I just want to offer a word of encouragement to you for giving your viewers such authentic close-up scenes of everyday lives of real people. Forever indebted to you.
@Little Chinese Everywhere, can you please tell me what are the titles of the very first piece of music and the very last piece of this video? The two pieces of music are just incredible.
In fact, the vast majority of African countries, South Asian countries and Central and South American countries are poorer and more backward than North Korea, but the media controlled by the West has demonized North Korea too much!😅
Incitant și interesant acest subiect. Foarte bine explicat și mai ales cu multe imagini. Sunt foarte pasionat de viața ce se desfășoară la frontierele Coreei de Nord și mulțumesc frumos că ne-ai arătat asta intrun fel cum n-am mai văzut la alții. Respect și înaltă considerație pentru tot ceea ce faceți.
I live on a ranch in Texas, USA. I love watching your videos. They are very well made. When you speak directly to the camera, it is like listening to a friend- a very adventurous and interesting friend. Thank you for these! I’ll keep watching.
@@JamesTenisYan learned English in China. After working as a city planner for a few years she went to Swissland to get a PhD degree. She started her YT channel when she started her LONGEST trip back to China from Swissland. It was during Covid. It took her 6 months and she acrossed multiple countries to finally reach home.
@@JamesTenis ... Just wondered why you would assume her speaking good english would be attributed to her being educated in the US, where english is not taught well, very few speak it well and grammar is almost non existent?
Actually, since 1980s, especially the last 20 years, almost all Chinese need to learn English from primary school education. But the most have no good command of English becasuse of the lack of English language environment.
My Korean (south!) wife and I went to the DMZ near Incheon and there and there wasn't much to see. You're so close, so fascinating to see it right across the river! Thanks Yan!👍👍
I teach Chinese history and culture in Toronto Canada and your adventures are always recommended to my students to view and learn. Love and blessings to you!
Yan, another high quality, very educational and non-biased video. You are amazing. I visited South Korea DMZ Zone; it was interesting but your video is far more intriguing and shows far more of North Korea. I love how you always manage to get genuine people opinions about matters shown in the video in this case regarding North. It also clearly shows how far China has come in the last 40 plus years.
As a NYC cab driver I enjoyed the conversation you had with my fellow Chinese cabby, I'm retired now but miss meeting people from around the World.Thanks for your incredible videos on China.
Thank you so much Yan, and for the history background as well, the more I grow up the more I regret not learning about China earlier.. we are so focused on ourselves here in Europe, that we forget to learn and teach (to my generation, in between millennials and gen-z) so much more about the world and other cultures. I really wish to visit one day some of these beautiful places you're showing us, and even if I won't experience the same interactions with locals as you do, I feel grateful to watch your videos and experience this regardless, as if you're bringing us all on your backpack with you!! Not to mention, I found your channel during a very depressive period last winter, and while secluding myself from the world, I still found great solace in watching your videos every day. It was so refreshing, I felt as if I was escaping away from everything, immersed in these beautiful landscapes and culture. Now watching you again, a year later, in a much happier place, I feel so grateful that your journeys of discoveries are always in motion. Thank you, Yan, you are quite precious - as well as a brilliant videographer and storyteller. Sending you a hug from Amsterdam!
@@littlechineseeverywhereAs a Filipino I admired your channel but I would to ask a favor from you to advise your government to keep your navy and coast guard away from “West Philippine Sea” because we already won a legal case against your government in the International Court that truly proves that those area belongs to the Philippine Economic Zone.
@@solecaring1230There is never “West Philippine Sea” but only “South China Sea”，the Inter national Court is nothing， Philippine and US stage this farce by yourself. China doesn’t participate and recognize it.
This video is so fascinating! My grandma is from Dandong and I've always dreamed of visiting there. I've only been as far north as Wafangdian, and we usually only stay in Beijing when we go back to China. My mum always told me about the river that separated China and Korea when she was growing up. It's surreal seeing that in real life here and how oddly normal life seems on both sides.
You always hear about the North-South Korea border but never the border between China and North Korea. Thanks for sharing, Yan! Hopefully I can explore this part of China soon, I haven’t even been to Beijing yet and I’ve been living in China for 3 years 😅
Hi ! U being in China since 3 years & still not yet to Beijing. Unbelievable !. Hope at least you could manage to speak some local vernacular Mandarin < Pu Tung Fa > understood mostly everywhere. So get out & visit. With so cheap easy travelling speed train & cheap 4 Stars hotels, take a long vacation from your works. Cheers!
@@jean-pierrelanhingkwong7852 I know it’s crazy! I can speak some mandarin but sometimes struggle to understand regional dialects. Hopefully we will head north soon for a trip to Beijing or somewhere else in the north. For now, the weather is getting cooler, I will wait until next summer so it isn’t too cold hahah!
@@ExpatNatt Hi ! When you talk the weather being cold, now in October Autumn, I think you may be an Anglo-Aussie from Australia. The best time to travel in China is between end of August to end of November. it would neither too hot, neither humid nor too cold. Avoid the the ten days, five before & five after the Chinese National Day 1st October. Plenty of people everywhere; all hotels booked; restaurants & food-houses filled up, unless you love mingling & enjoying the crowd. Am an introvert; I hate getting & pushing in big crowd. What the place you are now, probably in the south, in the kwantung province where it is always warm & cool. Cheers
@@jean-pierrelanhingkwong7852 I agree. Summer is usually too hot in China hahah. but unfortunately I do not get annual leave from work so I can only travel during weekends (Beijing is too far to doing go for one night), national holidays, and summer 😭😭 This is why I have mostly only travelled to the areas near Shanghai as we can do these as weekend trips. If anyone has any weekend trip recommendations from Shanghai (one night), let me know!
As a Korean American, I sincerely appreciate your interest in North Korea and the video you have shared. May you remain strong and healthy both in body and spirit. God bless you and God bless all North Koreans as well as all Chinese. 作为一名韩裔美国人，我真诚感谢您对朝鲜的关注以及您分享的视频。愿您身心健康，平安无恙。愿上帝保佑您，也保佑所有朝鲜人和所有中国人。
22:02 For your information Kiwi Fruits are from China. in 1904, when New Zealand school principal Isabel Fraser brought some kiwifruit seeds back from her travels.
Nihao Yan..... Greetings from Texas USA. You are an amazing Ambassador of Travel to the far corners of the earth, China your lovely country. For those of us in great number, that cannot travel and will not in this lifetime go to China, you bring us the wonders that modern technology has to offer. Your drone is a plus, but your understanding and knowledge is far superior, I loved how you explained the division of Korea. I feel sorry for the people on the other side of the river, not knowing our modern world and what it offers. However we have to respect each country and hope one day there will be peace and open borders. Thank you for a wonderful interesting video, be careful stay safe until we meet again my friend.
In fact, the vast majority of African countries, South Asian countries and Central and South American countries are poorer and more backward than North Korea, but the media controlled by the West has demonized North Korea too much!😅
That taxi driver was such a friendly fella! Interesting he compared North Korea to 70/80s China - I've heard a few more senior Chinese folks say similar in the past. Thanks so much as always for sharing!
Exactly, china was no less then this North, Korea during early 1980 and late 70s .. May be china has lot improve as compared now . World is watching china infrastructures with surprise and awe...
@AstuteRealm China does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. If Kim Jong Un does not want to develop the economy, China will not interfere with them.
@@AstuteRealm Seems for me that the North Koreans closed the border, not China. I guess, the North Koreans fear an American payed "colour revolution" with incoming "activist" resulting in a civil war. The natural resources of North Korea are to tempting for greedy Wall Street.
Just found your channel and I'm obsessed. Great filming, love the captions on screen and straight to the point. Please keep up the great work, love your videos!
We just watched a video from an Indonesian vlogger about the DMZ at the South Korean border. And today we watched your vlog. It's really interesting to learn the history from both sides.
Kiwi furit, I rember as a child in the 1960's, Kiwi fruit were called Chinese gooseberry. A lot of people had them growing by their house. The big ones that are sold around the world now were breed and devaloped in New Zealand but at the time they thought Chinese goosberry was a bad name for marketing the new fruit because western country's were very supsicios of anything coming from China so they changed the name to Kiwi fruit.
Kiwi fruit originated in China, and over 2,500 years ago, the Chinese kiwi fruit was recorded in the earliest collection of Chinese poetry, . In 1847, the Royal Horticultural Society of Britain collected many specimens of Chinese kiwi fruit in China. Britain and the United States introduced and cultivated the fruit from China in 1900 and 1904, respectively. In 1904, New Zealand introduced and cultivated Chinese kiwi fruit and developed the Abott, Bruno, and Hayward varieties for commercial production. the fruits was sold all over the world.At present, there are still a large number of wild kiwifruit growing in many mountain forests in China, covering almost the whole of China
But the "ruan zao" in the film is a different kind, they taste better. Even in the wild, the original variety is delicious.(Wild kiwi is not very tasty.)
@@brunetyannick1174 In fact, they prefer cold weather, wild kiwifruit grows throughout the wild forests of China. However, this kiwiberry only lives in northern China.
Your videos share more than just amazing images and drone shots. It teaches all of us what it's like in another part of the world through you eyes and we are all thankful for that Yan.. Thank you and be safe my friend 👍
Hi Yan, I have visited China for one month and I know I haven't touched the surface on this fascinating country. I have learnt a lot from your informative videos form places I would love to visit. Thank you for the really interesting video from Dandong. It's fascinating being able to see across the river and listening to the stories that the taxi drivers shared. The food looks incredibly delicious especially from Changbai. The rice wrap in a green leaf (is it grape vine leaf) looks terrific and healthy. I noticed Korean pork blood, rice and vegetables sausage which I haven't seen before even here where there are lots of Korean restaurants, but not street food like that. Keep up the great work as you are educating travellers and would be travellers on China. Kind regards, D.
Dandong is the only way to goes to North korea now, and welcome come to China！China's economy is deflating now, so it's much cheaper to buy things. (inflation rate 0.2%)
Loved this documentary. It is authentic, beautiful country. Great history lesson. We all must learn to embrace and respect each other and new cultures. Thank you for taking us with you🎉❤
At 14:43 the signboard on top was saying I like my country the best and the bottom one I can’t really make out certain characters but it’s something along the lines of “Let's establish the entire party and society as the revolutionary ideology of Kim Jong-un”
Estuve esperando este vídeo, porque incluso tener una visión más auténtica de china es difícil para los que vivimos del otro lado del mundo. Felicitaciones muy buen vídeo.
Vielen Dank für den sehr interessanten Bericht. Das ist das erste Mal, dass ich einen Einblick auf die Grenze zwischen China und Nord-Korea bekommen habe.
This is awesome! A better perspective coming from a Chinese vlogger - being local & speaking same language opens up lots of info. Hope you will delve more into this area & to understand what the DPRK is all about in our time! Also quite heartbreaking to hear people in dire needs over there. Pray for their wellbeing!🙏👍 Thanks again!
You most probably watch and listen to MSM in your country. There are more people in different parts of the world who are in worse situations than in NK.
Pray? If you live in the west, your country is to be blamed for putting an economic blockade against North Korea since 1953. That is the main reason for the "dire needs" over there.
Que vídeo incrível e que perspectiva única. Eu ficaria horas na margem do rio observando as pessoas do outro lado! Seu trabalho é fascinante, como sempre!
This video is absolutely fascinating! I watched it, paused, and watched it again. Thank you so much for giving us a magnificent glimpse into North Korea
Hi Yan I just come across your channel by another TH-camr and I just loved, especially the fact that you are showing us you land; You are so calm and sweet, I could watch your videos all day and it is what I am going to do on my free time... China is so beautiful, and I wish someday to be able to visit and get to know this beautiful country, but I would like something like you do, out of the tourist spectrum and more towards nature and locals. Loots of love from the UK (Natural from Brasil) 🤗
I heard from friends that more than 10 people from North Korea came to Dandong to work as waiters, and there were two supervisors among them, who were responsible for management and surveillance to prevent anyone from escaping. So try not to talk too much to the North Korean waiter when dining in a restaurant, because it is easy to cause trouble for him.
Interesting facts gathered first hand, some almost with an "incognito" approach 😉 Keep healthy and strong, young Yan, and let's see your channel passing 500k mark soon!
China has 14 land neighbors, the most of any country in the world. Over the years of history and economic development, people have often moved back and forth between the two sides. When China was hit by a famine in the 1960s, Chinese people fled to North Korea. When North Korea was hit by a famine in the 1990s, North Koreans fled to China.
It's wild how much has changed. I do recall defectors saying something like how before the 90s it'd be people from North Korea coming into China to do trades and leave gifts (gas stoves, lamps were given as examples) for their relatives, but after the 90s things basically did a 180.
So true. I remember the thousands of mainland Chinese coming to Hong Kong to buy goods with their suitcase. Now hundreds of thousands Hong Kongers go to mainland China every day with their suitcase.😂
and the thing of Chinese land borders is that the closer to get to the border the more gradual it phasing to the neighboring country like with North korea, like with Vietnam.
Love the video about the border from a Chinese than an European and American. The POV is so different from most of the videos. Greetings from the Philippines 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭. By the way i subd Jingwu Show 😊😊😊
A very interesting place to visit, we went to Chaingbaishan in 2018, and looked down on the lake that straddles the border. The people driving the "vans" that take you up are quite interesting, I was very scared. A beautiful part of China, and I am guessing the fall colors are pretty cool about now also. As always, very nice video, thanks for what you do.
🥰😍❤ I really enjoy your content. Honest, straight forward. Thank you for speaking English Your content is better described as below. Honest documentary filmmaker. Your work is amazing and I really enjoy and appreciate your efforts. Brave. Fearless. Communication skills off the charts. Thank you so much🤪🤪🤪🤪
Wow that was fascinating! I love your interesting and amazing trips and your knowledge of every place you visit! I’m learning more from you than the history books! Thank you so much for showing us places we will never get to visit. Bravo young lady! You are delightful and entertaining because of your enthusiasm! 👏❤️🌹
Thank you Yan for another fascinating episode! I visited Yan Ji city (延吉） this summer. Most shops/restaurants are owned by Korean Chinese. In one restaurant I noticed all waitresses are from North Korea. They are young and very pretty. The interaction with customers were limited to take orders and serve the tables. I heard they are government selected to work in China to earn foreign currency for North Korea. They are not allowed to have casual chat with customers. Locals (Korean Chinese) also told me in the past (till about 10 years ago) their K-12 instruction language is in Korean which limited their opportunities for college because their Mandarin (which is official language in China) is very poor. Often times their only option is Yan Bian University (延边大学) which caters Korean speaking students. Nowadays Chinese government reformed education system in Korean Autonomous Region so they could learn Mandarin in K-12 which opens opportunities for them to enter any Chinese universities. I also learned that Korean Chinese are welcomed in South Korea as the best cheap labor who speak Korean. My taxi driver (a Korean Chinese) told me they get work permits and can go to South Korea visa free. It is very easy for Korean Chinese to get permanent residency in South Korea.
Amazing to view and hear perspectives from China! This is something I’ve never seen before & really appreciate how you interviewed others in the area to gain more opinions and insight. Love it!
Excellent video! The issue of the China-Korea border has made me curious for a long time now. There is little content about this, and finding your video made me very happy. Hugs from Brazil!
Hi, thank you for your Videos. They seem very honest and informative. No pretense, no Drama or artificial conflict like do many other stuff on yt. Some day o hope to return to China and see some of rural / non tourist China, but the language barrier scares me a bit
Learn some broken Mandarin, it isn't so hard. Even if you screw up the different tones of words the younger generation can probably still understand you.
I really amazed by Chinese(both the government and the people) how to make money from tourism "to see North Korea closer". Many people who are curious about North Korea will going to Liaoning and spend money there to see North Korea.👍👍
Before the epidemic, there were official tour groups that could go deep into North Korea, but now everything is closed again, but curiosity has not disappeared
Fascinating video. I have seen several video's like this one, but everyone has his/her own take on things and it's always interesting. Have a nice journey around the North of China. Can't wait to see the Yanbian prefecture.
Been waiting for this series of videos and was not disappointed. As always interesting and informative and entertaining, showing us things we never see on MSM herd in the west . It's interesting to see the borders which are so close , you tell us just as you see it and interesting to here the views of the locals as well . As always loved the great drone shots and you always catch the beauty of the countryside. A great video as always looking forward to what you show us next .
Nihao Yan. Very interesting video. I say this because I worked in South Korea for almost 20 years and have always been fascinated about North Korea. I am from South Africa. One year I even visited Changbai mountain (will go and see that video next of yours - The SACRED Mountain).
On reflection, this vblog is mirrored like previous yesteryears' documentaries whereby the Westerners are and were still curious about the culture of China. Similarly the rest of the world; including the Mainland Chinese are now exploring into the mystified North Koreans culture but I am fortunate to view this via your camera lenses at first glance from the China's side. Through your camera lenses, it gives me a remote touch of North Korean Culture..
Mainland Chinese have been exploring North Korea the entire time. The border is closed since covid, but before that Mainland tourists were traveling there. "SAO Documentary" channel is a good example. They traveled to North Korea 3x and filmed a lot there.
trade isn’t really done due to sanctions which prevent economic development in north korea. i think north korea won’t allow chinese to go there for tourists anymore since they still haven’t vaccinated their population yet
Thank you, Yan. Even Chinese are curious what is going inside North Korea. For those interested in the Mongolian/Korean/Manchurian history, the picture that Yan posted "Jingwu show" is very interesting. He is a great speaker and keep the story very entertaining.
@@thisiskevin1000 In one of the episode I watched, I think he mentioned he is half Manchurian and half something else.... I watched all his video, but he hasnt posted in a while.
Found this TH-cam channel, because I've been watching several historian channel. This gem is truly a gem. Really like how you explaining and how the way you capture everything, also the way you communicate with people.
Dear Yan thanks for the most epic tour to North Korean border. I will watch again for more details of your excursions. God bless your hard work.❤🌺🌻🙏🌲❣️🌞🙏🌺🌻
14:41 내나라제일로좋아! "I like my country the most!". That's a bold statement, coming from a dark place at night. At least they have pride for their country. --- Sometimes I wonder what Korea would've been if it was left untouched by Imperial Japan...
Your video is well done. I am an American teacher and visited North Korea for 2-weeks in 2015. I was teaching English in South Korea and toured North Korea with a British touring company out of Beijing. We flew from that city to Pyongyang, then toured around the country. I took hundreds of photos (which I have shown in both the U.S. and South Korea). Here are several observations from my visit: 1. Most mechanical things in North Korea are broken or break down regularly, for example elevators, hot water and electrical systems, 2. The people are understandably fearful of contact with foreigners, 3. North Koreans do not have the ability to use global internet connections-just listening to South Korean music or watching videos of South Korean TV shows will get you in prison, 4. Prison is a serious affair, many law violations will not only get you in prison, but also 3-generations of your family can be imprisoned, 5. People, wherever they live, are monitored by their neighbors. You cannot travel or have guests in your home without permission 6. America is seen as an evil power whose sole purpose is to destroy North Korea and kill North Koreans, 7. Stores-all government operations, have few products and the products they do have are generally of very poor quality...If you would like to somehow link with several blogs I have written, including photos I have taken in North Korea, just let me know. -Steve
Yan, I am glad I catch your latest release of another interesting journey. I am seeing increasing rate of member subscription to your channel. Hope to see it reaches 1 million subscribers soon.😊
The words are a little inaccurate. North Korea did not invade South Korea. In essence, the North-South Korean war was a civil war. The United States bypassed the Security Council to send troops because the Soviet Union voted against the request to send troops.
I just want to offer a word of encouragement to you for giving your viewers such authentic close-up scenes of everyday lives of real people. Forever indebted to you.
@Little Chinese Everywhere, can you please tell me what are the titles of the very first piece of music and the very last piece of this video? The two pieces of music are just incredible.
In fact, the vast majority of African countries, South Asian countries and Central and South American countries are poorer and more backward than North Korea, but the media controlled by the West has demonized North Korea too much!😅
Incitant și interesant acest subiect. Foarte bine explicat și mai ales cu multe imagini. Sunt foarte pasionat de viața ce se desfășoară la frontierele Coreei de Nord și mulțumesc frumos că ne-ai arătat asta intrun fel cum n-am mai văzut la alții. Respect și înaltă considerație pentru tot ceea ce faceți.
Compliments on your English!
North Korea is a hell hole. I feel really bad for the ppl there living under a dictator.
I live on a ranch in Texas, USA. I love watching your videos. They are very well made. When you speak directly to the camera, it is like listening to a friend- a very adventurous and interesting friend. Thank you for these! I’ll keep watching.
I live in California. Your English and communication skills are excellent. Were you educated in USA?
@@JamesTenisYan learned English in China. After working as a city planner for a few years she went to Swissland to get a PhD degree. She started her YT channel when she started her LONGEST trip back to China from Swissland. It was during Covid. It took her 6 months and she acrossed multiple countries to finally reach home.
@@JamesTenis ... Just wondered why you would assume her speaking good english would be attributed to her being educated in the US, where english is not taught well, very few speak it well and grammar is almost non existent?
I'm in Beaumont. I feel the same way. It was very interesting.
Actually, since 1980s, especially the last 20 years, almost all Chinese need to learn English from primary school education. But the most have no good command of English becasuse of the lack of English language environment.
My Korean (south!) wife and I went to the DMZ near Incheon and there and there wasn't much to see. You're so close, so fascinating to see it right across the river! Thanks Yan!👍👍
Also a mostly forested place with lots of flora and fauna.
Even mother nature had its way 😊😊😊😊
you woudnt have to emphasize on South, im would not assume your wife is from the north.🤣🤣🤣
@@shenghe9861 I've had lots of people ask!😂
Mt. Changbai is very very beautiful… went this summer and met many Koreans…
@@ARWest-bp4yb hope no war between north and south, love from China♥
I teach Chinese history and culture in Toronto Canada and your adventures are always recommended to my students to view and learn. Love and blessings to you!
Yan, another high quality, very educational and non-biased video. You are amazing. I visited South Korea DMZ Zone; it was interesting but your video is far more intriguing and shows far more of North Korea. I love how you always manage to get genuine people opinions about matters shown in the video in this case regarding North. It also clearly shows how far China has come in the last 40 plus years.
As a NYC cab driver I enjoyed the conversation you had with my fellow Chinese cabby, I'm retired now but miss meeting people from around the World.Thanks for your incredible videos on China.
When i went to new york city as a visitor once, the cab drivers i had were nice people :)
Seems cab drivers are all the same and talkative.
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Radio on full blast what a fucking turd
How I know you are a african American
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This is really fascinating. I've never seen an insight into the China - NK border like this from the Chinese perspective. Great video
Thank you so much Yan, and for the history background as well, the more I grow up the more I regret not learning about China earlier.. we are so focused on ourselves here in Europe, that we forget to learn and teach (to my generation, in between millennials and gen-z) so much more about the world and other cultures. I really wish to visit one day some of these beautiful places you're showing us, and even if I won't experience the same interactions with locals as you do, I feel grateful to watch your videos and experience this regardless, as if you're bringing us all on your backpack with you!!
Not to mention, I found your channel during a very depressive period last winter, and while secluding myself from the world, I still found great solace in watching your videos every day. It was so refreshing, I felt as if I was escaping away from everything, immersed in these beautiful landscapes and culture. Now watching you again, a year later, in a much happier place, I feel so grateful that your journeys of discoveries are always in motion. Thank you, Yan, you are quite precious - as well as a brilliant videographer and storyteller.
Sending you a hug from Amsterdam!
send u a hug too！and a❤
You can learn Chinese now! There's no reason to regret not learning it before, justr start taking lessons!
@@littlechineseeverywhereAs a Filipino I admired your channel but I would to ask a favor from you to advise your government to keep your navy and coast guard away from “West Philippine Sea” because we already won a legal case against your government in the International Court that truly proves that those area belongs to the Philippine Economic Zone.
@@solecaring1230There is never “West Philippine Sea” but only “South China Sea”，the Inter national Court is nothing， Philippine and US stage this farce by yourself. China doesn’t participate and recognize it.
@@solecaring1230You think she can just ask the government to stop 🤣 yeah sure we'll stop on your recommendation
This video is so fascinating! My grandma is from Dandong and I've always dreamed of visiting there. I've only been as far north as Wafangdian, and we usually only stay in Beijing when we go back to China. My mum always told me about the river that separated China and Korea when she was growing up. It's surreal seeing that in real life here and how oddly normal life seems on both sides.
美女现在是华人了吧
Wasn’t expecting to see this channel on any video about North Korean
Joanna!! I used to watch your videos all the time when I was younger! Great to see you here ❤
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You always hear about the North-South Korea border but never the border between China and North Korea. Thanks for sharing, Yan! Hopefully I can explore this part of China soon, I haven’t even been to Beijing yet and I’ve been living in China for 3 years 😅
@@ExpatNatt The 38th parallel that divides the Korean peninsula from 1953.
Hi ! U being in China since 3 years & still not yet to Beijing. Unbelievable !. Hope at least you could manage to speak some local vernacular Mandarin < Pu Tung Fa > understood mostly everywhere. So get out & visit. With so cheap easy travelling speed train & cheap 4 Stars hotels, take a long vacation from your works. Cheers!
@@jean-pierrelanhingkwong7852 I know it’s crazy! I can speak some mandarin but sometimes struggle to understand regional dialects. Hopefully we will head north soon for a trip to Beijing or somewhere else in the north. For now, the weather is getting cooler, I will wait until next summer so it isn’t too cold hahah!
@@ExpatNatt Hi ! When you talk the weather being cold, now in October Autumn, I think you may be an Anglo-Aussie from Australia. The best time to travel in China is between end of August to end of November. it would neither too hot, neither humid nor too cold. Avoid the the ten days, five before & five after the Chinese National Day 1st October. Plenty of people everywhere; all hotels booked; restaurants & food-houses filled up, unless you love mingling & enjoying the crowd. Am an introvert; I hate getting & pushing in big crowd. What the place you are now, probably in the south, in the kwantung province where it is always warm & cool. Cheers
@@jean-pierrelanhingkwong7852 I agree. Summer is usually too hot in China hahah. but unfortunately I do not get annual leave from work so I can only travel during weekends (Beijing is too far to doing go for one night), national holidays, and summer 😭😭 This is why I have mostly only travelled to the areas near Shanghai as we can do these as weekend trips. If anyone has any weekend trip recommendations from Shanghai (one night), let me know!
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As a Korean American, I sincerely appreciate your interest in North Korea and the video you have shared. May you remain strong and healthy both in body and spirit. God bless you and God bless all North Koreans as well as all Chinese. 作为一名韩裔美国人，我真诚感谢您对朝鲜的关注以及您分享的视频。愿您身心健康，平安无恙。愿上帝保佑您，也保佑所有朝鲜人和所有中国人。
Koreans hate china
LOVE ALL HUMAN BEING, WE ARE ALL RELATED.
This is the content we need, I want more, and I love the interviews with double translations. Big fat thumbs up!
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Yan, thank you for your amaxing video! Hope you have a nice day!
Thank you for supporting me! 🥰
Thank u for “taking us there”, wow 😊 Enjoy n stay safe Miss
Valeu!
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22:02 For your information Kiwi Fruits are from China. in 1904, when New Zealand school principal Isabel Fraser brought some kiwifruit seeds back from her travels.
it used to be called Chinese Gooseberry
@@ruizheng3760 same in french ' Groseille de Chine "
I think many crops are from China, peach, orange, rice, tea...
Your videos are amazing and invaluable for an English speaking person to understand a different culture in such a practical way.
An important part of the West's smear campaign against China is to bring China's image closer to that of North Korea.
Nihao Yan..... Greetings from Texas USA. You are an amazing Ambassador of Travel to the far corners of the earth, China your lovely country. For those of us in great number, that cannot travel and will not in this lifetime go to China, you bring us the wonders that modern technology has to offer. Your drone is a plus, but your understanding and knowledge is far superior, I loved how you explained the division of Korea. I feel sorry for the people on the other side of the river, not knowing our modern world and what it offers. However we have to respect each country and hope one day there will be peace and open borders. Thank you for a wonderful interesting video, be careful stay safe until we meet again my friend.
In fact, the vast majority of African countries, South Asian countries and Central and South American countries are poorer and more backward than North Korea, but the media controlled by the West has demonized North Korea too much!😅
Why don’t you move to China if Communist China is so great? What is holding you back from doing it?
That taxi driver was such a friendly fella! Interesting he compared North Korea to 70/80s China - I've heard a few more senior Chinese folks say similar in the past.
Thanks so much as always for sharing!
And the role of North Korean expatriates, mostly involved in trading goods and services, could be reliable sources of first hand perspectives.
Exactly, china was no less then this North, Korea during early 1980 and late 70s .. May be china has lot improve as compared now . World is watching china infrastructures with surprise and awe...
So why doesn't China help North Korea to advance its economy and improve their standard of living?
@AstuteRealm China does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. If Kim Jong Un does not want to develop the economy, China will not interfere with them.
@@AstuteRealm Seems for me that the North Koreans closed the border, not China. I guess, the North Koreans fear an American payed "colour revolution" with incoming "activist" resulting in a civil war. The natural resources of North Korea are to tempting for greedy Wall Street.
Just found your channel and I'm obsessed. Great filming, love the captions on screen and straight to the point. Please keep up the great work, love your videos!
So glad to see your popularity is growing. You have a wonderful show. Keep up the good work.
Almost 500K followers on this platform 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Great as always. You are a gem.
We just watched a video from an Indonesian vlogger about the DMZ at the South Korean border. And today we watched your vlog. It's really interesting to learn the history from both sides.
@@bundCa_ind And from alternative perspectives
Kiwi furit, I rember as a child in the 1960's, Kiwi fruit were called Chinese gooseberry. A lot of people had them growing by their house.
The big ones that are sold around the world now were breed and devaloped in New Zealand but at the time they thought Chinese goosberry was a bad name for marketing the new fruit because western country's were very supsicios of anything coming from China so they changed the name to Kiwi fruit.
Kiwi fruit originated in China, and over 2,500 years ago, the Chinese kiwi fruit was recorded in the earliest collection of Chinese poetry, . In 1847, the Royal Horticultural Society of Britain collected many specimens of Chinese kiwi fruit in China. Britain and the United States introduced and cultivated the fruit from China in 1900 and 1904, respectively. In 1904, New Zealand introduced and cultivated Chinese kiwi fruit and developed the Abott, Bruno, and Hayward varieties for commercial production. the fruits was sold all over the world.At present, there are still a large number of wild kiwifruit growing in many mountain forests in China, covering almost the whole of China
But the "ruan zao" in the film is a different kind, they taste better. Even in the wild, the original variety is delicious.(Wild kiwi is not very tasty.)
@@shenyun7195 we have those too
@@shenyun7195 This looks like a kiwaï, the hairless ones, much more cold hardy
@@brunetyannick1174 In fact, they prefer cold weather, wild kiwifruit grows throughout the wild forests of China. However, this kiwiberry only lives in northern China.
Your videos share more than just amazing images and drone shots. It teaches all of us what it's like in another part of the world through you eyes and we are all thankful for that Yan.. Thank you and be safe my friend 👍
@@tomelliott5841 Alternate perspectives do exists
An important part of the West's smear campaign against China is to bring China's image closer to that of North Korea.
Hi Yan, I have visited China for one month and I know I haven't touched the surface on this fascinating country. I have learnt a lot from your informative videos form places I would love to visit. Thank you for the really interesting video from Dandong. It's fascinating being able to see across the river and listening to the stories that the taxi drivers shared. The food looks incredibly delicious especially from Changbai. The rice wrap in a green leaf (is it grape vine leaf) looks terrific and healthy. I noticed Korean pork blood, rice and vegetables sausage which I haven't seen before even here where there are lots of Korean restaurants, but not street food like that. Keep up the great work as you are educating travellers and would be travellers on China. Kind regards, D.
Dandong is the only way to goes to North korea now, and welcome come to China！China's economy is deflating now, so it's much cheaper to buy things. (inflation rate 0.2%)
Loved this documentary. It is authentic, beautiful country. Great history lesson. We all must learn to embrace and respect each other and new cultures. Thank you for taking us with you🎉❤
At 14:43 the signboard on top was saying I like my country the best and the bottom one I can’t really make out certain characters but it’s something along the lines of “Let's establish the entire party and society as the revolutionary ideology of Kim Jong-un”
Thank you.
This is dictatorship
thanks ... i was trying to translate it in google lens and failed ...
Finally, Dong Bei series is here… Been waiting for this since you mentioned about travelling to this region as your next destination 😊😊🎉
Estuve esperando este vídeo, porque incluso tener una visión más auténtica de china es difícil para los que vivimos del otro lado del mundo.
Felicitaciones muy buen vídeo.
Vielen Dank für den sehr interessanten Bericht. Das ist das erste Mal, dass ich einen Einblick auf die Grenze zwischen China und Nord-Korea bekommen habe.
So beautifully and wonderfully made! It's really fun! The best kind of content on TH-cam thank you!
This is awesome! A better perspective coming from a Chinese vlogger - being local & speaking same language opens up lots of info. Hope you will delve more into this area & to understand what the DPRK is all about in our time! Also quite heartbreaking to hear people in dire needs over there. Pray for their wellbeing!🙏👍 Thanks again!
You most probably watch and listen to MSM in your country. There are more people in different parts of the world who are in worse situations than in NK.
Pray? If you live in the west, your country is to be blamed for putting an economic blockade against North Korea since 1953. That is the main reason for the "dire needs" over there.
@@ribeiro2024 实际的情况是,即使政府政府支付了大多数的费用,但是由于经济和科技的发展,当地居民能获取到的好处也是十分有限的,特别是医疗资源,很多人都无法在第一时间得到有效的治疗,还有一个就是能源的缺乏,也是一个影响人们生活质量的重要因素.他们将自己的大部分收入上交给国家,就是为了能得到可以在中国工作的许可.尽管如此,他们依然选择这样做,就可以看出北朝鲜的处境.我并不想说哪个国家不好,只是如果人类可以放下彼此的成见,相信世界可以变得更加美好.
@@nicholasc700 There are previous YT vlogs about DPRK where you can watch.
不要再拿你救世主的眼光评判别人，这种自我感觉高人一等的思想是非常令人厌恶的，你也在生活，朝鲜的人民也是在生活，就是这样，每个人在生活中都在经历悲伤或者快乐的事情，拿你自己的政治正确来定义别人生活的好坏是非常没有道理而且虚伪的
Que vídeo incrível e que perspectiva única. Eu ficaria horas na margem do rio observando as pessoas do outro lado! Seu trabalho é fascinante, como sempre!
I absolutely love your videos!
I'm from Scotland. I've visited China a few times now and loved both the country and the people, so friendly. Don't fancy going to NK though.
Would love to visit DPRK again. China aswell. So much seeworthy I had no time for. South Korea though, no ty.
@@tjallingdalheuvel126 Why specifically no to SK?
I like your conversations with the locals and their stories as well as your videography. An insightful video, keep up the amazing work!
This video is absolutely fascinating! I watched it, paused, and watched it again. Thank you so much for giving us a magnificent glimpse into North Korea
Very nice video as always, totally worth the waiting. Looking forward to your travel in Northeast China!❤
Thanks Yan. I really enjoy watching your videos. Not missing any of your sharing. It's such an eye opening. Safe travel & happy exploring. 😍
Hi Yan I just come across your channel by another TH-camr and I just loved, especially the fact that you are showing us you land; You are so calm and sweet, I could watch your videos all day and it is what I am going to do on my free time... China is so beautiful, and I wish someday to be able to visit and get to know this beautiful country, but I would like something like you do, out of the tourist spectrum and more towards nature and locals. Loots of love from the UK (Natural from Brasil) 🤗
I heard from friends that more than 10 people from North Korea came to Dandong to work as waiters, and there were two supervisors among them, who were responsible for management and surveillance to prevent anyone from escaping. So try not to talk too much to the North Korean waiter when dining in a restaurant, because it is easy to cause trouble for him.
Interesting facts gathered first hand, some almost with an "incognito" approach 😉 Keep healthy and strong, young Yan, and let's see your channel passing 500k mark soon!
China has 14 land neighbors, the most of any country in the world. Over the years of history and economic development, people have often moved back and forth between the two sides. When China was hit by a famine in the 1960s, Chinese people fled to North Korea. When North Korea was hit by a famine in the 1990s, North Koreans fled to China.
N.K get arrested and deported back.
@@sara.cbc92just like how mexicans wall jumpers should be sent back to Mexico 😌
It's wild how much has changed. I do recall defectors saying something like how before the 90s it'd be people from North Korea coming into China to do trades and leave gifts (gas stoves, lamps were given as examples) for their relatives, but after the 90s things basically did a 180.
So true.
I remember the thousands of mainland Chinese coming to Hong Kong to buy goods with their suitcase.
Now hundreds of thousands Hong Kongers go to mainland China every day with their suitcase.😂
and the thing of Chinese land borders is that the closer to get to the border the more gradual it phasing to the neighboring country like with North korea, like with Vietnam.
Woah I'm second comment! One of the best channels on youtube!
Thank you for the respect, and not making a spectacle or mockery out of North Korea like so many Westerners do
yan,你很厉害，我从你几万的订阅到现在，从上年的十几万不到一年蹭噌噌的一下四十几万了，证明你的努力得到大家都认可，恭喜你😊
一样，关注她的时候才几万😂
证明了流利的说英语在TH-cam的优势！
我关注的时候是20多万😂
All your videos are informative and interesting but this one is exceptionally good. So looking forward to your journey. Happy traveling!
Love the video about the border from a Chinese than an European and American. The POV is so different from most of the videos. Greetings from the Philippines 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭. By the way i subd Jingwu Show
😊😊😊
Yan even commented on Jingwu’s Korean series
Love this episode, looking forward to more.
Yes! I've been looking for a channel like this for ages and finally found it. An authentic exploration of china/Korea. Thank you
Oh, what a beautiful video!! Congrats for the amazing journey. Greetings from Brazil. You will be very welcome to our country if you come one day.
Wow! China and North Korea, two countries I find most interesting, so glad your channel exists
marvelous video! miss little chinese everywhere and anywhere!!! i insanely love it!!! ur sooo brilliant!! thank you!
A very interesting place to visit, we went to Chaingbaishan in 2018, and looked down on the lake that straddles the border. The people driving the "vans" that take you up are quite interesting, I was very scared. A beautiful part of China, and I am guessing the fall colors are pretty cool about now also. As always, very nice video, thanks for what you do.
What a very interesting episode. Thanks for showing us some rarely shown places. Cheers from Australia.
Its so beautiful to watch a totally different Country, Culture and People. Love from India!
🥰😍❤ I really enjoy your content. Honest, straight forward. Thank you for speaking English Your content is better described as below. Honest documentary filmmaker. Your work is amazing and I really enjoy and appreciate your efforts. Brave. Fearless. Communication skills off the charts. Thank you so much🤪🤪🤪🤪
This is a very interesting episode! Great work. I'm going to re-watch it. 谢谢
Wow that was fascinating! I love your interesting and amazing trips and your knowledge of every place you visit! I’m learning more from you than the history books! Thank you so much for showing us places we will never get to visit. Bravo young lady! You are delightful and entertaining because of your enthusiasm! 👏❤️🌹
Thank you Yan for another fascinating episode! I visited Yan Ji city (延吉） this summer. Most shops/restaurants are owned by Korean Chinese. In one restaurant I noticed all waitresses are from North Korea. They are young and very pretty. The interaction with customers were limited to take orders and serve the tables. I heard they are government selected to work in China to earn foreign currency for North Korea. They are not allowed to have casual chat with customers. Locals (Korean Chinese) also told me in the past (till about 10 years ago) their K-12 instruction language is in Korean which limited their opportunities for college because their Mandarin (which is official language in China) is very poor. Often times their only option is Yan Bian University (延边大学) which caters Korean speaking students. Nowadays Chinese government reformed education system in Korean Autonomous Region so they could learn Mandarin in K-12 which opens opportunities for them to enter any Chinese universities. I also learned that Korean Chinese are welcomed in South Korea as the best cheap labor who speak Korean. My taxi driver (a Korean Chinese) told me they get work permits and can go to South Korea visa free. It is very easy for Korean Chinese to get permanent residency in South Korea.
中国朝鲜族可以很容易去到韩国，但是韩国人会歧视中国朝鲜人的口音😂
确实如此，以前东北地区的很多人去了韩国工作，现在少多了。如今在韩国工作也就一万多人民币一个月，但是那边物价都很高，生活成本昂贵。
韩国工资比大陆高，所以中国很多朝鲜族都会去韩国工作
I liked how you put your foot over the line lol. Adventure is awesome. it's great to see the nice village people and their traditions.
Amazing to view and hear perspectives from China! This is something I’ve never seen before & really appreciate how you interviewed others in the area to gain more opinions and insight. Love it!
Another fascinating, informative video thank you ❤
Thank you for your videos, I love them as you make them so interesting, China is definately on my "Bucket List" as I approach retirement! ❤️🇨🇳🇩🇪✔️👍🏽🙏🏼
First time seeing your videos. What an interesting part of China you covered! I look forward to seeing your other videos!
Excellent video! The issue of the China-Korea border has made me curious for a long time now. There is little content about this, and finding your video made me very happy. Hugs from Brazil!
这里纠正博主一个错误，既然是中国这边的朝鲜族就得称呼为朝鲜语，不能说是韩语
朝鲜语和韩语，普通话和国语，本身没什么区别，全是政治纷争，所以这时倒觉得还是英语好了
@@maryhp7034不是的说韩语朝鲜族不乐意。我以前遇见过朝鲜族客人，问他们是不是说韩语。他们说我们说的是朝鲜语，还一本正经的纠正我呢。
@@45876 其实朝鲜语、韩语、延边朝鲜语有一些差异，可以看成是朝鲜语/韩语的三种方言。
@@45876 是的，我去朝鲜旅游过，当时他们的导游就强调过，说他们是讲的朝鲜语，不是韩语。😄
@@maryhp7034区别可大了，国内所说的韩语是韩国语（한국어）三个字的缩写，只是一种地区性方言，朝鲜语是朝鲜民族语言的总称，另外，在称呼上有政治企图的不就是韩国吗，韩国趁着北朝鲜以及国内朝鲜族在国际上没有声量，想垄断整个朝鲜族文化的话语权，用西化+剽窃的韩国文化替代朝鲜民族文化的野心不要太明显，所有有意无意模糊掉朝鲜民族文化和韩国文化的界限的人都正在帮助韩国达到这个政治目的
Hi, thank you for your Videos. They seem very honest and informative. No pretense, no Drama or artificial conflict like do many other stuff on yt.
Some day o hope to return to China and see some of rural / non tourist China, but the language barrier scares me a bit
Learn some broken Mandarin, it isn't so hard. Even if you screw up the different tones of words the younger generation can probably still understand you.
下载个翻译软件，没那么难
Now translation software and AI can help you, don't be afraid!😀
I really amazed by Chinese(both the government and the people) how to make money from tourism "to see North Korea closer". Many people who are curious about North Korea will going to Liaoning and spend money there to see North Korea.👍👍
Before the epidemic, there were official tour groups that could go deep into North Korea, but now everything is closed again, but curiosity has not disappeared
@@whokilledmax现在旅游开了
I love watching travel vlogs and this just came up on my feed. I’m only a few minutes in. But I love it already. Greetings from Scotland.
This is awesome. Thanks! Have fun with your moves.
Fascinating video. I have seen several video's like this one, but everyone has his/her own take on things and it's always interesting. Have a nice journey around the North of China. Can't wait to see the Yanbian prefecture.
Been waiting for this series of videos and was not disappointed. As always interesting and informative and entertaining, showing us things we never see on MSM herd in the west . It's interesting to see the borders which are so close , you tell us just as you see it and interesting to here the views of the locals as well . As always loved the great drone shots and you always catch the beauty of the countryside. A great video as always looking forward to what you show us next .
Haha great to see you mentioned Jingwu Show! I look forward to a collab video of you guys!
Thanks as always.Very wonderful !Thanks、Thanks.
Nihao Yan. Very interesting video. I say this because I worked in South Korea for almost 20 years and have always been fascinated about North Korea. I am from South Africa. One year I even visited Changbai mountain (will go and see that video next of yours - The SACRED Mountain).
On reflection, this vblog is mirrored like previous yesteryears' documentaries whereby the Westerners are and were still curious about the culture of China. Similarly the rest of the world; including the Mainland Chinese are now exploring into the mystified North Koreans culture but I am fortunate to view this via your camera lenses at first glance from the China's side. Through your camera lenses, it gives me a remote touch of North Korean Culture..
Mainland Chinese have been exploring North Korea the entire time. The border is closed since covid, but before that Mainland tourists were traveling there. "SAO Documentary" channel is a good example. They traveled to North Korea 3x and filmed a lot there.
现在也有中国留学生在朝鲜上学，在中国的视频平台bilibili上面也会分享他们在朝鲜拍摄的vlog，不过内容都是在分享在朝鲜吃到的美食店，以及一些街景和景点，几乎没有和朝鲜人接触打交道的画面，我想他们在那边应该也是受到了一些限制，一些画面也不方便发到网上；在疫情前也有朝鲜自己拍摄的视频发到中国的视频网站bilibili上面，我看到过他们自己介绍的朝鲜一些家庭和传统习俗，疫情后他们那边也暂停分享了；现在只有一些在朝鲜的中国人发一些视频或文字说一些朝鲜的情况，就像视频里说得一样，朝鲜这几年好像挺多建设的，最起码平壤看起来很热闹干净
Very informative. Thank you.
Love your videos from Bhutan, good morning
Very interesting, thanks a lot! And the taxi driver is a cool dude, it´s great that he shared so much information. :)
You are amazing ! I enjoyed the whole video , was wery impressive !!!
trade isn’t really done due to sanctions which prevent economic development in north korea. i think north korea won’t allow chinese to go there for tourists anymore since they still haven’t vaccinated their population yet
Thank you, Yan. Even Chinese are curious what is going inside North Korea. For those interested in the Mongolian/Korean/Manchurian history, the picture that Yan posted "Jingwu show" is very interesting. He is a great speaker and keep the story very entertaining.
Jingwu himself is a Chinese Korean (Chaoxianxu in Mandarin Chinese and joseon-jeok in Korean).
@@thisiskevin1000 In one of the episode I watched, I think he mentioned he is half Manchurian and half something else.... I watched all his video, but he hasnt posted in a while.
@@thisiskevin1000 他不是蒙汉混血儿吗？？
@@thisiskevin1000 Jingwu has Mongolian ancestry, which I remember him mentioning in the Mongolia chapter.
@@刚王-d3s他是蒙古汉族满族混血
You're the best! Love your videos.
Wonderful video! I really enjoyed watching that. I am an American, who has been living in Japan for the past 10 years.
Found this TH-cam channel, because I've been watching several historian channel. This gem is truly a gem. Really like how you explaining and how the way you capture everything, also the way you communicate with people.
Always enjoy watching your adventures journey in China & beyond. keep up and stay safe
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Dear Yan thanks for the most epic tour to North Korean border. I will watch again for more details of your excursions. God bless your hard work.❤🌺🌻🙏🌲❣️🌞🙏🌺🌻
14:41 내나라제일로좋아! "I like my country the most!". That's a bold statement, coming from a dark place at night. At least they have pride for their country. --- Sometimes I wonder what Korea would've been if it was left untouched by Imperial Japan...
Your video is well done. I am an American teacher and visited North Korea for 2-weeks in 2015. I was teaching English in South Korea and toured North Korea with a British touring company out of Beijing. We flew from that city to Pyongyang, then toured around the country. I took hundreds of photos (which I have shown in both the U.S. and South Korea). Here are several observations from my visit: 1. Most mechanical things in North Korea are broken or break down regularly, for example elevators, hot water and electrical systems, 2. The people are understandably fearful of contact with foreigners, 3. North Koreans do not have the ability to use global internet connections-just listening to South Korean music or watching videos of South Korean TV shows will get you in prison, 4. Prison is a serious affair, many law violations will not only get you in prison, but also 3-generations of your family can be imprisoned, 5. People, wherever they live, are monitored by their neighbors. You cannot travel or have guests in your home without permission 6. America is seen as an evil power whose sole purpose is to destroy North Korea and kill North Koreans, 7. Stores-all government operations, have few products and the products they do have are generally of very poor quality...If you would like to somehow link with several blogs I have written, including photos I have taken in North Korea, just let me know. -Steve
Yan, I am glad I catch your latest release of another interesting journey. I am seeing increasing rate of member subscription to your channel. Hope to see it reaches 1 million subscribers soon.😊
I just love your videos, please keep up the good work
Safe travels!🎉
@@Jingwushow Collaborations soon 😊😊😊😊
很早就訂閱兄弟你了
真是博學多才！
I am so glad Yan mentioned you in her channel. You two should definitely collaborate!!!
中国最好的两个英语博主
老乡，您该发新视频了！😀
The words are a little inaccurate. North Korea did not invade South Korea. In essence, the North-South Korean war was a civil war. The United States bypassed the Security Council to send troops because the Soviet Union voted against the request to send troops.
yan, thanks for showing the border. I got to know and learn many interesting things.