike lane
@@mihaititienar2994 I figured haha I was like idk what the laws are in North Korea about standing in bike lanes but i hope he doesnt get into trouble LOL
OMG they have bike lanes in Pyongyang?? Better than my city that's for sure!
The vintage aesthetic would be very beautiful if it wasn’t for the very disturbing context
At 9:22 p.m. on March 26, 2010, the PCC-772 Cheonan, a Pohang-class patrol ship, was hit by a torpedo by a North Korean naval submarine while carrying out its patrol mission and sank.
After the attack, 58 people were rescued from the scene by PCC-778 Sokcho, a Pohang-class patrol ship operating in a nearby area, and by Chamsuri-class high-speed ships and coast guard ships in Baengnyeongdo Island, and 46 were killed.
Later, during the search operation, Han Ju-ho died on March 30 as a diving soldier, and on April 3, a double-choice civilian fishing boat 98 Geumyangho collided with a merchant ship, killing two people and missing seven,
resulting in 10
deaths/indirectly.
@@Kimjongun999 hm?
What is the disturbing context? That the leaders of the country actually focus on its people rather than multi million dollar corporations??
that's a quite dishonest reading of the situation with the north korean government. not saying that the first part of your sentence is false, the second one is.
@@noisnetelop
[Laughs in Concentration Camp]
It's like living in the 60's
They are real gentleman
@@armyrebellion5597 Eh, for a price you mean.
Ikr
Eh it's more 80s, 60s fashion looks nothing like this
1:11 aaaand ACTION!
Felipe A. 😂😂😂😂
It is not fake
Zarza Mora was defo just a joke mate smh
Zarza Mora it’s fake.
@@jamesonfl7723 seems real to me
Only the elite live in this area.
I like this athmosphere, coz it's like the 80's in USSR when I was a child.
This is why I like it too
What does the Φ symbol mean in your name?
@@Guywithafaceconatio It's russian letter for F.
Не пишите ерунду. Я из СССР. Мы были свободными, весёлыми, жили в достатке. Улыбались, радовались жизни. Макияж, причёски, красили волосы, ногти, ходили в коротких юбках,платьях.Оджда светлая, яркая., модная. Заказывали в ателье и в магазинах все было. И дома в холодильниках.У нас все было замечательно. А здесь замороженные какие-то все.
@@synkronized that's interesting to me. It's associated with the "phi" ratio in math. I guess it comes from the greek phoneme
Lucky they have that woman directing the traffic or there would be chaos.
Lol
Amazing footage. And it's important to remember that he or she was specifically allowed to film here. This isn't a random slice of Pyongyang, it's a showcase. Foreigners aren't free to film in random places in North Korea.
wrybread god shut up
@Loz he's seems like he's 2
Look up SAO documentary DPRK on TH-cam. It's a person from china filming their time in the city. About 8 very long videos. It's not fake or set up.
@Susuya Juuzou Look up SAO documentary DPRK on TH-cam. It's a person from china filming their time in the city. About 8 very long videos. It's not fake or set up.
@Just Duncan who r y speaking to with that tone tubby
they are top 0.1% rich people in north korea. only those people can live or visit downtown of pyongyang
It looks like watching a video from the 40's, the colours, the clothes, the vehicles... it's like time travelling, crazy
The vehicles? U dumb?
Looks like the 80s for me
Idk about the vehicles tho
The first thing I noticed was the fashion
Not really
2:04 The Real Housewives of Pyongyang
Bike lane in North Korea?
That's it, I'm moving there.
Isn't this a regularly thing? Here in Germany its everywhere.
Here in Holland every street has a bike lane but yeah no wonder if there's more bikes than people 😂
@@mikochico are bikes cheap there?
@@I_worship_AxxL well the cheapest are around 400
@@mikochico When I came to London it 2007 from Moscow I was really surprised to see bikes in the city and I saw a bike lane for the first time
Woman in the red suit looks like shes in the 80s yakuza
Aside from the obvious modern elements (like the vehicles), the whole scene evokes a 1940s aesthetic. I guess this would make sense - almost like it was frozen in time from its founding.
trends in fashion and design most often only exist to make the things you still have, which are in tact and in good condition feel old and obsolete so you keep buying more things every season of every year. that madness, complete waste of resources and environmental pollution is unecessary under communism
Everyone is dressed handsomely!
Mauser They all look like very decent folks!
This is a Pyongyang propaganda video. No way would a person be so blatant in recording this without intervention. The busier street and very smartly dressed women is a ruse to appear cosmopolitan. Next street the scene would be different.
@@diggerpete9334 *says this with only info from western propaganda*
@@jawadhaider415 I really hope you're joking
@@diggerpete9334
High on western media propaganda..
They are all well dressed.
That's because this is Pyongyang where the elite lives.
at 1:00 there is a woman in a bright neon green dress which is quite the fashion statement. At first I thought it was supposed to be the Korean traditional dress (hanbok/choson-ot) but the shape/color doesn't seem to be that
美丹瑠衣 it’s a north korean traditional dress. they sell those in markets
National Bolshevist Yes dumbass
@@Elivinu You are right
The end is the scary part. The man in brown looks several times at the vid maker and then the camera goes down quickly.
If anything actually bad had happened you never would have seen this video.
You are paranoiac
@@ene4602 Thank you.
It's wild to see no one wearing headphones.
Listen to WHAT ? STATE RADIO ?
They dont have realy Internet
@@lukaslulsdorf5010 They Lear everything at STATE RUN SCHOOLS !
they can't afford them
Looks cleaner and safer then Detroit.
fking true..
China is going to make Detroit great again. Trump is going to sabotage it by imposing 45% tax on Chinese products. Don't forget, Chinese products are made by American corporations. China will go for tic for tac by banning certain Made in America products. Both ways American businessmen is going to get hit hard. As for Trump he too busy making the "FSA". ISIS and Zionist Israel regime in Palestine great again. No time for Detroit City. Sad !
Ho Pw China is not going to help you, dear! They are only interested in what will benefit them. US is Israel and will never rest in peace because of all tragedies, racism, nuclear bombs and pain that brought to the world. US can develop nuclear weapons but North Korea not? 😃😃
Dan 255 It actually looks like Washington DC or Alexandria, Va.
Actually American products are made by Chinese corporations.
This feels like playing GTA where the NPCs react when the player is nearby.
This feels like playing GTA with the population density option all the way down! lol
Little Donkey bro, lol
They are all programmed to do so.
Little Do
Little Donkey true
They dress very nice. The streets are clean.
Lack of advertisements
Very social people not looking at phones.
There’s no internet for average people
Elegant, but also very uncomfortable.
1:33 Beautiful lady.
Everybody seems to love her.
StephCurry the Choker haha, I could also feel that
yo she's like 40s
@@N0URii so what bruhh
@@N0URii so what bruhhh
Everyone in Pyongyang is part of the upper class. You can't even imagine what life is like in the rarely photographed countryside.
There are videos in the Countryside
"rarely photographed countryside" comrade there are literally hundreds of videos of the countryside on TH-cam, stop spreading lies
stop spreading misinformation, we can easily find pics of DPRK's countryside, and it's just like every normal countryside ever
Surely it couldn’t be because we completely leveled their country to the ground by dropping over 500,000 tons of chemical explosives and killing 20% of their population within living memory?
@BetelgeuseM12 why would they? i've been to the DPRK numerous times and have taken the train from Bejing to Pyongyang twice. You think the entire countryside is faked? You absolute clown.
1:11 I think the lady is monitoring the camera guy
Or she is waiting for her part
Lol, I think she's just a traffic cop who realized she's on film and doesn't want to look like she's slacking off.
She just have bad Internet connection
or she doesn't want to be on film and walks away from the camera.
For sure I didn't feel comfortable when I shot the video
Thanks for your time and sharing.
This is a LOT more normal than is portrayed by Western media. Without the constant scary Nationalistic singing in the background It's not bad at all, rather civilized and smart looking actually.
@elza Walker NEVER QUESTION THE NARRATIVE ALWAYS AGREE *BEEP-BOOP-BOP* - NORTH KOREA BAD - *SHHCH* - TRUST THE MEDIA, TRUST THE GOVERNMENT *ERROR-ERROR-LOGIC-DISCREPANCY-FOUND* NPC CORE MELTING DOWN
@elza Walker just saying global times isnt really "my media" im not Chinese im American.
@Handsome Squidward Thanks for your polite, eloquent and literate response. Please keep posting such well thought out comments, they speak volumes about your character friend.
Well pyeongyang is the only city for foreigners too see.. its probably the best city in north korea and only the rich ones can lives there actually.. u just don't see what another city looks like besides pyeongyang thats why u said thats normal, if u watch north korean defectors video they mostly share the same story, they said that its all about propaganda.. and theres actually a lot poor family in another city.
@@maximumthrottle5391 why overreact tho😂
I know i sound stupid but their outfit looks cool and aesthetics for me, and some of them is handsome and pretty, like the teenagers at 1:06 they look smart and neat
I don't think our Glorious Leader wanted people to be smart
Yes!!! There’s a video on TH-cam of 3 North Korean young men speaking about their escape from North Korea and what they were taught there, they were all so attractive and clean looking and spoke so eloquently. These people who escape from that place are angels on earth
Ya there was like one cute guy that I saw
It's not like they have a choice.
Compared to my class they look like super models lol.
In most Asian cultures, not being overweight is something important, but I think it’s different in this case
Stone Chen Check my most recent video, to see how much importance to people from Shanghai, China put on exercising and staying fit
No fat people in japan
@@kaliyuga1476 what about the sumo
Some Asian nation admire fat people. North Korea does too apparently even if forced to.
@@kaliyuga1476 There's some fat people in Japan but not as many as in other countries.
Even their richest town looks so old and run down
Well it makes sense that everything in NK looks like it is from the 80's because the soviet union collapsed in 1991 and they were their main trading partner. They haven't upgraded anything since then.
Like Cuba with the 1959 Impalas
Both of you read my thoughts
You think they haven't imported anytging since 1991? They just have a different style. They stay away from clothing considered "western" like jeans, etc. It's not because they can't produce or import new material or clothes.
@@jake8855 I find this style pretty but the underlining reasoning is wrong and that reasoning should be stopped anywhere outside their country.
They will have cloths that they want, but any attempt to spread their (and yours) wrong views on clothes should be stopped in its tracks immediately and cut like darnel. Degenerate or immoral behavior is behavior which if it becomes widespread it has negative effect on society. If everyone is wearing revealing clothes and everyone has a lot of sexual partners before marriage as long as contraceptives are used, there are no unwanted pregnancies, no spreading of diseases, no negative effect on society.
This happened more than once, that opinions of the original leaders (founding fathers if you will) on anything and everything are set in stone and won't change. Anyway, it is their country, let them do what they want, I wish them removal of all sanctions, better quality of life and a successful march towards a communist society, but also that such views on such matters don't spread around the world, especially not here where I live.
I ja volim pozorište, ali ne u svojoj kući.
@@jake8855 Their style does look really nice though, I don't care whether a style is new or old, just like I don't care whether a piece of music is new or not. Some people have this weird view of if something looks vintage then it is somehow bad, or sad. I don't think like that at all, I don't care from which period some clothing style, music, or anything else is. I like a lot of songs from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and I remember many people looking me weirdly because of that, because I am supposed to only listen to the newest music. I even like some classical music, I don't care that it was made hundreds od years ago. I like some folk songs which nobody even knows how old they are. I have noticed that Westerner son the Internet view TV series the same way. They are shocked when they here we (here in Serbia) are watching TV series from the 1990s or 1980s again. If a series is good, people here will watch it several times, even the older series. I also like some car designs from the 1980s a lot. When it comes to transportation, Trains are a very old way of transport yet they are the most efficient and green way of transport that we know of. Quarantine measures during the pandemic are invented thousands of years ago, yet they are simply the best at fighting against a pandemic. My point is, it is silly to discard something just because it is old.
Unpopular opinion: I love their style and the atmosphere
This is depressing for me xD
Dude you wont like it there lmao
That's My Opinion
Lowkey liked it though. Because you'll stay healthy and look nicely dressed
I like how professional they look
It is really interesting to see the citizen in Pyungyang has very similar life to our daily life here in Seoul Korea. Students, kids, men in suits, women chatting and smiling..
Taxi, Electric bus, Air-conditioner on the outer wall of building.. although they looks old fashioned.. but quite familiar and friendly to me.
I really hope to visit freely Pyungyang and other cities of N. Korea with my father, mom, who are now 80 years and 76, as they were born and grew in N. Korea before war in 1950. Before they pass away, deaming to visit together with my wife and daughter some day, near a very soon.
We are one blood, should commute freely as one nation.
You know it takes only 30 minutes to move by car from my apartment directly to Pyungyang, when the border control restriction is opened.
At 9:22 p.m. on March 26, 2010, the PCC-772 Cheonan, a Pohang-class patrol ship, was hit by a torpedo by a North Korean naval submarine while carrying out its patrol mission and sank.
After the attack, 58 people were rescued from the scene by PCC-778 Sokcho, a Pohang-class patrol ship operating in a nearby area, and by Chamsuri-class high-speed ships and coast guard ships in Baengnyeongdo Island, and 46 were killed.
Later, during the search operation, Han Ju-ho died on March 30 as a diving soldier, and on April 3, a double-choice civilian fishing boat 98 Geumyangho collided with a merchant ship, killing two people and missing seven,
resulting in 10
deaths/indirectly.
th-cam.com/video/hnoc58PQ6zQ/w-d-xo.html
Yes. That would be wonderful. Let’s hope it happens soon.
That's interesting. I really like South Korea, looks like a really great place and the people are excellent.
@@Kimjongun999 the king of copy-paste
This looks very normal, except nobody is on their phone. This could be from any other country, but before cell phones.
seems more normal of a down town then other videos I have seen. I like hearing people talking laughing sounding relaxed.
Right? It's just a normal video of people going about their day to day activities, yet most of the comments are like "it's all scripted..."
Somehow, I don't think you get it
@카이의 아내 yeah that makes sense. cause they are not as hungry
this is the most fucked up country in the world
@@yonggeun4222 it seems pretty bad :(
Seems pretty normal. Yes it does look like the 80s. But still not bizarre
I agree.
@@mihaititienar2994 but yeah when we compare it with the scenes of South Korea,the differences are drastic.
But I wonder which people are more happy.
@@soumyasishbhattacharyya2805 True, very very different from South Korea
@@soumyasishbhattacharyya2805 I bet South Koreans are still more happy, even if most North Koreans don’t have any perspective on quality of life
@@arloc357 yeah
Looks much cleaner than the city where I live, San Jose, California, USA.
But probably you can exghange your clothes more frequently than they can do it.
Then move there to your Communist paradise.
Looks much boring than the city where i live, Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain. 😅
Rafael Larrea How do you know that they cannot regularly exchange their clothes?
Alpargata Turboalimentada lol alpargata dice
there’s a lot of taxis passing through but not ONE passenger is inside. So it’s true, they’re trying to create the illusion that Pyongyang is a busy city.
Jesus christ you're propagandized 😂You really just can't accept something as mundane as the fact that North Koreans also use taxis (crazy I know 😱)
This just seems like a proof of concept/tech demo for an upcoming indie game.
My father's hometown is Geumseong-ri, Donghae-myeon, Gilju-gun, North Hamgyeongbuk-do, North Korea
When we are unified, the first thing I want to do is run to my hometown
My sincere apologies for the US occupation of your homeland.
@@BenGrem917 the south doesnt need your apology
@@BenGrem917 i hope you are joking because north korea is literally a prison country.
you are so utterly clueless that it is insane
@@BenGrem917 please tell me that you are joking
@@BenGrem917 "everyone has a similar opinion on this so i'm going to pick the uncommon opinion to seem intelligent and virtuous"
Not that I would want to live there, but it is kind of nice to see a city without a bunch of advertising everywhere.
Yeah, instead just government propaganda. 🙄🤦♀️
Bunch of advertising or bunch of brainwashing propagandas oh and speakers blasting those also
where?@@MrsBee-uo2lc
@@MrsBee-uo2lcany cons?
Is it "nice".. hmm. Look at the pink wall stretching for miles and miles. They probably colour code each block to give the eyes something to do in these streets.
This is kinda scary to watch. Poor people, they aren't free at all!
Are you?
Your k-pop Korean idols aren't free either. Plastic surgery, forced to dance and repeat the same choreography all night, sleep for 2, maybe 3 hours of their manager is lenient enough, food is carefully selected to keep the "hot slim Korean dancer" in shape and make the weak American girl scream. Come on now.