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  • VICE makes history on a trip to North Korea to play hoops and meet with supreme leader Kim Jong-un. With NBA great Dennis Rodman and a trio of Harlem Globetrotters in tow, VICE sent Ryan Duffy to the capital of Pyongyang for a tour of the city, a basketball clinic, an exhibition game, and a first-ever meeting between the leader and an American delegation.
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  • @VICENews
    @VICENews  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4704

    This year, Isobel Yeung went undercover in a special report that reveals how China is oppressing the Muslim minority Uighur people in horrific conditions. Watch it here: bit.ly/2Xfyu36

    • @Toasty_-jx6zk
      @Toasty_-jx6zk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +412

      RayPat 7734 did you watch the fucking video?

    • @randysavage1
      @randysavage1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      Finally someone trying to show what china has BEEN DOING TO RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. Btw im not a vice fan because you guys inject your politics too much. Your almost at the point if becoming part of the " machine"

    • @eclipse4783
      @eclipse4783 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      fanny bag lmao nah, they don’t like Christians either, nor any religion except what they put out.

    • @themanwnoname3454
      @themanwnoname3454 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      VICE News 2019 “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore: (Vice) (Truth) >-< (Vice) • “Respect and dignity, 2019?”

    • @Misfits_monkey
      @Misfits_monkey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you're clearly dead wrong budds

  • @laplacekovalski3272
    @laplacekovalski3272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15777

    I also clapped, just in case...

    • @andrecristales1756
      @andrecristales1756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +282

      HAHAHAHA 💀🤣🤣

    • @nowshinnoor6035
      @nowshinnoor6035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +524

      Hahahaha....and i laughed, just in case.....

    • @laplacekovalski3272
      @laplacekovalski3272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@nowshinnoor6035 :D

    • @slicks5664
      @slicks5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +445

      I'm still clapping, and the vid ended 12 minutes ago.

    • @nowshinnoor6035
      @nowshinnoor6035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      @@slicks5664 lol...this is the best...you won a apartment, gift from Supreme leader 😂😂😂😂

  • @alexandertheawesome3072
    @alexandertheawesome3072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22192

    The guy staring at Google home screen is trying to figure out something he can google that won’t get him killed.

    • @simonthomas1878
      @simonthomas1878 4 ปีที่แล้ว +843

      you know this commnt means he is dead right?

    • @boredcast5149
      @boredcast5149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      @@simonthomas1878 what

    • @spazmaster6731
      @spazmaster6731 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1369

      I believe that was a screenshot of google in the early 2000's as that logo and site looks nothing like any version displayed around the world, which means it's not even the real google, its just a jpeg they found online

    • @Arbiter710
      @Arbiter710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Spazmaster Lmfaooo that was a old screenshot of google

    • @raivis2973
      @raivis2973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Just by knowing how to read probably gets you killed

  • @user-us1yu8gx9s
    @user-us1yu8gx9s ปีที่แล้ว +2789

    I felt so sad for the man who couldn't play in the NBA due to political conflict. Like he said he wasn't interested in politics, the man just loved basketball.

    • @denslow8552
      @denslow8552 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Political conflict also robbed the nba of prime pre back injury Arvydas Sabonis

    • @kellymabel3576
      @kellymabel3576 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Probably a good thing since he has Marfan syndrome

    • @Jdkieddj
      @Jdkieddj 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Its happening again with a very talented young football (soccer) player. He played in the top flight in Italy and has since disappeared from the public eye. There are some interesting documentaries on youtube about him, Han Kwang-song, hes still young and ready to play. So sad.

    • @rahulsharma-ht7ut
      @rahulsharma-ht7ut 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The greatest ally of america,and the only superpower in the world ie pakistan,fyi pak sold the nueclear tech to north korea and during 80s & 90s when pak was stealing nueclear tech from all over the world including usa and eu,america didnt do anything to stop them,cause america thought,let their b chaos in asia,but thy forgot about karma,it turned out pak sold nueclear tech to syria,iran and north korea,israel took care of iran and syria but north korea left,so, let their be fear in americans,of karma atleast

    • @atuka9759
      @atuka9759 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Jdkieddjcan u link documentary please ?

  • @BuckScrotumn
    @BuckScrotumn 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +809

    So how do you say “live 10,000 years” in Korean?
    “AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”

    • @DaHuntersTrophy
      @DaHuntersTrophy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      😂😅

    • @Swanee.
      @Swanee. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      😂😂

    • @BARAJAS-vargas
      @BARAJAS-vargas หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I need to show Bonnie 😂

    • @siyandamaduna1355
      @siyandamaduna1355 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😂

    • @snan9402
      @snan9402 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "만세" pronounced "manse". It sounds like screaming becasue they're all saying it at once

  • @Kylan
    @Kylan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4125

    Is no one gonna talk about how the guy played basketball for 5 days than played in front of like 10k people and Kim jong un

    • @aricarl6799
      @aricarl6799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      I think he was making a joke, not sure tho

    • @BarrieBM
      @BarrieBM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      And got to shook kim jong uns hand

    • @BarrieBM
      @BarrieBM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@aricarl6799 In the video you can literally see him shake kim jong un's hand

    • @smokaa1202
      @smokaa1202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      pretty sure he played a bit in his youth , you can t just pick up basketball and play in a team in five days while shooting a documentary in north korea

    • @aricarl6799
      @aricarl6799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@BarrieBM talking about him only playing basketball for 5 days

  • @alecnguyen838
    @alecnguyen838 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27418

    that dude on the computer was scared for his life

    • @grannygootz5304
      @grannygootz5304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1469

      Alec Nguyen you could see it in his eyes. 😓

    • @synnny
      @synnny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2418

      scared he would screw up his lines

    • @lr861
      @lr861 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2220

      No seriously that was creepy af he was terrified

    • @grannygootz5304
      @grannygootz5304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1487

      L R heck yeah he was. Wasn't just his life on the line, he was scared for his kids, his mom, his brother's best friend probably!

    • @slayermill8621
      @slayermill8621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1332

      I felt so bad for that poor guy. Hopefully his performance was enough to keep he and his family out of prison or worse.

  • @awvanroon
    @awvanroon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +185

    "You like coke?" "Yeah I love coke" usually goes a lot differently in other countries XD

  • @livingbarret
    @livingbarret 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +294

    This is a timeless documentary. Truly watching history unfold.

    • @bball3048mmfr
      @bball3048mmfr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      I am watching this in Feb 2024 and it was uploaded 10+ years ago and it still feels like it could've been filmed last month.

    • @ChrisLegg17
      @ChrisLegg17 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bball3048mmfr Same for me! I have a theory, see if you agree after having watched this: We know that China has re-education camps for people who are caught practicing religion, and they disapprove of believing in any kind of god. I believe they have more metrics to determine if someone believes in a higher power outside of this world than just their personal confession or denouncement of faith. And so if there are simply people who cannot be broken (as in they continue to fail these potentially odd metrics of determination from within their camps) - What if they are sent to North Korea? And so all along North Korea is simply a giant penal colony for Chinese citizens who are seen as "wanting to worship a god". As if to say China is hatefully spiteful towards those who cannot be broken; "if they want to worship a god, they may worship a god". And in truth Kim Jong-un is simply the hired warden, but they are made to be his subjects and worship him as their god as punishment for their crimes of faith. (I do also understand that children are born there, and is an unfortunate consequence). What do you think of this theory to explain the nature of North Korea? And imagine that it is necessary to hide this relationship between China and North Korea from the world for trade relation reasons.

    • @screamingopossum7809
      @screamingopossum7809 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      When what we've learned about North Korea hasn't changed one bit, its eery how little information has changed since this.

  • @abhay1846
    @abhay1846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5689

    That translator could have literally started WWIII

    • @abelnicolae
      @abelnicolae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @Ramsn Sora you're dumb

    • @saranshpathak962
      @saranshpathak962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      LMAO

    • @Gunz1234
      @Gunz1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Ramsn Sora your dumb

    • @Gunz1234
      @Gunz1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @Ramsn Sora you'er

    • @loonahater
      @loonahater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ramsn Sora you’re so dumb

  • @danfitzgerald655
    @danfitzgerald655 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9197

    I also stare blankly at Google instead of getting actual work done

    • @ramblingcanuk2801
      @ramblingcanuk2801 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Dan Fitzgerald lol

    • @greentea3133
      @greentea3133 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      😄😄

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      but are you oppress?

    • @denmia1066
      @denmia1066 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      beastly LOL

    • @jfly338
      @jfly338 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Hahaha shit made me laugh during the video.

  • @mercuryspawn19
    @mercuryspawn19 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    the sound of them all chanting "live 1000 years" sounds like a horror movie soundtrack

    • @bbi2.052
      @bbi2.052 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Literally

  • @thedude1083
    @thedude1083 ปีที่แล้ว +358

    If you had told me 20 years ago, Dennis Rodman would be best friends with the leader of North Korea, and I would have laughed so hard. Now..... 😲 😱

    • @yomamasdaddy99
      @yomamasdaddy99 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Lol come on, they aren't friends. They're bang bros😂

  • @wuznab5109
    @wuznab5109 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13186

    Don’t make fun of the guy staring at google, his job is to make sure it is still there.

  • @informjared9508
    @informjared9508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2396

    Crazy to think this could’ve been the first time many of them have ever seen a black person

  • @milo1263
    @milo1263 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    The whole surreal scene with computers reminded me of the time I lied on my resume and got an internship in an office, and then didn't know what to do.

  • @Brandon9696
    @Brandon9696 ปีที่แล้ว +509

    I have so much respect for these basket ball players and for everybody I saw in this documentary in general... The way these guys honoured the people and the way that they kind heartedly blessed those children at the end probably had to have meant so much to all of the Korean people. God bless you guys, you have received the status of stars and used it with wisdom as legends...

    • @skdjirrrdjdm3926
      @skdjirrrdjdm3926 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It was very touching, the globetrotters seem like such beautiful souls.

    • @PC_Simo
      @PC_Simo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I totally agree 😌🎯.

    • @ChrisLegg17
      @ChrisLegg17 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agree with everything you said, but I don't think the Korean people were clapping for the little girl because they DEEPLY disapprove of individuality. I think at first they thought they were all clapping for the accomplishment of making the ball spin on a child's fingers.. but when they noticed he tried to do it for the next child they caught onto why the Americans were applauding (like as if applauding for the child), and their attitude toward that moment suddenly changed. Watch it again and you'll see.

    • @supaman6713
      @supaman6713 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They sold themselves to kiss kimmys ass

  • @HowBoutTha4278
    @HowBoutTha4278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4447

    Crazy to think that some of these people have probably never even seen a black person

    • @danngugi7523
      @danngugi7523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +495

      Actually All Of Them..

    • @saltybuttpepper1766
      @saltybuttpepper1766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +458

      chocolate man. oh wait, they've never seen chocolate either.

    • @gayassmarioyoloswag69x5
      @gayassmarioyoloswag69x5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Lucky them.

    • @knoblauch3450
      @knoblauch3450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +296

      That's the case in many other countries, for example Eastern European countries. I grew up in small city in Eastern Europe and I saw a black person for the first time at age of 15 or 16.

    • @pierreo33
      @pierreo33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      Not crazy at all. USA isn't the center of the world, y'know

  • @LashanR
    @LashanR 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5385

    When Vice literally influenced history.

    • @TheIndogamer
      @TheIndogamer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      First: Madlyn with her M. Jord. signed basketball
      Second: Vice
      Third: Red Velvet and some other KPop bands
      Fourth: The Summit.
      Let's see who's next

    • @pali1H
      @pali1H 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      And Vice shit themselves when Trump got them to make peace with S Korea.

    • @pali1H
      @pali1H 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@WEBTEAM1000 Ah gotcha. In your research, what exactly did Obama do to pressure NK?

    • @sodiumvlogs7630
      @sodiumvlogs7630 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@pali1H so true

    • @MrEmmanuel678
      @MrEmmanuel678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lotfi Adam you are a man of the informed. Would love to see this paper!

  • @tsarfox3462
    @tsarfox3462 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    You know, if I was to go to NK I would definitely want the Harlem Globe Trotters with me too. I'd need some really positive people to help me through that. And really props to them and everyone on this trip for doing this. Those Globe Trotters probably gave a bunch of North Koreans a really great memory and possibly a reminder that even though our governments hate each other, we're all people.

    • @skdjirrrdjdm3926
      @skdjirrrdjdm3926 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Such positive people, reminded me of what I'd want my guardian angel to be like if I had one.

  • @noservice47
    @noservice47 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    If Ryan told this story to damn near anyone without any video/photo documentation I highly doubt anyone would believe he’s telling the absolute truth. Truly great documentary thanks vice

  • @michaeljordan4733
    @michaeljordan4733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3981

    Levels of Insanity
    1. Crowd chanting 10,000 years.
    2. Dennis Rodman as a Diplomat.
    3. Dude on the google search screen trying to not die.

    • @andreabosa6543
      @andreabosa6543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Michael Jordan this actually made me laugh😂

    • @tannerdylan5972
      @tannerdylan5972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Everyone keeps saying that guys trying not to die. Wells here’s something you might find shocking. HE PROBABLY DID DIE! Imagine when the North Koreans leadership seen that. Also they have a rule that if you do something bad pretty much every Living person who is related to you is punished. So HIS FAMILY IS PROBABLY DEAD TOO!

    • @awerawer0708
      @awerawer0708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      @@tannerdylan5972 He didnt do anything wrong, they definitely told him to just sit there. What COULD he have done? That clearly wasnt Google (old logo) so it most likely was some custom made website with a jpeg attached to it, to make it appear as if they dont have limited internet access. It was the fault of the people who choreographed that facade, in not realizing that the cameras would spot the man sitting idley in front of his computer monitor.

    • @H-Rex141
      @H-Rex141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I thought the guy who they interrupted was gonna say " yes, no problem, I was just catching up on my PH videos"

    • @jasonyen123
      @jasonyen123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      “10,000 years” as a saying is pretty standard in Chinese-affiliated cultures. The original saying was “ wanshui aka 万岁”, in Chinese; “banzai, aka wanshui” in Japanese. It’s kind of a way to say “live long and prosper” or “continue to do well”

  • @ChrisKHensley
    @ChrisKHensley 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3421

    North Korea is like when you have friends coming over and your mom wants the house spotless.

    • @robertsutherland6824
      @robertsutherland6824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Christopher Hensley lmao

    • @stephanytello8383
      @stephanytello8383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      EXACTLY I was like what does this remind me of

    • @thanato-phobia
      @thanato-phobia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      and the kim family is the greatest live action anime / reality tv show of all time

    • @bananabread1439
      @bananabread1439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Christopher Hensley That would be my mom

    • @user-rc1ik6hg2t
      @user-rc1ik6hg2t 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good shit lol.

  • @fifthbusiness1678
    @fifthbusiness1678 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Imagine how that one visit affected the lives of the American basketball players - it’s a memory they will carry with forever, that interaction with the children at the park at the end of the film. Excellent documentary, and much more revealing on a human level than those I have watched before.

  • @RodrigoPint0
    @RodrigoPint0 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Watching in 2023 but that last section (28:00) really made me smile. Probably the happiest moment in those children's life. Congrats to everyone involved.

  • @MrMoeGaming
    @MrMoeGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2766

    Imagine telling your grandkids you had dinner with Kim Jong-un

    • @Max-hf3ku
      @Max-hf3ku 4 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      got drunk and did karaoke with Kim Jong Un* lol

    • @seulgi4655
      @seulgi4655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      bruh i wanted to do that but now hes....
      dead as hell.

    • @streetball809
      @streetball809 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      My grand kids would say, mmm sooo wwwhat??!!
      Iknow them they such douches

    • @WizardMusicProductions
      @WizardMusicProductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@seulgi4655 bruh hes nota dead

    • @paulh3261
      @paulh3261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      paym4n bro that’s like saying you went to satans house for a playdate

  • @Enedrapvp
    @Enedrapvp 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7514

    The saddest moment has got to be the computer lab. He really had no idea how obvious his lie was to them...

    • @BravoWifi
      @BravoWifi 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1121

      haha yea its like a comedy, the guy acts being surprised and says "hey I was just looking for my papers on google, since, well im working on the string theory" hahahahahaha its a will ferrell moment

    • @miqbri
      @miqbri 9 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      takerdust You think they have scientist and programs good enough for nuclear testing but can't hack sony (which has been "hacked" multiple times already)?

    • @takerdust
      @takerdust 9 ปีที่แล้ว +177

      Michal Poky a lot of their nuclear info was stolen or sold to them. Even that took a couple of decades to obtain.
      To be a hacker you need to have a great deal of freedom, which is something even the most privileged citizen is not given. This is a country where if you have any book that's not related to your vocation, or talking about the history of the Dear leader and his family, you are shot.

    • @98seko
      @98seko 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      takerdust They buyed that? Well thats something I didn't know.

    • @takerdust
      @takerdust 9 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      well N Korea they have their own scientists too, but they had a lot of secret dealings with Pakistan in the 1990's, which is another nuclear power

  • @Aquablecs
    @Aquablecs ปีที่แล้ว +136

    This is absolutely wild. Like a fever dream. Thank you VICE for putting this together. And props to you Dennis Rodman, what a tough position to be in, no matter how you handle it.

    • @joshuaedwards3322
      @joshuaedwards3322 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      North Korea, to me, seems like an example of if the Nazis or Stalin would have won their respective conflicts. No matter what they do to their people the rest of the world just sort of stays out of it. It's almost like we are allowing this social experiment to blossom and we are taking very close notes.

    • @variaxi935
      @variaxi935 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@joshuaedwards3322agreed... it's incredibly strange for this place to exist throughout our lifetime and for us to do nothing to help those within NKorea's borders. But on the other hand, going in gund-blazing just isn't an option, and I haven't a clue what else the rest of the world could possibly do about it

    • @joshuaedwards3322
      @joshuaedwards3322 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@variaxi935 I mean... They literally have (one) nuke. We could probably decapitate their leadership on a weekend.

  • @BabyBear046
    @BabyBear046 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    It really broke my heart hearing the guy who wanted to try to be in the NBA. The people of North Korea have been robbed of so much by their dictator. People in places and situations (citizens ruled by evil dictatorships, human trafficked people, kidnapped children, extreme systemic poverty, etc) all over the world where there is truly no hope to ever even try to chase your dreams… that’s next level sad. Even at the worst times of my life when I felt hopeless, there was always hope. There was always some way, no matter how terrible/hard/almost impossible, that I could change my circumstances. Some people really don’t even have that option.

    • @okwyntupac7205
      @okwyntupac7205 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are just a fool to be fooled by your evil propandist western media. What evidence do you have to show Kim jung un to be a dictator. You believe such because of your globalist government controlled western media. Have thought for a second the damaging effects of USA sanctions on NK.

  • @jackieburkhart3268
    @jackieburkhart3268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3156

    People: AAAAAEEGAAAAAAAEGHHHHHHH
    Subtitles: Live 10,000 years!

    • @jaydenamster9387
      @jaydenamster9387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      They actually say: MANZEH (long live)

    • @kingkong2598
      @kingkong2598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@jaydenamster9387 manzeh x
      Manseh o

    • @lmao9526
      @lmao9526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    • @faisal4997
      @faisal4997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      BANZAAIIIII !!!

    • @danielitopichardo4778
      @danielitopichardo4778 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Es lanolin catolico

  • @hatimelouaqour1027
    @hatimelouaqour1027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4484

    People: EEHHHHHHHHHHH
    Translations: LIVE 10,000 YEARS!

    • @hyunji7312
      @hyunji7312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      😂😂😂😂

    • @musicspacelamp3579
      @musicspacelamp3579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +272

      The shouts are so loud you can literally hear the audio recording clipping

    • @100TZE
      @100TZE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      They are actually saying Man-Sae.. but really loud

    • @jg14gerhard_bar
      @jg14gerhard_bar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +194

      nah they were saying EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..............................EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..............................................EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    • @airriongalloway6998
      @airriongalloway6998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      🤣🤣😂🤣 bruh stop.

  • @Butt--Head
    @Butt--Head 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    *Kim Jong Un looks like the type of person that would wake up his entire family just to let them know that he's going to bed.*

  • @mrc2936
    @mrc2936 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    23:00 I was genuinly nervous for the North Korean translator. You know that if he messed up it could’ve cost him his life..

  • @wuznab5109
    @wuznab5109 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3685

    Kim Jon Un looks more interested in the women than the basket ball game.

    • @SM-1010
      @SM-1010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      Ohh that makes me sick

    • @max4million47
      @max4million47 5 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      WuzNab HAHA I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT NOTICED 🤣🤣

    • @Mc-vw2fd
      @Mc-vw2fd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      hes thinking about hes nukes lmao

    • @FrancisBehnen
      @FrancisBehnen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Yep, noticed that as well. Think I read a report somewhere that he doesn't only look at them

    • @swedishcheems8869
      @swedishcheems8869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TSG KiLLem Twice yup i agree

  • @hej1383
    @hej1383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1600

    Kim when he’s watching basketball: 😶😐
    Kim when he sees the cheerleading team: 😊😃

    • @BWBDCan
      @BWBDCan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      That's alot of people at basketball games.... Well any sports that does something similar to half time.

    • @zabukoii8081
      @zabukoii8081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Rafael Dejesus fucking golden comment. I love you

    • @piyushmate3837
      @piyushmate3837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Very true. I noticed that🤣

    • @holymoutain9457
      @holymoutain9457 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😁👋

    • @johnathansmith713
      @johnathansmith713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Omg is kim what I think he is ?????????????😶🤭

  • @andredoumad
    @andredoumad 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    That last scene with the kids is even more heartbreaking today as it was ten years ago, things have only gotten worse and those kids have had enough time to realize the horror.

  • @zeusfloreus
    @zeusfloreus 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    As a kid, I experienced special moments I'll remember the rest of my life. Politics aside for a moment, those North Korean kids spending time with the Globe Trotters on the court will carry their experiences for a lifetime. Who would of ever imagined the Harlem globetrotters reaching out to this generation of kids? Amazing!...

    • @okwyntupac7205
      @okwyntupac7205 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You believe Kim jung un is a dictator because your evil propandist western media made you believe so. Have ever wondered the damaging effects of USA sanctions on NK.

  • @alexdistefano7665
    @alexdistefano7665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12784

    this video is so underrated, that is straight up history

    • @billyjeanvogul7770
      @billyjeanvogul7770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      right??

    • @mike-gt8yo
      @mike-gt8yo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      its fucking nuts

    • @xxnoregretzxxzzz4389
      @xxnoregretzxxzzz4389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Alex DiStefano now i have a strange urge to go to north korea

    • @XXXTentaclez
      @XXXTentaclez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      my comment will be researched

    • @messianic_scam
      @messianic_scam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We dont care about your stupid yank propoganda

  • @brendanadair5131
    @brendanadair5131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2738

    Captions: “Live 10,000 years!”
    Crowd: “aaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa”

  • @Papaya_playa
    @Papaya_playa 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The last part where the players gave those little kids the basketball spinning was beautiful yet heartbreaking. Knowing and seeing that this is probably in their whole entire lifetime they experience happiness and many other emotions. So tragically beautiful.

  • @alek1766
    @alek1766 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is probably one of the greatest pieces of journalism in history

  • @MRxROID
    @MRxROID 7 ปีที่แล้ว +580

    It's honestly insane how Vice literally got to shake kim jong uns hand....

    • @stephen8308
      @stephen8308 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      MRxROID just like The Interview but without the poison

    • @AlienPizzaRipley
      @AlienPizzaRipley 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hope he disinfected his hands afterwards. Bleh.🤦🏻‍♀️🇨🇦

  • @nawilliams82
    @nawilliams82 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Imagine unexpectedly getting introduced to Kim Jong Un. 😂

    • @DaHuntersTrophy
      @DaHuntersTrophy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😅

    • @littlerat760
      @littlerat760 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      u would be so scared cuz look at him wrong and i'm done for lol

  • @shratzc
    @shratzc ปีที่แล้ว +54

    When Rodman spoke to the stadium and the crowd cheered with the positive words about relations, I believe that crowd genuinely loved it. They know things could approve

  • @markclayton8977
    @markclayton8977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2369

    “I’ve played basketball on North Korean state TV” is not something many can say.

    • @MustTilk
      @MustTilk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Imagine being a VICE journalist being able to shake hands with Kim Jong-un and make a toast in the same table. I mean VICE! They've made many documentaries unfavourable to the DPRK and they get to go to a dinner with the "Dear" Leader. Insane tbh.

    • @ryan123dean1
      @ryan123dean1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not just to even shake hands with Kim Jung-un

    • @ab-15188
      @ab-15188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'd add that into my resume lmao

    • @Nassi415
      @Nassi415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dont know why anybody would WANT to ever say that.

  • @lucasbarbosa3335
    @lucasbarbosa3335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1316

    I kinda understand King Jong-Un.
    I only clean my room when I know I will get visit.

  • @kgandrala
    @kgandrala 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Dennis rodman is actually a very good ambassador of peace. Bro rlly has no enemies.

  • @skirwan78
    @skirwan78 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The Harlem Globetrotters are a national treasure ever since they were founded. They might be one of the best examples of humanity

  • @bonbuilder1329
    @bonbuilder1329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1923

    Dennis Rodman tried so hard to not accidentally say something he would get killed for lmao

    • @dontsubscribetome3262
      @dontsubscribetome3262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      He best friend with Kim tho

    • @bonbuilder1329
      @bonbuilder1329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      @@dontsubscribetome3262 If Kim kills his family members, I’m pretty sure he’ll be able to kill his friends too

    • @chE3z1
      @chE3z1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      he was probably sweating bullets while giving that speech

    • @chameleonaram2lan866
      @chameleonaram2lan866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Rodman would be forgiven because that dictator has more to gain with him on his side than without him... I speak the truth

    • @gabriel.fernandez6797
      @gabriel.fernandez6797 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Bro if the translator wanted to he could just say something false and absolute get that guy killed

  • @josefking2927
    @josefking2927 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1484

    If anything they will not stop with the anti-American propaganda but those kids on the court will always remember the friendly Americans who came and played basketball with them.
    That alone may be a start at renewing the country.

    • @baylez4533
      @baylez4533 7 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Agreed! I think this type of gathering can unite and improve relations between N.Korea and the U.S.

    • @daniellevin3056
      @daniellevin3056 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Alexander Patrick Since you sound AntiAmerica why don't you go live in North Korea & then you might elaborate more. A country that surpresses it's fellowman. The United States​ of America may not be a perfect country, but what country is, but sure beats North Korea with their fake shopping mall & computer lab, etc. Supression of religion or faith to add on & countless NK detectors who know the real deal unlike you. Go figure....

    • @daniellevin3056
      @daniellevin3056 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Alexander Patrick Criticism of the regime or the leadership in North Korea, if reported, is enough to make you and your family ‘disappear’ from society and end up in a political prison camp. It goes without saying that there is no free media inside the country. The only opinion allowed to be voiced inside the country is the regime’s. It is illegal for the North Korean people to leave their country without the regime’s permission, and the regime attempts to restrict the people’s movement even inside their own country. If you wish to travel to another part of the country, you are supposed to have a specific purpose and obtain permission from your work unit. If you do not live in Pyongyang, the showcase capital where most resources are concentrated, you will likely be denied access. The regime has also forcibly relocated hundreds of thousands of North Koreans to less favorable parts of the country as a form of punishment and political persecution. Who's the real puppet pulling strings in NK?

    • @conneryates1767
      @conneryates1767 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Dragon Cocplayer No, the USSR started N Korea... Hence them explaining that Kim Jong Sun was put into place by the Russians... But I get it, it's fun to blame everything on the top dawg. As for Al Qaeda and ISIS, while I do believe we fueled the fire, I do not believe we are the cause of them. We did give them guns (Al Qaeda) to fight the Russians in the 80s, though.

    • @nestorrodriguez5396
      @nestorrodriguez5396 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Conner Yates e

  • @BIM9622
    @BIM9622 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Absolutely sobbing at the end. Literally nothing can stop the human spirit coming together over the love of a round ball.

  • @user-wx2ut8wd8i
    @user-wx2ut8wd8i 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    That computer lab scene actually had me dying. Real NPC’s.. This is a timeless documentary. Truly watching history unfold..

  • @Aguila1138
    @Aguila1138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7574

    Crazy how the most genuine interaction, with no facade or air of fakeness, was with the kids and a basketball.

    • @blob431
      @blob431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +305

      That girl with the red jacket gave such a sweet reaction when she thought the ball would drop on her face! You could truly tell it was real

    • @DrummerDelight
      @DrummerDelight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +293

      The guy staring at the Google page was priceless!😁

    • @Ilikepie18855
      @Ilikepie18855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s probably still staged…. Since the tour guide secrete police allowed them to go down and play, must mean everything is in order

    • @bt70a9
      @bt70a9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Oh that was staged..

    • @bernardsanderson5891
      @bernardsanderson5891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@bt70a9 I mean I don’t doubt that but the kids reactions to it were real

  • @devne5496
    @devne5496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4113

    that's actually terrifying. imagine going overseas and everyone there is being controlled just for your pleasure like your in a real life simulation.

    • @matthewjamal
      @matthewjamal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Rene Media oh folks don’t wanna believe that. Our government might seem well and dandy, but that’s only comparatively.

    • @maritjohnson
      @maritjohnson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Truman show is a movie about that exact concept

    • @kkim0221
      @kkim0221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s very cool

    • @slavicman-bd7jn
      @slavicman-bd7jn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      its like being inserted in the truman show,this time tailor made for you

    • @faisfaizal5194
      @faisfaizal5194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pretty all countries are like that. Some are just, much more subtle..

  • @yanickdorsaint3781
    @yanickdorsaint3781 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The part at the end with the kids always puts a smile on my face.

  • @mollie_b
    @mollie_b 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    19:10 - 19:45 they are in a stadium filled with 10,000 people and other than the basketball dribbling, there is barely any background noise. this whole video is eerie but that is especially eerie to me

  • @joshstixxfata
    @joshstixxfata 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2403

    These folks been on lockdown their whole life

  • @karstenshields1694
    @karstenshields1694 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5637

    Dennis Rodman just chillin in North Korea is so funny and weird to me

    • @999dunkins
      @999dunkins 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Yeah I mean they are on the same team right, RIGHT??

    • @4nlimited3dition_4n3d
      @4nlimited3dition_4n3d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +227

      Chilling in North Korea, with Kim Jong-un

    • @kimmyjong-un3894
      @kimmyjong-un3894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      😂

    • @typhoon5150
      @typhoon5150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      very

    • @ozekk4465
      @ozekk4465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      To be honest it's the very essence of who he was as a player and a person.

  • @Jim1971a
    @Jim1971a ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Those 3 globetrotter guys were so awesome! The perfect ambassadors!

  • @vinny.deadmou5d46
    @vinny.deadmou5d46 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I seriously cannot understand how we all cannot just get along and respect each other n everyone's beliefs so long as those beliefs do not want to harm anyone.. How does the world become the way it is

    • @AdamNeri
      @AdamNeri ปีที่แล้ว +2

      preach

    • @CytotoxinK
      @CytotoxinK ปีที่แล้ว +14

      North Korea doesn't hate the US for its beliefs. North Korea hates the US for what it did to it during the Korean War.
      And I _don't_ mean completely flattening North Korea; the Vietnam War killed way more people (and way more recently) and yet Vietnam is one of the most pro-American countries in Asia.
      North Korea hates the US for dividing the Korean nation and establishing a rival country (SOUTH Korea) in their homeland.
      (North Korea sincerely believes that the US "stole" half of their land and two thirds of their people away from them. They consider the very existence of South Korea to be an "American occupation" of NK's "rightful southern territory." They don't recognize SK's right to exist as a separate and independent nation.)
      David Straub, a former US diplomat to SK, put it like this; imagine if during the Civil War the British swept in and intervened on the side of the Confederacy, and helped it successfully secede from the Union. Now imagine if today, the Confederate States still existed, and yet somehow became _more_ developed, modern and prosperous than the United States. How angry and bitter would Americans still be at Great Britain if they helped split the American nation in two and set up a more prosperous rival nation within their borders?
      As long as South Korea continues to exist as a separate and independent nation, North Korea will forever hate the US; they'll never forgive us for helping a separate "False Korea" exist in their homeland.

    • @shratzc
      @shratzc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CytotoxinK great comment. I am not sure if they United if that would end the hate for western culture tho. They've been taught that from birth. Would take awhile to get rid of it maybe

    • @PatelPresh
      @PatelPresh ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s the problem, the beliefs of the Kim dynasty is why we all cannot get along. “So long as those beliefs do not want to harm anyone” you said it yourself.

    • @skdjirrrdjdm3926
      @skdjirrrdjdm3926 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CytotoxinK I see your point, very thought-provoking. My question then, what about what we're told about NK's harsh treatment of their own population? The prison camps, mass starvation, intrusive government surveillance on the families/visitors, and imprisonment of defectors? The overall nature of an authoritarian regime. Assuming those reports are true, can we really turn a blind eye and support a country like this?

  • @alromolor9168
    @alromolor9168 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1930

    North Korea is a big movie set. Every one is an actor

    • @gangsheit6501
      @gangsheit6501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That statement Is in every way illogical, why would they build an entire shopping plaza, gym, 2 basketball arenas, an entire city and allow for those civilian parents and children at the end to converse for all but 4 Americans?

    • @jojolafrite90
      @jojolafrite90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      He's right every aspect of tourism or journalism in North Korea is staged. And the capital isn't the whole country. And sometimes they actually stage a whole empty hotel just for 2 or 3 visiting strangers.

    • @Channiej93
      @Channiej93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jojolafrite90 thats not true at all. I was there in April and nowadays there are so many tourist groups coming in and out daily. Bold statement to say that things are staged. People live their life there, come on now. All those people have a daily life and things to do and things to see.

    • @Channiej93
      @Channiej93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ok so around 28 minutes there is a whole village of children in awe all acting? like they're acting amazed because they need to act for the cameras? oh so they bred a whole village of children purely for staged purposes? makes total sense.

    • @drinkwater247
      @drinkwater247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      and people who don't act well enough go to camps

  • @theyluvloki
    @theyluvloki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1804

    North Korea is the country equivalent of when your parents make you clean the house before guests come over 😂

    • @calvin5541
      @calvin5541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Underrated comment lmao

    • @mikeeberhardt9172
      @mikeeberhardt9172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hahahaha 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    • @MarcotheKorean
      @MarcotheKorean 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thats not something you should joke about you piece of shiit

    • @thegoblinpainter7298
      @thegoblinpainter7298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@MarcotheKorean Dude chill out. North Korea is a joke so its ok.

    • @jamesware5100
      @jamesware5100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@MarcotheKorean the truth hurts

  • @lorir5728
    @lorir5728 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    It's very admirable for these guys to give some joy and entertainment to these oppressed people. Dennis got unfairly slammed in the media. I think they all did an amazing thing.

  • @khazana24
    @khazana24 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Amazing and beautifully projected documentary. Thank you for posting this.

  • @cheyenneraney6451
    @cheyenneraney6451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2255

    “Are you recording”
    “No he just has to hold it for practice” LMAOOOO

  • @Eric-ki9ss
    @Eric-ki9ss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1152

    Kim Jung-Un is literally watching the basketball game like: "Make that shot, or else you know what happens"

    • @ianc1187
      @ianc1187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lmfaooooooi

    • @sourabhtripathi0986
      @sourabhtripathi0986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Make thay shot, or you get shot😂

    • @AayanKhattak
      @AayanKhattak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sourabhtripathi0986 beat me to it

    • @RatsRatsIsthebest
      @RatsRatsIsthebest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Omg

    • @robb4951
      @robb4951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You could see the fear in their eyes. They're all just thinking please don't fucking get us killed

  • @BLICKYBUNNY
    @BLICKYBUNNY 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    sad part is alot of those people at the basketball game will remember that as one of the best moments in their entire lives

  • @jacksonfruit3644
    @jacksonfruit3644 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This mini-documentary doesn’t fail to make me cry every time I watch it. The part at the end where they stop at a basketball court breaks my heart.

  • @maidacameron4093
    @maidacameron4093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +780

    The one guy actually working on the computer that they spoke to looked scared and hesitate to speak. Everything on the tour and every where they went looks so staged and practiced. North Korea is scary and this video is amazing.

    • @POPJack1717
      @POPJack1717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      That guy knew if he said the wrong thing, he and his entire family would be killed. Crazy.

    • @jerryflores9061
      @jerryflores9061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      "Oh sorry to disturb you while you work"
      "Oh i was just looking for my journals"
      😂😂😂

    • @ericbryan113
      @ericbryan113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thought you guys might find this interesting. I did find a few North Korean physics papers on nature index, one of which was a published paper on string theory. www.natureindex.com/institution-outputs/north-korea/faculty-of-physics-kim-il-sung-university/574d4d45140ba0452c8b4569

    • @1000blabbities
      @1000blabbities 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He looked like he was struggling with English

    • @kbolternorris2676
      @kbolternorris2676 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well you could say the exact opposite and call everything you know western propaganda. Knowledge isn't that straight forward you know, epistemology and truth ideas do tell us that

  • @bruceperez2283
    @bruceperez2283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2009

    The smile of the kids who were able to spin the ball on their finger was priceless.
    North Koreans deserve that kind of happiness ..

    • @Concon-bu4bp
      @Concon-bu4bp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Its amazing to watch her face light up despite the fact that she lives there...It just seemed like a very wholesome experience and It genuinely saddens me that this little girl will probably have a pretty horrible life.

    • @babaruuts
      @babaruuts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's the only pure place left on this unholy planet. It should stay as it is.

    • @Concon-bu4bp
      @Concon-bu4bp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@babaruuts okay move to North Korea then.

    • @babaruuts
      @babaruuts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Concon-bu4bp Would if I could tbh

    • @Concon-bu4bp
      @Concon-bu4bp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@babaruuts do you not like freedom?

  • @elizabethrios7759
    @elizabethrios7759 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    And I also would like to respect the fact that these men totally turned down everything about their athletic abilities!!!!!! And like they were playing with small children didn't let them lose too bad!!!!❤

  • @safir2241
    @safir2241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1688

    *ungodly Korean screaming from the microphone*
    Subtitles: "Live 10,000 years!"

  • @haziq3636
    @haziq3636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6352

    I love how uninterested Kim was at the match but smiles when there’s cheer dancing 😂

    • @yourn1ghtmare518
      @yourn1ghtmare518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      yeah i notice that too XD

    • @rema11769
      @rema11769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +242

      thats because he really knew the exact nba when he studied in foreign countries and grew up watching

    • @RatsRatsIsthebest
      @RatsRatsIsthebest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Armed Chicano omg

    • @arcadeplayer9804
      @arcadeplayer9804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      They're losing so yeah lmao

    • @jesuschrist2268
      @jesuschrist2268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Armed Chicano literally how?

  • @PC_Simo
    @PC_Simo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Gotta love the String Theory guy’s reaction, @16:18: ”Who? Me? What? 😮” 😅.

  • @Officialrostovorphan
    @Officialrostovorphan ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Extremely insightful and an incredible testimony of such an experience most don’t have the honors to achieve. Treasure this.

  • @evankaiafas6219
    @evankaiafas6219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3130

    That computer guy was definitely the most interesting and creepy party of this doc. He seemed so on edge and careful with his words. It was as if everything he was saying was scripted and one slip up could get him killed. His hand trembling and his shaky voice was no coincidence.

    • @CanadianBisdak
      @CanadianBisdak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Agree, I noticed it too.

    • @aviation19k71
      @aviation19k71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Agreed.

    • @Ksouel
      @Ksouel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      Visitors to NK are permanently in a tunnel of state organized theatre sets, you never see anything they don't want you to see. The guy was hand picked to spread an image that NK is both open and connected and taking part in the most complex of science. Nothing about any of this is by accident.
      The thing is that people designing the propaganda don't really understand how well people from the rest of the world see through manipulation like this because were exposed to so much media. To us, it looks obviously staged and or coerced. Like a ransom video.

    • @welsyee
      @welsyee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      yeah, people on these videos always have the fear of god on their faces lmao, quite literally considering the kim family is basically divine for them

    • @zimbolimbo2408
      @zimbolimbo2408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Meanwhile in the alternate side of the universe. Dude literally shat his pants. True story.

  • @lightskinballer4453
    @lightskinballer4453 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1513

    That computer lab is my class when we switch from a game to the work that we’re supposed to be doing

    • @slewch3106
      @slewch3106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      teacher,i'm not playing, i'm looking for porn

    • @fanaticalplel1003
      @fanaticalplel1003 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ballerdopeman yeet same

  • @nicolausphillips3616
    @nicolausphillips3616 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    I felt so bad when the people erupted in noise at Kim's entrance to the arena, I've heard countless stadiums cheering and never have I heard a sound like these people, they are shouting for their lives.

    • @littlerat760
      @littlerat760 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      yeah that was so sad, they didn't seem happy at all

    • @CheeseBrie
      @CheeseBrie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're just assuming now, maybe they all just really love their leader, and genuinely believe that he's this higher power or something which should be cheered for or something. Plus it's no different in basically every other country. Like with the queen for example, whenever she would enter somewhere with a bunch of people and whatnot, there would be a lot of cheering, it's just a pretty standard thing to happen.

    • @user-km6wm4et1x
      @user-km6wm4et1x 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Most of them really do have reverence and genuine admiration for their leader. Not every action or gesture in NK is a response to fear or terror. The presence of their leader physically among them is bound to inspire awe in most citizens. I don't know why you would expect it to be different here, to say nothing of the fact the cheer is standard protocol.

    • @tonycummings4072
      @tonycummings4072 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@CheeseBrie Your comment is ridiculously laughable & pathetic. Do some research before spewing idiotic horse crap.

  • @samuelonthatop1125
    @samuelonthatop1125 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    16:00 the whole computer lab part creeps me out so damn much , the dude they wanted them to meet was so scared

  • @youtubeemployee6949
    @youtubeemployee6949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2637

    Every second of this video was intense

    • @alogicalgirloncesaid5140
      @alogicalgirloncesaid5140 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Every heart beat was intense one wrong clap and they’d all be sent to jail

    • @mannu8185
      @mannu8185 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The first half of the video was fine until the second half where Kim shows up, and it made me intense at all times

    • @twatenthusiast3660
      @twatenthusiast3660 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      IKR

    • @Myday_145
      @Myday_145 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep history

  • @Lalalanm
    @Lalalanm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +964

    Okay but the guy who was so tall was so sad to watch, he couldn’t pursue his dream even if he wanted to due to the harsh rules in n. Korea

    • @johnmaki6821
      @johnmaki6821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      @@rft9776 ahh the classic blame America for everyone else’s problems stfu

    • @Boooooooooo541
      @Boooooooooo541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@rft9776 No they actually could not make a contract agreement to the team he was going to ( The Dallas Mavericks) where the 6 million dollars which was supposed to go to the player go all to the NK government. So they would basically be giving 6 million US dollars to the NK government every year. Research your history before you do your anti US bullshit.

    • @maximilianw4354
      @maximilianw4354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Boooooooooo541 Exactly, but that isn't allowed because of UN sanctions. If NK would've let him keep the money (yeah, right) or if the sanctions wouldn't have been in place it would have been possible.

    • @mariahyohannes
      @mariahyohannes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@johnmaki6821 Hes right the sanctions prevented it.

    • @M1ndfulJourney
      @M1ndfulJourney 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Boooooooooo541 Did you watch the documentary, he said "US sanctions" imperial US.

  • @merlin6625
    @merlin6625 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I have always loved the Harlem Globetrotters, thank you men for the game and the hopes for our countries.

  • @Abon963
    @Abon963 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Those computer guys specially that guy who just stared at Google's home page got me laughing the most😂

    • @icantbreathe3830
      @icantbreathe3830 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Idk man why they're just staring at the computer and doin nothing😂

  • @v4n3ss43
    @v4n3ss43 4 ปีที่แล้ว +968

    Guide: ''Are you recording?''
    Ryan: ''No. He just always has to hold that out for practice.''

    • @Monificent
      @Monificent 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      If the North Koreans knew about sarcasm VICE would have been jailed that moment

    • @code8825
      @code8825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      That guide is dead now

    • @nikanor8152
      @nikanor8152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sounds like something a North Korean reporter would be forced to do

    • @jojolafrite90
      @jojolafrite90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They tortured and killed him actually. But he was kind of stupid. You can break the rules and they won't even really be mad at you, but do anything that they may interpret as an insult to the leaders or system and that's something else to them.

    • @FangirlRandomscrew
      @FangirlRandomscrew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      jojolafrite90 Otto was top of his class in HS and went to University of VA and also happened to be a guy with common sense. My cousins went to hs with him and no one from that school thinks he actually would take down a poster. We can’t ever be sure but

  • @kyleclancy4040
    @kyleclancy4040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1007

    looool he asked him in the elevator" is he recording?" He said "No he just has to hold that there for practice". With no hesitation.

    • @badmelll
      @badmelll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Kyle Clancy lmao we American are liars

    • @hazardous458
      @hazardous458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Melanie Estrada He has balls

    • @mohammadhazim981
      @mohammadhazim981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can you time tag that

    • @burp9695
      @burp9695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hazardous458 🎶 ...for the laaand of the freeeeeee, and the hooome of theeeee br...liaaaarsss. 🎶

    • @jisooturtlerabbitkim7884
      @jisooturtlerabbitkim7884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Robot blaster 5:55

  • @sheteg1
    @sheteg1 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    It’s too bad that western media only highlighted Dennis Rodman as a nutcase. He was a genius ! He entered into diplomacy in an intelligent way that no other western politician ever has. Hats off to the Harlem globetrotters and the producer of this doc

    • @joshuaedwards3322
      @joshuaedwards3322 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It's been a while since I watched this documentary, were any political prisoners released during Rodman's visit? Did life get better for any North Koreans after this two week basketball camp? In my humble opinion ambassadors main mission is to make lasting changes around the world, not to be treated like a King for a day and fly out of there having changed nothing. Rodman gave these guys two weeks of basketball, while probably consuming more champagne and lobster than these people will see in a lifetime, he's not my hero.

    • @MartaviousDodd
      @MartaviousDodd 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@joshuaedwards3322What do you propose? Go in there and demand changes by waging war? Sanction them because of their atrocities? Browbeat them into submission? Alienate and isolate them from the world until they change? NEWFLASH!!! That isn't working either!! This group of individuals have brought more joy, peace, & goodwill to those North Koreans than anything the US has done in the past 70 years. Everything the US has done, it has done nothing to better or improve the plight of North Koreans. If anything they've made life worse. Stop being the wind & be the sun. It's not force that's going to evoke change, it's warmth.

  • @rangermarkus7841
    @rangermarkus7841 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The fact that every seat in that stadium was filled. with absolutely no one allowed to get up it seemed to get food, use the restroom. I can’t imagine if someone did.

  • @BIGXHEROS
    @BIGXHEROS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +571

    *Girls come out dancing*
    Kim Jong Un: smiles and waves
    Wife: Profusely sweats

    • @sontang5621
      @sontang5621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Now that's underrated

    • @badmelll
      @badmelll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I saw him get excited for those dancing women too lol.

    • @pennilesszen
      @pennilesszen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @vuxxii that's his sister, not wife

    • @CarlosSanchez-en6mr
      @CarlosSanchez-en6mr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jenny Lee looks like his wife, but if it isn’t
      Wife back at home: Profusely sweats

  • @acommonman7950
    @acommonman7950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4335

    Who else was shitting bricks when Dennis Roadman started giving an impromptu speech? I was worried he might say the wrong thing.

    • @bigding8977
      @bigding8977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +647

      Yeah at one point he turned and his ass was in the face of the Supreme Leader.

    • @broannoying8765
      @broannoying8765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +663

      Thankfully the translator saved him .

    • @biss6000
      @biss6000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@broannoying8765 Yea lol

    • @Kurtcobainswifey
      @Kurtcobainswifey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      I was like oh nooo fuckkkj

    • @Kurtcobainswifey
      @Kurtcobainswifey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Everyone’s dying lol

  • @superdannny
    @superdannny ปีที่แล้ว +7

    easily one of the best videos ever done by Vice

  • @NEWYORKER131
    @NEWYORKER131 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    all the ppl in the audience at the sea world not talking to each other and just looking forward silently is wild lol

  • @Poopary
    @Poopary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2139

    18:06
    Crowd of North Koreans: "Ahhhhahahahahahahahahahahah"
    Translation: "Live 10,000 years!"

    • @NickTasy
      @NickTasy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      It sounded like they were saying "banzai", which I believe translated means something along the lines of "live 10,000 years" or "long live the emperor". I thought "Banzai" was just a Japanese thing; do other Asian languages (such as Korean) use it as well?

    • @manneaux4404
      @manneaux4404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      My speakers: JSKFKSKSJJDLFK
      Translation: "Life 10,000 years!"
      Me: If you say so.

    • @Poopary
      @Poopary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@manneaux4404 sometimes it's better to not question things you know🤷‍♂️

    • @manneaux4404
      @manneaux4404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Poopary Right?

    • @kbkmafia249
      @kbkmafia249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ikr

  • @lonerider92
    @lonerider92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4940

    "Are you filming?"
    "No, he just has to always hold that out for practice."
    Savage

    • @PhanniHam
      @PhanniHam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +280

      "Are you trying to shoot me in the head?"
      "No, we just have to always hold it up for practice."

    • @brianclemons5375
      @brianclemons5375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Awesome

    • @mf2442
      @mf2442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      based linux

    • @Slayer-Wulf
      @Slayer-Wulf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Persuasion 100

    • @extrm161
      @extrm161 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/4G6e4TaJxkI/w-d-xo.html
      ......

  • @nasrichards
    @nasrichards 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Kim: should i invade Russia?
    Dennis rodman: chill big bro

  • @khonable
    @khonable 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Even after nine years, this is epic filmmaking.

  • @swlee9016
    @swlee9016 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4696

    My Grandfather fled the North during the war many years ago and came to South Korea. He passed away before I was born but I'm always thankful for what he did. As someone who does not need subtitles to understand them, it breaks my heart to see my brothers and sisters living under such oppression. I could have easily been born on the wrong side of the border.

    • @riofro1318
      @riofro1318 2 ปีที่แล้ว +300

      Dude you are so lucky. I feel bad for north korean people

    • @MrKarateHandlesYou
      @MrKarateHandlesYou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      I'm glad you're able to come at this and respect to your grandfather

    • @aninite2780
      @aninite2780 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      U were this close on the verge of destruction

    • @swlee9016
      @swlee9016 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@MrKarateHandlesYou thank you

    • @Stephanie-tc4kj
      @Stephanie-tc4kj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      This is my story too, except my family fled Cuba. Thankful to them, but i feel guilty that most of our family is there.

  • @TheLordNovo
    @TheLordNovo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1458

    That white guy was shitting bricks when Kim Jong Un showed up

  • @TheSoundConnoisseur
    @TheSoundConnoisseur 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The kids at the end. That was heartwarming

  • @josephsolomon5522
    @josephsolomon5522 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Great education video! Really helped my students out!! Way to go Ryan Duffy on your layup!

  • @wooloo_vt1980
    @wooloo_vt1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4332

    The happiness in the children’s eyes when they held the spinning basketball was very sweet.

    • @quotidian5077
      @quotidian5077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +228

      Their smiles were so pure and genuine. I'm happy they got to experience a little magic in their lives.

    • @PartnershipsForYou
      @PartnershipsForYou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Just a taste of autonomy is all it takes for a revolution

    • @zanderw1199
      @zanderw1199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      The best part of this documentary. Humans being humans.

    • @yunggmarvl8594
      @yunggmarvl8594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      THIS REALLY BREAKS MY HEART

    • @madrymadry6897
      @madrymadry6897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      The girl’s innocent laughter broke my heart
      The world is a cold dark place