For those of you who say that my videos are fake and propaganda, please open your mind. I just wanna share my experience over in North Korea, and of course a lot of things you do not know about North Korea except from the western.. North Korea is a closed country, North Korea is a developing country like some other countries. I do not want to discuss politics, because every country has the right to have its own political ideology. North Korea is a sovereign state, they never fight against any country, let them self-sufficient as a normal state. You would certainly say that I was a propagandist who supported North Korea. I am in a neutral position and not take sides anywhere. Since I came to Pyongyang in November 2012 until I left Pyongyang in March 2016 I got so many experiences. I just wanna share a bit of my life experience in North Korea, mostly in Pyongyang. We are foreigners (Diplomats, Expatriates) who live in Pyongyang can roam freely around Pyongyang, and diplomats got more privileged than other expatriates. There are also many Americans (USA), Canadians, Korean American who works as teachers and professors in Pyongyang. Foreigners can travel to other cities outside Pyongyang, but we must request permission to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea. Since I lived in North Korea, I already travel to other cities in Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern side. Sometimes I travel with a minder, sometimes I just drive my car by my own and with my family (without a minder). I try to give a glimpse of important information about North Korea through my video.. I think you should give me a little respect, I don't care about politic situation in North Korea, that's not my business, every country has they own system and no of them is perfect. And many people asking me: "why I’m not taking video of the country side?” because when I visit the countryside of North Korea, I just taking pictures not videos. “why only pictures?” because it was not really free for me to do filming and I focus to do my job. I have free time when I was in Pyongyang usually in my weekend and then I do the filming while doing my regular activity. Thanks. Sorry for my bad english.
bioticum And this is the capital EVERYTHING is fake or just the upper class if you visit you can't go to other parts everything requires a guide they're selling you a TV show.
Hi.. I wanna tell you about something. Some people said that "Indonesians can be free to life in NK because, Indonesia is pro communist". That's not 100% right. Our first president, Mr. Soekarno, he wanted to make a friends with many countries so, Indonesia could increased our economic and social walfare. Indonesia stimulated many countries to declare their independent. At that time, USA and EUROPE were bussy to prepare their aggression to their ex colonial lands and hoped they can take it back. But, Indonesia, we supported the independent for them. And communist countries like soviet and north Korea, they didn't focus to attack new countries at that time like Indonesia or countries in africa. That's why Indonesia could make a good relationship with them. I hope it's answer your correction about Indonesian relationship with North Korea. We're Indonesians we're not Communists and we have a good Democration our country.
did you just say that soviets did not attack other nations? The soivet union was the same as america in its aims to spread its ideology they attacked multiple other nations and regularly put down counter revolutions' with force in places like Poland and Ukraine to name a couple that constantly were violently brought back into the fold. They were the same imperial expansionists as america but just on the other side of the coin in terms of economies. The soviet union collapsed because they lost the will to continue invading their satellite states and putting down rebellion's. The soviet union would have collapsed very early on if they did not have the will to fight other nations who wanted to choose their own forms of government. For example just to show how similar America and soviets were in terms of aggressive foreign policy the invasions of Vietnam and Afghanistan were almost exactly the same. Vietnam wanted to be communist and got invaded and Afghanistan wanted to be capitalist and got invaded. Both were wars the the intent of force feeding ideology to weaker nations. The soviet union could not afford and did not want to continue constantly engaging in war and it collapsed when instead of being invaded the soviet states were allowed to just leave. The problem with the soviets that america did not face was that inside of the soviet union states actively wanted to succeed and had to be met with violence where as in america the last civil war was very long ago (over 100 years) with no state succession attempts since leaving thus nation much more stable. You can only hold a union together against its will for so long before everybody gets tired of fighting. North korea was a soviet puppet and south korea was an american puppet. Both sides sought to expand their perspective ideologies. However at the end of the day capitalism and individual wealth turned out to be the dominant force and now wars are fought economically and for money no longer does anybody but north korea care about things like communism. China and russia care more about money than ideology in the modern world and capitalism is needed to make that money.
In North Korea 🇰🇵The Only TV Shows And Movies You Are Watching Are Approved By The State. Occasionally International Media (That Includes Japanese Anime And South Korean Movies And TV Shows) Are Smuggled To The Country By Distributing USB Flash Drives And Micro SD Cards And Selling Them To The North Korean Black Market
Dude I thought I was the only one who thought this. Every fucking time I dive into these vids I feel like I’m watching an alternate reality or a time traveler who filmed his trip back in time.
RexXflash lets just ignore the game optimization 128 gigs of ram and the new microsoft word and the fact that you could get it free for a whole year oh yea you can also have privacy setting which can prevent so called "privacy" issues
5:15 You're telling me that a country that has been in eternal war with nearly every neighbor and doesn't even have internet, still have weaboos? May god save us all
@Riley Dwyer the normal plebs dont have internet. They cant even get internet. Only the rich and government officials or students with limited acess can acess it. And they have their own "intranet".
@@EmperorBl8 Its funny, everyone who has not been to the DPRK seems to know way more about the intricacies of living there than the people who visit and do actually live there. What a topsy turvey world.
probably because they are foreign they get there own os i see the openvpn icon too the general population use the linux its weird they remove the lan ports though
@@irish8538 i believe he has served as Indonesia's diplomat in NK. even tho diplomats have more accessibility in the countries they're placed in, actually they had less,, far-far less freedom of speech, especially in a political matter. because basically everything he said as a diplomat could heavily effect both nations relationship.
This is a really surreal video to me because it's one of the few things I will probably never be able to do as a South Korean. The country itself kind of feels like an alternate timeline of South Korea to me; same language, similar history, yet a completely different outcome.
South Korea is free with thousands of USA soldiers occupying the country. SK is only rich now because USA decided to spend "infinite" money on SK dictatorships decades ago.
@@julyanaxel201bro let me tell you, easiest way to insult south korea or entire korea tell this "north japan" lol. Or just say samsung country, because sk is just Samsung's oligark country.
It was 100000 not 10000. 100000 kpw is around $771.45 USD. Not really a bargain considering a 750D/T6i can be bought for around that price brand new here in the US.
It seems to be common in Pyongyang that the price shown in these shops is the one according to the 'official rate' rather than the actual price. To get the real price in won you would have to multiply the label price by 80, giving you (very roughly) a real won price of 8 million, or $1000.
I like how the Canon cameras were on Sony stands, and Nikons were on Canon stands and I can only assume that a Sony was on the Nikon stand... too far away to tell though. Great vids Jaka, thank you for providing them from your time in North Korea.
Hes allowed to post this false view of NK that gives off the impression its a wonderful place to live. For the people under the boots of the Kim regime its hell on earth. And this asshole uploads these videos perpetuating this false narrative. Disgusting.
Thanks for adding the English subtitles! It gives a lot more context and makes for a more interesting video. Again, thanks for sharing your experiences! I've really enjoyed watching your videos. :)
It's almost like people who are there are brainwashed because they have no access to internet and think their leaders are Gods. Gee who would have guessed a foreigner who's never been to NK knows about it more than their own people.
Thank you for showing these videos. All those claiming these are propaganda: they are not, they just show one aspect of North Korea from one person's view. Most people of course cannot buy any of this stuff but it's not the point of these videos to repeat what we can see in others here. I found it interesting that the shop looked more like an office building from outside and that you had to go through office building like corridors and stairs to get there. It can't be just a question of security, it is? Even Soviet era stores in 70's for tourists and rich people were not this discreet! But then it wasn't a closed country.
bro if they spent as much effort making actual businesses factories and companies as they do spending on propaganda then they would have a half decent north korea
Jaka Parker My father was 3 years ago in North Korea. He was for 2 weeks in Pyongyang And then a day in the port city of Nampo. He told me that he saw people there who are always looking for things on the street Also old people and children It was winter. (In Nampo) My father has assumed that they were looking for food But he does not know. How ever... In Pyongyang, life is beautiful and rich. But outside Pyongyang it is definitely different I do not know how it is now, but please do not always show the nice side of North Korea Do not act as if everything is so beautiful Grettings from Switzerland!
Roni Rojan simply put, NK has classism and transport from city to city isn't as simple as crossing a street. He probably isn't allowed to go to other cities or...
Irrespective of a political agenda or position, these videos are great. Keep producing them at your risk, it is a means of showing a true reality of North Korean life.
@@user-hk8yp7cw1v bruh bikes are cheap. you know how economy works?? low wages = low prices.. thats why a coffee costs $0.20 in vietnam, but $3 in america.. if starbucks, then $10.
Yes, that's my point. If they don't have enough heating for buildings frequently visited by foreigners (hotels, grocery stores, etc.), the local population must really be freezing.
Heinz Arsch you know they check everything that goes in and out right. Everything. Barely anyone has access to internet. Literally less than 1 percent of the population. It's easy to check what people are doing then
North Korea doesn't have TH-cam or real internet (do some research not to be rude) Shes a foreigner who recorded her visit to North korea then uploaded when she left
i dont understand why these NK Experts think like they know everything about NK, i obviously never been to NK so i have no right to say shit but im sure this is just a vlog, nothing to do with Propaganda seriously guys, open your minds, go visit NK yourself then tell others what it feels like
That Person EVERYTHING IN OR TO DO WITH NORTH KOREA IS PROPAGANDA IN EVERY WAY ...Is this the first time you have ever seen/heard about anything that has to do with NK??
Anything the Chinese have the North Korean can have too. The problem is only the privileged elite and important foreigners can have access to certain things. I think the store is legit, but is not something regular North Koreans can't visit nor shop from. Also look at the low-key contempt shown by the clerks. They really hate having to sell the little tech they have to a foreigner.
i dont think these are fake videos but i do think you are making NORTH KOREA seem hospitable. the one thing i noticed is there are no vents, AT ALL, which mean no heating or cooling, holy shit its gotta be stuffy in there.
@@dudebud007 because they aren't stores that want to advertise to passers-by, who can't afford (or aren't allowed?) to buy anything there anyway. no need for shop windows, advertisements, etc in such a restricted economy.
To my USA friends, it is good to see at least something from within the country. Very few places have the same rights as we do, so it’s not so easy to say or do things without consequence. To put it lightly. So I appreciate this person sharing these videos and I respect him not saying stupid things that could endanger these North Korean people working, etc.
The amount of people watching this as a "news report" and not as a "vlog / my diary in NK" is alarming. People, please. Would you risk yourself reporting an illegal red district or black market activities in your country if you are not a reporter? He is not even reporting. He's just, "Hey y'all! I'm in NK and I will show you what I do today" kinda thing. Gosh this reminds me of my days when I'm about to travel to Russia to attend n international conference and everyone around me is panicking "Don't go! Russian is evil! A communist country will kill you!" Sigh... aanyway, andai dulu kepikiran untuk bikin vlog kyk gini pas di Rusia. Ahh, sayang sekali. Pertanyaan: di NK (at least the place where you have been) ada entertainment system kah? Macem Nintendo or Playstation?
Qeisama id love to visit Russia. I think there is allot of beauty and culture there. The fact they are communist does not effect the average American like myself
TheLPCousins It's not government propaganda.. there's "nice" places in NK just like in any country. Think of it as the 1%. The average North Korean doesn't have access to it, but it isn't fake.
TheLPCousins Buying electronics is propaganda? Pyongyang is a city of over 3 million people. It would be strange if there was not a computer/electronics shop there.
06:08 That notice board wrote down about Happy new year! our store sell that each Shape and standard of computer for design, computer for Home, computer for office, Redstar OS computer and low price used laptop I'm South Korean but I can understand and read that. I'm so happy but on the other hand I'm so sad :( 새해를 축하합니다! 우리 상점에서는 각종 형태와 규격의 설계용콤퓨타, 가정용콤퓨타, 사무용콤퓨타, 붉은별용콤퓨타 들과 저가격형 중고휴대용콤퓨타를 판매합니다.
Strange store culture there. always seems to be women and they dont talk much. like he wanted to see that expensive camera and wanted to hold it in the hand, the woman clerk just hands it to you and dosent tell the specs or want to explain what kinda camera is it.
Iforgotmypassoword because its obviously propaganda.. In every video there's a pretty Korean woman as the hostess. They don't know anything about any of the merchandise.
This is the first electronics store I’ve ever seen that doesn’t have all TVs on and speakers blasting. ... But I guess you need electricity to enjoy electronics. 🤷🏼♀️
As you can see there were lots of power generators on display,I come from a former communist country myself and I am amazed to see the similarities between North Korea and the stories my parents and grandparents told me about life in communist România!
im actually impressed by the decent products imported to north korea never would of thought that they would actually carry some of the nikon/sony/and canons
@CommunistBot it's actually not a stupid thing to think about. i had this exact same idea when the lady pulled out a massive canon camera rig (at 8:36). that's definietly not the stock lens (also it has a lenshood on it). if it was imported then it would be completely stock, and i doubt a native north korean could afford one of those, and no foreigner would sell a camera like that in north korea
I seriously admire your videos on this subject. Politics and feelings towards the regime aside, you do a fine job of dispelling some of the outright absurd fabrications most people in the West and other first-world countries believe about this country.
This isn't propaganda this is someone recording a massive show being put on in one city to make the country look "good" outside of Pyongyang I'm guessing is different North Korea isn't considered "bad" as western beliefs think so I would say it is more of a developing country
the 9 people that liked this are probably the youngest or dumbest people with an internet acess propaganda prɒpəˈɡandə/ noun 1. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view. "he was charged with distributing enemy propaganda"
Interesting to see Samsung phone used in North Korea. I assumed they would confiscate any South Korean products (even for foreigners staying in North Korea).
+will lad it's funny how people talk about nk as they have lived in it. you're just puking the american propaganda, make your own opinion you ignorant piece of shit
What does North Korea produce? They don't seem to be doing anything that brings their country money. They always get aide from other countries when they start to starve.
Leorio Why do North Koreans look scrawny and frail compared to the South Koreans? Why is the countryside COMPLETELY barren? Why are there rolling blackouts? Why won't they let you wander around the country if there was nothing to hide? Care to explain the concentration camps? Or the 200,000+ refugees who have escaped so far?
North Korea gets really cold in the winter, and they have widespread issues with blackouts and heating often not working properly, it does probably get pretty cold in those stores
Для меня эти видео очень интересные, с недавних пор я хотел посетить Северную Корею как турист, но случился локдаун. Смотря эти видео я хоть и не надолго но попадаю в эту страну. В комментариях много злых языков и людей которые ничего не знают о жизни в Корее, они говорят лишь то что им внушили, они не хотят видеть эту страну с другой стороны. Мой дедушка был в северной корее в конце 80ых, и рассказывал много про Корею, что живут там очень веселые и добрые люди. Конечно там есть особые и возможно для кого то специфические правила, но таковы реалии жизни там. Хорошо или плохо это мы можем лишь судить по сравнению с нашей жизнью. Комментаторы глумяться об отсутствии глобального интернета и всяких реалити шоу, они не могут понять что люди и без этого живут там не хуже. Спасибо вам за ваши видео! Это очень интересно и познавательно!
Thank you for sharing this with us. I always wondered about the stores. I know citizens can't go and buy, but I knew of the ones that certain people can go. I have had a couple of friends go to North Korea and they told me some about it. Will you ever go back to North Korea? Or would it be dangerous since you showed these videos?
For those of you who say that my videos are fake and propaganda, please open your mind. I just wanna share my experience over in North Korea, and of course a lot of things you do not know about North Korea except from the western.. North Korea is a closed country, North Korea is a developing country like some other countries. I do not want to discuss politics, because every country has the right to have its own political ideology. North Korea is a sovereign state, they never fight against any country, let them self-sufficient as a normal state. You would certainly say that I was a propagandist who supported North Korea. I am in a neutral position and not take sides anywhere.
Since I came to Pyongyang in November 2012 until I left Pyongyang in March 2016 I got so many experiences.
I just wanna share a bit of my life experience in North Korea, mostly in Pyongyang. We are foreigners (Diplomats, Expatriates) who live in Pyongyang can roam freely around Pyongyang, and diplomats got more privileged than other expatriates.
There are also many Americans (USA), Canadians, Korean American who works as teachers and professors in Pyongyang.
Foreigners can travel to other cities outside Pyongyang, but we must request permission to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea.
Since I lived in North Korea, I already travel to other cities in Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern side. Sometimes I travel with a minder, sometimes I just drive my car by my own and with my family (without a minder).
I try to give a glimpse of important information about North Korea through my video.. I think you should give me a little respect, I don't care about politic situation in North Korea, that's not my business, every country has they own system and no of them is perfect.
And many people asking me:
"why I’m not taking video of the country side?” because when I visit the countryside of North Korea, I just taking pictures not videos.
“why only pictures?” because it was not really free for me to do filming and I focus to do my job.
I have free time when I was in Pyongyang usually in my weekend and then I do the filming while doing my regular activity.
Thanks. Sorry for my bad english.
>North Korea is a sovereign state, they never fight against any country
Your English THAT bad??
Do the DPRK government give you any troubles in regards to your youtube and instagram uploads?
whats the one product you can not find as far as Electronic is North Korea? that you can find here in the USA?
Do they still run Red Star OS?
Jaka Parker i'm amused by the desktop picture on 5:28
They use the latest version of Windows 1950.
Nah 1950 is too generous lmao
💀💀 not 1950 lmaoooo
Hmm
they use a linux distro named redstar os
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90% of the comments: North Korea experts
Hyper Beast *expert wanna be's
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*experts
bioticum And this is the capital EVERYTHING is fake or just the upper class if you visit you can't go to other parts everything requires a guide they're selling you a TV show.
Aleksandar K. 10% memes
And we also got these comment section experts too
Ohh how I hate them😂
Weaboos do exist everywhere, even in North Korea
Mocarii I know. it's disgusting. At least like a good anime, like DBZ or something.
Asians and mixed Asians can't be weaboos
Anti-Imperialista they have sushi Resteraunt s in Pyongyang
He's an indonesian tho, the weeb one
Franku sama taught you well/
Hi.. I wanna tell you about something. Some people said that "Indonesians can be free to life in NK because, Indonesia is pro communist". That's not 100% right. Our first president, Mr. Soekarno, he wanted to make a friends with many countries so, Indonesia could increased our economic and social walfare. Indonesia stimulated many countries to declare their independent. At that time, USA and EUROPE were bussy to prepare their aggression to their ex colonial lands and hoped they can take it back. But, Indonesia, we supported the independent for them. And communist countries like soviet and north Korea, they didn't focus to attack new countries at that time like Indonesia or countries in africa. That's why Indonesia could make a good relationship with them. I hope it's answer your correction about Indonesian relationship with North Korea. We're Indonesians we're not Communists and we have a good Democration our country.
Uhhh eyah
did you just say that soviets did not attack other nations? The soivet union was the same as america in its aims to spread its ideology they attacked multiple other nations and regularly put down counter revolutions' with force in places like Poland and Ukraine to name a couple that constantly were violently brought back into the fold. They were the same imperial expansionists as america but just on the other side of the coin in terms of economies. The soviet union collapsed because they lost the will to continue invading their satellite states and putting down rebellion's. The soviet union would have collapsed very early on if they did not have the will to fight other nations who wanted to choose their own forms of government. For example just to show how similar America and soviets were in terms of aggressive foreign policy the invasions of Vietnam and Afghanistan were almost exactly the same. Vietnam wanted to be communist and got invaded and Afghanistan wanted to be capitalist and got invaded. Both were wars the the intent of force feeding ideology to weaker nations. The soviet union could not afford and did not want to continue constantly engaging in war and it collapsed when instead of being invaded the soviet states were allowed to just leave. The problem with the soviets that america did not face was that inside of the soviet union states actively wanted to succeed and had to be met with violence where as in america the last civil war was very long ago (over 100 years) with no state succession attempts since leaving thus nation much more stable. You can only hold a union together against its will for so long before everybody gets tired of fighting. North korea was a soviet puppet and south korea was an american puppet. Both sides sought to expand their perspective ideologies. However at the end of the day capitalism and individual wealth turned out to be the dominant force and now wars are fought economically and for money no longer does anybody but north korea care about things like communism. China and russia care more about money than ideology in the modern world and capitalism is needed to make that money.
Right, Indonesia isn't a communist country. They are non-block, a neutral contry.
Lol, except Indonesia killed Millions of communists in the 50s
yup as indonesian i can confirm this. :v
the shop is probably a museum
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@@SituationNormalAint sus
@@alexvega5756 amogus
A display piece to show off to foreigners
@@vindictivegrind9370 which doesn't really impress us, although.. nice collection of old stuff
5:17 lmao nice anime background even NK has weebs
And he is one only
Thats windows 8 chan
In North Korea 🇰🇵The Only TV Shows And Movies You Are Watching Are Approved By The State. Occasionally International Media (That Includes Japanese Anime And South Korean Movies And TV Shows) Are Smuggled To The Country By Distributing USB Flash Drives And Micro SD Cards And Selling Them To The North Korean Black Market
@@PVZBlover ok learn how to take a joke
@@talkingbushrandom4230 he was just being informative, dude.
North Korea looks like an alternate reality.
Adrian Monk I think so
North Korea iS an alternate reality
As a South Korean this video is amusing!!
Dude I thought I was the only one who thought this. Every fucking time I dive into these vids I feel like I’m watching an alternate reality or a time traveler who filmed his trip back in time.
5:05 opens laptop, boots up to japanese background
WOT
hes a man of culture like us
Anime
I guess North Koreans also watch anime...
MAYBE
th-cam.com/video/j2d6T5G2rrY/w-d-xo.html
Could be a used laptop. They likely bought it from some other country and imported it here.
Glad to see you guys have such glorious technological advancements, such as Windows XP.
I still use XP nothing wrong with it, just make sure you surf with Firefox and have a regular backup image. See my channel for more
No thanks, I'll stick with Windows 10.
Windows 7 is so 2009...
RexXflash lets just ignore the game optimization 128 gigs of ram and the new microsoft word and the fact that you could get it free for a whole year oh yea you can also have privacy setting which can prevent so called "privacy" issues
RexXflash good luck with windows XP which isn't patched anymore and has several known 0-day exploits which will remain unpatched indefinitely.
5:15 A man of Culture
Lmao😂😏👌
literally my first thought, that was completely unexpected
Aqua 😂
😂
@@reynaldovip3709 I don't think that's Aqua. The hair style and hair accessories are different
3:50 He is using a south korean smartphone😂😂 in NORTH KOREA...
Sangjun Paris samseung
Indonesian brave to use it lol
they can use it because they are Indonesian not North Korean 😎
Lol noob :v he's indonesia cuk
Most illegal this in human history
5:15 You're telling me that a country that has been in eternal war with nearly every neighbor and doesn't even have internet, still have weaboos? May god save us all
@Riley Dwyer the normal plebs dont have internet. They cant even get internet. Only the rich and government officials or students with limited acess can acess it. And they have their own "intranet".
@@LucianGarz-x9q what a pitiful country
We are in modern era already and they still keeping they're hierarchy
@Riley Dwyer only government officials are allowed to use it tho
@@EmperorBl8 Its funny, everyone who has not been to the DPRK seems to know way more about the intricacies of living there than the people who visit and do actually live there. What a topsy turvey world.
102 cm tv, so you can see propaganda in full hd
Damin who cares? Except they still broadcast in analog
or. :D
lol, you make me laugh so hard 😂
LOL
Damin who cares? They watch CNN there?
They're using Windows 10?
I thought Red Star Linux was used
TAnimation channel 😂😂
TAnimation channel Probably for the governmen's peoples but for the """"masses"""" they will use ordinary OSes
Pretty sure that's Windows 8.
The login screen clearly gives it away as a Windows 8.x device. However it's his personal laptop and all he needed was a new charger.
probably because they are foreign they get there own os i see the openvpn icon too the general population use the linux its weird they remove the lan ports though
how come a guy who speak indonesian with fluent jakarta accent in a nk store is considered a propaganda
Obviously he’s working there , for NK government..
@@irish8538 i believe he has served as Indonesia's diplomat in NK. even tho diplomats have more accessibility in the countries they're placed in, actually they had less,, far-far less freedom of speech, especially in a political matter. because basically everything he said as a diplomat could heavily effect both nations relationship.
Because the propaganda campaign against NK was super effective lol.. these ppl can’t even consider that what they believe about NK may be wrong
All of you people please Read his Descriptions
This is a really surreal video to me because it's one of the few things I will probably never be able to do as a South Korean. The country itself kind of feels like an alternate timeline of South Korea to me; same language, similar history, yet a completely different outcome.
I thought SK was alot more free than NK with internet and stuff
@@POOPGOD999 ofc SK is a lot more free, I mean I can't go into North Korea in general, ever.
South Korea is free with thousands of USA soldiers occupying the country.
SK is only rich now because USA decided to spend "infinite" money on SK dictatorships decades ago.
@@julyanaxel201bro let me tell you, easiest way to insult south korea or entire korea tell this "north japan" lol. Or just say samsung country, because sk is just Samsung's oligark country.
He's the Casey neistat of N.korea
Yes!!! lol
Webly Web lmao best comment
Please don't insult him by comparing him to that moron Casey Neistat. I hate that that prick has the same name as me.
Neistat is a douchebag. Please don't insult Mr. Parker by comparing him with that thing.
also neistat has a face that looks like it was used for a truck to pass over.
Yo that canon 600D is actually a bargain
dubboy604 100000 north korean currency is around 110 usd
thismortalcoil696 It could be a Chinese knockoff.
It was 100000 not 10000. 100000 kpw is around $771.45 USD. Not really a bargain considering a 750D/T6i can be bought for around that price brand new here in the US.
Not a bargain! £617 www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=100000&From=KPW&To=GBP
It seems to be common in Pyongyang that the price shown in these shops is the one according to the 'official rate' rather than the actual price. To get the real price in won you would have to multiply the label price by 80, giving you (very roughly) a real won price of 8 million, or $1000.
I like how the Canon cameras were on Sony stands, and Nikons were on Canon stands and I can only assume that a Sony was on the Nikon stand... too far away to tell though. Great vids Jaka, thank you for providing them from your time in North Korea.
No difference Sony or Canon alltogeher peace of shift!
😂
I'm actually surprised that as a Diplomat you're allowed to record stuff and publish it here
thanks for giving us info on such a closed place
He's not a diplomat and he's not permitted to upload these. Read the channels about section
@@anactualalpaca7016 "These videos are mostly about my daily life in NK...so I just post about my routine that I do in NK."
Hes allowed to post this false view of NK that gives off the impression its a wonderful place to live. For the people under the boots of the Kim regime its hell on earth. And this asshole uploads these videos perpetuating this false narrative. Disgusting.
@@anactualalpaca7016 He's an Indonesian diplomat
@@anactualalpaca7016he is.
Thanks for adding the English subtitles! It gives a lot more context and makes for a more interesting video. Again, thanks for sharing your experiences! I've really enjoyed watching your videos. :)
Ohmigoodness…I didn’t even think to turn on subtitles. Here I am, making up dialogues in my mind.
People who never go there seems to know alot better then people who have been there......im amazed hahahahahaha.
yeah thats why they need to stop watching 100 facts about north korea in youtube
pada sok tau, padahal gak pernah tau keadaan aslinya. saya jadi bingung wkwk :v
mostly orang orang barat yg begitu. guobloknyaaa minta ampun
It's almost like people who are there are brainwashed because they have no access to internet and think their leaders are Gods. Gee who would have guessed a foreigner who's never been to NK knows about it more than their own people.
@@sayabingung ah kbron :v
These are definitely NOT fake, thank you for showing everyone bro.
DrCalviny
Fake as 9/11
How can you tell
It looked like a Sega Saturn and Nintendo 64 for sale. No internet required.
Not fake, but definitely a token just to appease foreigners and the privileged elite.
Look at the ”Apple keyboard” its super fake
Thank you for showing these videos. All those claiming these are propaganda: they are not, they just show one aspect of North Korea from one person's view. Most people of course cannot buy any of this stuff but it's not the point of these videos to repeat what we can see in others here.
I found it interesting that the shop looked more like an office building from outside and that you had to go through office building like corridors and stairs to get there. It can't be just a question of security, it is? Even Soviet era stores in 70's for tourists and rich people were not this discreet! But then it wasn't a closed country.
I wonder why they sell so many cameras when they don't allow you to take pictures of anything lmao
Alfie Moon Because it's allow...
Most places as long as it is in Pyongyang can be taken pictures of.
Alfie Moon that is the main reason why they are so many left unsold
"They don't allow to take pictures"... Just an idea of effects of American propaganda over the idiots.
just idiot coment ... oh I just Make a word
Omg everyone in the comment section are experts in north korea lmao
Donut Jellington lol.. That is why.
bro if they spent as much effort making actual businesses factories and companies as they do spending on propaganda then they would have a half decent north korea
There's one question that pops up immediately. What's the point in owning a computer in a country with constant blackouts and brownouts?
They sell generators as well. :-D
and no wifi lol
how?
I guess you just need a good UPS !! ha ha
There's something called batteries =)
3:51 use a south korean phone safely at north korea. Elite 101
U:yy
He's From Indonesia, Not North Korea. He Has The Right to Keep he's phone.
@@Minamou.- nobody has a right. He just has the privilege to keep his phone.
@@NOSE-ej2qz dude he's a diplomat or family diplomat and have immunity in the country he's been placed of
@@NOSE-ej2qz why u seem so confident when u have no idea
8:37 - The Great Leader must have requested "Apple" for the tech store.
still doesnt look like theres any heating in that store.. look at the sales lady, wearing a thick parker...
Just Pip *parka
yes yes my mistake
Jobs and Taxes 7:03 "Hey Lady, Do you mind not staring at what I'm doing?"
The workers are so cold! The lady at 4:52 keeps pulling her sleeves over her hands and clenches them in pain a lot. How cold is it inside there?!?
NK does not have heaters, except Kim...
It's true, the great leader is the only source of hot air in NK ;)
FuManBoobs lmao
Colder than your ex's black heart.
I would've assumed it's the opposite, her stripping throughout the video, since hell is hot, right?
I’d like to see Linus make a descent PC build from this store
Papa Linus
That would be epic and he must use red star os
At 8:30 the clerk lady asks him about the camera on his chest. He's lying by saying it's turned off. Lol
I don't think she bought it but was like meh fine.
He has Diplomatic immunity through his wife
@@connormacleod9900 Thank You For Sharing This
she looked directly at it lol
Jaka Parker
My father was 3 years ago in North Korea.
He was for 2 weeks in Pyongyang
And then a day in the port city of Nampo.
He told me that he saw people there who are always looking for things on the street
Also old people and children
It was winter. (In Nampo)
My father has assumed that they were looking for food
But he does not know.
How ever...
In Pyongyang, life is beautiful and rich. But outside Pyongyang it is definitely different
I do not know how it is now, but please do not always show the nice side of North Korea
Do not act as if everything is so beautiful
Grettings from Switzerland!
Masiosare II What a stupid comparison.
Why are you spamming this comment in every of his videos (this tells all you are a cia bott)
LOL
Roni Rojan Hey, I also live in the swiss!
Roni Rojan simply put, NK has classism and transport from city to city isn't as simple as crossing a street. He probably isn't allowed to go to other cities or...
The good thing in north Korea you can find parking anywhere you go lol
5:23 yall really have anime pictures in north korea
7:00 "wait until it's charged to 100% and then don't buy the charger" LMAO
Did they say lile that? IMAO
@@bandanasaikia6048 yes
I'm indonesian.. that's so funny LOL😂.. even i never try some trick like that 😂
@Izz Malaysia_ YT sotau bat, yg ngelakuin taktik bgtu bukan cuma org indo doang
@@heywo9206 benerin dulu bang membaca bahasa inggrisnya, dia maksudnya "yea, itu bahasa indonesia dan memang itu taktik yg curang" :/
Almost all made in China
More like 95%
Like your iPhone too?
almost everything is made in china when it comes to Tech ....apple's products as an ultimate example
kolo lolp apple is actually making much in taiwan
It's no different than what you would find in your local Walmart or any store in America all made in China
Irrespective of a political agenda or position, these videos are great. Keep producing them at your risk, it is a means of showing a true reality of North Korean life.
True reality of NK life? Don’t make me laugh. For the rich that is. Middle class people can't even afford a bike or food in the table for that matter.
@@user-hk8yp7cw1v but somehow pretty much every working class North Korean even in the remote villages rides a bicycle, at least a cheap 90’s one
@@user-hk8yp7cw1v bruh bikes are cheap. you know how economy works?? low wages = low prices.. thats why a coffee costs $0.20 in vietnam, but $3 in america.. if starbucks, then $10.
@@Darkest_matter u realize we are talking about NK right?
@@aas11476ng it was a saying…jeez
3:52 XD WINDOWS XP IN THE BACKGROUND
Check 5:19 not xp
Yeah Windows XP Startup sound
Jackets inside as always...
Boutros Boutros Boutros Ghali It's winter.
I'm talking about the staff.
0:48 1:05 Love how they have these Industrial curtains from cold storage depots to keep the cold out.
Boutros Boutros Boutros Ghali from what I've heard, it because there is no heat in the buildings.
Yes, that's my point. If they don't have enough heating for buildings frequently visited by foreigners (hotels, grocery stores, etc.), the local population must really be freezing.
Take us to see a strip club in North Korea
quite interesting
Cheezus Crust Are banned in DPRK.
I think Strip clubs are prohibited in DPRK
Cheezus Crust Random question, are you on Xbox?
The Satifactory Meat Stick Of Your Very Doom And While You Were Reading This I Stole Your Meats yeah man
This man is very brave to do what he does and sharing everything to the world...THIS IS REAL LIFE in NK ..
He deserve our respect for doing that..
z9944x - no everything which is distributed from there has been checked by their government. This is propaganda
xoAmyy シ exactly.
are you stupid? this is as far from real life as possible
+xoAmyy シ It's only checked if they find it. Certain people with diplomatic status have it easier. Also, a microSD card is very small..
Heinz Arsch you know they check everything that goes in and out right. Everything. Barely anyone has access to internet. Literally less than 1 percent of the population. It's easy to check what people are doing then
5:15 ah i see you're man of culture as well
Degeneration is not exactly culture
Corny npc
when are you gonna escape?
North Korea doesn't have TH-cam or real internet (do some research not to be rude) Shes a foreigner who recorded her visit to North korea then uploaded when she left
he's indonesian dude
Shane Neff he indonesian people work for indonesian government
i dont understand why these NK Experts think like they know everything about NK, i obviously never been to NK so i have no right to say shit
but im sure this is just a vlog, nothing to do with Propaganda
seriously guys, open your minds, go visit NK yourself then tell others what it feels like
That Person
EVERYTHING IN OR TO DO WITH NORTH KOREA IS PROPAGANDA IN EVERY WAY ...Is this the first time you have ever seen/heard about anything that has to do with NK??
seen/heard on TV not reality ..... you don't have right to say shit until you visit and see it your self
@@ryand8613 you have never been there so you are bullshitting
no thanks. didnt work out to good for Otto Warmbier
Anything the Chinese have the North Korean can have too. The problem is only the privileged elite and important foreigners can have access to certain things.
I think the store is legit, but is not something regular North Koreans can't visit nor shop from.
Also look at the low-key contempt shown by the clerks. They really hate having to sell the little tech they have to a foreigner.
Why would they be mad, shouldn't they want those Euros 💶 and Dollars 💵
"The problem is only the privileged elite and important foreigners can have access to certain things." How is it different from other countries?
I wonder what their reaction if they see RTX 3000 series
It's just an expensive paperweight without access to any decent game.
And windows 11
Probably won't be available until 2035.
@@reyy86 that would scar them worse than the poverty
@@Cricketmane why?
i dont think these are fake videos but i do think you are making NORTH KOREA seem hospitable. the one thing i noticed is there are no vents, AT ALL, which mean no heating or cooling, holy shit its gotta be stuffy in there.
also a fishtank with no fish... that communist hellhole....
HeY LisTeN It looks hospitable cuz only TOP 10% of whole NK's population lives there. they also have traffic jam.
*what i wanna know is that WHY ALL THESE LONG HALLWAYS before you get to the actual store ?*
@@dudebud007 because they aren't stores that want to advertise to passers-by, who can't afford (or aren't allowed?) to buy anything there anyway. no need for shop windows, advertisements, etc in such a restricted economy.
When they sell Nikon cameras on a Canon stand... that's when you know you entered a high-end quality retailer :)
glad to see you still alive and well.
Orange-teeth I shouldn't laugh at this 😝
Man I wish I could have found your channel when I was writing my senior thesis
5:18 where do you get your anime pics from without internet?
facopse downloaded it from Indonesia maybe
the dude bought the laptop in Indonesia
Drawing. Oh and some people in North Korea have the right to use the Internet
they draw them themselves
How he uploaded a video on TH-cam???? XD
Windows XP xDDD
Ty jsi všude 😂
MAHABO Productions ;D
MAHABO Productions 3:54 I know y'all heard that Windows shutting down
I BELIEVED THAT THEY USED LINUX
Windows XP is actually one of the best windows ever released. I'll still be using it if it wasn't because of Microsoft not releasing updates for it.
To my USA friends, it is good to see at least something from within the country. Very few places have the same rights as we do, so it’s not so easy to say or do things without consequence. To put it lightly. So I appreciate this person sharing these videos and I respect him not saying stupid things that could endanger these North Korean people working, etc.
lol
“Very few places” bro do you really think we’re the only nation with freedom 💀
@@prince_yt3406 I was low-key bout to comment the same thing. My guys living under a rock
Please not the skeleton face lmao
@@S.S635 how bout this 🗿
5:06 Is that Date a Live wallpaper? I see you’re a man of culture...
Konosuba
5:50 windows xp? i thought they only used Red Star OS...
The amount of people watching this as a "news report" and not as a "vlog / my diary in NK" is alarming. People, please. Would you risk yourself reporting an illegal red district or black market activities in your country if you are not a reporter? He is not even reporting. He's just, "Hey y'all! I'm in NK and I will show you what I do today" kinda thing.
Gosh this reminds me of my days when I'm about to travel to Russia to attend n international conference and everyone around me is panicking "Don't go! Russian is evil! A communist country will kill you!" Sigh...
aanyway, andai dulu kepikiran untuk bikin vlog kyk gini pas di Rusia. Ahh, sayang sekali. Pertanyaan: di NK (at least the place where you have been) ada entertainment system kah? Macem Nintendo or Playstation?
Qeisama propaganda,and people soak it up
KAMU ORANG INDONESIA
Qeisama I
Shut up meg
Qeisama id love to visit Russia. I think there is allot of beauty and culture there. The fact they are communist does not effect the average American like myself
3:51
What da heck... They using that old System Operation, in 2017
*HEADPHONE RECOMENDED*
*TURN UP THE VOLUME TO MAX*
Anthony Fillipo WINDOWS XPQ
Anthony Fillipo shops are still using old computers.I saw one yesterday at H&M.
Guess there is no heat in the store! The counter lady has her winter jacket on!!!
3:19 Nikons on Canon stands )))
those girls at the store are so damn cute
Rajendra Athallasida that was the first thing that came trough my mind
Rajendra Athallasida they don't seem friendly tho..
evolusaw PE i think because theyre not happy
That's cute? You weebs are weird af
It's Korea not Japan
Lmao that wallpaper
Your uncle himmler What do you expect? Koreans be koreans
IsthisaJoJoreference? The wallpaper is from anime though, so it’s Japanese.
IsthisaJoJoreference? Its an anime and anime is from japan
Your uncle himmler anime
bald zuckerberg
Those tvs just to see the leader in 4k
Lol. Anyone else noticed all the wrong labels on the DSLR's ? :)))
None of the stores are heated??
Electricity & energy is scarce there.
At least one can say the North Korean one's are genuine. The South side are full of plastic surgery. You can google it and see.
Some are.
Good news is computers are very affordable in North Korea. Bad news is North Koreans only have electricity about 15 minutes a day.
they get few bucks for salaries so stuff doesnt look expensive. i can guess that they got 100-300 dolars per month for medium salaries or even less
Did Fox news tell you that?
03:50using Internet to see the prices in Amazon
Me: Well....
now i have no doubt that this is propaganda
TheLPCousins It's not government propaganda.. there's "nice" places in NK just like in any country. Think of it as the 1%. The average North Korean doesn't have access to it, but it isn't fake.
TheLPCousins Buying electronics is propaganda? Pyongyang is a city of over 3 million people. It would be strange if there was not a computer/electronics shop there.
so you really think that this channel is not regulated by the government?
im not saying that they do not exist,the problem is in how it's shown.
Trust me,i am romanian,we were the same 20 years ago.
I dont think so this man in indonesian not nk
03:52 This is North Korean Goverment
like always jaka, nice job👍
Gracias por compartir bro, de verdad. Nada mejor que conocer a un país de esta manera, tan cotidiana. Un saludo desde México
conocer un pais a traves de lo que obviamente es propaganda???
it doesnt matter really, theres no power at night and the internet is restricted
Baldoxxx4000 just use Tunnel bear 🐻. You will be fine.
Jmatt that costs money tho i dont think you could securly pay for it
Jmatt It's also freezing Inside lol no heating hence the winter coats.
Baldoxxx4000 just use a tor browser you can see anything u want litterally
like how prices are rounded, no .99 bullshit
That Anime wallpaper is not illegal in NK? Wow. time to become weab there. hahaha
Safiuddin97 _ why would it be illegal?
Kenneth Borromeo lol
ignas79 they have a thing called "stated-approved hairstyle". The real question is then, as stated before, why isnt it illegal.
Alay lo.. wayang gak tau malah sok sokan weabo
Its not illegal because in NK there is no internet (that can connect with us) and no tv station (except one , and its about their leader)
06:08 That notice board wrote down about Happy new year! our store sell that each Shape and standard of computer for design, computer for Home, computer for office, Redstar OS computer and low price used laptop
I'm South Korean but I can understand and read that. I'm so happy but on the other hand I'm so sad :(
새해를 축하합니다! 우리 상점에서는 각종 형태와 규격의 설계용콤퓨타, 가정용콤퓨타, 사무용콤퓨타, 붉은별용콤퓨타 들과 저가격형 중고휴대용콤퓨타를 판매합니다.
Strange store culture there. always seems to be women and they dont talk much. like he wanted to see that expensive camera and wanted to hold it in the hand, the woman clerk just hands it to you and dosent tell the specs or want to explain what kinda camera is it.
Iforgotmypassoword because its obviously propaganda.. In every video there's a pretty Korean woman as the hostess. They don't know anything about any of the merchandise.
Legodudeben96 He is from Indonesia, but he can speak Korean.
The subtitles said it was $1000.
Because she was ordered not to say anything for this propaganda video, or he whole 3 generations would suffer.
Actually 100,000 NK Won is £617! www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=100000&From=KPW&To=GBP
I heard that the 486 CPU was just released in North Korea.
Do they Have AMD Ryzen and an GTX TITAN X?
BlockObito no lol
Lol
This is the first electronics store I’ve ever seen that doesn’t have all TVs on and speakers blasting.
... But I guess you need electricity to enjoy electronics. 🤷🏼♀️
As you can see there were lots of power generators on display,I come from a former communist country myself and I am amazed to see the similarities between North Korea and the stories my parents and grandparents told me about life in communist România!
you can buy computer but no internet lol....u can buy TV but only can watch 3 channel
That is so absurd, the windows background is hardcore weeb themed 😂
This store has more electronics than the Fry’s near my house.
The Laptops should come with Kim Jong-un's photo as default wallpaper.
im actually impressed by the decent products imported to north korea never would of thought that they would actually carry some of the nikon/sony/and canons
Apple also
stolen from tourist they arrested...
@CommunistBot it's actually not a stupid thing to think about. i had this exact same idea when the lady pulled out a massive canon camera rig (at 8:36). that's definietly not the stock lens (also it has a lenshood on it). if it was imported then it would be completely stock, and i doubt a native north korean could afford one of those, and no foreigner would sell a camera like that in north korea
@@shrimpfry880china
It looks like a fucking pawn shop
I seriously admire your videos on this subject. Politics and feelings towards the regime aside, you do a fine job of dispelling some of the outright absurd fabrications most people in the West and other first-world countries believe about this country.
…like?
@@mindyschocolate Like everything in NK is fabrication for their entertainment and documentaries
...like?
@@mindyschocolatepeople cannot smile. People cannot have fun etc. Bullshit western propaganda.
It’s not like you can do anything with a computer in NK without the Gustapo spiritual checking on your ass every month
This isn't propaganda this is someone recording a massive show being put on in one city to make the country look "good" outside of Pyongyang I'm guessing is different North Korea isn't considered "bad" as western beliefs think so I would say it is more of a developing country
Down Syndrome Donut
That is what propaganda is
the 9 people that liked this are probably the youngest or dumbest people with an internet acess
propaganda
prɒpəˈɡandə/
noun
1.
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
"he was charged with distributing enemy propaganda"
and your proof is?
Interesting to see Samsung phone used in North Korea. I assumed they would confiscate any South Korean products (even for foreigners staying in North Korea).
ANSNify no they let us through with Samsung phones and stuff. They even knew how to use them because they went through all our pictures.
Like they are going to go around confiscating everyone's Samsung phones...
how long do you have to work in NK middle wage to buy laptop?
Draco Volantus you whole life and you still won't make enough
will lad a few months
+will lad it's funny how people talk about nk as they have lived in it. you're just puking the american propaganda, make your own opinion you ignorant piece of shit
What does North Korea produce? They don't seem to be doing anything that brings their country money. They always get aide from other countries when they start to starve.
Leorio Why do North Koreans look scrawny and frail compared to the South Koreans? Why is the countryside COMPLETELY barren? Why are there rolling blackouts? Why won't they let you wander around the country if there was nothing to hide?
Care to explain the concentration camps? Or the 200,000+ refugees who have escaped so far?
So I notice in a lot of their stores there the employees wear winter jackets, even in enclosed areas where the outside elements can't get in.
All East Asian countries shops are like that. They have to wear winter clothes for some reason.
North Korea gets really cold in the winter, and they have widespread issues with blackouts and heating often not working properly, it does probably get pretty cold in those stores
Для меня эти видео очень интересные, с недавних пор я хотел посетить Северную Корею как турист, но случился локдаун. Смотря эти видео я хоть и не надолго но попадаю в эту страну. В комментариях много злых языков и людей которые ничего не знают о жизни в Корее, они говорят лишь то что им внушили, они не хотят видеть эту страну с другой стороны. Мой дедушка был в северной корее в конце 80ых, и рассказывал много про Корею, что живут там очень веселые и добрые люди. Конечно там есть особые и возможно для кого то специфические правила, но таковы реалии жизни там. Хорошо или плохо это мы можем лишь судить по сравнению с нашей жизнью. Комментаторы глумяться об отсутствии глобального интернета и всяких реалити шоу, они не могут понять что люди и без этого живут там не хуже. Спасибо вам за ваши видео! Это очень интересно и познавательно!
I swear, those North Koreans sure did a good job with their PC OS.
Thank you for sharing this with us. I always wondered about the stores. I know citizens can't go and buy, but I knew of the ones that certain people can go. I have had a couple of friends go to North Korea and they told me some about it. Will you ever go back to North Korea? Or would it be dangerous since you showed these videos?
I don't think the North Korean government cares about him filming so long as he's not filming poverty or anything like that.
Wait, did you just say tiga ratus empat puluh (340) in the beginning?
Indonesian Confirmed
>anime is available in north korea
It's not the communist utopia I thought it was
What kind of pricing is that? It can't be DPRK money because that camera for 100,000 would be only 110 USD.
D VNSCHE if you talk about d600 i think its ok price bc ist not up to date
1 $ = 270 원
Canon 600D 100,000 원 = 370 $
2:53 Сколько стоит ваша цена Canon 600D?
*i see lots of idiots here who FAILED grade 0 math !!!!! $1usd = ~130 north korean won...... 100,000 won -> ~$770 usd*
www.google.ie/search?q=100000%20KPW%20to%20USD&gws_rd=cr&ei=YHf9WIzLO8LRgAbVpo-IBg Glad we have that cleared up @James dudebud
*oh yeah? then what the fuck is this fucked brain?* www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=USD&To=KPW*
5:20 that background tho.
anime propaganda.
Sword art online dafuq
HAITAI
Windows chan get out of NK
he had a (date a live) background 😂
I never knew that North Korea has a computer store. That's actually surprising.
the laptop wallpaper